Katy Perry Plugs Adam Lambert in Idol Performance

As a long time Idol fan, I am really disgusted by the blatant favoritism shown this year.  If "America" really wants the Cher/Elvis/Edward Cullen mix for the next Idol, so be it...but please, don't take away any shred of integrity the show had by stacking the deck.

I find it hard to believe it was all prearranged. It seems Perry mysteriously "lost the cape" right after displaying it. I HOPE its because an Idol employee was instructed to "grab it."  ;)

Katie has the right to plug a favorite, (just as she has the right to wear that ill-fitting ridiculous outfit) BUT not on the show's stage! She should wave a sign from the audience like everyone else. I am shocked Idol let it happen. It makes the outcome seem so predetermined. On the American Idol stage, everything should be kept a completely even field for each contestant. Whats next? The band playing "God Save the Queen"  when Adam appears? Will all guests get to prance around on stage with their favorite emblazoned on their outfits? Will the judges follow? As much as I enjoy Adam's performance, now I hope someone else wins. This was so WRONG WRONG WRONG. American Idol needs to apologize to the other contestants AND their fans.

Although musicians are free to endorse who they'd like, being as performer on the show (or the judges), should remain in unbiased for consideration of the other contestants and to keep the contest fair.  We've seen that people do not have to win to be successful, but in the judges defense, they probably do not want to have to shell out money for those who they do not believe that the public will support (as we've seen other winners tank).  With this economy, we all want to get the most of our money, maybe this is their way of garunteeing that.  Product placement and commericals are an integral part of the competition, since we all need to see the contestants marketability. After hours, if pros would like to socialize with the very talented not manufactured amatuers, then so be it.  Yes, Adam does have a similair personality to the pros, but maybe that's showing everyone that he really does deserve to win.

I am an Adam fan. I don't like FAVORITISM in the show. Last season, I was ticked when NATASHA BEDINGFIELD put more attention to Archuleta than everyone else. It just makes others feel like dirt. I didn't like it when Jamie Fox endorsed Kris Allen to cut a CD with him while on the show. I didn't like it when Smokey did his Standing O for Adam. Everyone should just be neutral.

I didn't agree with KATY PERRY putting Adam's name on the cape. She just made it a million times harder for ADAM to get voted by showing her FAVORITISM in the show.

She made Kris and Danny feel like dirt. I don't like that because I like Kris and Danny a lot too. I feel angry that Katy Perry did that. UGGH!!!

Since I do not wash this, I can not judge, however it does seem to me that it is nothing but standard American show business and a money making machine.

Pushed to the limits, until it breaks.

I don't watch Idol for the story.  I watch it to be entertained by stand-out singers.  Most years I can find, maybe, one person I like.  In past years it was Kelly, Clay, Bo, Daughtry, and David Cook.  This year it is Adam.

I could care less about the rags to riches part.  I mean, most all of the people have singing experience and have put out self-produced or small-time studio albums.

I used to watch the Home Makeover show, but it spends less and less time showing something being built, than it does the tear-jerking stories of the families.

Like Idol, I don't care about the tearful back story, I want to see hammer and nails, and strutting and singing.

Ah yes, well played: the double-counter orchestration. The tendrils of our distraction tangle so deeply into our complicated relationship to the red light window of the Culture Industry. We avoid approaching but can't turn away.