9.22.12 Bullfighters, DC, Burning Questions

We really have no idea what happened between Adam and Fox. Adam has never said anything about the gap in his calendar and it is not the first time he took a break while he was getting ready for a major promo wave.

That said, I sure hope that Adam's public support and interest in Idol pays off in terms of appearances or a mentoring week or something.

Of course with The Voice set to take away Idol's 18-49 #1 show crown this spring, I would rather see him performing on The Voice.

ETA: Does anyone have the request info for WSTW's song challenge? If so, please post.

I think we are going to have to agree to disagree. Haley's song "Free", which didn't have much airplay, was used as background music. I don't think a choreographer has anything to do with that. I thought Travis liked Adam. Didn't he tweet him once? And although possible, it is hard for me to believe that a choreographer chose an unknown song like "Fade into Me", which subsequently tanked when it went to radio. Seems more plausible that it was suggested by Nigel. I know "Jar of Hearts" was discovered on that show but I just didn't feel "Fade into Me" was a song on the same level (i.e. I thought it was very generic).

Yup.

Adam:


"I kind of shy away from political events and issues -- not because I don't have my own opinions, but because I find it to be a very sensitive thing," says Adam Lambert. "And quite frankly, I'm a little bit frustrated with politics in this country. From somebody who hasn't gotten super involved, it seems like a lot of mudslinging and B.S. to me."


"Ideally, that's what being an American is -- that we all have a shot [at marriage]. I hear a lot of arguments against it, where [gay activists] say, 'We should be focusing on economic issues and not human rights issues, for the election.' There's some value in that. But I also think, 'You know what? This is an economic issue for gay people. We should have the same right as a straight couple to have a tax exemption.... We should be able to raise a family that's equally protected under the law."


"Question 6 isn't something that's asking me whether or not you're a Democrat or a Republican," says Lambert. "It's just a direct human rights question."


"I think it's baby steps.... We have to keep in mind that it's difficult for people to sidestep into territories they're not comfortable in. I'm a singer, I'm an entertainer. I'm not a politician. But this is an issue that affects me because it supercedes politics.


"In the entertainment community," he continues, "people are doing what they can. If you look at this fall season of television, there's a couple shows that are coming on with very honest, gay characters portraying real gay lives in relationships. I think that's a huge step forward. There's things that we're all doing to try to make people comfortable and to help people understand, to help erase some of the stereotypes. And that's the hardest part, that balance of celebrating who we are and our eccentricities and also trying to help people that are on the outside understand who we are.


"The hurdle I'm always kind of running into, is that the movement for a while has been about us trying to display how we're the same as opposed to how we're different. I recognize that as a very important part of us blending together. But it's not my style," says the singer known for his glam-rock flamboyance. "I'm somebody who likes to be weird and different and outrageous. That's who I am as an entertainer. And so, sometimes I might not fit in with what's best for the community as far as us progressing with society. But you've got to also give a voice to those [of us] who want to be outrageous and different and rebels."



"I'm about freedom of expression more than anything else," he says. "I like to push buttons a little bit -- buttons that are kind of perverse or contrary. I like to take the other side and challenge things. It's just who I am. It's part of my personality."