Every season I say I’m done… I won’t watch Idol anymore. It is because I think there won’t be another Ruben Studdard, Fantasia, or another Daughtry. OK, so along comes David Cook. But I know there just can’t be another one. I am wrong again.

Adam Lambert *may* just be the next great star on the American music scene. Every performance has been “cut a single now” quality. But Tuesday night’s rendition of Mad World may have been right up there in the top 5 performances of American Idol’s 8 year run. I had as many goose bumps as when Katharine McPhee sang that unforgettable Somewhere Over the Rainbow sitting on the stage.

Here is the FOX American Idol link for Mad World. Edit 12/19/09: FOX killed the link. Here is a link that may be “allowed” for awhile I hope: YouTube Adam Lambert Mad World

And my previous favorite all time performance: