The Jay Leno Show - Whataya Want From Me?

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Adam Lambert performed Whataya Want From Me? on late night chat show The Jay Leno Show:



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So You Think You Can Dance - Whataya Want From Me?

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Continuing with the album promotion, Adam Lambert sang Whataya Want From Me? on SYTYCD:



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The Tonight Show (Conan) - Whataya Want From Me?

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Adam Lambert performed Whataya Want From Me? on late night chat show The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brian:



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Y100 Jingle Ball - Whataya Want From Me?

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Adam Lambert was a host at the Miami Jingle Ball. He was not scheduled to perform but in response to a request, sang a few bars of Whataya Want From Me?:

The View - Whataya Want From Me?

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Adam Lambert performed Whataya Want From Me? on ABC's daytime show The View:



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ADL - Star-Spangled Banner

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Adam Lambert was invited to sing at an Anti-Defamation League event honouring Steven Spielberg:



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Ellen - Whataya Want From Me?

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Adam Lambert performed Whataya Want From Me? on daytime chat show The Ellen Show:



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Letterman - Whataya Want From Me?

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This Adam Lambert performance was filmed for The Late Show with David Letterman the day after the American Music Awards and aired a couple of days later on the week that album For Your Entertainment was released:



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Early Show - Music Again and Whataya Want From Me?

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The CBS Early Show was a last-minute booking after rival ABC's Good Morning America cancelled Adam Lambert's appearance following his American Music Awards performance. He debuted two songs, Music Again and Whataya Want From Me? from his new album For Your Entertainment, released that week:





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AMAs - For Your Entertainment

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Adam Lambert had the closing performance slot of the 2009 American Music Awards. Having recently assembled a band of Lisa Harriton (keyboard), Longineu Parsons III (drums), Monte Pittman (guitar) and Tommy Joe Ratliff (also keyboard but usually bass), this was the debut performance of new material from his album, which was to be released the following day. He performed his new single For Your Entertainment using a re-arranged introduction:



Rehearsal version:



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Party City

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Adam Lambert performed for a corporate fund-raising Halloween party, with tracks Ring of Fire, Black or White, Born to Be Wild, Mad World and Whole Lotta Love:



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Ford Day

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As an American Idol obligation, Adam Lambert performed a number of acoustic songs for sponsor Ford. These were Starlight, Tracks of My Tears, Mad World and Crazy (duet):



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AI Tour: Manchester

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Adam Lambert's final performances at the last stop of the American Idol tour in Manchester:



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AI Tour: Syracuse

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Adam Lambert's set from the penultimate stop of the American Idol tour, Syracuse:



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AI Tour: Providence

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Adam Lambert's Providence performances:



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AI Tour: Portland ME

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Adam Lambert's American Idol tour performances from Portland ME:



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AI Tour: Bridgeport

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Adam Lambert's set from Bridgeport:



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AI Tour: Wilkes Barre

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Adam Lambert's American Idol set from Wilkes Barre:



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AI Tour: Reading

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Adam Lambert's Reading set:



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AI Tour: Grand Rapids

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Adam Lambert's performances from Grand Rapids



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AI Tour: Indianapolis

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Adam Lambert's American Idol tour set from Indianapolis, the place of his birth:



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AI Tour: Madison

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Adam Lambert's Madison performances:



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AI Tour: Rosemont

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Adam Lambert's set from Rosemont:



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AI Tour: Minneapolis

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Adam Lambert's performances for the American Idol tour from Minneapolis:



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AI Tour: Kansas City

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Adam Lambert's Kansas City Set:



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AI Tour: St. Louis

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Adam Lambert's performances from St. Louis:



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AI Tour: Milwaukee

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Adam Lambert's American Idol tour set from Milwaukee:



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AI Tour: Auburn Hills

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Adam Lambert's Auburn Hills set:



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AI Tour: Columbus

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Adam Lambert's Columbus set from the tour:



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AI Tour: Cleveland

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Adam Lambert's set from Cleveland:



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AI Tour: Pittsburgh

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American Idol tour Pittsburgh performances from Adam Lambert:



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AI Tour: Philadelphia

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Adam Lambert's performances from Philadelphia:



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AI Tour: Albany

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Adam Lambert's performances from the Albany stop of the tour:



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AI Tour: Boston

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Adam Lambert's set from Boston:



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AI Tour: Hartford

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Set from Adam Lambert's American Idol tour in Hartford:



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AI Tour: Rochester

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Adam Lambert's performances from Rochester:



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AI Tour: Hamilton

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Adam Lambert's Hamilton set from the American Idol tour:



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AI Tour: Long Island II

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Adam Lambert's set from the second Long Island concert of the American Idol tour:



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AI Tour: Long Island I

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Adam Lambert's performances from the first Long Island date:



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AI Tour: Newark II

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Playlist of Adam Lambert's performances from the second Newark stop of the American Idol tour:



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AI Tour: Newark I

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Adam Lambert's performances from the first Newark date of the American Idol tour:



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AI Tour: Atlantic City

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Adam Lambert's set from Atlantic City:



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GMA Starlight

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Adam Lambert was one of the artists invited to take part in Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series in 2009 at New York's Central Park during the American Idol tour. He performed one solo acoustic performance of Starlight:



He also too part in a group performance of Little Lies that was not aired but was made available on the show's website:



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AI Tour: Baltimore

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Adam Lambert's performances from Baltimore:



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AI Tour: Washington DC

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Adam Lambert's set from Washington DC:



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AI Tour: Greensboro

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Greensboro's American Idol tour performances from Adam Lambert:



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AI Tour: Charlotte

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Adam Lambert's performances from Charlotte:



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AI Tour: Duluth

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Adam Lambert's performances from Duluth:



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AI Tour: Sunrise

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Adam Lambert's performances from Sunrise:



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AI Tour: Tampa

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Adam Lambert's American Idol tour performances from Tampa:



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AI Tour: Memphis

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Adam Lambert's set from Memphis:



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AI Tour: Little Rock

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Adam Lambert's performances from Little Rock:



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AI Tour: Tulsa

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Tulsa set of performances from Adam Lambert on the American Idol tour:



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AI Tour: Dallas

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Adam Lambert's performances from the Dallas stop of the tour:



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AI Tour: Glendale

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Adam Lambert's songs from the American Idol tour in Glendale:



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AI Tour: San Diego

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Adam Lambert's American Idol tour set from San Diego, the place where he grew up:



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AI Tour: Ontario

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Adam Lambert's performances from the American Idol tour in Ontario:



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AI Tour: Los Angeles

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Adam Lambert's American Idol tour set from LA:



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AI Tour: West Valley City

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Adam Lambert's performances from the American Idol tour, Salt Lake City:



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AI Tour: San Jose

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Adam Lambert's AI tour set from San Jose:



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AI Tour: Oakland

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Adam Lambert's set from the American Idol tour in Oakland:



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AI Tour: Sacramento

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Adam Lambert's set from Sacramento:



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AI Tour: Vancouver

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Adam Lambert's American Idol tour set from Vancouver:



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AI Tour: Tacoma

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Adam Lambert performed the same set of Whole Lotta Love, Starlight, Mad World, Slow Ride and a David Bowie medley on the second stop of the American Idol tour, finishing with Don't Stop Believing group performance:



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AI Tour: Portland OR

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Adam Lambert embarked on the American Idol tour during the summer of 2009. The first stop was Portland, Oregon where he was the penultimate performer with a set consisting of Whole Lotta Love, Starlight, Mad World, a Slow Ride duet with Allison Iraheta and a David Bowie medley which included Life on Mars, Fame and Let's Dance. The concert ended with an appearance during the group song Don't Stop Believing:



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Mad World - TV Rounds

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After the end of American Idol during the publicity circuit to promote the tour, Adam Lambert performed several renditions of Mad World with piano accompaniment on daytime TV shows which all aired on the same date.

Good Day New York:



The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet:



The Early Show:



The Today Show:



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Regis and Kelly - Mad World

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This was the first performance of the post-American Idol promotional rounds of Mad World on Regis and Kelly, with a piano accompaniment:



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American Idol Final Results Show

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For the American Idol final results show, Adam Lambert performed several times. The first of the group performances was Pink's So What?:



Adam performed Beth and Detroit Rock City with KISS:



The group sang Smooth with Santana:



Another group performance was Rod Stewart's Do You Think I'm Sexy?:



Adam performed We Are The Champions as part of a duet with Queen at the end of the show:



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American Idol Final

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For the final, there were three songs performed. The first was a reprise chosen by Adam Lambert, the second a song chosen by producer Simon Fuller, the third the coronation song. For the reprise, Adam chose to sing Mad World:



The producer's choice of song for Adam was Sam Cooke's A Change Is Gonna Come:



The coronation song No Boundaries was co-written by one of the judges, Kara DioGuardi:



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American Idol - One, Cryin'

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Top 3 week was personal and judges' picks week. Simon Cowell chose U2's One for Adam Lambert:

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Adam's personal choice song was Aerosmith's Cryin':



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American Idol - Homecoming

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Contestants who made it to the top 3 on American Idol had a homecoming. Adam Lambert returned to the place of his upbringing, San Diego. On returning to his old high school, Adam sang Black or White and Mad World:



The homecoming also included a visit to Miramar Air Base where Adam sang the US National Anthem to soldiers and their families:



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American Idol - School's Out

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For American Idol's top 4 group performance, Adam Lambert teamed up with Slash to perform Alice Cooper's School's Out:



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American Idol - Whole Lotta Love, Slow Ride

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American Idol's top 4 week , mentored by Slash, had a rock theme where each contestant performed a duet and a solo. Adam Lambert chose to sing Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love for his solo:



Adam joined forces with Allison Iraheta to perform Foghat's Slow Ride:



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American Idol - Rat Pack Medley

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For American Idol's top 5 group performance, Adam Lambert sang a rat pack medley:



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American Idol - Feeling Good

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For American Idol's top 5 rat pack week, Adam Lambert sang Muse's arrangement of Feeling Good, mentored by Jamie Foxx:



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American Idol - Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)

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For American Idol's top 7 (redux) disco week, Paula Abdul choreographed a dance routine for the contestants to Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground):



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American Idol - If I Can't Have You

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For American Idol's top 7 (redux) disco week, Adam Lambert sang a re-arranged version of If I Can't Have You:



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American Idol - Maniac

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Adam Lambert's group performance during American Idol's top 7 movies week was Maniac:

American Idol - Born to Be Wild

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Adam Lambert sang Steppenwolf's Born to Be Wild (with electronic elements) for top 7 movies week, mentored by Quentin Tarantino:



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American Idol - Can't Get You Out of My Head

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For the top 8 group performance on American Idol, Adam Lambert sang Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You Out of My Head:

American Idol - Mad World

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For American Idol's top 8 birth year songs week, Adam Lambert sang Mad World:



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American Idol - Don't Stop Believing

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Adam Lambert's top 9 group performance for downloads week:

American Idol - Play That Funky Music

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For American Idol's top 9 downloads-themed week, Adam Lambert sang Play That Funky Music:



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American Idol - Motown Medley

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Adam Lambert's group performance during American Idol's top 10 Motown week:

American Idol - Tracks of My Tears

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Adam Lambert sang an acoustic version of Tracks of My Tears during American Idol's top 10 Motown week, mentored by Smokey Robinson:



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American Idol - T.R.O.U.B.L.E.

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Adam Lambert's group performance on the top 11 results show was T.R.O.U.B.L.E.:

American Idol - Ring of Fire

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Adam Lambert's performance of Dilana's alternative version of Ring of Fire during American Idol's top 11 country week, mentored by Randy Travis:



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American Idol - Jackson Five Medley

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Adam Lambert as part of a group performance sang a Jackson Five medley during the American Idol top 13 results show:

American Idol - Black or White

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Adam Lambert's performance of Black or White during the first of the live finals. The top 13 theme was Michael Jackson songs:



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American Idol - Closer, Satisfaction Reprise

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Adam Lambert's first full group performance of Closer during American Idol's top 36 results show:



He also sang Satisfaction again after finding out he was successfully through to the live finals:



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American Idol - Satisfaction

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Adam Lambert's first full live performance of Satisfaction during American Idol's top 36 stage:



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American Idol - Believe

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Adam Lambert's solo performance of Believe during American Idol's Hollywood Week:



A partial clip of this performance was included during the Hollywood Week results show aired the following week:



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American Idol - Some Kind of Wonderful

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Adam Lambert's group performance of Some Kind of Wonderful during American Idol's Hollywood week:



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American Idol - Bohemian Rhapsody and Rock With You

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Adam Lambert's originally aired American Idol audition, Bohemian Rhapsody:



Adam also sang Rock with You during his audition which was edited out but later aired on AI Extra:



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