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He also does choreography for various shows like DWTS and SYTYCD, and was a judge on SYTYCD in Season two (also made by 19Entertainment, and where Nigel Lythgoeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s gone). He was the Creative Director on X Factor last year, working directly with Cowell. Creative Director is a big deal and he was given the job when the plans for him to be a judge fell through.
Cowell isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t just a judge either, he is a producer of both shows.

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Now Adam knows Randy tooà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦LOL
I half-expected something to pop up with Paula, but I wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t expecting that.

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So what? How does recording a demo that is used on Randy’s show by a friend of Adam’s imply that Adam knew Randy or got on AI because of it? Where’s your proof? It’s all speculation and conjecture on your part.

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He also does choreography for various shows like DWTS and SYTYCD, and was a judge on SYTYCD in Season two (also made by 19Entertainment, and where Nigel Lythgoe’s gone). He was the Creative Director on X Factor last year, working directly with Cowell. Creative Director is a big deal and he was given the job when the plans for him to be a judge fell through.
Cowell isn’t just a judge either, he is a producer of both shows.

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Now Adam knows Randy too…LOL
I half-expected something to pop up with Paula, but I wasn’t expecting that.

OK, since no one else here has said this, I guess Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be the one to do so. If Joanna Pacitti was disqualified for her prior experience and ties to the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  producers / judges, then Adam Lambert should be disqualified as well.

Joanna had a personal relationship with someone who is now a Fox exec. She considers her to be her “best friend.” Adam did not have a personal relationship with Randy before the show. He just recorded some vocals and the mix was used on Randy’s show. It’s very different.

Also, Joanna was not dq’d because of her previous experience. It was only because she had a personal relationship with a Fox employee.

Just because America likes the perception that disadvantaged children are plucked from obscurity, discovered after having only sung in the shower at home, doesn’t mean that the show’s rules require that. They don’t. Until they do, it’s not fair to impose such a requirement ourselves and then claim the producers are being less than forthcoming about the show’s premise.

Again, as stated upthread, recording a demo that is then sold does not by itself even suggest a contact with RJ, much less a prior relationship. Joanna had a known and extensive prior relationship. So, at least on the info we have, her situation differs quite a bit.

I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t speak for all of the baby boomers that watch American Idol, but I think a lot of them have and are really enjoying Adam Lambert. No matter how conservative some of us have become, a large majority of us still remember the great times that were the late 60à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s and the early 70à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s. We loved out OTT performers, our à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“howlingà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  rock stars. We loved the fact that music hit us between the eyes, back in them thar days, because it helped us escape and or make sense of the war and all the social unrest it caused. I bet that, secretly, there are a lot of people who absolutely love Adam for bringing back to them that great love we once had for music. And, even though you youngins may not think soà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦some of us old foggies know how to dial a phone and text message.

*sign* why why wasn’t I born in 60′s or early ’70′s? (( (specifically think about Jim Morrison here)

My best friend just said to me last week that if Adam was to compete in Europe or other parts of the world, he would have won the contest already. There would be no question about his sexuality at all. Kinda echo what a lot of you are saying here. I’m glad that many people are accepting Adam for who he is but I understand that many also don’t (we Asians call them middle America, sorry!) but I think that’s the thing about being an artist. You provoke feelings in people, for the best or the worst. People either love or hate you, just the way great artists are. If people don’t care enough about you they just don’t talk at all. I think Adam will have a great future ahead of him outside of Idol bubble where some contestants may not survive it at all. (and who was that grayed haired guy from last Wed again? *cough*)

That’s my 2 cents anyway and I guess I’m the minority here who like ‘screeching’ and OTT Adam. That ‘Feeling Good’ is probably one of my fav performance from Adam, what a showmanship! Although I talked to a friend who’s American and she thought it is disturbing, oh well….

I was just wondering in my post if Bowie had a point when he mused that America wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t able to accept gay singers for just their talent, and it got in the way of his US career. And I wondered if ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be the same situation for Adam.

One could argue that most people in entertainment are gay or bisexual. This isn’t a new development…….. If anything, I think people are more accepting now. Although I know there are still closed/narrow-minded folks out there.

Sounds familiar, in a good way!! Showmanship is BACK. Love him or hate him, my guess is that no one watching AI has been bored when Adam performs.

Its sad to me that walking down the stairs is considered theatarical and too showy. Do people not go to entertainment venues to see real events/concerts/etc? Or is today’s music just full of jumping up and down and waving arms in the air?? LOL

From listening to Adam, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d say he is able to sing in at least 5 octaves, possibly more à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  as unlikely as it seems that anyone could. Even on the show, I think heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s hit an A5 in head voice and an F5 in falsetto.

What is so interesting with Adam is he has such a wide voice range with his full voice. He doesn’t always have to use his falsetto/head voice. He is truely gifted, and had one hell of a voice coach as a child!!

Sounds familiar, in a good way!! Showmanship is BACK. Love him or hate him, my guess is that no one watching AI has been bored when Adam performs.

Anyway, it’s his choice. I was just wondering in my post if Bowie had a point when he mused that America wasn’t able to accept gay singers for just their talent, and it got in the way of his US career. And I wondered if it’ll be the same situation for Adam.

Is Adam “accepted”? Did adults “accept” Led Zeppelin, the Airplane, Mothers of invention, the Doors, Country Joe (especially his cheer?!)? HELL, NO! And we preferred it that way, thankyouverymuch!

So if there’s a contingent that sees Adam as the anti-Danny who must begone, or a segment that hears a high tenor and calls it “screaming”, or a demographic that watches Jamie Foxx and can’t wait to purchase his work, so be it. That still leaves at least a hundred million Americans!

oddobserver, Clay neither won, nor outed himself until five years later, when he became a parent.

“America is a very puritanical place, and I think it stood in the way of so much I wanted to do.”

As a heterosexual Englishwoman living in the US for a long time, I say yay to that statement. I always thought America was “footloose and fancy free” … until I lived here for a while.

Adam’s range is much much wider than Freddie’s. Believe it or not, Freddie only sang in about 3 octaves (maybe 3 and a half, to be fair). I think he hit a C5 during Live Aid, and that was extremely rare and one of the few times he did — and only in falsetto, not in head voice. In fact, he said that when he was sick (and dying), he discovered his range expanded further than it ever had before. (That makes me sad to think what could have been.) I just found this website that details his highest and lowest notes: http://www.f-mercury.com.ar/eng_notes.htm

From listening to Adam, I’d say he is able to sing in at least 5 octaves, possibly more — as unlikely as it seems that anyone could. Even on the show, I think he’s hit an A5 in head voice and an F5 in falsetto.