American Idol’s eighth season came down to a showdown between winner Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, possibly the most popular Idol runner-up since Clay Aiken. And as the top 10 contestants strutted their stuff on the third -to-last whirl on the Season Eight tour Sunday night at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center, Allen and Lambert, the last two performers of the night, remained the most compelling stories.
Lambert, who was greeted by frenzied screams even during his appearances on pre-show video clips, threw down the gauntlet by tearing into Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” with vocal power and stage presence to spare.