AMERICAN IDOL TOUR STARTS JULY 5th IN PORTLAND

Excitement is in the air! It’s the countdown – the countdown to the beginning of American Idol Tour 2009!!

All top ten contestants of the popular television talent show are rehearsing day and night to get their acts perfected by the tour launch date of July 5th, the day after Independence Day, in Portland, Oregon.

A bus loaded with seven boys has that group feeling a bit “cramped.” But the three girls in their bus have plenty of room to spread out. “We got lucky,” laughed Allison Iraheta.

The contestants revealed that they will perform in their order of elimination – so first up will be Michael Sarver who will perform two numbers, followed by Megan Joy who will sing a “skanky” rendition of Amy Winehouse’s ‘Tears Dry on their Own.’ Scott MacIntyre confides that he will be spending a whole lot of time sitting at his piano, and Matt Giraud is thrilled to respond to huge fan requests that he do a rendition of “Georgia On My Mind.”

Anoop Desai, who looks forward to looking out over large crowds, will show off his talents with the ballad, ‘My Prerogative.” And Lil Rounds enthuses that she is lucky enough to have the leading ladies of R&B on her card – with a heavy dose of dancing.

Fans of the last girl standing in the competition, redhead Allison Iraheta, will have a treat – as the rocker performs three songs, including a throaty , “Cry Baby.” Among second runner-up Danny Gokey’s has the honor of singing Michael Jackson’s Pretty Young Thing. And first runner-up Adam Lambert expects to wow audiences with a pretty electric David Bowie medley.

And finally American Idol Kris Allen takes center stage, treating his fans to five songs – the highlight of which might he his performance of the Beatles, ‘Hey Jude’.
So the troops are nearly ready to hit the road. And they are eager and excited to jump into their buses and finally get out into America to meet and entertain their fans. Sphere: Related Content