“Well Simon, looks like Adam proved you wrong.” That’s the thought that keeps coming back, especially knowing he went on to become one of the best voices of his generation—and even moved Cher to tears singing her own song, Believe. It’s still wild that he didn’t even win. Just imagine how close it all came to ending before it started. A 26-year-old Adam Lambert walked into his American Idol audition calm, confident, and fearless, saying he wanted to put on a real show.
Nowadays, singer-songwriter Adam Lambert is best known for being the lead vocalist with the legendary rock band Queen, replacing Paul Rodgers in 2011 who had in turn replaced the original singer, Freddie Mercury, after his untimely death. A lesser-known fact about Lambert, however, is that he first rose to fame after competing in the eighth … Read more