The Top Story: Adam Lambert in the spotlight

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With the American Idol finale barely a week old, show-stealer Adam Lambert has been in the news a lot of late. If you think people wanted to talk about him when he was just an Idol finalist, now that he's doing interviews the conversation has become downright deafening.

In order to give an overview of Adam's moment in the media spotlight, we've collected five of the most interesting interviews with the budding superstar.

5. TV Guide.com

Adam's interview with TV Guide.com mostly asks the expected questions but it works on the basis of Adam's charm. I love how he starts out with his guyliner tips ("Don't wash it off, it works better if you've had it on for a couple of days"), as well as his comments about the "pink elephant" in the room.

The magic continues below!

4. US Weekly

Adam gets to show off his talent for subtle gay quips in this video chat with Idol winner Kris Allen. In discussing the thrill of performing with Kiss he calls himself "inflammable" and marvels that he managed not to catch fire among all the pyrotechnics. He then manages to crack Kris up by responding to a question about bunk beds with a sexual innuendo.

3. Live with Regis & Kelly

We got to hear about Adam's theatre background when he visited the Live set and discussed his theatre history, which started with playing Linus in a production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

2. Entertainment Weekly's Idolatry

Easily the most substantial interview comes from Entertainment Weekly's Michael Slezak, who gets into a lengthy discussion about Adam's Idol choices over the season. (Adam confirms my suspicion that he's more Rock Star than American Idol when he notes that his version of "Ring of Fire" took inspiration from season two's Dilanna.) However, my favorite part comes at the beginning where he laughs off the way Bill O'Reilly cropped the photos of him kissing another guy.

1. Best Week Ever

In the 'Great Talking with You, Adam Lambert' contest, it's pretty tough to beat the conversation Adam has with Best Week Ever's Michelle Collins. Collins is a huge fan of Adam, leaving us with an interview that's part Squee-fest, part fabulous party chatter and part insanity. I mean, Collins brings up that there's Kradam fanfic out there and suggests that Adam's brother Neil offer himself for a "win a date with a Lambert" contest.

Thanks to dacrolover55 and H for some of the links!