Even "American Idol" winner Kris Allen couldn't believe it.
When Allen, the clean-cut guy from Arkansas, triumphed over the spiky-haired rocker Adam Lambert to win season eight of the competition, he seemed positively astounded.
So shocked was he that Allen's first words culminated into something that has never been heard in the history of the hit show before -- an acknowledgment that the runner-up "deserved to win."
Allen's surprise couldn't begin to match that of viewers. By trouncing the guy-liner wearing Goliath that was Lambert, Allen's win sent a shock wave through a nation of "Idol" worshippers.
"Adam was robbed!!!" Stefanie Lee posted on CNN's "American Idol" blog after the finale. "This proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the public is incapable of voting for anyone based on anything objectively," Vincent Petrosino wrote. 
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