Adam Lambert Biography

Adam Lambert was the seond finalist in the 8th season of American Idol in 2009. Adam was born January 29, 1982 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a singer, song-writer and actor from Sandiago, California. Adam Lambert has been a stage actor since he was about 10 years old.

He was cast as Linus in San Diago's Lyceum Theatre's Productions of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Around the age of twelve, he was cast in a production Fiddler on the Roof and continued performing throughout his teenage years including Hello, Dolly!, Chess, Camelot, The Music Man, Grease, and played Captain Hook in Peter Pan.

At the age of 19, Adam left the U.S to tour with Anita Mann Productions for ten months before returning to the U.S to perform light opera in Orange County, California. After that, he was then cast in the production of Hair, Brigadoon, and 110 in the Shade before being cast in the role as Joshua in The Ten Commandments: The Musical. Since 2004, he regularly performed to build up his career.

Adam Lambert auditioned for American Idol in 2009 in San Francisco, California. While on American Idol, the judges gave his standing ovations for almost all of his performances, and was thought to be the next American Idol winner. A little bit before the season finale, pictures of Adam kissing another man was let out and he openly stated that he was gay. Most people think that this statement influenced the votes for the season finale. On May 20, 2009, Adam was announced to be the runner up for the 8th season. Although, upon winning, Kris Allen stated that Adam deserved the title just as much as he did and that he was a great performer all year. At the finalies, Adam and Kris sang We are the Champions with the lead and original guitarist from Queen. After that show, the guitarist offered Adam to be the singer of their band because of his unique and somewhat similar voice to Freddie Mercury. Although this was a great oppurtunity, Adam declined and said that he didn't want to replace Freddie and that he wanted to start his own record and be himself.

Adam released his debut album For Your Entertainement, november 2009 by RCA Records. This came in at number 3 and sold 198,000 copies in the U.S in the first week. Even though Adam came in second in the finalies, he's still doing just as good as Kris Allen, and maybe even better. Adam Lambert has a really strong voice and is no doubt very talented and has a bright future.