Adam has a truckload of integrity, as exhibited by his truthfulness with his music and his honesty with his fans and the entertainment industry. He treats the people around him like royalty, as expressed by his family, friends and, surprisingly, by his fellow Idol contestants. Many of them talked about his generosity in helping them choose the perfect song for their performances and giving them all kinds of assistance in staging their performances…helping the competition rather than shutting them out and protecting his own interests. Amazing.

We can talk about this til the end of time.
There is no right or wrong side of the coin.
Some of us love him and some of us don't.
That's all good, all good.
No need to bicker over the guy…just enjoy, or not.

I call Adam the boy who fell magically and mysteriously to Earth…
Here's why…
Each generation has a musician who appears in a cloud of silver sparkle dust and changes the face of the music industry.
Elvis, for example.
The horrendous noise that erupted in the world when he first appeared was ludicrous! Ed Sullivan ordered the cameramen on his Sunday night TV program to show Elvis from the waist up only. God forbid anyone should have seen his whole body movin' to the groovin'. Religious leaders called him all kinds of evil 6 ways from Sunday, yet here was a man who loved his parents and his friends and took exceptionally loving care of the people in his life.

Frank Sinatra, same reaction, different generation.

Remember the hoo-rah over the Beatles? Another generation, another star-is-born-syndrome.

I believe that Adam will grow into the same kind of superstar, given his extraordinary talent, his multi-octave vocal chops and his pure entertainment factor. Seeing one of his performances on Idol was like a mini-concert for me. Other contestants came onstage, mostly in casual clothes, sang their song, had their dialogue with the judges and left the stage.
Adam performed!
That's the difference for me.
If I were at a concert with all of these contestants onstage, I'd be delighted to get more than my money's worth with Adam's performances, whereas the others were basically a walk-on, walk-off performance.

Thanks for a well-written and thoughful article…good discussion generated and that's what it's all about, isn't it?