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.”

DeGeneres said that Lambert’s proclamation can send “a positive message”.

She added: “We’ve seen recently in the press how many kids have killed themselves because of being bullied at school and teased.

“Whenever there is somebody who is successful and talented and happy and openly gay, I think that sends a really positive message for all these kids out there that are struggling – and adults.”

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.”

Lambert says that he is concentrating on producing his first album and “could try to do both”.

He also gave a list of people that he would love to work with on his upcoming release:

“Madonna would be amazing,” he said.” I’d love to work with Madonna – I think she’s a genius. She has great ideas. Lady GaGa is brilliant. She’s got her finger on the pulse. She’s the hot thing right now. Katy Perry’s amazing, absolutely amazing.”

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.

Gene Simmons has invited American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert to join KISS on tour.

The big tongued singer performed with Lambert during the Idol finale and told Extra that he is a big fan of the 27-year-old singer.

“Adam was fantastic. What a powerful and attractive man he is,” said Simmons.

“He can come on tour whenever he’d like. Of course, he’d have to put his armour on because the fans, especially the KISS fans, take no prisoners. You gotta go big, you gotta be strong. You gotta be a rock, baby!”

When told about the offer, Lambert replied: “That’d be such an honour. I had so much fun – to perform with KISS, I would love that. What a wonderful compliment… That was very, very nice of him.”

Kris Allen has admitted that he was shocked when he won American Idol on Wednesday night.

“I feel great but I’m just shocked,” he told People.com.

“Adam deserved this just as much as I do,” he said. “He’s an amazing performer, a gifted guy – an amazing guy.”

Adam took the news on the chin and congratulated Kris on his victory.

“He’s such a good guy, so humble, and he’s super talented. I’m really happy for him.”

“I’m a little bit different, and people enjoyed it, and that feels amazing,” he added. “It feels really cool to be able to challenge people’s concepts of what is an American Idol.”

“I think there’s always other things in the works,” he added.

“It’s about music, but it’s also the personality of the artist, about how the artist looks, how the artist dresses, it’s about all of it, it’s a package deal.”

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’.

Kris has proved the dark horse from this season. He started off in near obscurity, receiving little coverage during the audition stages of the show. The turning point seemed to occur in week nine when he set the spines-a-tingling with his rendition of ‘Ain’t No Sunshine.’ He seemed shocked to win last night but Afam took the blow like a real man and there seems to be no doubt that he has a shining career ahead.

For me the highlight of the night had to be a bikini (and shirt-dress)-clad Kara joining Katrina “Bikini Girl” Darrell on Mariah Carey’s “Vision of Love.” Hi-bloody-larious!

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.

In the past seven seasons of the show only twice has the person who performed first won. His performance being the last will give Kris a real advantage and keep his song fresh in peoples mind when the voting lines open.

The performance order for the past seven seasons are recorded below, the bold names are the winners.

Season 1: Justin Guarini, Kelly Clarkson

Season 2: Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken

Season 3: Diana DeGarmo, Fantasia Barrino

Season 4: Bo Bice, Carrie Underwood

Season 5: Katharine McPhee, Taylor Hicks

Season 6: Blake Lewis, Jordin Sparks

Season 7: David Cook, David Archuleta

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?