‘American Idol’ notes: Adam Lambert, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj

We’re in the middle of a reasonably quiet day in the world of “American Idol,” so with this in mind our new edition of the notes is really just based around a pair of stories. With this being said, there is still plenty within these stories worth reading, watching, or talking about.

We’ll kick things off here courtesy of Nicki Minaj, who chose to make her opinions about her fellow judge for season 12 in Mariah Carey rather clear during the new E! special “Nicki Minaj: My Truth” that started up on Sunday night. In just a span of months we’ve learned that this is a woman who literally holds nothing back, and in one scene she really opts not to do so when discussing the music icon feuding with her on the set of the show:

“I think that Mariah met her match this time … And I don’t think she was expecting to meet her match.”

Zing! Sadly, the video to the left is really going to be available only if you are reading from the United States; but hopefully, you get the message here regardless.

A new Adam performance – Just for fun, we’re also going to throw in a new performance from Adam Lambert during the “Live in the Vineyard” event. This was a different sort of show than usual in that most of the songs were more intimate and focused solely around his voice; and when you have a voice like Adam’s, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

The video we’re sharing here is of “Broken English,” largely because this is the one that Adam posted on his own Twitter page after the show.