Round one: Adam. It had Kris's best performance, one of the few I've enjoyed by him, and really quite good. But Adam blazed, that repeat was better than the first. Wow.Round 2: Adam. Killer performance, as usual. Mesmerizing. Kris "What's going on" was just anemic. The first time it was one of the worst performances he had, and this time it was no better. He's better on the piano than the guitar, at least with the time he has to pick up a tune.
Round 3: Adam. Both had their worst performance in this round, but while I actually came around to enjoying Adams version, I though Kris was just lost up there, he was boring. (Kara, that was a crappy, self indulgent song. Poo on you.)
Adam had two outstanding "hit" quality performances, and Kris had one. IMO Adam punched through easily.
I kinda enjoyed Carrie Underwood's performance.