Adam Lambert comes out

Breaking entertainment news! In a new Rolling Stone interview American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert announces that he is, surprise surprise, gay. My god! I have not been shocked like this since Clay Aiken dropped the bombshell that he was gay. Alright I'm kidding but there are some people who seem to be surprised by this.

What I love about this story are the questions on whether Lambert's career will survive. Now I really hope Lambert is thinking "Thanks, I'll pass that along to Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, Melissa Ethridge(who, incidentally, got a platinum album after she came out), and Elton John"

Being gay is not a hindrance is the music world, but rather it seems to be an asset. The song "I kissed a girl" by Kate Perry was number one on the charts for seven weeks. The youth of today don't seem to care about a singer's sexuality, in fact they never did. In the 60s David Bowie was popular and in the 70s there were many gay and bisexual reformers who were hugely popular.

In short, this "scandal" will not derail his career and may even give him a wider fan base, as rock lovers may by his record just to see if he is like Bowie or Mercury, while they would never by a normal AI record. I was also happy to hear that Lambert's first album will be released in the fall.

American Idol 2009 winner

Finally!! The show all american idol fans have been waiting for, the finale. This season is, in my opinion, a crossroads for the show. If america picks Adam, then the show will continue to be a TV tour-de-force for many years to come. If Kris wins the show will be gone within five years. The night started off well with the Top 13 preforming Pink's So What. HAving never heard the song before I was suprised by how great it was. Then David Cook came and preformed his fantastic song Permanent. Maybe I'm just making this up byt I think this song is about Daivd's late brother. Anyway, it's a great song. Then we get more prefomances. The standouts were Anoop and Alexis, two of my favorite contestants from this year, preformed I'm yours with Jason Maraz, Adam and Kiss, and then the suprise appearence of one of my all-time favorite bands, Queen. They are the champions alright. Then we get to find out who the winner is....OH MY GOSH!! America can we say upset? If only Kris deserved to win, or even be in the top 2. Well Adam is going to outsell him by a huge margain. If any of you have never heard Adam sing go on Youtube and watch Born to be wild, mad world, black and white, or tracks of my tears. WOW! Go Adam!