MORE "AMERICAN IDOL" INSANITY (5/29/09)

KRIS ALLEN AND ADAM LAMBERT AREN'T INTERESTED IN THE "POWER-TEXTING" CONSPIRACY THEORIES:

For whatever reason, some "American Idol" obsessives are STILL freaking out over that supposed AT&T texting conspiracy theory. But KRIS ALLEN and ADAM LAMBERT don't want any part of it.

Both of them appeared on the "Today" show yesterday . . . and they both denied that the so-called scandal had anything to do with the results.

(--Earlier this week, AT&T admitted that a few rogue employees went to Kris Allen support parties on voting night . . . and handed out cell phones with free text message capabilities, so that people could vote for Kris.)

(--The "New York Times" reported that the workers taught the super fans how to "power-text" . . . which allowed them to send 10 text votes simultaneously. AT&T stopped short of copping to this, and Fox insinuated that stunts like that would have been caught by the company that monitors the voting. But even if they didn't, "Idol" producers said that it wouldn't have impacted the results.)

When asked about the controversy, Kris said, "People are going to criticize you no matter what, and I had nothing to do with this. I just got up there and sang. I didn't call up AT&T and say, 'Hey, I need some more votes.'"

Adam added, "I think people are just looking for something to be dramatic about. I really think people need to relax and just accept that this is the way the vote went. Move forward. We get to make albums now; we get to tour all summer.

"There's not a conspiracy, people. Relax." He also said, "The bottom line is that we're such different artists that there's really no way to directly compete. It was up to America, and I'm really happy Kris won. He's super talented."

Whether you want to believe it or not, the results probably WERE an accurate representation of their popularity. And here's the latest evidence of that: Kris' version of KARA DIOGUARDI'S , "No Boundaries", is cleaning house on the "Billboard" Hot 100 Chart. It debuted at #11, with 134,000 downloads . . . while Adam's version lagged behind at #72, with only 36,000.

It was Kris' highest charting song . . . although he has five songs, overall, on the Hot 100. Adam has four songs on the chart. And not surprisingly, his top song is his version of "Mad World", which came in at #19 with 115,000 downloads.

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CHECK OUT SOME RIDICULOUS VIDEOS OF "AMERICAN IDOL" NUTS REACTING TO KRIS ALLEN BEING NAMED THE WINNER:

There are probably MILLIONS of YouTube videos documenting how various insane "American Idol" fans reacted to KRIS ALLEN'S victory. If you're interested in that sort of thing, here's a site that has collected a few of them . .

http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/technology/watchthis/2009/05/top_5_insane_american_idol_fan.html