Adam Lambert Goes Back to Ballads and Leads the Pack on April 21 American Idol

I will be honest. When Adam came out on the stage, I was almost disappointed because I expected him to get out there and dance his ass off. I knew we were going to see a great performance; I just didn't expect it to be of the variety that we were treated to.

He strutted out on stage with a Heat Miser hairdo and a classic satin suit. It was obvious he was going back to the ballad well one more time and the curiosity peaked to see how he was going to pull it off this time around. While Mad World has haunting and actually disturbing to a point, this was the most emotional performance we have seen to date from any of the current Idols.

One thing that Adam has shown week after week is that he listens to what the judges recommend and he applies it to his singing. These tips are not necessarily what he is being told, but he obviously pays attention to what they say to each of the singers.

When Adam first started out on the show, he was all about rock and had a tendency to scream some of the lyrics. I have written on several occasions that he weakens his performance when he does this. However, this is something that he has obviously been working on as his range was incredible. He still belts out the notes a little too close to screaming for me, but you can see where it is getting refined each and every time he hits the stage.

In all honesty, I don't want to see any more ballads from Adam from here on out. More than likely, he will go there one more time as it seems to be what he does when he is in a genre that he is not totally comfortable with. This is not to say that the ballads are not entertaining, because they are. It is that when he is rocking it out, he takes over the show. Allison, Kris and Danny are picking up the pace and it is time for Adam to put them away.