American comedienne Ellen DeGeneres has revealed that she is proud of American Idol runner up, Adam Lambert.
Adam outed himself (not that he was really ever in the closet anyway) in last months Rolling Stone magazine, DeGeneres similarly admitted to being a lesbian in Time magazine back in 1997.
She told TV Guide: “I’m proud of him, and I’m happy for anyone who has the guts to actually tell the world who they are and not fear they are going to lose their career or alienate anybody.”
American Idol runner up Adam Lambert has admitted that he is unsure about joining rock band Queen.
The group’s guitarist Brian May has said that he would love to work with Adam but the singer is unsure that he could commit to the band full time Pop Eater reports.
He said: “How do you say no to being in Queen? I mean, that’s unbelievable. But at the same time, I do have my own thing to do right now, and that’s my goal.”
American Idol runner up Adam Lambert has insisted that his debut record won’t be “one specific genre”.
Lambert told E!:
“Obviously, we want the album to have a cohesive sound, but I think it can kind of be a collection of different styles with me at the centre as the common thread,” he explained.
When asked if the LP would have any of the the ’80s glam rock sound he showcased on Idol, Adam said that “little bits” of the genre would be present.
“If anything, I’m more fond of the ’70s glam feel than the ’80s, even though I have that vocal style,” Lambert added. “There are a lot of pop artists using the glam kind of vibe in their music. So I think I’m part of a wave, and there just happens to not be many guys doing it right now.”
Former American Idol contestant Clay Aiken has admitted that he didn’t think much of this year’s runner up Adam Lambert.
Now I don’t pay $29.95 a year to read the ramblings of Mr Aiken but some of you do and thanks for emailing me the following quote from his blog. He said:
I couldn’t be happier with the way AI ended this year. I only turn the show on once a season and only to see what the set looks like. This year, I happened to turn it on during the minute that Adam Lambert was singing “Ring of Fire,” and, at that moment, thought my ears would bleed. Contrived, awful, and slightly frightening! I wasn’t really a fan and found myself surprised whenever folks told me that they liked him.
After 620 million votes, 100,000 auditions, a new judge and a bikini girl, Kris Allen has snatched this years American Idol title. This shock result occurred despite Simon Cowell predicting that Adam Lambert would steal the crown.
In the final showdown each contestant had to sing three songs, their own favourite, a choice from Simon Fuller, and the winner’s single ‘No Boundaries’. On the results show the pair took part in collaborations with Keith Urban and Kiss, I’m sure you can guess who sang with who and they ended with a duet of the Queen classic, ‘We Are The Champions’.
After Danny Gokey left the American Idol semi-final, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert flipped a coin to decide who would sing first in next weeks final show. Kris Allen won the toss and he wisely chose Adam Lambert to sing first.
Simon Cowell has predicted that Adam Lambert will win this season of American Idol.
“I would have to put my money on Adam right now,” he told Oprah Winfrey on the Monday edition of her talk show.
“I think he’s got that ‘it’. I think he’s fearless and I think he’s unique. And he’s got swagger.”
Here’s hoping that Simon’s got it right this time, as Adam is by far the best singer and performer left on the show. He is the most memorable and charismatic person to appear on the show in years, but it isn’t a great sign that he ended up in the bottom two just a few weeks ago.
I am a bit of a closet Led Zep fan and loved Adam’s song choice of Whole Lotta Love tonight. It is hard to believe that it was the first time that a Zeppelin song had been performed on American Idol. The song could have been written for Adam and it was 100% perfect for his voice.
I agreed with Kara’s comments when she called Adam a rock God and with Simon when he said that it was one of Adam’s best performances to date. He’s gotta win this year doesn’t he?
American Idol eliminated another contestant last night – with the bottom three consisting of some surprising names.
The show began with the contestants having a cake fight in their shared house, leaving their kitchen completely destroyed. Host Ryan Seacrest asks the group who was responsible for starting the mess, with the blame left at Danny Gokey. Seacrest then hands him an envelope containing a bill for $6,000 for the maid service that had to clean up the mess, before Gokey replies, “You don’t think American Idol can pay for this, with all the money they make?”
The fun soon disappears when the results are announced. Seacrest asks Matt Giraud and Kris Allen to stand on one side of the stage, and Allison Iraheta and Danny Gokey to stand on the other, before asking hotly tipped series favourite Adam Lambert which side he thinks he should be on. As Adam decides that he should be with Allison and Danny, Seacrest pulls him back and tells him to stand with Matt and Kris, with the three of them receiving the fewest votes on the night.
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford were the names on the lips of American Idol’s final five contestants as they performed on this week’s Rat Pack-themed show – with actor and singer Jamie Foxx as this week’s celebrity mentor.
Kris Allen was first to perform, singing The Way You Look Tonight, impressing Randy Jackson, who called it his best performance to date whilst Kara DioGaurdi and Paula Abdul swooned, with Abdul telling him that he had turned from gone from the “adorable boy next door to the ever-so-handsome sophisticated gentleman.” Simon Cowell took a different view, however, calling his performance “a little bit wet” and “not that incredible”. Allen is now a top choice to reach the final, after it was revealed he was the surprise second most downloaded artist on iTunes, from this year’s line-up, behind Adam Lambert, with Danny Gokey widely thought to be Lambert’s nearest competitor.
Can this boy do nothing wrong? It seems as if he and Danny Gokey are the only two real contenders for this years American Idol crown and last night Adam pulled it out of the bag once again.
After his stripped-down performance last week (which I LOVED by the way), he funked it up this week and rocked the stage with his crazy dancing and vibrato vocals.
Adam Lambert wowed again on American Idol last night as he performed the Smokey Robinson song ‘Tracks Of My Tears’.
Unusually Adam was not all glitz and glamour, in fact he really played down the song and showed us a real softer side to himself. He must have done something right as Smokey Robinson himself gave Adam a standing ovation.
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