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| Adam Lambert onstage at American Idol (CR:FOX) |
American Idol announced the top 5 finalists on Thursday, March 17. They include MacKenzie Bourg, Trent Harmon, Dalton Rapattoni, La’Porsha Renae and Sonika Vaid. Judges Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. determined that from the bottom two of Sonia Vaid and Tristan McIntosh, that they would save Vaid and McIntosh would be eliminated.
Also on the show, Nascar drivers Ryan Blaney and Bubba Wallace surprised the finalists to inform them that the Top Five will sing “God Bless America” prior to the start of the Nascar Spring Cup Series Auto Club 400 race airing live on Sunday, March 20 (3:00 PM ET/12:00 PM PT) on FOX.
Adam Lambert opened the show with an updated version of “Mad World”. Lambert peformed the song in 2009 when he was a contestant on the show. After a clip of the orginal song performance, Lambert took the stage to perform the song live. Lambert later took the stage to sing his brand new song “Welcome to the Show” with co singer Laleh. Laleh co wrote the song with him.
Next week, Thursday, March 24 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live /PT tape-delayed), the Top Five will perform two songs.Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Sia will mentor the Top Five on songs from her repertoire, as well as perform her hit “Cheap Thrills” from her new album “This is Acting.” Then, E Street Band’s Stevie Van Zandt will mentor the finalists on classic rock songs. Actress and Idol alum Katharine McPhee also will return to the stage to perform her memorable rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”
I spoke with Adam Lambert backstage after the show. Click on the video link to see what he had to say about returning to Idol and more.
Lambert will be live in concert in the Los Angeles area on April 2, 3. For tickets and more information.http://www.ticketmaster.com/adam-lambert
Next month Lambert will begin shooting “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”remake. The original movie was adapted from the 1973 West End musical The Rocky Horror Show.
Adam Lambert interview backstage at American Idol 3-17-2016 by TVMusic Network
This article was originally posted on Examiner.Com on March 18, 2016. http://www.examiner.com/article/video-adam-lambert-talks-american-idol-and-music-1
