OlderKris Allen: Headed to Haiti!
American Idol winner Kris Allen will travel to Haiti tomorrow (February 19) to meet with U.N. staff!
The 24-year-old singer will perform on the Idol results show next Thursday (February 25) and share footage from his trip.
“I’m looking forward to traveling to Haiti to see the U.N.’s work firsthand,” Kris said in a statement (via MTV). “The people of Haiti are rebuilding their country, and the U.N. is there to help them every step of the way. I look forward to sharing the images and stories from my trip with Idol viewers across the country.”
Kris‘ visit is part of Idol Gives Back’s charity work – judge Randy Jackson suggested this year’s contributions go toward Haiti relief efforts, according to MTV.
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yawn. who cares? he kinda looks like a younger mark ruffalo…
Who is Chris Allen again.. wait a minute .. isn’t he the winner since
we never hear from him any more just the drag queen runner up..
So why show up now.. y not have the runner up do it instead.. American Idol should be called the runner up show since the
runner up gets way more publicity and promotion than the winner
That’s great for him to do…at least he is in the news doing something that IS important and needed. Not going to fashion shows.
He’s cute.
It’s great that Kris is able to participate and give back to the people of Haiti. Since he is going with the UN Foundation, he should be able to really get some work done – may it be through spotlighting certain devastated areas or simply doing leg work, which he has experience in from his previous humanitarian trips to places like Thailand and Morocco.
Kris will also be traveling to Rwanda in coordination with TOMS Shoes, a foundation that has a One for One program where every shoe bought is a shoe donated to a child in need. I’m glad he is participating in all these relief efforts. It shows he really is an American Idol inside and out.
#1 Are you serious? How sad for you. Your reaction to someone going to Haiti to help out is “yawn, who cares”? Anyways, good for Kris. I’m glad he is helping out and doing good. Can’t wait to see him perform on Idol. Love him!
He’s a great person! Good luck Chris in all you do.
That’s great for Kris. He’s done that type of volunteer work before Idol, so he’s the perfect person to go!
I think it’s amazing that he takes the time to do this. He just came home from Asia but here he goes again to help the people of Haiti.
I’m so proud of him.
This isn’t the first time Kris has traveled to help others. Keep bringing us Kris Allen news as he is very easy to like!!
kris, you are the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad to see Kris getting the opportunity to carry on his humanitarian endeavors as he did before Idol, namely building homes in Thailand after the Tsunami. Keeping Haiti foremost in the hearts and minds of the world is vital. Love or hate American Idol, there is no denying the power it has to help in aiding those in Haiti. Stay safe, Kris Allen and all those involved.
This is very good since it’s going to remind people who have already forgotten that Haiti still needs help. Showing the footage during idol every night will keep them in peoples mind.
Kris has done this before in Thailand, South Africa, Morocco and Burma sos this isn’t new to him. I bet he wished he could do more if time was on his side. God bless him.
Jared, it’s so good to see Kris on your site, thank you so much! This is a wonderful opportunity for Kris and, considering he’s done other humanitarian work in the past, something that is near and dear to his heart and something you know he’s doing because he truly wants to help. We should be proud to have him as the American Idol. He makes it easy to love him. And, he’s adorable. :)
This is great news! Thanks for sharing it!
It’s so nice to see that most of the commenters here get the significance of the article & don’t just come here to spread negativity! Kris sounds like a benevolent & caring young man. He’s an excellent role model.
Very nice to see positive celebrity news instead of the normal shallow buzz.
I really enjoy Kris Allen as a singer and songwriter, but I keep being more and more impressed by him as a person. As others have said, this isn’t the first time he’s done relief work following a disaster.
If you haven’t heard this before, listen to his ‘Land of Smiles’ which he was inspired to write after one of these trips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y_3vwGiTLU
Where else would they wanna listen to this guy?
The people of Haiti have suffered enough. They don’t need Chris Allain foisted on them.
United Nations! I know Kris Allen has helped do with hard dirty work in different countries before. Like he build houses after the Tsunami devastation – but wow. The United freakin’ Nations man. I’m so glad he stayed true to himself even after American Idol.
He is so great, better than adam
@RUNNER UPS GET MORE $$:
Dude — its KRIS, not Chris. It isn’t that hard to remember.
And Kris has done humanitarian missions in the past — he went to Thailand after the tsunami and he went to South Africa to help kids who have AIDS.
Also, Kris’s single is about to go platinum and is currently charting higher on the Billboard Hot 100 (#21) than is Adam’s single (#31).
So proud of Kris. He genuinely cares and it is a great honor to be chosen to go with the UN Foundation. His album is awesome and addictive – just like Kris. He’s a wonderful role model. Love his music, love the man.
After a week or so of the tragedy I read he was asked whether he wanted to go to Haiti to help, he answered immediately answered “Absolutely!” I mean, he didn’t even ask for details before saying yes. It didn’t matter. That just hits me right there in the heart.
That’s great!! He’s such a good guy. Can’t wait to see him on the show next week!!
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