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Author: cristina johnny fred
•10:20 AM
don't hate me first...

adam lambert ruined AI(american idol-in case you don't know) for me...why? i had been a fan of the show ever since AI 1 when a certain miss kelly clarkson emerged as the winner..then i had been watching it religiously- i mean, really religiously, every single episode of every single season..
i watched ruben won(though that year i didn;t hv a favourite), i watched fantasia's breathtaking performance in 'summertime', then i wtched it when, the- now princess of country music, carrie underwood won(though i was rooting for bo bice),
then came season 4, where taylor hicks won despite of simon's apprehension- got nothing against him, but i was and still is a fan of elliot yamin- my son was named after him..
and then season 5 where jordin sparks won-again i don't have a fav this season. then season 6 winner-david cook. i didn't hv a fav contestant but i did have a fav performance- david archuletta's rendition of 'imagine'..
then season 7 arrived..admittedly at first i was smitten with jamar rogers, he didn't even qualify to hollywood but i did sign up at the idol site for the 'bring jamar back' petition. i didn't produce any desirable result however..then as i watched AI that fateful year- i began to get transfixed on this one guy- who at first, i thought was really really annoying- cos he screamed a lot..but he got a hell of 'the right' looks, with the hair and the make-up and the clothing-he got style..
then he performed 'some kind of wonderful'- and i was caught-hook, line and sinker..
adam lambert ruined AI for me because i thought that he was so good- that no one could ever tops what he had done on idol- ever..at least this is the case for me..
this year i don't really watch idol- though occasionally i tuned in to see crystal and lee, and for me- who'd always been looking forward to AI, who had always had a love affair with the show, not to be SUPER EXCITED when was really not good.. but really- WHO COULD EVER SANG BETTER THAN ADAM AND PERFORMED BETTER THAN ADAM- who delivered stunning performance effortlessly week after week after week..yes, sometimes he'd sang the song- outrageously, as simon said it, that the viewers could either love it or hate, but hell yes- he took risks and by taking those risks- HE PUT HIMSELF ON ANOTHER COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LEVEL than everyone else on the show, before and after him...many idol contestant had had their one moment of unforgettable performance in the show- but adam- he had not one, not two- but -i guess, all of his performances were in a league of their own.
it was as if he was only competing with himself..no offense to kris allen, he is a great singer but like all idol stars, he only had one or two(at most) memorable performance in the show...
whilst adam, well-all the songs he sang, I LOVED..his album- i got it, and i love it..
so after adam lambert, for me- idol seemed to have lost a bit of a taste...it soured a lil bit cos i kept comparing each performance to adam's performance..and i kept getting disappointed..
feelin good, tracks of my tears, mad world, crying, one and the list could go on and on and on...every one of the song he performed during AI- i could never get over..
so..yes..
adam ruined american idol..at least he ruined it- for me..hopefully next season i'll see another one who could live up to the high standard which had been set by this guy- whom we all know now as the GUYLINER..