American Idol has become America's prime source of best new talents. Since its launch in June 2002, it has produced some of the most talented and best song artists in America. Not surprisingly, all top ten of each season since its inception have done from good to great that even the non-winners have seen huge career successes that some of them became bigger celebrities than the Idol winners.
Season two in 2003 would be the starting point of the phenomenal rise to stardom of the non-Idol winners, and Clay Aiken would be their leader. Ruben Studdard's glory that season would not prove to be a sting in Clay Aiken's bid to stardom, as fate would have it, Aiken would eventually thread the road to Hollywood without the usual hardship that non-American Idol wannabes could not even attain in their regular dreams during their lifetime. The runner up Aiken would inevitably undergo his own dramatic metamorphosis, from the super geeky and boring shy 24-year old North Carolina native to the hip Aiken plastered on the cover of Rolling Stone.
The new Clay Aiken not only gave a physical transformation but also a different character. His coming out of the closet has probably liberated his bitchy side that he now finds it easy to throw venomous pronouncements against another non Idol winner - Adam Lambert. Interestingly, both Lambert and Aiken share the same Idol Fate. Adam Lambert has been seen from day one as the strongest contender not just by the judges but also by the voting public. Lambert shows immense talent and tremendous strength as a music artist. His voice quality and range is so versatile that he could land a plum role in a musical if not a rock icon which if he does anytime soon would easily spell monumental success. Curiously too, Adam Lambert just like Aiken has been placed in the same situation that has been surrounded with rumors of being in the closet. The difference is that Lambert has not shown any dismissive comments nor has he emphatically denied such insidious talks. It seems like Lambert is taunting the public and giving a smart and calculated "are you people crazy? Can't you even notice?" aura, which is actually a more acceptable form of admission and such a clever way.
The arrival of Adam Lambert in Hollywood must have started to give some pains of insecurities to Clay Aiken that he has opted to be tactlessly toxic by dissing Lambert out. Aiken would have gained respect from all corners of the planet and won the hearts of many particularly those who never saw him as deserving of his success had he not shown any form of insecurities.
But Aiken actually has all the rights and reasons to be insecure with Lambert. The latter not only has such enormous talent but his artistic image is not only good in America but also the rest of the world. Rock artists and rock icons are gods anywhere else and Lambert has hit the right target. Unlike Aiken, Lambert doesn't need to undergo image transformations and re-package himself because he has already made clear to everyone what and who he wants to be since he auditioned for the Idol.
The dice has been cast. The ultra talented Adam Lambert is the new American Idol icon, though just like Clay Aiken, Adam never took home the crown.
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