Who will win the American Idol crown? The question may be the same each May, but somehow the contestants are always vastly different. This year’s final two male finishers aren’t a bit like the David-David combination that became a staple of American Idol 7. So how do Adam Lambert and Kris Allen compare to each other?

Is it even possible to compare two such vastly different personalities? Lambert and Allen, this year’s Top 2, couldn’t be more contrasting.

Kris Allen: Small Town Guy
Allen, true to the spirit of American Idol, is from a small town in middle America - and he looks it. Kris’s clean-cut handsomeness won him very early attention in the contest, popularity he’s managed to maintain thus far at least.

Adam Lambert: Big City Star
Lambert, by contrast, calls California home. He’s no stranger to the stage or to the industry, having been on Broadway in the past. He’s a performer to the core and over-costumed on every occasion. There’s nothing humble about him…in fact, the word flamboyant fairly leaps to mind.

Their resumes don’t even compare to each other. Lambert, 27, has appeared in more than one theater production and even played opposite Val Kilmer at the Kodak Theatre (which no doubt makes Lambert comfortable, as the Kodak is the current home of Idol).

Kris Allen, 23, was part of the all-state orchestra during his stint with the local high school group. He self-produced an album in 2007, songs of which have made the Internet rounds since Allen shot to reality fame on the show.

On a more personal note, again, the two men seem to stand on vastly different sides. Allen is married to a gorgeous blonde named Kimberly. According to various photographs and Internet gossip, any gorgeous blonde seem on Lambert’s arm might just be male (lots of reports suggest that Adam is homosexual, though this has neither been confirmed nor denied by Lambert himself). Lambert has never been married.

Both are good singers, both are good-looking males, both are aiming to win the most coveted reality prize in all of TV. Which will wind up victorious? To get that info, you’ll have to wait for Idol’s finale extravaganza, set to air Wednesday.

(You can find all the American Idol 8 posts here.)