Adam Lambert Says He “Did NOT lose”
Posted by WillowRaine on May 28, 2009
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He “just didn’t win.” Adam Lambert does not choose to be known as the guy who lost the title of American Idol. I can really understand why, because to lose means that something is taken from you. Adam has gained exposure, fans, and to me, a sure career in ANY entertainment venue he chooses to pursue. Be it acting, or please God, singing.
However, after, even I had gotten past the fact that he didn’t walk away the winner of what I affectionately called “Adam Idol”, I still sign on to see the headlines about “voting upsets”.
Have you heard? Apparently AT&T provided people at two different Kris Allen parties a free phone, with text messaging. Then taught them how to send “Bulk messages”. In other words, they could send ten plus texts at a time to vote for Kris, where those of us who were dialing the phone (I myself dialed two phones, one to each ear thank you very much, FOX, AT&T and AI), could only get in one vote per say 30 seconds.
Adam’s loss is not what makes me so mad about all of this.What gets under my skin is that if they afforded that luxury to Kris fans in Arkansas, then WHY not give the “Lambert’s” the same treatment in California? Fair is fair right?
The OTHER thing that bothers me? Their statements. Really? Read this.
On Wednesday, Fox Broadcasting issued a statement (seen on The Hollywood Reporter) saying that:
“Fox and the producers of ‘American Idol’ are absolutely certain that the results of this competition are fair, accurate and verified. Kris Allen is, without a doubt, the American Idol. We have an independent third-party monitoring procedure in place to ensure the integrity of the voting process. In no way did any individuals unfairly influence the outcome of the competition.”
As if that wasn’t, douche enough, get a load of AT&T’s statement:
“countless parties were held,” and that “it’s quite a leap to suggest that a few individuals could have impacted the final results.”
Come on people at AT&T, can you NOT see how potentially HUNDREDS of people sending in MASS votes, could seriously impact the final results? Are you that delusional, or just refuse to admit that you have handed away your integrity for whatever reason?
Honestly, though, I (being the biggest Adam Lambert fan in North Carolina,at LEAST) KNOW they did him a favor. So, thank you FOX,IDOL and AT&T. When Adam Lambert becomes the success I know that he WILL, it will be you sitting there, in the floor crying, tears of regret. Not Adam.
Remember that.
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Tags: Adam Lambert, AI, American Idol, Kris Allen
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Comments (4)
I still do not see how Adam Lampert did not become the American Idol. There is no arguement saying that he did not have the talent. In my opinion he is the best yet that I have seen on the show. I am sorry to say that it appears that something is going on there including last years season as well when in my opinion I thought David Archetuta should have won. At any rate it takes away from my enjoyment of the show to see such unfairness. why is it that people are allowed to vote more than once the same night? O dp expect to see Adam Lampert rise to fame and stasying there since he does have talent. No one can take that away from him. The finale of this season 8 show was very very disappointing and left me with a very uneasy feeling. Sorry but that is the reality of it.
I read an article early into the AI competition that stated why Adam should “not win” AI. The article made some good points and even went on as to say Adam should drop out. It’s a good thing for Adam he didn’t win. Now, he will establish himself as his own artist instead of being known as the “winner.” I predict he will not be referred to the “runner-up” much longer. He’s already establishing himself as apart from the show.
Unlike all the previous contestants (winners and losers) Adam’s much bigger than the show.
Mark my words: by this time next year, we’ll be saying “who won American Idol last year?”
How can they claim that the voting is still valid, that the help in teaching power texting does not influence the results???!!!! They (ATNT) may think it involves only those who are present at the voting campaigns, but that is totally absurd! There’s always the transmission of info through word of mouth. 1 person to 10, 10 to 100, 100 to 1000. The number of votes from the city surely illustrates the part. It’s no wonder we are speculating how a small city can contribute to so many of the votes (a third of the votes), now it becomes clear.
All because of power texting.
Very old news now – but rumors are still around and this is still a very sore spot – after seeing the look on Adam’s face just before the announcement that told me how much the win would have meant to him – an acknowledgement of all his efforts on A.I. One report from an Arkansas fan claims that there were actually 3 football stadiums totalling 30,000 people who were under the tutelage of AT&T, not a “few” people. Tell me THAT wouldn’t be an influence on the vote. Plus, many people are reporting that they could not get through on Adam’s lines for several hours. Then there are rumors about bribery from gamblers… I will never believe that the voting was fair. Seems like the AT&T customers were highly advantaged and that the entire voting system was set up in favor of AT&T texting. I have T-Mobile – there is no AT&T reception at my house so why would I get it? I got through 5 times more on my land line than on my T-mobile cell. Very unfair of AT&T to discriminate. Then, some people didn’t vote for Adam thinking that they were doing him a favor. No, he wanted it. And of all his phenomenal singing during the competition, his entrance into “We are the Champions” proved that he deserved it.