‘American Idol’ notes: Jessica Sanchez, Adam Lambert’s new TV gigs
Now that we’ve made it through the celebratory waters of the “American Idol” finale, we now have some more news on a pair of former contestents who were present for the announcement of Candice Glover’s victory (and one of them actually performed): Jessica Sanchez and Adam Lambert.
Let’s start this off with a pretty interesting announcement: Jessica will be appearing on the “Dancing with the Stars” finale, but will actually be singing a part that is reserved for Christina Aguilera. We’re talking about Aguilera’s hit with Pitbull “Feel This Moment,” and given that the rapper is scheduled to appear, our assumption is that Jessica is taking on Aguilera’s part in the song. Do we wish that she was getting to perform “Tonight”? Definitely, but she is a good choice for the song, and any publicity in front of over 10 million viewers is always good publicity.
Meanwhile, Adam Lambert had an opportunity recently to perform a song that he famously covered on his own “American Idol” journey years ago while on the Chinese version of the singing competition. The song is of course “Mad World,” and his version of it is just as breathtaking as you probably remember. It’s ultimately in that rare group of songs that no one on the show should ever cover again, kind of like Candice and “Lovesong” from this season or Crystal Bowersox and “Me & Bobby McGee.”
Enjoy the video below, and thanks to Mjsbigblog to making us aware of the performance.
In going back to Candice, have you heard the surprising thing that Simon Cowell once said to her on the show? It’s certainly worth a look over at this link, especially since we have a feeling that you will be rather happy you did.
Photo: Fox
ChezBert
May 21, 2013 @ 4:43 pm
Love’m both.happy for them.hmm..hope interscope is not goin to promote more about ‘feel this moment’ than Jessica after singing that song.just like what they did after Jessica perform Zedd’s ‘clarity’ on glee
Im a GlamBlujay #ChezBert :-)
JAY FAN eneria avilo
May 20, 2013 @ 5:45 pm
Excited to watch Jessica perform the song “Feel This Moment” with Pitbull. I know she will really kill the song as always. Just hearing this young lady with her Album Album Me, You And The Music. Gawd, she’s amazing. Happy for her though.
Joan Rainford
May 20, 2013 @ 3:59 am
Looking forward to see Jessica kill this song. Christina is going to be proud of how Jessica will treat her song.
brokerem
May 20, 2013 @ 3:17 am
Love this performance. Adam has a LOT of fans in China… well Asia in general (and many placed around the globe) and did a mini-world tour earlier this year. He is huge in China and not only got a spot on that Chinese Idol debut, but also got the closing finale spot on “The Voice” of China last year. And won Best International Artist Award earlier this year too.
As you can tell I do stay in touch with his rising stardom, and it amazes me how Adam is considered an international superstar abroad… but pretty much under-the-table in mainstream USA. Why is that? It does however seem like the US is slowly coming around, which is a good thing:-)
PS. He is singing the closing number for the “Life Ball” in Vienna next week, so stay tuned for that. A NEW song was produced for that event and they couldn’t have picked a better vocalist to represent – IMHO! Can’t wait for the new Album he’s working on to be released…