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Post by pi on Apr 28, 2019 23:06:51 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Apr 28, 2019 23:21:34 GMT -5
YAHOODon’t stop him now: Adam Lambert returns to ‘American Idol’ to mentor Queen Night - Lyndsey Parker Ten years ago, on American Idol Season 8, Adam Lambert first entered the audition room, and America’s living rooms, belting Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Three months later, he lost the Idol title to Kris Allen, but after he and Kris joined Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor for a spectacular performance of “We Will Rock You”/“We Are the Champions” on that the season’s splashy finale, he obviously emerged the true long-term winner. Adam eventually became Queen’s new full-time frontman — a journey that will be explored Monday night on ABC’s two-hour documentary The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story — and this Sunday, the Glamerican Idol triumphantly returned to the show that started it all, to mentor this season’s top eight contestants on Queen Night. Adam did a fantastic job at imparting his knowledge, giving specific and actionable advice that elevated some performances, particularly Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon’s and Laine Hardy’s. (Apparently he’s been a very involved mentor ever since his own season. “He was very influential with other contestants, like Allison [Iraheta] and Kris [Allen], picking their lighting, picking their staging. He really likes to get his hands dirty, which is amazing,” longtime executive producer Trish Kinane recently told me.) Unfortunately, some Season 17 contestants were not nearly at a Lambert level this Sunday. They could not play the game, so to speak. www.youtube.com/watch?v=py39dfnKNNwWade Cota’s own awkward attempt at the unprophetically titled “We Are the Champions” was more cringeworthy than that time that Brian May and Ace Young sparred on the Season 5 set, for instance. But in the end, it was Walker Burroughs and Alyssa Raghu who went home. The show did not go on for them. (Side note: I really wish last week’s two controversially eliminated contestants, Dimitrius Graham and Uché, could have competed this week. Kinane told me Dimitrius the opera singer would’ve done “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and I bet Uché totally could have brought the funk with, say, “Another One Bites the Dust.”) Walker’s song choice, the finger-snapping rockabilly romp “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” suited his Richie Cunningham malt-shop vibe, but his corny performance lacked swagger; I don’t think either Freddie Mercury or Leather Tuscadero would’ve approved, and clearly neither did America’s voters. Judge Katy Perry faintly praised Walker for “using all his appendages” (Walker had confessed to Adam during rehearsal that he was “mortified” about being forced to work the stage on an uptempo number), but all three judges noticed that he seemed to be too in his head. I think Walker would’ve fared better on a piano ballad performance, something like “These Are the Days of Our Lives.” More... www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dont-stop-him-now-adam-lambert-returns-to-american-idol-to-mentor-queen-night-033548721.html
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Post by DancyGeorgia on Apr 28, 2019 23:25:09 GMT -5
@michaelslezaktv: So @adamlambert gave Madison more actionable advice in one session than I've heard Bobby Bones give to the entire #AmericanIdol cast all season.
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Post by DancyGeorgia on Apr 28, 2019 23:27:24 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Apr 28, 2019 23:49:13 GMT -5
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Post by Jablea on Apr 28, 2019 23:51:55 GMT -5
I get it! He has "the" expressive eyes! My dear husband ...asked me if he wears contacts ...his eyes are so "green". I do not ever remember my husband asking about the color of a grown ups eyes unless related to a baby/child. Obviously Adam's eyes really caught his attention. (I think it was just the tv lighting that made them appear so green to him.) My hubby liked this look too - unprompted "he looks better". Probably because this haircut and beard is what he's seen staring back at himself in the mirror for decades. Even the color fits.
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Post by seoulmate on Apr 28, 2019 23:54:03 GMT -5
Well, darn. It says "this video is unavailable".
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Post by sizzling63 on Apr 28, 2019 23:59:02 GMT -5
Ok, I have to admit...even though I've been somewhat vocal about my dislike of the hair/beard, he looks sexy AF tonight Yup. I am thrilled that he pulled off what we all know he has in him ... and whenever he looked into the camera I kept thinking, "eyes baby eyes". It was so good to see his eyes.
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Post by sizzling63 on Apr 29, 2019 0:03:13 GMT -5
I liked it, and it was my favorite performance, and I am not even starting to compare with Adam at this point. Jeremiah changed it up to make it work for him. Good thing that he got rid of the guitar.
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Post by DancyGeorgia on Apr 29, 2019 0:41:32 GMT -5
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