I didn't have big expectations for that song to sell a lot after the finale performance, so I'm not disappointed. I don't think it was presented with any fanfare, and I expected as much. Also, I definitely don't think Kris was presented with any fanfare. Not a single complementary thing was said about him. It was never mentioned that he already had a big hit single (plenty of people who watch Idol don't have any clue what's on the radio). Or whatever. It sure didn't seem to me like he was given any kind of decent intro, considering he was the returning winner, the conquering hero, about to return in triumph. It was something like, "Idol can change your life and here's someone who knows what that's like." Well, so does Matt Giraud.
On American Idol, you practically have to tell the audience what they should be doing or thinking. Like the way they showcased Adam. "Hey, folks, you forgot. This guy is huge. Why? Because we're telling you, that's why. So why aren't you buying his single, that we are going to name 32 times and then present with a big light show? Just in case you don't think he's a big star yet, we're going to make him a mentor just like all the other big stars. That way you will be forced to think of him as a big star too. He's going to sit down for a friendly chat with Ryan Seacrest, just in case you still don't think he's worthy. They literally have to shove it in people's faces with both hands. This is why Adam's single was able to be jacked up to a million copies, something I'm not sure would have happened otherwise. (If the same treatment had been given to Kris, LLWD would now be past 2 million.)
missaddicted, in my humble belief, it often takes more than just letting someone sing a song on TV once (in a truncated version, at that) to make people clamor for it and buy thousands and thousands of copies. Like SleepinIn said, the song is still unfamiliar, as it hasn't had much radio play and there's no video yet. In a perfect world all of these things would have been in place, I guess. But even then, who knows? American Idol has treated Kris as an also-ran and Adam as the winner. You can't expect that to yield huge sales when the also-ran performs his perfunctory little number (How else was Kris treated badly by them? Wasn't some of his film supposed to be on IGB?)
I wouldn't say Kris has been actively dissed by Idol but he was presented in such a way (even when he did LIB) that had me questioning how he was presented. I never felt comfortable. I never had a feeling of satisfaction. The only thing that satisfied me was how he performed.
