Adam Lambert

Adam Lambert is a self-confirmed gay who regards David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Led Zeppelin, Freddie Mercury, Aerosmith, and Queen as his role models.

He was in a relationship with Finnish reality TV personality, Sauli Koskinen, from November 2010 to April 2013.

He has performed shows for charities as well as donated millions of dollars for charitable causes.

Adam Lambert was born to Leila and Eber Lambert on 29 January 1982 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Soon after his birth, his family relocated to San Deigo in California. Lambert started performing in theaters under the aegis of Metropolitan Educational Theater network when he was nine years old.

He continued performing more intensely under MET2 while studying in Mount Carmel High School and Mesa Verde Middle School. He belted out performances as an active member of Mount Carmel High School’s jazz band, theater and choir groups. He went to California State University in Fullerton after passing out of high school in 2000.

Lambert was only 19 when Anita Mann Productions contracted him to perform as a singer on a liner for a temporary period. In the subsequent years, starting from 2004 to 2008, Adam performed in numerous theatrical productions, notable amongst these being ‘Brigadoon’, ‘The Ten Commandments’, and ‘110 in the Shade’.

During this period, Adam fronted for ‘The Citizen Vein’—a non-mainstream rock band—as well as performed as a demonstration vocalist and a studio musician.

Adam Lambert was completely in his elements while auditioning for American Idol Season 8 in San Francisco, in 2009. By dexterously covering highly popular original tracks like “Believe”, “Rock with You”, “Some Kind of Wonderful” and “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction”, he smoothly made it to the last 13.

In the subsequent stages of ‘American Idol’ where episodes were telecasted live across the US, he made an indelible impression on the judges by reprising hit singles of Michael Jackson, U2, Aerosmith, and Led Zeppelin.

Lambert’s rendition of “If I Can’t Have You” was underscored by DioGuardi, one of the judges as his “most memorable performance”. His deft reprisals of the tracks “One” and “Cryin” ensured his passage to the finale.

Adam’s immaculate rendition of three solo tracks, “Mad World”, “A Change is Gonna Come” and “No Boundaries” stirred the judges profoundly to almost declare him as the winner. Unfortunately, despite his superlative performance throughout, he lost to Kris Allen who strongly believed that Lambert equally deserved the crown.

Adam embarked on the ‘American Idols LIVE! Tour’ in July 2009. In the same year, he bagged the ‘Teen Choice Award’ under the category of ‘Male Reality/Variety Star’ and the ‘Young Hollywood Award’ for ‘Artist of the Year’.

Adam Lambert’s first studio album, ‘For Your Entertainment’ was a big hit and over 2 million copies of the album were sold worldwide.