4.14.14 Green Hair Don’t Care

Yeah I would look like I fell into a vat of Easter egg dye!

For goodness sake, Adam.....don't you even pump gas or feed a meter anymore? 

Here is an account by a writer from ew.com who was actually at the Idol taping that day:

popwatch.ew.com/2010/04/15/american-idol-adam-lambert-results-night/

Excerpts:

"But then Adam Lambert took to the stage, delivering by miles the best live guest performance I’ve seen on an Idol results show ever in the history of awesome."

"Suffice it to say, Glambert completely blew my everloving mind last night, and judging from the deafening roars from the live audience before, during, and after his performance of “Whataya Want from Me,” I’d say I was far from alone. Unlike the horrid group numbers, which are exponentially more horrid in person, in large part because they are choreographed for the cameras and not the studio audience, Glambert constructed his number as much (if not more) for those of us inside Idoldome as those of you watching from home. For one thing, as cool as those lasers looked on TV, they had true dimension and shape in person (in other words, they were in 3D!). For another, the music simply sounded big and gorgeous live, a perfect sonic match for the visual spectacle. Unfortunately, both the live show and the televised version were hobbled by a way over-zealous fog machine; I’d love to tell you what the Idols and judges made of Glambert’s show, but all that smoke utterly obscured them from view.

Oh, that’s right, this was a results show, not a Glambert concert. You could’ve been forgiven for thinking it was the latter, though. A completely unscientific visual survey of the audience counted at least as many pro-Glambert posters as ones for all the other current Idol hopefuls combined. And the mere sight of Glambert during the show’s Dramatic! Opening! Video! Montage! sent the audience into conniptions."

ETA: One more quote:

"As the crew loaded in Glambert’s equipment with clockwork efficiency, Siobhan clasped her hands together tightly, almost doubled over in her seat, and MamaSox gave Lee a warm hug. The audience was so keyed up for their promised dose of Glambert that some began wildly cheering when one of his band mates stepped onto the stage. When the real Glambert finally appeared with about 15 seconds to go before air, the place became unmoored, and I’ll be darned if Glambert didn’t look totally humbled by the sheer tonnage of adulation."


Verdict: the most awesome performance in the history of awesome.

I remember the night of the AI8 finale when Simon arrived to the taping. As he was walking into the studio someone asked if he knew who had won. He made some off hand comment like, "the voter's may have gotten it wrong." That's close to the remark he made but not exact. I always felt he was on Adam's side. There were a number of times he encouraged the viewer's to vote and many times he mentioned that Adam was a front-runner.