Is Adam Lambert the best American Idol ever?
Maybe.
Kelly Clarkson, Chris Daughtry and Carrie Underwood are the best selling Idols. Clay Aiken is the most beloved, Jennifer Hudson won a Oscar and Constantine Maroulis just received a Tony nomination.
But Lambert is perfect melding of all them:
A gut wrenching singer with multiple octave range? Check
Ambiguous sexuality? Check
An usual, crowd pleasing look? Check
Courteous to the judges without upstaging Simon Cowell? Quadruple Check
I do not know if Lambert will turn his time on American Idol into a successful music career like Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood, but Lambert continues to solidify himself as one of the best American Idol contestants ever.
Take a look at his moving rendition of Tear for Fears "Mad World,” his dead on Robert Plant-like vocals of Led Zeppelin’s "Whole Lotta Love" or how he deconstructed Yvonne Elliman’s "If I Can’t Have You" from into a slow burning R&B ballad.
It takes a special talent to take a recognizable Bee Gee’s classic , change it completely and still give it new musical life..but he did it.
Adam Lambert has something that most music artists nowadays lack in the voice, emotion.
If you take the hottest songs by Keri Hilson or Britney Spears. The tunes might be good, but what about the vocals?
Are they simply singing a song for ring tone money or do you sense they are singing to someone specific?
In music era where pitch perfect means auto tunes, Adam Lambert is throwback. A true SINGER with his own style and voice without a hint of packaging or studio tricks.
The interesting thing is that even if something crazy happens and Adam Lambert is knocked out like Chris Daughtry a few years ago, the rest of this year’s Idols are so talented that any one of them they could beat former Idol winners including Underwood and last year’s winner David Cook.
Ironically, this year is very reminiscent when talented big voiced divas Fantasia , Latoya London and Jennifer Hudson duked it out with Fantasia taking the crown.
The only difference is, this year might actually be a little bit better.
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