Clay Aiken won't be going on tour with Adam Lambert any time soon.
In fact, he may not even subscribe to Lambert's Twitter account!
When asked about the polarizing American Idol runner-up, Aiken (who is also gay and who also finished second during season three of the series) replied:
I only turn the show on once a season, and only to see what the set looks like each year. This year, I happened to turn it during the minute that Adam Lambert was singing “Ring of Fire” and, at that moment, thought my ears would bleed. Contrived, awful, and slightly frightening!
I wasn’t really a fan and found myself surprised whenever folks told me that they liked him. Granted, I never saw another performance (and many folks who I trust said that he was great) but I can’t imagine I would have enjoyed it. Just not my cup of tea at all. To each his own.
Are you on Team Clay or Team Lambert?
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May 22nd, 2009 8:48 AM
Love them both!
May 22nd, 2009 8:57 AM
Hahaha I know Clay likes Adam!!
And oh, Adam doesn't have a twitter account yet.
May 22nd, 2009 5:55 PM
"Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius."
May 22nd, 2009 11:53 PM
Yeah I agree with Clay. The way Adam sang Ring of Fire made me cringe. I thought my ears was gonna bleed too. I actually got embarrased for Adam. All his other songs were great and I loved them. But yay for Clay cause unlike other celeberties he said what he thought.
May 23rd, 2009 2:29 PM
Clay has always been one of my favorites. Wonder why he tunes in only once a year to see the set. Weird, you ask me. But anyway, it's hardly fair to form an opinion after one performance. He might change his mind given more exposure to Adam. As for me, I can't get enough exposure to Adam!
May 23rd, 2009 3:59 PM
I think before a celebrity (if you could call Clay that) voices a public opinion, he should make it an informed one. Instead, he listened to only one song of Adam's and none from Kris. How could he judge who should have won based on that?
Also, Adam's performance of Mad World got him a standing ovation from Simon and raves that hit the airwaves. I would think that a reasonable person would want to see him sing that, before making any statements.
I think Kris is a great guy and has a nice voice but anyone who is totally objective, would see that comparing Kris's voice to Adam's magnificant one (not to mention Adam's obvious outstanding showmanship) would tell there is no comparison whatsoever.
I am not a heavy rocker fan. I could however spot talent when I hear it and in fact, I had some friends of mine listen to both singers. They aren't into American Idol so they didn't know Kris or Adam. I wanted objective opinions to see if I lost my objectivity since Adam's talent totally won me over. Every single one of them overwhelmingly picked Adam over Kris. I played several taped episodes of the show for each so they could hear several songs sung by each of them (unlike Clay). Bottom line is: Adam's voice and his style, blows everyone (who's objective) away. That's why even Kris said Adam deserved to win, after he found out he won. Did that ever happen before? I am sure it didn't. Kris was honest enough to know that Adam was the more deserving one.
I have a feeling that Clay wrote what he did to get noticed. He knew Adam was extremely popular and that anything said about him, would get noticed. He wanted to get some attention for himself. I hope that he did, in a bad way. I hope they see that Clay is a guy badmouthing someone else, to get some media attention. I am not impressed by him, in the least.
Adam has a great career ahead of him, no doubt about that. I would not go to a Kris Allan concert, even if the tickets were free. I am not insulting Kris. Again, I like his voice and especially how he performed the song Heartless. He just doesn't excite me enough to go to a show. Adam on the other hand, I would love to see in concert and should he come to Toronto, I am going to see him in person.
May 29th, 2009 6:40 PM
Clay is envious of Adam regardless of whether that was whether he disliked that rendition of ring of fire or not. That envy is shown by his actions - in reacting in an extreme fashion in public to that song. As a result, Clay comes across as...petty, small and unattractive. Adam is riding a wave of adoration based on his charisma and talent.
July 1st, 2009 11:59 PM
Clay was Season 2 runner-up...and I absolutely love his voice...and as much as I like Adam...I wasn't terribly keen on his rendition of Ring of Fire...but overall...Adam's performances were awesome.