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Idol Talk: Standouts in Songs, Performances, and Height
In the eighth bid to be the next "American Idol," one Search question rises above the rest: "how tall is adam lambert."
Well, one pressing question among many. The Fox producers rotated Lambert and Kris Allen three times with machine efficiency on Tuesday performance night. Drama was restricted to the vocals, although the Arkansas contender got Simon Cowell's belated blessing of his worthiness to be onstage.
People went online to evaluate the contestants, the songs, and judge Kara DioGuardia's songwriting abilities. Below, "Idol" performance curiosities, questions, and some true winners that emerged that night:
Top "Idol" Searches, Performance Night
- Favored Song: "Mad World" (sung by Lambert)
- Original Singer: Marvin Gaye ("What's Going On," sung by Allen), closely followed by Sam Cooke ("A Change is Gonna Come," sung by Lambert)
- Meh Reaction of the Night: "No Boundaries," sung by both contestants and written by judge DioGuardi
- Most Popular Judge: Paula Abdul, who looks like she really used her home tanning booth before the show
- Questions of the Night: "is adam lambert gay" (ambiguous) and "how tall is adam lambert" (6' 1" per IMDB, about two inches taller than Jordin Sparks)
- Most Searched Contestant Among Core "Idol" Fans (women 35-64): Lambert by more than threefold
Filed under: TV, Reality TV, American Idol, Music
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