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Interview: Adam Lambert

Lewis Bazley

Quote :: American Idol might be one of the biggest television shows on the planet but, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and Jordin Sparks aside, the majority of its most famous contestants have made little impression on the charts this side of the Atlantic.

All that's set to change with the arrival of Adam Lambert, one of the most talented - and certainly the most flamboyant - singers to ever grace the Idol stage. Having wowed Simon Cowell and the judges with his renditions of songs by the likes of Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith, Lambert may have finished second to Kris Allen on season eight of the talent show, but it's his glam poprock style that abides.

After a headline-grabbing performance at the American Music Awards and an order to "swish it up" from Glee's terrifying cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, Lambert arrives in the UK for our entertainment, with an album featuring writers as diverse as Lady GaGa, Weezer's Rivers Cuomo and the Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins.

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