Adam Lambert's voice is miraculous. Combine his voice with his theatrics and you have perfection. P.S. Adam's rendition of Mad World is the #1 best. I listened to Tears For Fears and Gary Jule's, but Adam's cover is the only one with the appropriate emotional inflection. For me the others were flat and monotone. Way to go, Adam! As Randy Jackson said, "I love who you are!"
The NYT attempts to connect all the dots in a piece on sexuality and American Idol:"Can a gay contestant win? Leave aside for a moment the answerto such a question, or even whether Mr. Lambert is gay. He may be. Hemay not. Fox, which owns 'Idol,' is not saying; neither is thecontestant himself. What is notable is the intensity of theinsinuations caroming around the Internet and in certain corners of themainstream press — that and the fact that even asking whether a gaycontestant can win a broadly popular reality show, whose survivors areselected by public acclaim, seems increasingly anachronistic in lightof decisions in Iowa and Vermont to extend marriage rights to gay menand lesbians."Up till now I haven't posted this clip of Adam Lambert performing as Joshua in the musical The Ten Commandments with Val Kilmer, but its full of bare male chests, mascara, and Lambert's signature vocal stylings, AFTER THE JUMP...