Can Past 'American Idol' Winners' Careers Predict Kris Allen's Future?

Season-eight champ could soar like Kelly Clarkson or tank like Taylor Hicks.By Eric Ditzian Ryan Seacrest and Kris Allen at the "American Idol" finale on Wednesday Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images Kris Allen may have declared that Adam Lambert deserved to win the eighth season of "American Idol," but the voting public disagreed. I'm with Allen on this one. Which is not to take anything away from the guy's win. His acoustic-guitar-driven covers of Kanye West's "Heartless" and Donna Su...

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