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I’m sure that Adam Lambert felt a bit of pressure from his new record label to release a statement regarding an album of some of his older work being released this summer. But did he really have to lie? Indie label Hi Fi Recordings plan on releasing an album of the American Idol runner up’s work from 2007 and 2008. After repeatedly denying his contribution to and condemning the record, the proof is in the credits. A new legal document has been dug up which shows that the singer co-wrote 9 of the 11 songs on the album. Is the album that bad that he doesn’t want his name attached to the songs he co-wrote?

Sometimes, losing American Idol has better perks than actually winning it. Idol runner up Adam Lambert has reportedly begun working with RedOne, the man behind many of Lady Gaga’s hits and who, apparently has a renewed interest in glam rock. A source at RCA Recordings said that Adam’s debut album will feature a Queen-inspired sound that will go beyond what he ever did on the show. That sounds hot. Be sure to watch out for Adam’s debut album which is scheduled to drop this fall. Idol champ Kris Allen will also release his album then. I can’t wait for both debuts and see another showdown.

American Idol runner up Adam Lambert has just been outed by judge Kara DioGuardi. The judge did a taped interview for The View which aired this past Friday. During the segment, Barbara Walters asked her if she though his perceived sexuality might have influenced the audience to vote for Kris Allen. Kara replied “Well, first of all, I hope not … because we should be judging on talent and viability in the music industry and they both [Lambert and Allen] had that. I don’t think that Adam [Lambert] was ever in [the closet]. I think he was always openly out.” When Barbara reaffirmed that it wasn’t the public’s perception that Adam was openly gay, Kara said “I think he was. I mean from what I’ve seen … I do. I never thought he wasn’t.” I wonder what Kara has seen that the rest of us haven’t.

While Queen has expressed their consideration of Adam Lambert to become their permanent front man, the American Idol runner up has high hopes for his solo album. He recently shared his plans to record, saying “Labels tend to try to put one box around every artist and keep them in one genre, but I think [my album] can be a collection of different styles. I don’t want to do one specific genre. I’m more about fusion. There are a lot of pop artists that are using the ‘glam’ kind of vibe in their music currently so I think I’m actually part of a wave. There just happens to not be many guys doing it right now.”

After ranting on his personal blog where he slams American Idol runner up Adam Lambert and the last handful of winners, Clay Aiken is now apologizing to the closeted singer. Clay recently wrote “I’ll be the first to admit that my opinion is just that, only my opinion, but for as much as some of the bloggers seem to dislike me and care so little about my thoughts, they sure can waste a lot of their space on what I say!… I am sure that some were upset by my choice of words describing my opinion of a performance I heard from Adam Lambert. I hope no one actually believed that blood truly poured forth from my ears when I heard him. I obviously meant it as a colorful statement to imply that I did not enjoy what I heard… so, I do apologize to Adam for my colorful (and negative) choice of words. I hope he can forgive me. I imagine he doesn’t give a damn! God knows he shouldn’t.”

Everyone has been calling Kris Allen’s victory over Adam Lambert an American Idol upset. What’s so upsetting about it? It’s not like Kris isn’t talented. But when you’ve pretty much orchestrated a finale show that showcased Adam more than Kris, it would be upsetting to you. Kris only got to perform one song with Keith Urban while Adam got to sing a medley with rock icons KISS. Heck, even Danny Gokey got to sing more songs than Kris when Danny sang a medley with Lionel Richie. Add to that, the final performance of the two before the winner was announced was with Queen. Adam’s star was made to shine brighter than Kris’ that night but I guess the producers didn’t expect a rally of fans for Kris.

The judge from American Idol recently stated that he believes that Adam Lambert is the one who will take home the trophy for the contest this season. Simon Cowell made this all so shocking statement on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on Monday. The reason Simon Cowell invoked for his premonition is the fact that Adam Lambert “has got swagger”. Well, if Simon Cowell says it’s going to happen, then it’s most likely going to happen… even though it is all so unpredictable. Still, maybe the judge is a bit of a rascal and he’s using his position of a vector of opinion in order to make the whole contest a bit more… interesting. Either way, there are just a few weeks left to go.

Slash is back on the American Idol stage as he kicked off the show with an incredible group number set to Alice Cooper’s 1971 hit ‘School’s Out’. The former Guns N Roses guitarist was on lead guitar and once again, Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta dominated the vocals. Actually, you can forego the Idol hopefuls. I can listen to Slash playing his guitar all day and not get tired of it. The iconic rocker is coming out with a solo album soon. Just like Carlos Santana, he’s going to be featuring a lot of amazing singers to sing as he plays his guitar.

Matt Giraud finally got the boot from American Idol last night. That means that Allison Iraheta is still surviving amongst the guys! What’s even more surprising is that she wasn’t even on the bottom three. Don’t get me wrong, I really love her on the show but if you base it on the voting pattern, she could have easily been predicted as the one to go home. The jaw-dropping moment of the night was when Adam Lambert’s name got called as the final member of the bottom three. Ryan Seacrest did the famed splitting into groups with the last Idol to choose which group he thinks he belongs to. It was Kris and Matt on one side with Allison and Danny Gokey on the other. Adam picked Allison and Danny and that’s when Ryan dropped the bomb. Though I’m not the biggest Adam fan, Matt really ran his time out on the show.

While Tuesday night’s performance show of American Idol brought about the largest amount of creativity amongst the contestants, disco night did very little in holding some people’s interests. Hit and miss disco night scored 23.2 million viewers, per preliminary Nielsen data. It was enough to thoroughly dominate the Tuesday competition but it’s actually down by around 1 million sets of eyes and ears from last week’s performance show. And that says a lot considering last week’s night at the movies was really disappointing in my opinion. They probably just hated the fact that Matt Giraud got saved. Things just get boring without that thrill of the one-time save hanging in the air.

The American Idol contestant came back again in full force and this time he gave up the soft side of his performances and went for something a little more exciting: Wild Cherry’s “Play that funky music” is what got Adam Lambert second place in the top nine for the beginning of this week. Simon Cowell was sensibly impressed with Adam Lambert’s performance since he said: “At least we get rid of some of this karaoke nonsense we’ve seen tonight.” Originality seems to have won Adam Lambert a good spot last night so now it’s a duel between him and Kris Allen for the first place… a regular cat fight, one would dare say.