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Those of you who hate “American Idol” should be down on your knees thanking one of its spawn right about now. Because the long running televised search for a superstar is on the slab. Cause of death: Blunt force trauma inflicted by runner-up Adam Lambert’s glittery platform boots.

Those of you who love “American Idol” know I’m right.

Of course, Glambert didn’t intend to kill the show. He just underestimated the strength of his fabulosity.
That this season was arguably the best in the show’s history is due, in large part, to Adam. Going into Season 8, questionable format changes (including a universally scorned fourth judge) and an annoying, ever-increasing focus on contestants’ backstories and commercial appeal over actual talent threatened to propel AI right over the proverbial shark. But then something unexpected happened. Adam Lambert took the stage during the semi-finals and blazed through a fierce and funky version of The Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” At that moment, he either completely won you over (as he did me) or had you wondering, “Who the hell was that…and what is he gonna do next??”

What he did next was consistently wow us with his fresh approach to a show that many believed was well past its expiration date. Adam wisely avoided the tired Idol standards (”Against All Odds,” “Unchained Melody,” insert your own most-hated), while strategically choosing songs that would stand out from what the other contestants were doing. He also had a knack for doing the opposite of what the audience might have expected, like camping it up on Movie Night, slowing it down on Disco Night, and using Country Night to completely freak middle America out.

After being force-fed mashed potatoes for seven years, the audience finally discovered French fries, and they couldn’t get enough. Both lovers and haters of the show gobbled Adam up. Even those who weren’t Adam fans couldn’t stop talking about him. They couldn’t stop wondering what his next move (or outfit) would be. People who never watched AI were suddenly tuning in to see what all the fuss was about. Water coolers across the U.S. were drained dry as co-workers debated the big issues: Singer or screecher? Gay or straight? Pencil or liquid (eyeliner)? Maybe it’s powder! Maybe he’s bi!! Should we get back to work?

In a season with lower ratings than it had suffered in years, Adam Lambert breathed new life into “American Idol.” And it tried to hang on, really it did. But that poor show had no chance.
Remember when Glambert opened Rock ‘n’ Roll Night with a sexy, scorching rendition of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love?” Simon Cowell declared that, although Adam had started the show off with a bang, the downside was that no one would be able to follow it. And he was right. In fact, the only one who came close to touching his performance was…well, Adam himself. (With the help of pint-sized, big-voiced rocker Allison Iraheta, he closed out the evening and brought the house down with a duet of Foghat’s “Slow Ride.”)

Perhaps Simon didn’t realize it at the time, but he was also predicting the demise of the entire series. Because, really, who is going to be able to follow Adam Lambert? Ever?

Now, don’t get me wrong. Although Adam may have the power to turn me into a babbling fangirl at times, I’m not suggesting that he is the greatest artist who ever lived. I know that there are plenty of underground club kids out there who could probably give Glambert a run for his money. But a lot of “American Idol” fans wouldn’t know that. Because on a show that excels in creating family-friendly, safe “products” for its mainstream audience, a (not really) sexually ambiguous, guylinered, shrieking wild man with an anime haircut is something brand new. He’s a game-changer.

But does “American Idol” WANT a new game? And is the audience ready to play?
I suppose we’ll find out in January, when AI rises from the grave for a ninth season.
Of course, those questions were partially answered at this year’s finale when Adam, the clear-cut star of the show and most buzzed-about contestant in Idol history, still somehow finished second to the safe boy-next-door, Kris Allen.

To Allen’s credit, he showed much more creativity than most artists of his ilk. He also managed to quietly slide toward victory without the help of furious pimping or a sob story, so the public’s unwavering support of him was certainly a step in the right direction. Had Glambert lost to Gokey, AI would have completely gone over to the dark side, doomed to return next year as Tuesday Night of the Living Dead Karaoke.
There’s still a very real danger of that happening in Idol’s post-Glambert world. If the powers that be just go back to business as usual, stacking the deck with pleasantly dull singers and Daughtry wannabes, its ninth life could be its last. But serving up a bunch of Adam Lambert clones (and believe me, there will be many) isn’t the answer either. To stay relevant, the show needs to finally start delivering on its hollow promise that it is, first and foremost, a singing competition. It needs to throw away its formulas and cookie-cutters and embrace the unconventional.

Most importantly, the powers that be need to stop assuming that they know what we, the viewers, want more than we do. We just want talent. And we know America’s got it.

Source: http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/04/adam_lambert_destroyer_of_american_idol_

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We received overwhelming support for the “Ring of Fire” Dance Remix. It is entirely appropriate that the next remix should be Black or White.

Adam Lambert vs. The Glass

That voice - that incredible voice. Adam’s incredible voice has made us all crumble. For some of us, it’s the amount of time he holds the note, Fourteen seconds? Unreal! For others, it’s his range. He hits the high note, and then takes it further by pushing it even higher. Amazing. Have you ever wondered how his voice would stand up next to a glass? Someone did, and has made a very funny interpretation of it!

I don’t know how anyone could have made Ring of Fire any hotter, but someone has done it! They’ve also remixed most of Adam’s songs and they sound incredible. Keep checking back here and we’ll have new remixes for you. But for now, sit back and enjoy!

We are creating the most GLAMB-TASTIC present for Adam and you can be a part of it! We know Adam’s birthday isn’t until January, but we need your help NOW while the American Idol Tour is happening!

We want Adam’s GLAMB fans to be able to recognize each other at the Tour Concerts. We’re making our own fan wall webpage for the web site, plus a special video with pictures of GLAMB fans starring in it!

If you want to be involved, we’re asking you to make a sign and send us a picture. You don’t need to be attending the concerts to participate. Be as creative as you want, but all signs need to include the following message:

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Happy
GLAMBirthday
Adam!

<3 Your Name, Your Glamb #, Your City & State or Country

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You don’t have to put a heart or Love or your name (I’m sure he’d like to know his fans though!), but we really need your location. This is critical for the project. He’s already a world-wide star and this gift will recognize that.

Take a picture of yourself with the sign and send to tourphotos@glambs.org. It would be really neat if you were next to your town’s landmark. If you’re going to the Tour Concert in your city, you could even take your picture there! We’d love you to bring your sign and show it to him and everyone else. He may think “Huh? My birthday’s not until January?” but when he gets the present, it will all make sense to him. He may not see it from the stage, so stay around for the autograph session that we’re hoping will be after each concert. Or arrive early for the busses when they pull in and show your sign proudly! If you get lucky and he talks to you about it, just tell him it’s a surprise that he’ll get from his GLAMB fans in January!!

All pictures must be received by October 15, 2009. Post them in a Photo Hosting account (like PhotoBucket.com) and send the link to tourphotos@glambs.org.

Don’t have your own Glamb number yet? Click here for directions.

We know Adam will love this present, and he will love it more because his fans will be a part of it!

Watch for more TOUR VIBES posts as the summer concerts come to YOUR areas. This will be your opportunity to write concert reviews and post links to your other concert pictures, which may also be included in the final video.

Now, go get busy for Adam!!!

Love and thanks!
Fan Club Leaders

**THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT ALL PICTURES WILL BE USED. SOME EDITING AND/OR CROPPING MAY BE NECESSARY. ALL PICTURES ARE SUBMITTED ON A STRICTLY VOLUNTARY BASIS.

Adam Lambert interview with People.com one week after the finale. He answers reader questions about makeup, dream duets (Madonna! Lady Gaga), Queen rumors (again) and more  Articulate as usual.

So what is Adam thinking?

“I’m so glad I don’t have to sing that song at every city…”

What do you think? Comment below!

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American Idol’s Adam Lambert’s ties to figure skating

The Inside Edge with Sarah and Drew

American Idol’s Adam Lambert (left) with friend Terrance Spencer (middle) and skater Nicholas LaRoche (right) in L.A. recently. (courtesy of Nicholas Laroche)

By Sarah S. Brannen and Drew Meekins, special to icenetwork.com

(05/27/2009) - icenetwork.com’s intrepid reporters Sarah S. Brannen and Drew Meekins spend some time talking about American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert’s ties to the figure skating universe, gelato and a Skating Club of Boston outing to Milan.

Wicked Adam
We were glued to the finale of American Idol, along with the rest of the country and most of the skating world. As it happens, Drew met runner-up Adam Lambert in Los Angeles last year; Adam and Drew are both friends with retired skater Nicholas LaRoche. We got the whole story from Nick this week.

“I met Adam when he was performing in Wicked with my partner Eric,” Nick told us. “He was in the ensemble, and he was also the understudy for Fiyero [the prince]. Eric was also in the ensemble.”

Wicked ran at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood for two years, and Nick, Eric and Adam became good friends. In the 2007-08 season, Nick was looking for music for a new exhibition program.

“I heard the song ‘I Just Love You’ by Five for Fighting on the radio, but didn’t necessarily like the arrangement of it,” he said. “I teamed up with Adam and the music conductor from Wicked, Brian Perry, who played the piano. We went into a private studio and recorded it. They only did the song three full times; it was amazing. Adam was thrilled when I asked him to record the song and it was so much fun to stand in the recording studio with the headphones on and listen to his wide range. I heard the ‘belts and screams’ first-hand. It was incredible!”

Nick has performed the program twice, and Adam came to one of the shows to see it.

“After seeing the performance, he couldn’t thank me enough for giving him the opportunity to do this,” said Nick.
So what is the glam rocker like in person?

“He is great — very humble,” said Nick. “I watched him do endless performances here in L.A., all for charities and benefits.”

Nick watched every episode of American Idol, of course.

“It was odd to see him without his fun makeup on and the glam look he carries,” said Nick. “When he would come out each week and be so conservative, it was weird. I’m used to seeing him in the glam stage like he was in the finale, when he had the crystals around his eyes, extravagant clothing, and belting those high notes that you would never think would come out of his mouth.”

Because Nick is in Los Angeles, he couldn’t wait until the show aired to find out what happened. He had a cousin on the East Coast text him the final result.

“When my cousin told me Kris has won, my initial reaction was ‘I will NEVER watch Idol again!’ Then I headed off to the gym,” joked Nick.

“I don’t know how this whole Idol thing works but I know Adam will be huge, and probably more so now than if he had won. I’m honored to have gotten to not only work with him on this exhibition piece, but to have seen him perform so many times.”

Apart from the Idol excitement, Nick is busy coaching at the Toyota Sports Center in L.A., and getting ready to skate in a Los Angeles Ice Theater benefit show on June 12 in Burbank, Calif. Yes, he’ll be performing to his exclusive, Adam Lambert version of “I Just Love You.”

Nick is also working hard on the new foundation he and his sister Tricia have started, the U.S. Athletic Foundation. They are putting together a skating benefit show, An Evening on Ice, which will take place on September 19 in Ontario, Calif. There is more information on the foundation Web site, and we’ll be reporting further about the show this summer. All proceeds from the show will go to the foundation on behalf of Nick and Tricia’s mother, Bunny, who was murdered in July 2008.

Gelato
It seemed like half the skating world was in Italy in May, and a lovely time of year it was to visit Bella Italia. On May 15 and 16, the ISU Ice Dance Technical Committee held a test event in Milan for proposed new competition formats. The plan is for the compulsory dance to be dropped in the 2010-11 season and for the original dance to be replaced by one of three possibilities: a pattern dance, a rhythm dance or a combination of the compulsory and original dance.

Several teams made the trip to Milan, including Jane Summersett and Todd Gilles, Madison Chock and Greg Zuerlein, Kristina Gorshkova and Vitali Butikov, Ekaterina Rubleva and Ivan Shefer, Andrea Chong and Guillaume Gfeller, Tanja Kolbe and Sascha Rabe, and Terra Findlay and Benoit Richaud.

“It was a lot of fun to be involved in,” Madison wrote to us afterward. “I like feeling that we were a part of the future. But I’m sure it will take a while to decide what will happen since all the skaters did their job very well presenting great material. Personally, I think the two front-runners were the combination dance and the rhythm Waltz. It was fun to create our program because we got to see how it would work to have compulsories mixed with a normal original dance.”

All the teams we heard from said they had time to tour beautiful Milano, and of course to get in some shopping on the Via Montenapoleone.

“We saw the Duomo and the Castello Sforzesco,” said Madison, “And the Galleria and all the shops! We ate at a small restaurant by the castle and it was amazingly delicious! There was also a gelato place directly across the street from our hotel at which we made a stop at least twice a day. Jane and I had tons of cappuccinos and other coffee drinks.”

Raphael
Meanwhile, some of our friends from the Skating Club of Boston also made a trip to Milan in early May. Coaches Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson taught a seminar there and invited their students Stephen Carriere, Ross Miner, Katrina Hacker and Dana Zhalko-Tytarenko to go with them.

“Italy was fabulous,” said Katrina, who recently announced that she will take next season off to attend Princeton. “Even though I’m not training for any competitions, I still am skating and want to keep up my jumps. We had group stroking and edge lessons [I think it was the first time I actually enjoyed having a stroking lesson] and helped each other out on new spin positions, etc.”

The Boston skaters got a warm welcome from the Italians at the Forum rink, who included Francesca Rio, Fabio Mascarello, Paolo Bacchini, Alice Garlisi, Deborah Sacchi, coach Cristina Mauri and choreographer Raffaela Cazzaniga.

“The skaters and coaches were so welcoming!” said Katrina. “I can’t even tell you how nice everyone was. The rink is beautiful — it had a gym, a bowling alley, pool, squash courts, ‘jorky ball’ [some kind of two-person indoor soccer] courts, a dance studio and more.”

Katrina, befitting her Ivy League future, took in a lot of Italian culture instead of shopping.

“I loved the Pinacoteca di Brera, the art museum — with Caravaggio, Tintoretto, Raphael [one can watch paintings being restored inside a glass cube in the exhibition space!] — walking to the top of the Duomo and of course, the shopping!”

Well, of course she went shopping. Be serious. It was Milan!

“On Friday night we went to Venice,” added Katrina. “I absolutely love the Peggy Guggenheim collection!” That’s an art collection, by the way. Good girl.

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 If you haven’t heard of Adam Lambert, you will soon.  He is the flamboyant rocker who recently came in second on “American Idol” in a stunning upset by boy-next-door Kris Allen.  Adam, the judges’ obvious favorite throughout the show, is a 27-year-old actor-singer who was struggling to make it in the music business until “Idol” came along.  A former cast-member of “Wicked,” Adam worked in various Broadway touring groups and avant garde shows in order to pay his rent.  But his real dream was to become a pop-rock star.

Adam has an amazing vocal range and a falsetto so rich in quality that it is imperceptibly different from his chest voice.  His incredible ability to control his vocals enables him to hold his high notes seemingly forever.  His versatility is unmatched in “Idol” history.  With the arguable exception of country music (his rendition of “Ring of Fire” received strong emotional reactions both pro and con, as it was more like Johnny Cash doing Goth music with Middle Eastern undertones), Adam excels in every genre of music.  He sings soulful ballads to pop to heavy metal and glam rock, all with ease, style, and pitch-perfect tone.

Week in and week out, other “Idol” contestants appeared on stage in sneakers and T-shirts without sets or lighting design, all of which are in the contestants’ control.  But enter Adam, and the show began!  One could criticize his attire (and did!) but every week Adam came with an outfit, sets, lighting, and moves that fit his song choice and made his performances both unpredictable and more entertaining.  He’s not just a singer; he’s the whole performance package.

Unfortunately, talent has not always been the focus of commentary on Adam.  Rumor has it that some on the Christian-right refused to vote for Adam because of his ambiguous sexual orientation.  Explicit photos of him making out with other men, attending the Burning Man (an annual event in Nevada which constitutes an experiment in community, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance), and occasionally dressing in drag, detracted from his deserved praise.  Supposedly, Kris Allen’s church pastor urged “all believers” to vote for Kris (though Kris emphatically objected to votes based on religion).  Additionally, “Idol” contestant Danny Gokey, who touted his Christianity, had a similar performance style to Kris’.  His devout following likely swung in favor of Kris once Danny was booted off the show.

Many deemed it unpalatable if not morally wrong to deny Adam his hard earned votes based on sexual orientation.  This should have no place in the “Idol” competition.  As Kris explained, this was supposed to be a competition about singing, not a vote for the presidency.

Yet, as soon as the winner was announced and the finale was over, the left-wing media started bashing Adam for not being gay enough.  Adam has admitted that the explicit photos were of him, and he has not been at all shy about anything including his sexuality. (To date, interviewers have beaten around the bush and have not put the “gay question” to him directly.)  But neither has Adam made his sexuality a political issue…at least thus far.  Still, the photos and Adam’s behavior, which are about as “out” as can be, still leave some dissatisfied.  As is often the case with leftists, words are more important than actions, and one isn’t truly “out” until he mouths the words “I’m gay.”  Adam hasn’t done this and thus will suffer the wrath of leftist activists.

No sooner had he walked off the stage than criticism has befallen him — not for his performances, which were controversial but fair game, but for his alleged “silence” on his sexuality.  Indeed, Entertainment Weekly Online dedicated four whole pages to chastising him for failing to announce his orientation.  But, making one’s private life fodder for public consumption seems to be something the gay community does often.  In the recently released film “Outrage,” the filmmaker assumed that if he outed gay Republicans, they would change their votes on gay marriage.  The presumption seems to be that gay marriage is the world’s most pressing issue, and everyone who is gay should prioritize this about all else.  To hell with national security, the arts, or whatever else one might be interested in.

Adam has acknowledged feeling pressure from some quarters to use his sexuality and “alternativeness” to influence how America views related social issues.  Contrary to helping those in the gay community, they are doing Adam and the gay community a disservice.  By pressuring Adam to act differently than his straight counterparts, they separate him out rather than allow him to integrate and be accepted as equal.  They are also denying him the right to define himself as he wants to be defined and decide for himself how his talents will be used.

It unlikely that at age three when Adam starting singing around the house, or at age ten when he first began musical theater, that his goal was to achieve success as a vehicle for gay rights activism.  Why does everyone who is gay have to represent a political cause?  Why can’t Adam just be a singer and an entertainer like other artists?  Both those who withheld votes because Adam’s gay and those who are bashing him for not being gay enough, insist on defining Adam by his sexual orientation.  But Adam clearly defines himself by his music.

Politics aside, it is apparent that Adam is not going to be a flash-in-the-pan like previous “Idol” contenders.  Adam was the only reason to watch the cheesy show this season.  My prediction is that he is destined to be a national star, if not international.  Offers are already pouring in, and there’s talk of him touring with Queen, being courted for Broadway leads, and making his own CD’s.  Refusing to be boxed into a specific genre as most record labels demand, his first album promises to range from pop to rock to funk with innovative electronics.  Additionally, he hopes to do corollary theatrical performances.  His goal is to fill an artistic niche of theatrical pop music which is currently female-dominated on the scene, and largely devoid of male artists.  It is Adam’s artistic expression and personal style that make him notable, not his sexual orientation.  If he does have a political message, it’s one of personal empowerment for anyone who might not fit the mold…sexuality aside.

Those making social criticism of Adam based on his sexuality — one way or the other — should apologize.  I myself owe him an apology for using his orientation in the title of this article.  However, I doubt if he cares much about any of this.  Adam is all about the music, and I’m sure he’s too busy singing to pay this any mind.

by Deborah Weiss from Big Hollywood

The ‘joke’ comes out at 1:20, I laughed so hard.. Watch Kris’ expression when Adam answers…

I’m going to admit, I actually like Kris’ music, in fact I’m learning his cover of Heartless right now… BUT man he sucks at interviewing, anyone thinks differently?

After personally ’studying’ Adam for months now, I can say that he actually seems just a bit nervous which is not normal for Adam (he is always so at ease, its unreal). Maybe he wasn’t at ease with the interviewer or he was getting drilled with so many questions.

At the end of part 1 of this interview Adam talks about the huge pink elephant on the room:

Part 1:

Part 2 (Adamgasms?):

Part 3:

Below is Adam Lambert appearance on Best Week Ever.

Part 1

PART 2 (Adam fans fast forward to Adam at 2:30):

I’m dying for Adam to show up on Saturday Night Live now. I’ve been telling everyone since the beginning, Adam is not only one of the best american singers. He is the modern ‘triple threat,’ he can sing, act AND dance. He will surprise us and the best is yet to come my friends (yes, I will keep repeating myself)

Yes… you heard right, he’s got the boom boom pow…

On the video below Adam Lambert officially answers the question that is on everyone’s mind. The question that America has been dying to know. The question that no one else has been able to get Adam Lambert to definitively answer.

Are you ready?

Watch below to find out the answer and comment with your thoughts!

Many of you mentioned on your comments that we need to show our support for Adam. Kris is beating Adam on the sales of No Boundaries by almost 100,000 sales during its first week alone. Kris Allen fans are bragging and saying that this ‘proves’ Kris really won America.

No Boundaries, believe it or not, is not a bad song. The live performances didn’t do it justice. Adam also said this is a very well written song and he was really proud of his recorded version. Click on the link below to purchase ‘No Boundaries’ by Adam Lambert:

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What everyone has been waiting for. Michael Slezak interview with Adam Lambert. This is arguably the BEST interview so be sure to set some time aside to watch it. Also, if you haven’t already, watch the full coverage of American Idol by Idolatry.

Be sure to keep scrolling down the videos on your right hand side.

What did you think about the interview with Adam? Did you enjoy this season coverage of American Idol by Idolatry. What was your favorite part?

Comment below.

Adam Lambert visits the Regis and Kelly Show today.

Medicine for your withdrawals.

The crowd goes crazy when Adam shows up. Everyone loves Adam. Watch it here in High Quality, GREAT interview. Once again, I’m adamazed on how articulatr and how much connection he usually has with the interviewers. They talk about his experience, his background, his family, and his perspective on American Idol.

The best part is talking about that this was not to him a ‘competition’ but a platform where he was competing with himself. Watch below:

Interview:

Performing Mad World:

Mad World is one of those songs that has the ‘initial’ shock value but afterwards it becomes repetitive. The lyrics are so meaningful, powerful and unfortunately real to some people that you can only listen to it so much or it becomes almost… depressing. I really think Adam needs to perform ‘Change is Gonna Come,’ ‘Tracks of my Tears,’ or even ‘Whole Lotta Love.’

Adam are you reading this bro?

Anyways, who cares what I think, we want to know what do YOU think? Comment below.

Lambert is in New York City making the media rounds and talked with Fox 5’s Anne Craig. Adam Lambert says he didn’t “lose” American Idol : He just didn’t win! She asked him about being the “weird kid” at school, what he likes about New York and life after American Idol. The best part is how he talked about the type of role model he is. The best part is how he talks about his image as being ‘edginess with a smile.’

If you ever wanted to get more ‘ADAM’ throughout his audition in San Francisco here is some exlusive footage and interview right before and after he makes it to Hollywood. Did you know he works out?

Towards the end the guy who interviewed him said he has this ‘prescence’ in real life, I thought that was cool for him to talk about that.

Video of Adam singing Mad World in New York City at the CBS Early Show at 59th/5th avenue on May 26th, 2009. He was singing under freezing conditions with a lot of wind and of course he sounded just as good as every other performance. A lot more coming so stay tuned guys!!

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Are you falling short on words trying to explain your irresistible attraction towards Adam? The video below shows that babies and humans in general have an innate natural born attraction towards Adam powerful charm and charisma. On this site we officially have teens, young adults, grandma’s and now… babies.

Be sure not to miss the part at the very end when the baby kisses ‘ADAM’ on the iPhone

Anyone else thinks Adam is going to be around for a while? Comment below

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How did Kris Allen win ‘Idol’? 38 million votes from Arkansas helped

Full disclosure: I’m an Adam Lambert fan. A frustrated Adam Lambert fan at present, but a fan.

I’m also a Kris Allen fan.

I only waited until the end to vote for Adam because I was sure he could get to the end without me.

At any rate, Ryan Seacrest said just under 100 million votes had come in Tuesday night for the season eight “American Idol” finale.

He didn’t mention the difference between Kris and Adam.

Last season, there were 12 million votes between David Cook and David Archuleta.

I wrote about that in my “Poor Kris Allen! Wrong guy wins ‘American Idol’” lament, adding, “I’m curious about how many people really hated Adam Lambert that much.”

An Arkansas native named — appropriately enough — Dave, read my lament and offered some perspective.

“I’m originally from Arkansas, and let me tell you, they have very little coming out of the state that they can all get behind. As a result, the University of Arkansas Razorbacks athletic teams are all but a religion there–especially when they are performing well.

“During American Idol elimination episodes, my facebook feed was flooded with Kris Allen comments from friends back home. If you watched the show, you saw a crowd show up to see Kris in my (and his) hometown of Conway, AR that is pretty much the entire population of the town.

“One of my facebook friends posted a comment after Allen won saying that AT&T had disclosed that 38,000,000 votes came out of Arkansas last night.

“Seriously, it isn’t a hatred of Lambert that drove this, it’s the facts that a) everybody like an underdog, b) church-going types moved from Gokey to Allen, and c) Arkansans enthusiastically support their own. It was just a perfect storm in Allen’s favor.”

He added a nice P.S.: “An avant-garde type like Lambert needed to lose, so he could have the creative freedom he needs.”

Very true, Dave.

I don’t blame Arkansas. They were backing their boy and I give them props for that.

The 38 million number from AT&T is interesting.

He’s not the only one quoting it — it originally came from Fox16.com, an Arkansas news station, and was picked up by the Idol blog mjsbigblog.

**Update**

Now Fox16 is reporting that AT&T is denying the 38 million votes.

To quote Fox16’s updated report as of Thursday, May 21: AT&T says, “We can’t confirm how many votes were cast in Arkansas, and we can’t comment on the number of votes for any contestant.”

Well. Wonder where they got it to begin with.

Actually, here’s more on that. From the same Fox 16 link, just added later:

“CORRECTION: Based on incorrect information provided to one of our reporters, FOX16 News reported Wednesday night, an extraordinary number of votes came in from Arkansas to American Idol. AT&T spokesman Ted Wagnon told us today, ‘AT&T does not divulge or confirm how many votes were cast in any state.’ We apologize for the error.”

I bet it was still around 38 million and someone is playing CYA.

I don’t have AT&T but I always hear Ryan saying AT&T users can text their votes, so I would think that makes things faster than trying to dial 100 times and getting through once.

Of course it doesn’t mean all of the Arkansas AT&T votes (however many there were) were for Kris, but chances are most were.

Dial Idol — where they keep “Measuring the busy signal” — has a funky map that supposedly breaks down by state who called for Kris and who called for Adam.

According to that info, New Hampshire – my state – had 600-odd busy signals on each of Adam Lambert’s three lines, getting through on each line a little over 300 times. For Kris Allen, people hit busy signals in the 400-range on each line and got through in the 200-range.

According to the same map, Arkansas got busy signals in the 6,000 range on each of Kris Allen’s three lines, getting through in the 3,000 range on each line. (Only about 600 votes total seemed to go to Adam from the three lines.)

Over on KrisAllenNation.com, there was a page leading people step by step to “power text” for Kris.

To quote part of the site: “Kris Allen fans can triple (at least) the number of votes by power texting. (I usually get 3000 to 5000 votes out in two hours.”

****Update****

It’s now Friday, May 22 and I just got this e-mail:

“I am a student at the University of Central Arkansas in the heart of Conway, AR…Kris Allen’s hometown. There was a newspaper article that was produced today by our local newspaper basically about how people could vote so many times for Kris Allen. I’m posting the link for the Conway, Arkansas newspaper as well as an email that was sent out through the UCA listserve that basically explains step by step how these Kris Allen fans or fanatics, if you will, were able to vote so many times. I thought I couldn’t do anything about it even though I thought it was a disservice and unfair. I’m glad that I am finally able to expose the people and their obsession with being “put on the map.”

Here’s the link she’s talking about: http://www.thecabin.net/stories/052209/loc_0522090002.shtml

And here’s the e-mail she received from the University of Central Arkansas, repeating the KrisAllenNation stuff about power texting:

From: (Name deleted)
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 3:55 PM
To: (Name deleted)
Subject: FW: American Idol Power Texting trick for Kris

I know some of you supporting Kris Allen, a great Conway guy, on American Idol. If you’re not “into” this contest, you can delete now!
This following message was posted by Kris’s facebook account. It takes a little effort before the voting night, but it looks like it may pay off!
Here goes:
Kris Allen fans can triple (at least) the number of votes by power texting. (I usually get 3000 to 5000 votes out in two hours.) Adam and Danny fans have been doing this for weeks.
Essentially, power texting sends ten votes at a time instead of just one.
Prerequisites:
• Must have a cell phone on AT&T. If you don’t have one, you can pick up a Go Phone for about $30 at Target, WalMart, or Best Buy.
• Must have unlimited text plan.
Power Texting (note: these instruction may differ based upon which kind of phone you have!)
1. You are going to create ten contacts in your cell phone (Kris1, Kris2, Kris3, etc.).
2. Create a contact group (also known as a distribution list) and name it something like “Kris For The Win” and add your contacts (Kris1, Kris2, etc.) to the group. If you don’t know how to do that, check the manual for your phone or go to the AT&T Support Site
3. Add the voting number for Kris (570x) to each of the contacts. At this point Kris has two numbers, so you can alternate - five contacts get the first number, five contacts get the second number. Do this during the show before the voting starts.
4. At the end of the show, send the message “vote” to your “Kris for the Win” contact group. This sends the message to the ten contacts at once. It will take a couple of seconds more than sending a single contact.
5. Now, resend or forward the same message to your contract group over and over for the next two hours.
Super Power Texting
Get a second Go Phone and have ATT give it a number on the opposite side of the country from you. This will let you vote for two hours in Eastern Standard time and then for two hours in Pacific Time.

(Name deleted)
Graduate Assistant
Financial Aid
University of Central Arkansas
McCastlain Hall, Room 002

 I’m sure Adam Lambert fans were doing the same thing. Just not enough of us, I guess.

According to our friends at Wikipedia, the 2008 population estimate for Arkansas is 2,855,390, making it 32nd out of 50.

So, as Randy Jackson might put it, those dawgs worked it out Tuesday night.

California, for shame! Where were you for Adam Lambert? For me, for you? Not cool.

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momlogic: As Adam’s mother, what was going through your mind before and during the finale?

Leila Lambert: It was probably the night I was most nervous, excited, and emotional. I knew if he were to win it would be an amazing opportunity, and I knew if Kris won, it would be the same for him. Our families have become very good friends. Kris’s mom, Kim, and I looked to each other for support and I knew either way, either of the kids would be okay. Kim and I had a lot of talks and we knew they were both strong kids and they’d both be given wonderful opportunities, whatever the outcome. I was nervous, felt a lot of anticipation, but I was also excited because it was all good.

ml: What was going through your mind when they announced Kris Allen as the winner?

Leila: I think everyone wants to be a winner, no matter what you’re doing. Whether you’re playing cards or in this competition, whatever you’re doing in life, you want to win. Adam is a winner. He’s still a winner even though his name wasn’t called — as much as it’s wonderful to say, “I did win ‘American Idol.’” I felt great because I knew Adam was still a winner. I didn’t know how I was going to react but when it happened, the pressure was gone and I was very happy for Adam.

ml: At what age did you know there was something special or unique about your son? When did you discover his talent?

Leila: I would say as early as 3 years old, when I realized Adam could recite books verbatim and could make character voices even before he could read. He loved Halloween and taking on different characters. Then, I started putting him in theater groups. He thrived and loved the interaction with the other kids. At age 10, Adam sang for the first time. We knew there was something very unique for such a young boy to sing the notes he was reaching, so he began taking lessons.

ml: When he first told you he wanted to audition for “American Idol,” what was your reaction? 

Leila: His friends from “Wicked” encouraged him to audition. He called me and said, “I know it’s a long shot…” Adam was down in Los Angeles and the audition was up by me in San Francisco, where I live. I said he should go. He’s always successful when he does something, so I thought he should go for it. It sounded great. Everything in life is an adventure and it’s a new journey, so why not?

ml: When he first auditioned, did you ever think he’d make it this far?

Leila: Never! You know what the odds are, and to me, you have to be in the right place at the right time. You have to be there at that moment when someone is actually listening really closely. I never thought it would go this far. Not that I didn’t believe he was talented, but there is such a process, with so many people trying to get there as well. When he got home, I remember him telling me he was standing in line for hours. He and two friends left the house so early in the morning and didn’t get home until so late at night. They just stood there in line — and then they were heard after such a tiring day — I remember Adam was just hoping he sounded okay because he hardly got any sleep the night before. He was in the right place at the right time and it worked.

ml: As a mother, how has your life changed? And how has your son Adam’s life changed?

Leila: I would always say to people when he was younger, “I have a son who’s very talented … he’s a singer.” A parent is always proud of their child and I knew Adam was unique. But this opportunity has changed both of our lives. I came to Los Angeles every single week because I didn’t want to miss any of the competition. I liked being there. I took a backseat and watched. It’s the most amazing gift. It wasn’t easy working 50 hours a week and then traveling to Los Angeles on my days off, but it changed my life. Now I see what the opportunities are for Adam and it’s like a whole new life. A new life for him and me. I am just so excited to be part of this. My life is very different now, in fact I am going to be moving to Los Angeles from San Francisco. I am doing it because it’s a new life for all of us. I am very excited about it. His life is different because he was struggling to get by. Adam had a job in “Wicked,” but it was a paycheck and paid bills. He was working hard, but it wasn’t what he always wanted. Again, he was in the right place at the right time. But now, this is what he always wanted. His life will never be the same and it’s great because it’s his dream. To perform like this and be creative — it’s an amazing opportunity.

ml: Have you spent time with the other “Idol” moms? Was there ever a sense of competition or rivalry?

Leila: I didn’t get to know many of the “Idol” moms except for Kris’s mom. I can’t even remember when we started becoming friends, but we both knew our kids were very talented and very different in their styles. Even though it was a competition, they were so different. The ability to have someone who’s going through the exact same thing you’re going through (and it goes for Kris and Adam, as well as the Allens and us) was so great. We just kept saying, “Whatever happens, it’s all going to be great and right for them.” Having that bond and bouncing off each other like that really helped us all. We took a limo to the show together Tuesday. We all had dinner together last night. The Allens, myself, my son. It was my birthday yesterday and we wanted the Allens to be there. We told stories of our sons from when they were little and we have so much in common, it’s mind-boggling. We will be friends for a very long time. You do want your kid to win, but just like in the theater, your kid is a shining star, but you can’t make that happen without everyone else around them. I feel this connection with everyone else and never felt a competitive edge. It sounds crazy, but it’s because we have a friendship. Maybe if we were different — if we were more to ourselves and standoffish, maybe we would have had that competitive feeling. But we are open as people and it’s refreshing. I was so genuinely happy for the Allens when Kris won. We went right over and I gave Kim the biggest hug. We stood there hugging and looking onstage at our kids. It changes competition when you have that kind of support.

ml: What advice would you give to moms whose children want to audition for AI or who have a gift and aspire to be famous?

Leila: That’s easy … What I did as a mom and what I would tell other people is that if your child wants to take guitar lessons, ballet, singing lessons, or play a sport, you should do whatever it takes to get them there and help nurture it. Whether or not they become a soccer player or ballerina, they will take that confidence with them. They will learn they can do it, and they can do anything. Allow your kids to dream and provide them with whatever they need to fulfill their dream. If it’s a sacrifice and you have to drive them two hours away to a competition, you just do it. That’s what it takes to build confident children who then become confident adults.

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Clay Aiken Disses Adam and then Apologizes

I, like many of you, use to be a fan of Clay Aiken..  until I read the comments about Adam Lambert. I understand everyone is entitled to their own opinion but his comments were way too harsh. Then again, I’m a little biased. To me anyone who does not like Adam Lambert has issues and everyone who does like Adam is my friend… I must have a lot of friends around here :)

The first article is regarding Clay horrible comments and the article below is when he apologizes to Adam:

Clay Aiken vs. Adam Lambert: He Made My Ears Bleed

Fri., May. 22, 2009 10:50 AM PDT by Gina Serpe

Clay Aiken Semi-Apologizes to Adam Lambert, Slams the Blogosphere

by Megan Masters

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Ryan Seacrest interviews the Top 10 on Larry King Live. They look back on their journey on American Idol and Ryan ask questions like: ‘Not to cross any lines but… was there any in-mansion romance?’

Another interesting line at the beginning was Danny Gokey saying that the judges complimenting Adam so much actually hurt him because people wanted to the other contestant a chance.

Allison is awesome, she makes me laugh everytime

PART 1

PART 2

Random thought, Adam at 2:34 looked like a vampire :p. But you don’t wanna continue my rambling so be sure to share your thoughts about this interview on the comments below.

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On the video below watch at 1:05 Adam kissing Kris Allen… awww, how cute…

… actually it seems he is just turning his head to kiss Paula back

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What’s next for Adam Lambert? On the video below he says: “My dream now is to make a really dope record, do something new, push the boundaries.”

This will definitely definitely help dealing with the grief guys. Watch everything after 2:55, is beyond inspirational how he talks… I’m definitely, DEFINITELY Adamazed, you must see the last part of this interview. He looks like a superstar. 

And I have to say, sorry but Kris totally sucks at interviewing while Adam is so amazingly articulate, eloquent, he really listens to the questions while Kris just stutters or says it is ’surreal’ or that he is at a ‘loss of words.’

That, alone, is the one that thing that hurts the most about Kris winning.

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Another American Idol Finale Shocker: Not the Lowest Rated!

Kevin Winter/American Idol 2009/Getty Images for FOX

It was a squeaker, but American Idol did it: It avoided posting its least-watched finale of the modern Idol era.

Instead, the show tied its least-watched finale of the modern Idol era. Which, in 2009, is still a feat.

An estimated 28.84 million, on average, tuned in last night’s Kris Allen coronation, per preliminary Nielsen data.

Final numbers weren’t expected to give Idol much of a boost since Nielsen has already factored in time zone differences and the show’s seven-minute overrun into the 10 p.m. hour.

If the estimate holds, last night’s Idol will be tied with 2004’s Fantasia finale for next-to-last place in the annals of Idol finales.

Some more finale factoids:

• Compared to last year’s David Cook party, last night’s Allen celebration was attended by about 3 million—or 9 percent—fewer people.

• Compared to TV’s other top shows, Idol held up slightly better than average. Consider: Last May’s top finales were posted by Idol, Dancing With the Stars, CSI, Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, NCIS, House and CSI: Miami. This May, those shows finales’ were down, on average, 11 percent. Only one finale, in fact—DWTS’ results show—wasn’t down, and it wasn’t even up. (It matched last year’s number.)

• Among that finale bunch, last night’s Idol tied for fourth with Grey’s Anatomy, in terms of holding onto—or losing less of—last year’s audience. The DWTS results show, NCIS (down 2 percent), and DWTS’ decisive dance-off (down 3 percent) led the way. At the other end, House was down 23 percent.

• While Idol’s numbers conceivably could be crunched any old way, the Oscars would like to remind it still has scoreboard. The 36.3 million it commanded in February remains the season’s biggest prime-time audience for a single entertainment show.

• Idol, meanwhile, would like to remind its finale still has scoreboard over the Grammys as TV’s biggest music-industry platform. But the gap did shrink considerably. Last year Idol outdistanced the Grammys by 14.5 million viewers. This season it beat the awards show by “only” 9.8 million.

• Idol’s 2003 Ruben Studdard finale remains the franchise’s biggest, with 38 million viewers. The runners-up: 2006’s Taylor Hicks night (36.4 million), 2008’s David Cook upset (31.7 million), 2007’s Jordin Sparks win (30.7 million), 2005’s Carrie Underwood moment (30.3 million), 2004’s Fantasia and last night’s Kris Allen crownings, and at the end of the line, 2002’s Kelly Clarkson moment (22.8 million), which, unlike its descendants, aired (a) during the summer, and (b) before American Idol became American Idol.

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Adam talks about positive thinking, his strategy on the competition and making it to the finale. Great interview:

Everything Kris Allen said was exactly what I was saying when that big FOX 5 News camera  was taking ADAM-LAMBERT.ORG fans reactions at that moment: Are you serious, are you phreaking serious??

There is no doubt anywhere that he provided the best show and had the best vocals. KISS doesn’t show up for Idol — they showed up for Adam. Queen showed up for Adam. Most of the stars (and they were huge stars) came because of the level of talent that Adam has and what he brought to that show all season. Adam’s head is and will be held high. Even Kris doesn’t believe Kris ‘deserved’ the win. Be sure to don’t get this wrong, the unfairness wasn’t Kris’ fault:

Behind the scenes:

Kris pointing at Adam saying something like ‘It should have been you!’

Deja vu from Season 2 - by LindaK  (Fan Group Leader)

Adam is the most talented, deserving contestant ever to grace the Idol stage. As I said in an earlier article, win or lose, Adam still IS the Idol and no one can convince me and his legions of fans otherwise. I know this feeling all too well; it happened in season 2 when the more talented contestant came in second place. I am not taking anything away from Kris; he is talented in his own right; but Adam is just special in so many ways and brought so much to the show that it almost seems unfair that he didn’t get the title. Maybe Idol didn’t know how to market him, or maybe the conservatives banded together to prevent a gay winner. Whatever the reason, Adam is the runner up. What a shame for the show and for not rewarding creative differences.

It is a given that he will have a long, lucrative, productive career and entertain us for many years to come. He goes down in history as the most competent runner up ever. Adam is in a league of his own, way above and beyond any others. It just seems unreal that this uniqueness and talent were not granted the ultimate reward.

And so we move on. To us, his fans, Adam is our idol and we believe in his talent wholeheartedly. We are excited to help him promote his career and achieve the iconic status that is in his future. This is only the beginning for him. He is now a household name, was the most talked about contestant ever, and we can now look forward to moving on and watching him achieve international stardom. You know he will. America got it wrong, but at this point it doesn’t really matter.

Let’s support Adam, and help him become the icon and worldwide superstar that the judges predicted he would be. And won’t it be fun going along with him on this journey. The best is yet to come!

It’s ok to be in grief and cry because we all know this was clearly rigged, not by the producers but by the voters themselves with 36 million votes coming from Arkansas and sites like Vote for The Worst. 

The producers are not happy ‘at all’ given that Adam is so commercial, so don’t blame it on the show.  

However, me must move on guys. Here is were true fans stand out.

Comment below, let it all out…

Graphic Credit: Debbie9

Queen, Adam, and Kris
The Kris and Adam duet was highly anticipated.  “We Are The Champions’ is a great song, figuratively, and musically, for them. Why did Queen agree to be on American Idol?  Two word answer: Adam Lambert!  The songs words are meaningful, as both Kris and Adam are champions in very different ways. Kris is because he got the ‘title’, for whatever reason, but Adam is the ultimate champion because his megatalent will propel him to the iconic status predicted by Paula.  In my opinion, this performance is on par or even better than the Allison and Adam duet.  Maybe it’s just that whoever you put Adam with, ends up shining. What does that say about Adam’s professionalism?  His fans applaud him for stepping back and letting Kris have some of the spollight.  Kris did better than ever and I know it’s because of being with Adam.  Adam motivates, encourages, and enhances his partner.  He is the ultimate professionaI and I adore him even more for not stealing the show, but for making it a cooperative team effort.  I absolutely, positively, totally loved ,loved, loved this.  Great choice of song, of guest artist, and of utilizing Adam’s talents to the max.. 

Kiss
The real american idol, Adam Lambert, performing along with Kiss. Also showing off Adam’s journey on American Idol. Classic, iconic, rock performance.

Could there be a more perfect partner(s) for Adam?  They should sign him right now! Didn’t love the outfit, but it fit in and was total Adam.  You cannot convince me that Kiss was enticed to  ;a show like American Idol, for any reason other than being able to sing with Adam. Adam must have been in heaven.  This is him at his best, doing what he was born to do.  I’ve watched this quite a few times already and shall watch it many more.  We have our Rock God, our True Idol right here, and need look no further.  Kiss knows it too.  Just look at them and how happy they are to be singing with someone of Adam’s caliber.  I’m so glad Adam had this amazing opportunity.  He didn’t get the ‘title’, but the rock icons know who the true star of the season was.  This was just the beginning of the music legends clamoring for Adam’s attention.  If this was how it went on a tv show; can you imagine what is still to come? 

Love them shoes though…

by Dreamsound and LindaK

 

Pictures of Adam in his Element :) 

 

 

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ADAM-LAMBERT.ORG will be hosting the  post-official Adam Lambert watch party at Seau’s of San Diego on Wednesday May 20th tentatively starting at 7pm PST.

*** Since it is not an option to get the live stream from the east coast, we will be watching the results during regular west coast time from 8pm to 10pm Pacific Standard Time. For that reason, if you know the results beforehand please DO NOT spoil it for anyone attending this party. ***

The address is: 1640 Camino Del Rio North #1376, San Diego CA 92108

Below Lila, our event planner, talks with FOX 5 News about this party

This is a local San Diego restaurant and the founder (Junior Seau of NFL fame) is big on promoting local talent. Seau’s have ample space to hold plenty of people. They are easy to get to, have plenty of easy parking, have outstanding video and audio capabilities (must be over 100 TV’s there as well as a 11×13 screen) and have a warm family atmosphere which fits the Idol fan base. Every single TV will be playing American Idol.

FOX 5 News contacted us last week regarding the watch party and we might get media coverage. MTV may also cover the party.

Official watch parties, by the way, are parties covered by the media showing the contestant’s fans watching the results while getting their reactions on camera.

EVERYONE WEARS EYELINER AND PAINT THEIR NAILS BLACK

(I’m a straight male and I’m even doing it! )

If you are interested in attending, PLEASE RSVP on the comments below. If you have a media request or can help us spread the word e-mail Lila at: lilahayes@hotmail.com 

PLEASE LEAVE THE COMMENTS BELOW TO RSVP TO THIS PARTY AND OTHER DIRECTLY RELATED.

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by Carol H. (Fan Group Leader)

It was SO GREAT! Really a surreal night. I went up with Nancy and Damian. He’s bringing his giant 20′ sign that he got Adam to sign last week. They’re really looking forward to the party. I called Tommy (94.1) about 8:30 AM, just before they talked on-air to Carly Smithson about the Copley party tonight and her Idol experience last night. She raved on-air about how superior Adam is! I talked to her last night about her coming over to our party tonight after she’s done at the Copley. Don’t know if she will (probably not!) but she kept saying we should come earlier to the Copley. (Nah, don’t think so!) But, I talked to Tommy this morning about plugging our party on air with Jeff and Jer, and he said he couldn’t promise, but if I did get on-air, to not talk about it like it was a fund-raiser (WHAT?????) but to just be talking excitedly. I’ve written it up so I’m prepared with what to say. Basically a ditto of what Walter said.
***Tommy just called - really apologetic - couldn’t get it on the air, but asked for all the details and will have other DJs plug it today.

I NEVER thought I’d EVER be there, especially for the finale show!!!! We got in line at about 9 AM, just hoping to get tickets to the rehearsal, and ended up immediately getting tickets to the performance finale show!! A girl in line had 2 tickets for friends that couldn’t make it. You’re emailed that morning, have to respond within an hour, and then be able to go at last-minute’s notice! After waiting in line until about 11:30 we finally got our hard tickets. We could leave then, just had to be back to make the 4:30 PM door closing getting into the Nokia. So we spent the rest of the time at the Nokia/LA Live Center. I’m not really sure what the true name is - “Something” Live Center.”

The Nokia Theatre, Staples Center and LA Convention Center all triangle each other on 3 corners. The ESPN News Sports Restaurant is across the courtyard from the Nokia, and they had all the TV Guide Channel and Idol booths in between. We ate at the ESPN in their patio seating, looking right at the courtyard booths. I saw Nigel Lythgoe just walking in to the center next to the patio seating talking to some fans, signing some autographs, etc. I went up to him for an autograph, but he didn’t have any more time - had to get somewhere. One of the canopied booths was for the past Idol stars to sign autographs/pix pose at. They had a computer (AT&T sponsor) to register your name and number on to win a million dollars in that booth. They had long tables lining the back wall, and a bunch of the past Idol stars were sitting at them. The first star (Bo Bice when I was there) had a stack of slick cardboard stationery sheets and they all had Sharpies. I got a lot autographs and spoke to all them - basic fan adoration chit chat. I said how great I thought it was for them to give their time for this (I know, basic suck-up but I wanted them to feel good!). I did ask some of them who they liked, and did they vote, and Carly Smithson was such a strong Adam lover and voter! Everyone said they were for Adam! I managed to time it perfectly, when it was close to shutting it down, so there weren’t many people begging for their time. There were still a lot of people lined up to get in, but they weren’t being let in, so I had extended time. I saw/got autographs from: Bo Bice (I told him I loved seeing him at the SD County Fair and he said he loved San Diego, and loves some restaurant that I didn’t recognize! Also, Blake Lewis, Chiquese, Carly Smithson, Parris Bennett, Kimberly Locke, Syesha Mercado, Lakeisha ???, Vonzell Solomon(?), Hayley Spenato (?) and Melinda Doolittle. On the autograph sheets, you can’t tell which some of the signatures are. It would probably be a fun drinking game!

Now I know what those TV Guide Channel 99 Idol shows are like to be at. Justin Guarini looked handsome and Kimberly Caldwell was really pretty. They were doing different interviews with past IDOL contestants. We could stand right along the partition, 2 feet away from where they were talking. Because we were told in advance we couldn’t bring camera in to the performance, I didn’t even bring mine. I had no idea what to expect. I got Justin Guarini’s autograph at this location, after leaving the autograph booth. I did get cell phone camera pictures of most of the stars.

In the Nokia Theater, the rows were A-Z then started on AA, BB, CC, etc. We were in KK, about 5 rows from the back. and on the extreme left side, looking at the stage. But it was still close enough. Both Nancy and I had binoculars, so no problems.

I loved, loved, loved Mad World! His voice sounded so pure in the theater. We thought he was GREAT! He looked so great in the long coat. But for some stupid reason, Simon was hearing something different and chose not to compliment/rave about his PURE voice last night, which is what the contest is about, and instead flipped out about the coat and fog. Simon - you’re so inappropriate! Adam’s eyes glistened on the good and bad comments from the judges. You could clearly see this on the big screen. He was really emotionally effected. Adam’s voice sounded so pure and ethereal. Kris’ Ain’t No Sunshine was really good but not so much better to “win the first round!” It’s hard to compare Adam to Kris because they’re such different artists. Like apples and oranges.

We all heard it. Adam wasn’t as strong as his usual self on Kara’s song - the song stunk for both of them, but they really should have been harsher on Kris. He is not professionally able to carry off entertaining an audience by himself on more than 1 song. He’s boring! And his voice could not hold up for 3 songs. Instead, they acknowledged the poor performance by saying “judge the whole season.” Well how about Adam - he RULED the whole season. No one could touch his voice quality. At least Simon did say they “had found a WORLD star.”

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FINAL STEP OF OPERATION AND JUSTICE FOR ALL:

*** ATTENTION: THIS IS CLOSE BY 1% WITH A SLIGHT LEAD FROM KRIS ACCORDING TO DIAL IDOL. YOUR VOTES IN THE NEXT 54 minutes WILL DETERMINE WHO WINS. DO NOT STOP, THIS IS EXTREMELY CLOSE ****

THE FUTURE OF ROCK DEPENDS ON THE NEXT 54 MINUTES…

IF YOUR TIME ON EAST COAST IS OVER YOU MUST DOWNLOAD GIZMO OR OTHER APPLICATION THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO KEEP VOTING. EAST COASTERS, YOU HAVE TO KEEP VOTING UNTIL 4AM, WE MUST GO ALL THE WAY!!

1.  Watch the countdown timer on the right hand side so you know exactly when to begin voting with East coast area code (ie. 706) HERE: ———————————–>

2. The countdown timer will have a ‘TIME SINCE. When time gets to 4 hours, switch to a West Coast area code (ie. 951) Then you have three more hours to vote. HERE: –>

3. If you are using a cell phone, try using your earpiece to dial and redial. That will keep your hands free to vote with other devices. Most earpieces if you hit the button twice, it will redial for you.

4. You have 7 straight hours to vote. REMEMBER: HAVE FOOD READY, EVERY MINUTE COUNTS.

 

 

FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO VOTE IN BOTH TIME ZONES: you need to go gizmo’s actual website and sign into your account from there. Then there’s an option on that page to add “caller ID.” You follow the instructions from there and it cost $4. This takes awhile to process so do it IMMEDIATELY PLEASE. Once this is processed, it will allow you to change your area code to whichever time zone you want to vote. Change area code as many times you want for the $4 dollars. DO IT NOW, IT TAKES A WHILE TO PROCESS! THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO VOTE IN MULTIPLE TIME ZONES, JUST CHANGE YOUR AREA CODE (CALLER ID) TO THE APPROPRIATE VOTING TIME ZONE. Once you finish voting east coast, log onto gizmo’s actual website and under your account section there should be a place to change your caller ID. You can change it to whatever west coast number you want. Same if you want to vote east coast but you’re in west coast. Choose the appropriate number for the zone. It could be any number within the east coast zone but has to be an actual number. PLEASE USE ALL VOTING METHODS AND NOT JUST GIZMO, LANDLINES, CELL PHONES, TEXT IF YOU HAVE AT&T, ETC. DO NOT RELY ON ONE METHOD ALONE.

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The MOST important thing is to NOT STOP VOTING.

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Kradam Finale : On the second interview Adam said that he does not get naked with Kris! They talk about the religious Christian factor, Adam having too much experience and Gokey’s votes going to Kris among tons of many other interesting subjects.

1st Interview MUST SEE! 13 minutes long:

 
2nd Interview - Post Top 2 Show - Radio PC:

At 2:00 Adam says: “We don’t get naked together”

 

Note the brotherhood pact that Adam and Kris made this week. On the pictures below Adam has nailpolish in every nail except his right thumb while Kris has nailpolish only on his right thumb

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‘American Idol’ Finale: It’s Adam Lambert Vs. Kris Allen

Danny Gokey says goodbye to the ‘Idol’ stage as judge Simon Cowell congratulates him on a ‘brilliant’ performance.

It’s the screamer versus the quiet soul man. The flashy, trashy L.A. rocker against the mellow, humble small-town crooner. Call it what you like, but next week’s “American Idol” finale could be one of the most exciting in the show’s history. A “ding-dong,” if you will, to quote judge Simon Cowell.

Following a titanic 88 million votes — and with just 1 million separating the top two finalists — Danny Gokey became the odd man out on Wednesday night when he was eliminated from the show’s first-ever all-male top three.

With just minutes left in the hour, host Ryan Seacrest finally broke the tension by first announcing that Kris Allen would be in the finale, bringing a look of sheer surprise to the 23-year-old singer’s face and a standing ovation from the judging panel, including Cowell, who, up until Tuesday night, repeatedly told Allen that he would never make it to the final.

And then it was Adam Lambert’s turn, as the bombastic singer who has blazed a nearly flawless path through the finals buried his hands in his face and gave his bros a hug in celebration of making it to the finish line.

It was an excruciating wait for the trio, who spent nearly every minute of the hour wondering their fate. Early in the show, Gokey — the only contestant this season to never be in the bottom three — relived the up-and-down night he had on Tuesday, when the judges split on his scatting and dancing during his Paula Abdul-chosen take on Terence Trent D’Arby’s “Dance Little Sister,” but were unanimous in their praise for his sentimental take on Joe Cocker’s “You Are So Beautiful.” This being the penultimate “Idol” show, the Milwaukee native was waved over to the couches to make way for Allen’s flashback.

Fans predicted that Allen, who got mixed reviews for his too-close cover of OneRepublic’s “Apologize” and raves for a daring acoustic take on Kanye West’s “Heartless,” would go home on Wednesday night. But after he shocked the room with the stripped-down ‘Ye cover, even Cowell had to admit Allen deserved a shot next week. While Allen also didn’t get the good news right away, he did reveal that no matter what happened, he was already a winner, as his favorite Conway, Arkansas, restaurant, Stoby’s, offered him free cheese dip for life.

Questions arose this week over whether Cowell lobbied too hard for Adam Lambert at the end of Tuesday night’s show, when he warned fans to “take nothing for granted,” which some saw as a sign that he was advocating they vote for Lambert.

Regardless, the Los Angeles musical-theater veteran once again got almost all thumbs up for both his sensuous take on U2’s “One,” and a cat-scratch run through Aerosmith’s “Cryin’.” He was the last finalist to not get the news right away after, like the others, he watched a montage wrapping up his trip home last week, in which he met his hometown San Diego fans.

Once the verdict finally came down, Gokey, whose tragic tale of losing his young wife, Sophia, had become one of this season’s early emotional story lines, kept his composure. Looking cool and relaxed with his hand on his chin, Gokey watched his goodbye video, smiling and reprising his poignant take on “You Are So Beautiful,” bringing tears to Abdul and Kara DioGaurdi’s eyes as he milked the ballad for all its heartstring-pulling emotion. The three singers then shared a group hug center stage as, once again, the show ran over by several minutes, perhaps robbing some viewers of the final words of wisdom from Cowell.

Setting up next week’s showdown, he said, “None of us would have predicted this, guys … no disrespect because you were brilliant last night and just now … by the way, Danny, congratulations. But Kris, your second song ["Heartless"] in particular made you a contender. You’re in with a real shot. Adam, you know we’ve always liked you. This could be what we call a big ding-dong coming up next week.”

The show also featured Katy Perry performing her latest single, “Waking Up In Vegas,” as well as season-six winner Jordin Sparks debuting the strident R&B rocker “Battlefield,” the first single from her as-yet-untitled upcoming second album, with the song’s producer/co-writer, OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder, joining her on piano.

As always, Perry brought a big show, taking the stage in a sexy Elvis Presley-style leotard/jumpsuit with Adam Lambert’s name in rhinestones on the back and toting a bedazzled microphone with glittering cherries on it. Surrounded by Vegas showgirls in towering red headdresses waving giant white feathered fans, Perry ended the energetic performance by strutting in her glittery mini-cowboy boots as a rain of confetti covered the stage.

And so, next week Lambert and Allen will face off one more time for this year’s “Idol” crown. At press time, it was not yet announced what the theme would be for the final showdown, or who the guests are on the Wednesday night finale.

By Gil Kaufman

SOURCE: MTV.COM

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Adam Lambert performs A Change is Gonna Come. HQ Video and Mp3 and pictures below. AMAZING, THE BEST PERFORMANCE THIS SEASON!! ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS… WOW…

The key, his pitch on this song, his version, his modifications, everything was PERFECT.

So he has done this song before, he absolutely knew what he was doing. This is his performance at the Zodiac show, IMPRESSIVE - A MUST SEE:

We’re currently uploading the video of the Finale performance.

MP3 LIVE VERSION: A Change is Gonna Come (Live)

Stay tuned and keep voting guys. I love you all. Any Adam Lambert fan is a good friend!

By LindaK - Fan Group Leader (andmeljar@aol.com)

A Change Is Gonna ComeOh wow, a Taylor song.  Adam breaks out the suit for this one and looks oh so very handsome.  What a great song choice! Adam totally kicked ass, those long notes were adamazing, and he did what he needed to do.  He showcased all his strengths, went from that incredible low to that unreal high, and was awesome on everything in between. 
Thank you Simon Fuller!  You picked the right song for Adam and we needed to hear him do this original interpretation.  I think what Paula said was right on.  Even if Adam happens to ‘lose’ this competition, he will be an icon in the music industry and that is really what’s important. 

 

Randy: That song is an amazing R & B classic, and you showed that the real reason you are here is that you can sing your face off.  That was unbelievable.

Kara: That may have been your best performance and interpretation of a song.  The combination of the high notes and how you showed the emotion of the song is your winning combination.

Paula: That was the best I’ve ever heard you sing ever, ever, ever.  Unbelievable.  You look like a superstar up there and whatever happens with this Idol journey, I know with every fiber of my being that you are going to be iconic.

Simon: You are 100% back in the game.  Congratulations.