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Kris Allen came into American Idol like a lamb, delivering great performances but not the kind that made you stand up and declare him the early winner. But as soon as the Top 9 performance show aired, that all changed.

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That was the night he put his stamp on Ain't No Sunshine and declared himself a frontrunner for the crown.

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Weeks of musical reworkings followed and that is a trend Kris has kept alive in most of his concerts. Yesterday, Kris cranked the heat up by taking the stage at Mix 94.1's Petapalooza in Las Vegas sporting a tank top. He then muscled through a delicious girl pop mash-up (slowly becoming his signature) before delivering three tracks off his upcoming album that almost have me more excited than the aforementioned tank top.

I said almost.