John Hemenway letter to Rupert Murdock re: barry’s birth certificate

Updated list of birth certificate posts

Persephone here’s the letter.

May 26, 2009

The following letter provided by Family Security Matters is from Attorney John D Hemenway to Rupert Murdock asking him in effect to allow FOX News investigate barry’s eligibility. I don’t know what if anything came directly out of the letter – what Mr Murdock had done himself – but there was a question placed on FOXNation: “Should Obama Release Birth Certificate? Or Is This Old News?” With it was Robert Gibbs’ May 27th press briefing video where he outright lied and said barry’s birth certificate was on the internet.

Mr Hemenway had acted as the local attorney for Philip Berg’s interpleader case Hollister v Soetoro. The case was based on the issue of whether a military man on ready reserve had “standing” in that his potential performance of duty directly hinges on whether barry is a legally qualified Commander in Chief. Of course it didn’t work but the judge – Judge Robertson – took it upon himself to rant at Mr Hemenway, an 82 y/o World War II veteran, Naval Academy graduate and Rhodes scholar for bringing a “frivolous case”. None of the other cases have received sanction. The Judge chose to reprimand Mr Hemenway instead of sanctioning him. Mr Hemenway filed an appeal.

Out of the original ruling, a regular citizen exercised his freedom of speech in regards to Judge Robertson, which then resulted in said citizen receiving a visit from the US Marshal Service. Not kidding. This happened all the way back in March so I don’t think I can find the post in the drafts. I have the Judge’s ruling that I’ll post after this.

The President of the United States has been vetted by sympathetic internet sites and that’s good enough for a judge. Factcheck was also used as a footnote on barry’s filings before the Supreme Court. It’s unfathomable that the man who can obliterate whatever country he wants with an unvetoable push of a button is in that position because of a one-sided piece of green paper.

Nobody would believe it as a novel.

I’m going to highlight the relevant areas because the letter is as much personal as it is professional. It’s actually a very interesting letter to read. The question of the Saudi involvement I had heard before but I didn’t realize it could actually be true.

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Exclusive: A Letter to Rupert Murdoch on the Obama Birth Certificate Question
Editor’s note: The following is a letter written by John D. Hemenway, Esq. that was sent to NewsCorp CEO Rupert Murdoch via certified mail.

May 14, 2009

Dear Rupert,

You will likely not have retained a clear memory of me from Worcester College in the early fifties. Much time has elapsed from when we both read “P.P.E.” under Asa Briggs and the others. I had looked forward to cementing our friendship when the death of your father caused you simply to “disappear” from those at Worcester.

Much later, during several visits to my Washington, D.C. home, my moral tutor, David Mitchell, filled me in on the magnificent assistance you provided the College. Perhaps you also had something to do with the “Mitchell Building” erected just off Walton Street.

Everyone who shares your views is pleased at the nearly unprecedented success story you have made of your life. I was very pleased when you became an American, even if some persons attributed your motivation as calculated to expand your economic interests. Pure jealousy! You and your accomplishments have been good for us all.

From time to time, I try to keep up with interesting details concerning your news empire. From that reading, I am certain you and I have many opinions in common. I subscribe to the N.Y. Post, which one can acknowledge is “tabloidish,” but describes real N.Y. City life and the Post’s editorial staff certainly offers solid opinions pertaining to U.S. governmental problems. “Fox News” also makes an outstanding contribution to public awareness of the issues confronting the country.

You may recall the vital contribution Worcester’s Provost John Masterman made to the winning of WWII; he was a key figure, as I remember, in organizing the counter-espionage effort against the Nazis. I write you now concerning a problem nearly of that magnitude.

That problem is this: the man now occupying the White House is likely Constitutionally unqualified to hold the office. As an adopted American, you will have studied the U.S. Constitution better than many Americans, and from P.P.E. studies know that the Constitution has flexible clauses and hard, literal clauses. One of the latter is the requirement of Article II, Section 1, which states: “No person except a natural-born citizen…shall be eligible to the Office of the President.”

There are indications that Obama cannot meet that requirement. As an attorney, I facilitated a lawsuit (Hollister vs. Soetoro et al.) in the United States District Court (D.C. Circuit) demanding that Obama produce his birth certificate or satisfactory substitute evidence.n my case, U.S. District Court Judge Robertson (a Clinton appointee), who summarily dismissed the case, and is rumored to be seeking an Obama appointment, wrote that Obama’s eligibility had been “blogged, texted, twittered, and otherwise massaged by America’s vigilant citizenry.” In other words, he accepted internet “blogs” in lieu of actual evidence. There are about 20 similar lawsuits across the nation. I

He ordered me to “show cause” why I should not be sanctioned for promotion of a “frivolous” lawsuit. (It is significant that, although dismissed, none of the twenty odd similar legal actions have been designated by the responsible judge as “frivolous.”)

Other lawsuits have usually been dismissed for “lack of standing” including a lawsuit brought by Presidential candidate, Ambassador Alan Keyes. If anyone has standing, it is an actual Presidential contender. I provided Judge Robertson 37 pages of explanation as to “why I should not be held in contempt” and he decided to “reprimand” me instead of his threatened sanctions. That case is now under appeal.

Any rational person with even partial knowledge of the facts must know that Obama-cum-Soetoro is desperate to conceal something he does not want known. I believe he is hiding the fact that he and his campaign conspired to assert eligibility for the Presidential office to which he well may not be entitled. In other parts of the world, this would be known as a coup d’etat.

Yet, “mainstream” news services, members of officialdom, judges, including justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have all failed to demand documentation to prove or disprove Obama’s qualifications to serve in the White House.

It is as if a 53% vote is a substitute for an actual determination of the legal qualifications of Obama to be President. It is also evident that consequential people in America all believe the “vetting” of qualifications to be a presidential candidate should have been someone else’s responsibility. Revelation of this massive collapse of the fundamentals of the electoral process (ensuring candidate eligibility) at this point would make some very important people look hopelessly incompetent and inept.

Sadly, that includes your “Fox News.” There are reports that top management of Fox instructed its commentators to stay away from the subject – a strange position for a service that deservedly won a reputation for “fair and balanced” reporting. I cannot believe that you would issue such an order, with your good sense. Was it Roger Ailes or someone else? When I worked with Accuracy in Media (AIM) several decades ago, news manipulation by Ailes never filled the staff with confidence. On May 1, Sean Hannity referred to Ailes as his “boss!”

It is also disturbing that a report circulates that a Saudi national who bought enough stock to win a seat on the board of Fox’s parent company, a Saudi prince, asked you to stop Fox from referring to Muslim youth unrest as “Muslim” riots – he boasted later at a conference in Dubai, that after a phone call to you, thirty minutes later, Fox removed the banner from the bottom of its screen, “Muslim” riots. Given this revelation, many FOX devotees are wondering why the eligibility issue has been ignored by your network.

This constitutional question is one of vital importance to the U.S. It is not as if we wanted to startle our contemporaries with actions calculated to stir up our contemporaries as you once did at Worcester with your bust of Lenin. Or as I did when ruffling feathers of our stuffy dean (who guarded the door of “his” library from allowing anyone actually to touch one of his rare books). After you left for Australia to tend to family problems, I hung a huge American flag from the windows of the Nuffield Building on the 4th of July. The dean’s order (conveyed to me by my scout) still rings in my ears, “Take that damn thing down!”

The “natural-born” clause in our Constitution is a rigid, not a flexible clause. In that respect, it is analogous to the banning of “cruel or unusual” punishments, a clause dear to the hearts of our founding fathers. They certainly heard tales from their grandfathers drawn directly from English experience of ingenious cruelties accompanying the crime of “Regicide” after “dictator” Oliver Cromwell died peacefully in his bed. The fact that the English could not devise a way to govern themselves without inviting the king back may suggest that you modify somewhat your prediction (which I read somewhere) that this will be the last British generation that will live under a monarchy! I recall the first review of my educational “progress” at term’s end in “Hall” at Worcester when David Mitchell described my understanding of English history as limited to “King John was a bad king!”

Since you are now an American, and a good one, too, I have no doubt that you will seek to support the Constitution every way you think wise. Consider that, having won election on a campaign that promised “openness and transparency,” Obama now has spent close to $1 million for concealment of his birth and academic records, which are the only means to prove his eligibility. A birth certificate would cost less than $20.00 to request from the State of Hawaii.

Obama has produced no documents at all that would support his claim to eligibility to office. Is it no longer responsible to claim that “the public has a right to know the truth?” Moreover, even if born in Hawaii, as he claims, Obama’s travel to Pakistan (when Americans reportedly were banned from travel there) in 1981 raises other, complicated issues.

Why did his supporters produce a misleading “certification of live birth” instead of an actual vault birth certificate? Forensic experts have testified that the Certification of Live Birth is a forgery; written on a laser printer, when such printers were not available in 1961.

This evokes shades of Richard Nixon’s problems with typewriters (not just once, re: Alger Hiss; but a second time, when Nixon was caught back-dating documents for the I.R.S.) It makes me proud that in his secret tapes, Nixon referred to me, saying, “Fire the son-of-a-bitch, he’s done this before!” – a reference to my testimony before the Senate against incompetent or dishonest Nixon appointees, such as Helmut Sonnenfeldt (known locally as “Kissinger’s Kissinger) who failed confirmation as Deputy Secretary of Treasury because of my testimony before the Senate Finance Committee.

I also testified against the first “career” foreign service officer ever to fail confirmation in the 182 year history of the U.S. Senate: Howard Mace, who was Director of Personnel of the Department of State, who lost his appointment as Ambassador to Sierra Leone. Senate testimony may ultimately prove useful in this Obama matter, despite the composition of the Congress at this time.

Nixon’s firing order directly led me to study law at Howard University, the prestigious largely African-American University in Washington, D.C. Nixon’s denunciation of me, in fact, boosted me in the eyes of the Dean at Howard and got me to this point.

In conclusion, I can tell you this as fact. America badly needed your brilliant creation: Fox News. But if Fox News really is to be a voice for rational conservatism in the United States, it cannot ignore this vital constitutional question: We have a man occupying the White House who refuses to disclose the very documents that would legitimate his Presidency. Was it not a cover-up that undid Richard Nixon? Please instruct your personnel from Roger Ailes on down that they are encouraged (not forbidden) to report all of the news, including that pertaining to Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution.

With best regards, your supporter, friend, and admirer,
John D. Hemenway

Judge James Robertson’s rant re: Hollister v Soetoro

Persephone – I was able to find all three things.

Here’s Judge Robertson’s rant. He ruled Mr Hemenway should show just cause for why he brought this “frivolous” case. He only went after Mr Hemenway because he was the local attorney and because “any attempt to sanction [Phil Berg & Lawrence Joyce] for misuse of the public and private resources that have had to be devoted to this case would only give them a forum to continue their provocation.”

That was March — they’re still at it.

He ended up just reprimanding Mr Hemenway, which is presently under appeal.

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March 6, 2009

Hollister v Soetoro

GREGORY S. HOLLISTER,
Plaintiff,
v.
BARRY SOETORO, et al.,
Defendants.

Civil Action No. 08-2254 (JR)
MEMORANDUM

This case, if it were allowed to proceed, would deserve mention in one of those books that seek to prove that the law is foolish or that America has too many lawyers with not enough to do. Even in its relatively short life the case has excited the blogosphere and the conspiracy theorists. The right thing to do is to bring it to an early end.

The plaintiff says that he is a retired Air Force colonel who continues to owe fealty to his Commander-in-Chief (because he might possibly be recalled to duty) and who is tortured by uncertainty as to whether he would have to obey orders from Barack Obama because it has not been proven — to the colonel’s satisfaction — that Mr. Obama is a native-born American citizen, qualified under the Constitution to be President. The issue of the President’s citizenship was raised, vetted, blogged, texted, twittered, and otherwise massaged by America’s vigilant citizenry during Mr. Obama’s two-year-campaign for the presidency, but this plaintiff wants it resolved by a court.

[A district court judge would rather the case - whether the POTUS is eligible to hold the Office - be tried on the internet and through tweets than in a court of law.]

The real plaintiff is probably Philip J. Berg, a lawyer who lives in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, and who has pursued his crusade elsewhere, see Berg v. Obama, 574 F. Supp. 2d 509 (E.D. Pa. 2008), invoking the civil rights statutes, the Federal Election Campaign Act, the Freedom of Information Act, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the law of promissory estoppel. That case was the subject of a scholarly opinion by a judge who took Mr. Berg’s claims seriously –- and dismissed them. Mr. Hollister is apparently Mr. Berg’s fallback brainstorm, essentially a straw plaintiff, one who could tee Mr. Berg’s native-born issue up for decision on a new theory: If some “value” could be assigned to the “duties” the plaintiff thinks he might someday be called upon to fulfill under the Commander-in-Chief, then those “duties” could be deposited in the registry of this Court as the res whose distribution is to be decided by a suit in interpleader!

The filing and service of the complaint required private counsel to appear for President Obama and for Vice President Biden (whose citizenship is not challenged but who was presumably considered a necessary party in a suit seeking to unseat the President). Those counsel have moved to dismiss, asserting both that this Court has no jurisdiction (Rule 12(b)(1)) and that the plaintiff has stated a claim for which relief cannot be granted (Rule 12(b)(6)).

Plaintiff having invoked both diversity and the federal interpleader statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1355, I do have jurisdiction. Because plaintiff’s only claim invokes the interpleader statute, however, the suit must be dismissed for failure to state a claim.

I have already called the interpleader claim “frivolous” in two interlocutory rulings [#10 and #14], and I do so again here. As the defendants noted in their motion to dismiss, “interpleader allows a party exposed to multiple claims on a single obligation or property to settle the controversy and satisfy his obligation in one proceeding.” Commercial Union Ins. Co. v. U.S., 999 F.2d 581, 583 (D.C. Cir. 1993). It is typically used in insurance cases where the plaintiff holds property on behalf of another but does not know to whom among several adverse parties the property should be transferred [#9 at 8]. Resort to interpleader is inappropriate when it “is sought for improper or ulterior purposes.” Wright & Miller § 1707 (3d ed. 2001).

Plaintiff has not cited a single case that lends even colorable support to the notion that his alleged “duties” can be the “money or property” to which the interpleader statute applies. The interpleader suits he cites are all about money or tangible property: American Fidelity Fire Ins. Co. v. Construcciones Werl, Inc., 407 F. Supp 164 (D. V.I. 1975) is about contested HUD monies; Underwriters at Lloyd’s v. Nichols, 363 F.2d 357 (8th Cir. 1966), is about insurance proceeds; Dunbar v. United States, 502 F.2d 506 (5th Cir. 1974) is about money seized from the mails. The only interpleader case plaintiff cites that involves a “duty” is Bank of Neosho v. Colcord, 8 F.R.D. 621 (W.D. Mo. 1949) (Complaint, para. 12), an inapposite decision declining to strike a cross-claim for specific performance in an interpleader case that began, as interpleader cases do, with the deposit of funds. This suit will accordingly be dismissed.

Mr. Berg and Lawrence J. Joyce, an attorney who lives in Tucson, Arizona, signed the complaint in this case. (They have been filing electronically although they have not been admitted pro hac vice, see [#10].) They are agents provocateurs –- and any attempt to sanction them for misuse of the public and private resources that have had to be devoted to this case would only give them a forum to continue their provocation. John D. Hemenway, on the other hand, is a member of the Bar of this Court. He may have been enlisted by Messrs. Berg and Joyce as a foot soldier in their crusade, but he is nevertheless directly responsible to this Court for the pleading that have been filed on behalf of the plaintiff. Because it appears that the complaint in this case may have been presented for an improper purpose such as to harass; and that the interpleader claims and other legal contentions of plaintiff are not warranted by existing law or by non-frivolous arguments for extending, modifying or reversing existing law or for establishing new law, the accompanying order of dismissal requires Mr. Hemenway to show cause why he has not violated Rules 11(b)(1) and 11(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and why he should not be required to pay reasonable attorneys fees and other expenses to counsel for the defendants.

JAMES ROBERTSON
United States District Judge

Judge Robertson sends US Marshals after letter-writer

Persephone here’s the poor citizen who happened to upset Judge Robertson. I can’t believe I found it. I just had to find the source.

Updated list of birth certificate posts

March 17, 2009

Mr Jesse Merrell, regular American, wasn’t happy with Judge Robertson’s rant about how barry’s birth certificate issue was “raised, vetted, blogged, texted, twittered, and otherwise massaged by America’s vigilant citizenry during Mr. Obama’s two-year-campaign for the presidency, but this plaintiff wants it resolved by a court.”

Who wouldn’t be a tad upset when a judge defers to the vigilant – I think he meant vigilante – citizenry to vet the President of the United States? The whole this is quite mad. So Mr Merrell wrote the good judge a letter – maybe even a rant – of his own only to be visited by the US Marshal Service on behalf of the judge. It’s clear the judge has issues. One wonder if he’s short and wears small shoes…

According to John McCaslin at the Washington Times, “Mr. Merrell says one of the marshals cited “some obscure law which made it illegal to say anything that caused ‘emotional distress’ to a federal judge.”

MR MERRELL: “I was visited by two U.S. marshals … after I had written a letter to Judge Robertson for his rant threatening sanctions over lawyers who filed a suit challenging Obama’s right to be president over the ‘natural born’ citizen clause in the Constitution.

I told them unless the First Amendment had been repealed, or they were going to arrest me, we had nothing to talk about.

Don’t you wonder what the Marshals were thinking?

Judge Robertson reprimands John Hemenway re: Hollister v Soetoro

Persephone – here’s Judge James Robertson’s ruling as to John D Hemenway. Initially the judge was going to sanction him financially – pay the defense costs - but instead he reprimanded Mr Hemenway. It is being appealed.

Click top right corner for full screen.

Ruling:

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March 24, 2009

Hollister v Soetoro

Order Finding Rule 11 Violation

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(5-25) Larry King: Top 10 Idols Part 1

Adam Lambert, Top 10 American Idol – posts/videos

Aired May 25, 2009

This is their second appearance on Larry King–Ryan Seacrest sitting in. Top 10 interviewed together + Randy Jackson calls in by phone. Their first appearance was May 22nd. Follow link above for their individual segments. Paula Abdul was in one with Kris and Adam.

Transcript
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3

Part 1: Treating Kris any differently, competitive with each other, Danny overanalyzes things, living in a mansion, all of them don’t like to clean – prefer to be cleaned up after, Adams use of hair products compared to Kris (they were roommates), hardest genre for Chris and Lil Rounds, Megan Joy admits Motown week was bad.

RANDY JACKSON on the phone talks about what a talented season it was – thinks all 10 have a chance at doing well, critiquing for their own good, liked the tweets and the judges’ save, Danny liked Kara’s help, Scott about critiques, which Randy says it’s for their own good.

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RYAN SEACREST, GUEST HOST: Tonight, “American Idol” exclusive — Kris, Adam and the rest answer your questions.

What were their biggest challenges?

Are they already rich?

Who sings in the shower?

Do they read about themselves online?

The “American Idol” contestants as you’ve never seen and heard them before — until now. It’s a “American Idol” exclusive your way.

This is LARRY KING LIVE.

Good evening.

I’m Ryan Seacrest in for Larry King.

We’ve got our “American Idol” exclusive — the top 10 answering your questions here in Hollywood.

We’re joined by “American Idol” winner Kris Allen; runner-up, Adam Lambert; Danny Gokey; Allison Iraheta; Matt Giraud, Anoop Desai, Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre, Meghan Joy and Michael Sarver.

Did I get you all?

(CROSSTALK)

SEACREST: Got it.

By the way, the American Idol Live Tour kicks off July 5th. It’s going to kick off at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon. The top 10 contestants from season eight will be there doing it all live for you — 50 cities across the country.

Kris, are you ready for the tour with the whole group?

KRIS ALLEN, WINNER, “AMERICAN IDOL”: Yes. It’s going to be — like I’ve been saying for a long time, it’s going to be a blast.

SEACREST: It will be.

But let’s take a look at that winning moment one more time.

(video clip)

Your “American Idol,” Kris Allen.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: After the nationwide vote of nearly 100 million, the winner of “American Idol” 2009 is Kris Allen.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

SEACREST: What has the group said to you now that you’re the winner?

Have they changed?

Has the dynamic changed (INAUDIBLE)?

ALLEN: Yes. They don’t talk to me anymore.

(LAUGHTER)

(CROSSTALK)

KRIS: Like, oh, we can’t talk to you.

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No.

ALLEN: They still treat me the same. Maybe a little bit different.

SEACREST: And do you treat them the same?

ALLEN: Yes, absolutely.

SEACREST: All right. So LARRY KING LIVE asked “Idol” viewers — you guys watching — fans, some questions for the entire top 10.

How do we get them?

CNN.com/larryking. We got them through Twitter, kingsthings and the CNN Facebook page.

We’ll ask the questions throughout the entire hour. So let’s have some fun here. A blog question for the group — were you more competitive with each other at the beginning of the show or as the season progressed?

Adam?

ADAM LAMBERT, RUNNER-UP, “AMERICAN IDOL”: I think — I actually think the beginning felt more competitive for me because that’s when we were trying to define ourselves on the show. And then as it — as it continues, it’s like your fan base builds and you get more support behind you. So I think it becomes less about your actual performance and more about just staying consistent.

SEACREST: Allison, what do you think?

ALLISON IRAHETA, FINALIST, “AMERICAN IDOL”: Yes, I definitely agree with that. You know, it was more like that in the beginning, I guess because I didn’t really know anyone and I was just like — I was already having like issues with myself. So I was like, oh my gosh, I — I’ve got do good and better than this dude and Danny Gokey and you know…

(LAUGHTER)

IRAHETA: I’m just joking.

SEACREST: I mean (INAUDIBLE) seem to me as one of the most competitive of all of you.

What about for you, Danny?

DANNY GOKEY, FINALIST, “AMERICAN IDOL”: Yes, in the beginning I think — I think everyone’s (INAUDIBLE) because you don’t anybody. When you build relationships, you start to leave the competitive side behind. But then you start competing with yourself. And, you know, I think — you know, I had to compete with my own self every time I was on that stage because I was always…

SEACREST: Yes. I feel like you give yourself a hard time.

GOKEY: Yes. If you guys — everyone who knows me, I analyze things and that’s my…

SEACREST: Overanalyze things.

GOKEY: Yes, that’s what I’m saying, overanalyze. And I go through things in my head so many times that I tend to destroy what I started so freshly, you know?

(LAUGHTER)

GOKEY: And it’s — it’s been a weakness. But I think, hopefully, I can steer it in the right direction and start making good things happen.

SEACREST: And make it productive.

All right. This question was Tweeted to kingsthings: “What was it really like living in that mansion together?

Do you really hang out with each other?”

Let’s see, Matt.

MATT GIRAUD, FINALIST, “AMERICAN IDOL”: Yes?

SEACREST: What was it like living in that mansion?

GIRAUD: We — we, actually, I think we only really liked it like in the first week or two.

(LAUGHTER)

GIRAUD: And I think that after a while it was like we’ve got — wasn’t it like we kind of missed the room service and people cleaning up after you at the hotels?

(LAUGHTER)

SCOTT MACINTYRE: I missed the room service, you know?

And honestly, like…

SEACREST: (INAUDIBLE) clear, there’s room service in the mansion?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No.

(CROSSTALK)

ADAM: There was no room service in the mansion.

SEACREST: All right.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You know, but — yes.

GIRAUD: It was cool. We actually did hang out together. And — in the kitchen.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, a lot of time in the kitchen. It was like the…

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was like the gathering space. We would just like…

ALISON: We’d meet up.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: …jump on the counter and lay down…

GIRAUD: Like, yo dude, what’s up?

(LAUGHTER)

SEACREST: Michael, how about for you?

I mean we saw footage of your home — where you used to live. Slightly — about the size of a bedroom in the mansion.

What was it like for you?

MICHAEL SARVER, FINALIST, “AMERICAN IDOL”: You know, personally, I prefer the smaller house. I’m looking for the four — five bedroom with a lot of family in it versus — it’s — It was so big, big enough to have its own zip code, really. And I mean it was huge. But it almost, at times, felt empty until, of course, we made it to the kitchen when it all came together.

SEACREST: Who was the sloppiest?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No.

(LAUGHTER)

DESAI: Danny — Danny — Danny and me were roommates.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, that (INAUDIBLE) was bad, dude.

(CROSSTALK)

DANEY: OK. Hold up. We had the smallest room, though, I think, the (INAUDIBLE). It helps — it kind of helps when you have the small room and all our stuff is in there and…

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That’s why everything was piled up on (INAUDIBLE).

GOKEY: And the fact that didn’t clean our — clean up after.

SEACREST: I want to know, then, what was the most awkward conversation between the two of you once you had to be — you’re living in that shoe box, that — your bedroom in a huge mansion. But you’re in close quarters as roommates.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right.

DESAI: Well, I remember having a conversation like — because we had — we had sort of like a cleaning service come in, I guess, once every week or something like that. And they would — and they would clean our room. And then less than 24 hours later, there was just every — things everywhere. Like it looked like a hurricane just came through the room. But — and so we — we had a conversation one day…

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE) that Anoop would be the sloppiest to me because…

(CROSSTALK)

DESAI: Right?

You’re the most studious.

DESAI: That’s true.

SEACREST: You’d think that there would be neatness involved…

DESAI: Well…

SEACREST: And organization.

DESAI: Well, I know where everything is.

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It’s all in figures.

DESAI: It’s all in my brain.

(CROSSTALK)

DESAI: OK…

LAMBERT: It’s a sign of true genius.

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, it’s true.

SEACREST: Who was the bathroom hog?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Danny.

(LAUGHTER)

SEACREST: Adam raises his hand.

LAMBERT: Yes. In our — in our bath — we had a big bathroom…

(CROSSTALK)

SEACREST: Wait, so you are — so you guys were roommates?

LAMBERT: Yes. And the bathroom was huge and there were two — like two sides of it; you know, one side and a sink on the other side. And I always say, you know…

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tell me about the counter top.

LAMBERT: Yes, Kris always — Kris had like three things like just lined up in the corner. And I had like…

(CROSSTALK)

LAMBERT: I had just every product I could find, you know what I mean?

I love stuff, so…

(CROSSTALK)

LAMBERT: Yes. That’s yet another thing I can put in my hair.

SEACREST: More pomade.

All right. Kris, a blog question for you.

ALLEN: OK.

SEACREST: What was the hardest genre or style you had to perform on “Idol?”

ALLEN: Oh, wow! I think the hardest — oh. I think the hardest style was probably rock, because it — because I felt like it had to be like crazy hard rock, you know? And, you know, I did The Beatles, but it was still like even — it was rockier than like what The Beatles did and stuff. I think that was a little rough for me. And I knew that coming in.

SEACREST: The toughest genre for you, Lil Rounds?

LIL ROUNDS, FINALIST, “AMERICAN IDOL”: Oh, the toughest genre for me probably country week. I picked an OK (INAUDIBLE) pretty good song. But it was just going into it, I was like, I don’t know what to sing for country. I know one country song and that is it. And saw it in on a movie.

But I mean…

(LAUGHTER)

ROUNDS: But that might have been, you know, my hardest week.

SEACREST: And Megan?

MEGAN JOY, FINALIST, “AMERICAN IDOL”: I had a rough time with Motown — a hard time. I love Motown music, but I didn’t know what I was doing.

(LAUGHTER)

SEACREST: I like the candor. I like the candor here tonight.

We’ll be talking to Randy Jackson next, so stick around for more of this “American Idol” special edition of LARRY KING LIVE.

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(VIDEO PHOTO SHOOT CLIP OF IDOLS AND THEN KRIS SINGING)

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SEACREST: All right. We are back.

Ryan Seacrest in for my friend, Larry King.

The “American Idol” special — answering your questions from the Internet; also your Tweets. We’ll get to those in a few.

First, I want to say hello to my dear friend, “Idol” judge, as he joins the top 10 now, Randy Jackson, from me for you from me for you from me, for you from me.

RANDY JACKSON, JUDGE, “AMERICAN IDOL” (by telephone): Yo, what’s up, man?

For me for you for the top 10, Rye.

SEACREST: Well, what were you — what were you trying to say for you for me for me for you when we were talking about that — playing that tape back in the finale?

JACKSON: Dude, I have to admit, it was so funny. I didn’t even realize I said it that many times, man. It was just — it was so hilarious to me.

But what I was saying was that, for me, for you, this is the dog in the house. Dude, come on. Let’s go back to Tuesday nights, guys. It’s not over. Let’s go back. Come on.

SEACREST: So, Randy, were you happy with the outcome?

And give me your take on our winner and runner-up.

JACKSON: Yes. You know, listen, I mean, you know, Simon and I say this all the time, Ryan. You know we say this — America never really gets it wrong. And I think — look, I mean, look, so happy. This has been one of our best seasons yet. I mean it’s an unbelievable season. I think, hands down, for the boys, it’s the best season yet, I’ll say. And I think, you know, listen, it coming down to a duel at the end, Kris and Adam, I mean it couldn’t have been better.

And I mean you guys couldn’t have been in more rare perfect form. I think, you know — you know, Adam, you gave one of the performances of your night on — of your life on Tuesday night and so did Kris. So I mean it’s just — hey, listen, this whole top 10, Ryan, never say this, but this whole top 10 has a shot to be hugely successful.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

JACKSON: This whole top 10, dudes.

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you.

JACKSON: You guys should give yourselves a round of applause, because I know it’s hard facing us and America every week. But you guys stood up to the task every week. And I know a lot of you kind of held some comments under your breath probably.

SEACREST: Actually. We were just talking about all of those before you called in.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

SEACREST: All right. Let me pretend that I don’t host the show for a second and ask you some questions that I’ve — I’ve talked to you about before off the air.

What do you think about the Tweets?

What do you think about the fourth judge?

Did it work?

Didn’t it work?

Was it good, bad, are you indifferent?

Randy?

JACKSON: No. Listen, I think that the Tweets were really, really good for us. I think the wild card thing was amazing, I mean loving that we could choose Matt, loving we used him. You know, listen, I think all of that was really great. I think, also, having Kara, she’s really worked herself. And it started a little, you know, bumpy, you know, but it’s always going to be that way, you know, when you bring somebody in at this point, after the show has been going for, you know, six or seven seasons like this.

So I think she’s worked out tremendously well. Loved the look at the end, with her and bikini girl. Wow!

SEACREST: Careful. Your wife is close.

JACKSON: I know. But I’m saying, it was a great look.

I mean did you see Simon and I give a standing ovation to bikini girl?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh my gosh.

(LAUGHTER)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, I saw it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, of course.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don’t think Simon’s recovered yet.

JACKSON: Yes.

SEACREST: Danny, you watched “American Idol.”

You see the show, right?

Did you — did you watch it a lot before?

GOKEY: No. I just watched it the…

SEACREST: This was the first time you’ve seen it?

GOKEY: …last year. Well, I saw bits and pieces of season one. But I took a job, I worked all evenings and finally got DVR and watched it last year.

SEACREST: OK. So you saw it last year. And you saw it with three judges. Now, the season you come on to compete, there’s four judges.

How do you think that affects the contestants?

GOKEY: I think it worked in our favor, actually. I liked Kara’s opinion on music. I really did. I think all the judges were — were spectacular. And they each bring a different thing to the table. And I think — I hope it stays four judges.

SEACREST: Scott, how important is the judges’ support on “Idol?”

SCOTT MACINTYRE, FINALIST, “AMERICAN IDOL”: You know, the judges’ support is amazing. I mean, on that note, you really, as Anoop said earlier, you have to stay true to yourself. It’s easy to get caught up in the comments week to week and say how can I — how can I please Randy, how can I please Simon, Paula, Kara?

But their support means — means so much. When you…

SEACREST: But when they’re hard on you, can that help you in the voting?

MACINTYRE: Absolutely. And when — and when…

SEACREST: But, in other words, can — can there be a backlash to the voting?

So they’re hard on you, America feels bad, they vote for you?

MACINTYRE: It can help you. It can go any which way. You know, it depends how you respond to it. And a lot of — you know, a lot of people enjoyed, you know, our — my bantering back and forth with the judges. And I enjoyed all of them. You know, I love them for their — for their critiques and as people. And I just had a great time up there. You know, it can be — it can be a double-edged sword. But you definitely, when you get that positive review, it’s — it’s awesome.

SEACREST: Randy?

JACKSON: And, Ryan, dude, let’s just — you know, you guys, it’s great for you now because the season is over. I mean it’s been, once again, an amazing season. I appreciate all of you guys for coming out and stuff.

But let’s put that in perspective, the judging. Here is what is really key about it — and hopefully you guys take this throughout the rest of your careers and the rest of your life.

What it really is, what we say, what we comment negatively about, if it is all negative — it’s just really a critique. It’s never really negative. But we’re actually trying to help to guide you and teach you and say, hey, you’d be better doing this or that or maybe wouldn’t do that or this doesn’t work for you, no matter what you think in your own world of things, as we look at it, completely objectively, because we have no ego about it, right?

SEACREST: And in the context of selling records, charting and everything else.

JACKSON: Yes. And in the context of we’ve all been doing this, you know…

SEACREST: Yes.

JACKSON: …20, 25 years professionally, each of us. So…

(CROSSTALK)

JACKSON: …at the top of the game. So — Ryan — at the top of the game. So I mean what it is, is that it’s really trying to help you really, so that that next week maybe a little bit of that — you know, you think, well, hmm, maybe I won’t sing that kind of song. Maybe they’re right, maybe I should do this and not do that, you know what I mean?

SEACREST: All right…

JACKSON: So that’s what we’re hoping to do, by the way.

SEACREST: Randy, hang. I have one more question for you before we let you go about next season and the following seasons — the future of “American Idol.”

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(5-25) Larry King: Top 10 Idols Part 2

Adam Lambert, Top 10 – posts/videos

Aired May 25th

This is their second appearance on Larry King–Ryan Seacrest sitting in. Top 10 interviewed together + Randy Jackson calls in by phone. Their first appearance was May 22nd. Follow link above for their individual segments. Paula Abdul was in one with Kris and Adam.

Transcript
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3

Part 2: The first part is the missing section of video. Scroll down for the video. Randy on the future of the show – will Simon be back? “Heartless” turning point for Kris, Kris hasn’t heard from Kayne West personally – just that he liked it, “No Boundaries” – what it’s about and how how hard it is to sing, know three themes at a time, Matt on song choice, Michael Sarver what they did when they picked the same song, Scott on his visual impairment – could feel the difference on the stage through his feet, thanks others for their help.

Video: “fabulous Adam”, his hair, gets inspiration from “eccentric” creative friends, Lil Rounds probably going back to Memphis to record, record deals, they are getting a cut of their iTunes downloads, Queen asked Adam to sing with them “here and there” – waiting to see what happens with tour – wants to make album “new” music, Scott, Matt & Allison on their music.

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SEACREST: We’re back with your “American Idol” special — your questions for the top 10. And Lambert critiquing himself with that last note.

LAMBERT: I sang the wrong thing. And I was singing the harmony that was above it that the background singers were singing.

SEACREST: You finessed so well. And then…

(LAUGHTER)

LAMBERT: I just — I was singing the wrong notes.

SEACREST: Randy Jackson on the phone.

Did you — did you hear a bum note there, Randy?

JACKSON: Yes. But, see, at least he knew what it was. I love that Adam (INAUDIBLE)…

SEACREST: But he (INAUDIBLE) within the first second when he got there, right?

Hey, Randy, I want to ask you about the future of the show. A lot of buzz about what’s going to happen on “American Idol” — the judging panel, will Simon stay, will Simon go?

What has he said to you?

What do you think is going to happen?

What do you want to see happen?

JACKSON: Listen, I think we’ll all definitely be back for next season and it’s going to be just a great, amazing crazy, wild season again, hopefully.

And, you know, the future, who knows?

I mean, you know, the future — we’ll see, Rye.

I think, you know, Ryan, is your contract up next year?

SEACREST: Yes.

(LAUGHTER)

SEACREST: Can the show be successful without Simon?

JACKSON: You know, listen, I mean that’s a — that’s a very, very tough question. I mean, you know — I’d like to think that, organically, how the show grew is why it’s so successful. I think if we all say we knew before the time that it happened, we’re probably not really telling the complete truth.

So we organically are blessed with this great vehicle — all these kids that you’re talking to right now. And I think — look, I don’t know. I don’t know what show will be without him. I don’t know, because he’s a big part of it. That’s why I signed on in the beginning, because of him.

So I mean, I don’t really know. It can still go on. I don’t know if it will be as successful as it was.

SEACREST: But you call it everybody back for next season, right?

Yes?

JACKSON: Dude, come on, Rye.

Let’s rock the house, baby.

What?

SEACREST: You are a terrific guy, a dear friend. We’ll talk to you — I’ll call you later, all right?

JACKSON: Guys, I love you. I’ll see you on tour, man. Continued success. Great look Holler at me. Let’s get in the studio and make some music.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you.

(CROSSTALK)

SEACREST: We’re going to holler at you after this break.

More of your questions.

Holler, after this.

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SEACREST: That is your “Idol” exclusive — the top 10 here answering your questions.

That was Kris Allen, the winner of “American Idol,” doing “Heartless.” Some say that was a — or a lot of people, including, I think, you — say that was a turning point for you.

ALLEN: Yes, I feel like it was. Absolutely.

SEACREST: And what did you think when Randy — I remember that night Randy said it was better, in his opinion, than the original and better than The Fray.

ALLEN: Yes.

SEACREST: Another band who did a cover of that song. He said it was better that that, too.

ALLEN: I was like, oh, gosh, I hope Kanye is not mad at me.

(LAUGHTER)

SEACREST: But just the fact that you would know Kanye is kind of a cool thing, right?

ALLEN: No, I don’t know Kanye.

SEACREST: Did you hear — did you hear from Kanye?

ALLEN: I haven’t heard from him personally, but I have heard that he did like it, so that’s really cool.

SEACREST: All right. We appreciate all your questions via Twitter and also online and Facebook.

Let’s go to this one. The winner’s single, “No Boundaries” — this is a viewer question. It was co-written by Kara DioGuardi. What were the challenges of the song?

We’ll start with you, Kris.

ALLEN: It’s hard to sing. It’s — you know, it like stays up in the upper register for a long time and it’s hard to breathe. And Adam and I talking about it a lot.

SEACREST: (INAUDIBLE) any words in?

LAMBERT: There’s a lot of words.

ALLEN: A lot of words.

LAMBERT: A lot of words to the song. A lot of words.

ALLEN: It’s — there’s a lot of words. And I think I even — I think I even forgot the words on the show. I don’t know if it was caught or not, but I think I did. And so…

SEACREST: In that moment, do you feel a flash of heat down your spine, when you for — when you forget something on national television and you’re being judged?

ALLEN: I don’t — I think I did it and I was like, OK. And then I just kept on singing so I couldn’t…

(CROSSTALK)

LAMBERT: Yes. I forgot the words during dress rehearsal and I got really flustered.

ALLEN: Yes.

LAMBERT: And I was like, oh, God, I hope this doesn’t happen later.

SEACREST: And, lyrically, what do you think about the song?

ALLEN: It’s got a good message.

SEACREST: Yes?

ALLEN: You know, it — it’s talking about the mountains and the hurricanes and — but, you know…

(LAUGHTER)

ALLEN: It’s — it’s — it is (INAUDIBLE)…

SEACREST: Adam, a mountain lover?

LAMBERT: I love climbing mountains.

SEACREST: Yes?

(LAUGHTER)

LAMBERT: I climb every mountain and I cross every stream.

SEACREST: This…

(CROSSTALK)

SEACREST: This question is via CNN’s Facebook page for any of the “Idol” finalists: “How far in advance do you know the theme for a week?”

Anoop?

DESAI: We — it — it really depends. We normally got about three themes at a time. But, you know, we were so focused on what we were doing that week that, you know, sometimes when we picked what song we were doing, the Thursday after, you know, the previous week.

So it was — you know, we, on a normal week, maybe four or five days to prepare a song for — for that week.

SEACREST: And, Matt, the song can make or break you. Give us some insight in terms of how you go about picking it and when you go back and forth. It’s tough to make a decision sometimes.

GIRAUD: Yes. You know, before this I was a dueling piano player, as you know. And I know tons of songs. So it was kind of hard to, like, really — which one is good for you?

I can do tons of songs, but which one can I do that makes me, you know, sound good or perform well?

Because some songs just don’t do anything for your vocals. So, you know, some people knew exactly what they wanted to do every week. But some people — I think like me and Danny, I think the Song Clear — like the Clear Song people, or whatever they’re called — they were like chasing around for song choices.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, no.

GIRAUD: And we were like, no, I don’t want to pick yet. I don’t want to pick.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That’s right.

GIRAUD: I would tell her songs to clear that I didn’t even really want to do.

(LAUGHTER)

SEACREST: What happens when somebody gets your favorite?

There’s a song that you want and somebody else gets it?

How — how does that work, Michael?

SARVER: Oh, we draw out of a box.

SEACREST: Is that right?

SARVER: Yes. And we — it’s from blank pieces of paper and one piece of paper has the title of the song. And whoever gets it keeps it.

SEACREST: And that’s it.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I know how that feels.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It’s brutal.

SEACREST: I know how…

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Right, Danny?

SARVER: I actually know how it feels to win three times.

(LAUGHTER)

SARVER: Three times.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was…

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Come rain or come shine.

(CROSSTALK)

SEACREST: What’s the beef here?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Huh?

SEACREST: What’s the…

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No beef.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No beef — there’s no beef.

SEACREST: Well, you could have fooled us.

(LAUGHTER)

SARVER: The two 23-year-olds pianists kept taking the mike.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, I can imagine.

SARVER: They would always pick the same songs.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People think so small.

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was funny.

SEACREST: For those who don’t know, Scott is visually impaired.

Scott, how — how — can you see anything?

What can you see?

MACINTYRE: I can…

SEACREST: (INAUDIBLE)?

MACINTYRE: When I’m facing toward you right — right now, I can only see like a little tiny part of your face — and because it’s good lighting. So I only see — I can’t really see much detail from this distance, but I can kind of see a little part of your nose or your forehead.

SEACREST: Right. Well, I’m 6′10,” 240 and I used to play ball.

MACINTYRE: Yes.

(CROSSTALK)

SEACREST: Let’s scrimmage.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh my gosh.

MACINTYRE: You know, but it’s crazy.

SEACREST: But, seriously, how difficult was it for you being on the show?

MACINTYRE: It’s — it’s pretty — it’s pretty weird sometimes, because as soon as, you know, the lights are shining in my eyes and everything, I have no visual reference whatsoever. So, actually, you know, some — a lot of the people don’t know, I would run to the — you know, the edge of their — just jump a little forward to the edge of the stage during some of the…

SEACREST: Well, I mean…

MACINTYRE: …the group numbers.

SEACREST: But let me be honest…

MACINTYRE: And…

SEACREST: …were you ever worried about walking off the edge of the stage?

MACINTYRE: Well, it didn’t happen yet, so I’m…

(LAUGHTER)

MACINTYRE: You know, and they’ve been great about helping me around. But, honestly, there’s a little — there’s a little grid where the floor monitors are so we can hear what we’re singing, right at the edge of the stage.

SEACREST: Yes.

MACINTYRE: And I could feel the difference with my feet. And all — you know, a lot of these guys did a great job of — of, you know, offering to help me around during those. And we built a lot of that it into the choreography. So it really was definitely an adventure. But it worked out well.

SEACREST: The adventure here continues with your questions here on LARRY KING LIVE after this break.

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SEACREST: I mean, it looks like the cast of a scripted show there. “American Idol’s” live tour hitting 50 cities across the country. You have to support this top ten. They earned a lot of peoples’ votes over the course of our season.

Back now with your questions on LARRY KING LIVE. Let’s see. How about this one? From the blog, Adam, “how did you get to be so fabulous?”

LAMBERT: I don’t know exactly what that means.

ALLEN: I was born that way.

LAMBERT: No. I was not born fabulous at all.

SEACREST: You looked very different in high school.

LAMBERT: Yes. My 20s here in L.A. have been an eye-opening experience. I have a lot of eccentric friends and I know a lot of artists and designers and people that inspire me. And that’s kind of where I get my ideas from.

SEACREST: How often a week do you have to darken your hair?

LAMBERT: It’s not weekly. A couple of times — maybe once or twice a month.

SEACREST: Monthly. For Lil Rounds here, will you return to Memphis after the tour? Or do you plan to move in order to pursue your music career?

ROUNDS: I believe that I will go back home, go back to Memphis after the tour. And if I do come back out to California, I have a family and I’ve heard and I’ve seen that they’re a bit more expensive out here than in Memphis. So, you know, I just want to make sure that I’ll be able to afford coming back out to California.

SEACREST: That’s a good thing to think through.

ROUNDS: Yes.

SEACREST: All right. Here’s a question we got from viewers. Albums, who’s got record deals? Who’s got album plans? I know Kris did.

ALLEN: Yes.

SEACREST: Scott, what were you going to say?

MACINTYRE: I was going to say, obviously Kris does. But I think for me I’m already — you know, a lot of that — we can’t discuss yet because they will lock in soon or during or after the tour. But — and a number of things can happen that we’re talking about. But for me, I’ve started conceptualizing it.

SEACREST: Do you have a deal?

MACINTYRE: Well, we are all signed to, you know, 19 right now.

SEACREST: Nineteen is the management company.

MACINTYRE: And the record deal for all of our singles on iTunes. And as soon as that goes away, they either keep some of us on or we go out of the deal. And they facilitate a lot of other stuff and just kind of — we have to talk through that.

SEACREST: So politically correct. I love it.

MACINTYRE: But I have — I have plans. I’m not going anywhere.

SEACREST: Yes. Not going anywhere. Adam, being the runner up, how about for you?

LAMBERT: We are working it out right now. It looks good.

SEACREST: What do you want to do?

LAMBERT: I want to do an album. That’s my first goal. I don’t know, something kind of, you know, pop, rock. Like an electronic production kind of edge to it. Something kind of new. I want to do something different.

SEACREST: Any truth to the rumor that Queen offered you the gig as lead singer?

LAMBERT: I think that they were interested in maybe me coming out and joining them here and there.

SEACREST: They had a conversation with you?

LAMBERT: Yes.

SEACREST: They did?

LAMBERT: Yes, yes.

SEACREST: What did you say?

LAMBERT: You know, obviously, we have to work it all out.

SEACREST: Look at me. Look at me.

LAMBERT: There’s a lot –

SEACREST: What did you say when they said, do you want to be the lead singer of Queen?

LAMBERT: They didn’t say do you want to be the lead singer of Queen. They said, would you like to come out — yes, of course, that would be amazing. They said, we would love to see you out and come out with us and sing with us.

SEACREST: You said, yes?

LAMBERT: I said I would love to, yes.

SEACREST: How do you do that with the Idols’ Live tour?

LAMBERT: That’s exactly why I’m kind of hemming and hawing for an answer here, because I’m not sure exactly how that would work.

GIRAUD: They asked me too. I said I would think about it.

SEACREST: What kind of record are you going to make, Matt? Have you thought it through?

GIRAUD: I’d like to get back to piano, a band around me. I imagine myself, you know, doing some rock, some soul stuff and just getting back to performing. I can’t wait to get back on the road and gig like that. I want to make a good album. I’m talking to a lot of people that I’ve met about writing songs together and — people out there.

SEACREST: Well-known names?

GIRAUD: Yes.

SEACREST: Give us one.

GIRAUD: I can’t do that yet. Come on. I can’t give it all away. I can’t give it all away. I’m just talking right now. It’s the time right after the show pushing you out of the nest a little bit. Like, what do I do now?

SEACREST: Allison, you are in school right now. You have to have a tutor every day, right, for school? You will be on the Idols’ live tour. How will your day be different than the others? Do you know?

IRAHETA: Well, I mean, I don’t know how tour’s going to be yet. I mean, it’s obviously going to be crazy. But all I know is that it’s probably going to be like — it’s going to be probably the same as when we were in the show as to like — all right, Allison, you have to wake up at 7:00 a.m. You guys have to wake up at 10:00 a.m. See you guys later.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We’d all give her a little –

IRAHETA: Here’s the thing. Here’s the thing. Here’s the cruel thing for me, when they did — they would be like, all right, rehearsal. They would be like — I was like, see you, guys. I’m in school.

LAMBERT: Bye, guys. See you next week.

IRAHETA: Hey, what did I say, I didn’t want to look like an idiot in this thing.

SEACREST: We are going to come back. More LARRY KING LIVE. The Idol special continues with your questions after this break.

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(5-25) Larry King: Top 10 Idols Part 3

Adam Lambert & Top 10 posts/videos

Aired May 25th

This is their second appearance on Larry King–Ryan Seacrest sitting in. Top 10 interviewed together. Their first appearance was May 22nd. Follow link above for their individual segments. Paula Abdul was in one with Kris and Adam.

Transcript
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3

Part 3: Excited about tour, getting well compensated, not sure what show will be like, will Danny & Allison being a duo, Anoops want to act, Lil is asked if the judges take up too much of the show, Anoop and Kara conflict, Adam, Kris, Danny, Anoop & Scott found Kara helpful – especially in studio, group numbers, did they read about themselves on blogs, Adam found blogs helpful early on to see support – didn’t take nasty stuff personally, “Trouble” hard to sing, Megan on performing live, series of questions about whose the sloppiest etc, Adam most stylish, Anoop the brain, Kris finishes up with the “message” of the season: diversity and tolerance. Proven in reality — Kris and Adam were roommates and are genuinely close friends.

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SEACREST: There they are. Your Idol top ten group is here. The “American Idol’s” live tour kicks off and 50 cities. By the way, what do you know? What do you know about the tour? Do you know anything about it?

DESAI: Just that it’s going to be a fantastic experience. Yes. I was talking to David Cook and his family. And they just said, you know, pack underwear and socks, as many as you can, because you’re not going to be able to stop.

SEACREST: That is such profound advice.

DESAI: Yes. I know. That’s what I told him, too. I was really grateful for that. Just that it’s going to be a really intense experience, but really fun because I think we are all looking forward to the opportunity of performing without, you know, four people sitting in front of us.

SEACREST: Are there big numbers?

(CROSS TALK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Going to be like the Idol show kicked up a notch. More lights, more everything, more people. I cannot wait.

SEACREST: Don’t forget the name of the city you are in. Have you ever been to a concert and someone comes out and they’re like, hello, Nashville? Ugh.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Good advice.

SEACREST: The viewer questions here. Let’s see. Danny and Allison, will you guys be doing a duet on the tour?

GOKEY: I wouldn’t mind.

IRAHETA: I wouldn’t mind either.

SEACREST: So that’s a yes.

GOKEY: Can you imagine two super like soulful voices?

IRAHETA: We were talking about.

GOKEY: Our voices have a vocal punch to them.

IRAHETA: How we both sort of sound like guys.

SEACREST: Danny admitted to that?

GOKEY: Thanks, Ryan. One more time.

IRAHETA: Anyways.

SEACREST: What’s the perfect song for you two?

IRAHETA: I don’t know. No! Not — what?

GOKEY: Soul — very soulish, soul/rock song, because we both have a lot of soul in us.

IRAHETA: Do you want to do “Dream On?”

GOKEY: No. I want her to show me the scream at the end maybe.

SEACREST: Allison has an amazing voice. Incredible, your voice, the power in your voice.

GOKEY: I’m a fan.

SEACREST: Here’s a Tweet. Do you guys earn money during the “American Idol” tour? Is that how you pay them?

ALLEN: No. We’re doing it for free.

SEACREST: All right. Now, how much?

ALLEN: It’s nice. It’s very, very generous.

SEACREST: Everybody getting paid the same?

(CROSS TALK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Matt negotiated.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I made the rate.

SEACREST: During the show, as well. This is news. So you do get paid. It is a good gig. And what happens after the tour? You don’t know?

(CROSS TALK)

SEACREST: You may or may not be on your own at that point.

GOKEY: Everything’s in limbo right now. Right now, we are just waiting to see what they’re going to do, because we’re — really that’s what we’re waiting on, waiting on them.

SEACREST: Do you make anything from iTune sales?

GOKEY: Yes.

ALLEN: Absolutely.

SEACREST: Write down the number. Anoop, blog question. Do you have any interest in acting?

DESAI: You know, it’s something that I — I did when I was in high school and stuff like that. I mean, I — I would love to. But, you know, my music is first, I mean, in my mind. I’m a singer first. And, you know, I would love to experiment with stuff. I mean, that’s –

SEACREST: Sounds like you’re losing your southern accent.

DESAI: I didn’t know I had one.

GOKEY: You had an accent?

IRAHETA: He never had one.

SEACREST: Just like it comes in and out.

DESAI: It comes out when I meet people from North Carolina and then it –

(CROSS TALK)

SEACREST: We’re back in 60 seconds with more of your questions here on LARRY KING LIVE.

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SEACREST: We are back. Your “American Idol” exclusive here with the top ten and your questions. Let’s see. Another Tweet for the group. Do you think the judges are too much of the focus on “American Idol?” Lil Rounds.

ROUNDS: Too much of the focus? I think that they play a good role, as far as, you know, they do take a bit of focus. But I don’t think not as much as the contestants. I mean, of course, it is still about who’s on there. It is about the talent. It’s about what you are doing.

And the judges, they give they critiques. They give — they think you did a good job or not. And I think America does listen to them. But I don’t think they get all of the focus, no.

SEACREST: Kris, did it bother you when sometimes you looked down and you see the judges trying to strangle each other and push each other and tease each other?

ALLEN: Sometimes I don’t feel like they’re paying attention enough. For the most part –

SEACREST: Do you see that when you’re singing?

ALLEN: When I’m singing. I think, for me, personally, when I’m singing, I don’t see a thing. I’m focused in on what I’m trying to do and I get lost in when’s going on.

SEACREST: Did you dread hearing from any of the judges at any point, Adam? Probably not you. But was there one that you felt like you didn’t connect with as much as the others?

LAMBERT: Well, I mean Simon’s always the one you’re like, did he like it? With the others, I could tell on their faces what was coming.

SEACREST: Yes.

LAMBERT: With Simon, he always likes to keep you guessing.

SEACREST: Yes. He like it is suspense. Anoop, there was a point during the season, I recall, where you and ara had a bit of friction. There was a moment there. What happened?

DESAI: Yes. Well, it was after I sang “Caught Up.” And she said something — she was, it seemed like your frat friends dared you to get on stage and sing that. And then I saw a camera in front of my four friends that were there, one of whom is an accountant, one of whom is a consultant, a doctoral student in music, and one is going into PR.

And I thought it was an unfair characterization of me and my friends to say that — I mean, I was never in a frat to begin with.

SEACREST: You took it personally?

DESAI: I mean, you know, I can deal with that. We got into this process and know we’re in the spotlight. And I can deal with people saying things to me. But when, you know, you bring my friends into — I was a little, you know, annoyed at that. But we — Cara and I talked through it. It’s fine. We have a fine relationship.

SEACREST: A fine relationship. Always such the perfect word to describe. ‘It’s fine.’ ‘You look fine.’

LAMBERT: I want to say something real quick about Kara. We haven’t really covered it. We got to work with her in the studio. And she is absolutely incredible, very creative, very, very giving person. And I don’t know. I think she is a little bit unfairly judged in like the press and stuff. I don’t know why everybody was so hard on her.

ALLEN: She’s great.

LAMBERT: I think her critiques were most of the time spot on. She had really good advice. I don’t understand why everybody was so hard on her.

SEACREST: I think it’s just there is somebody new and different, it takes a second to get a thought. What people should know, and if you don’t, this woman has been a part of hugely successful songs, hit records with big talents and has an amazing ability to, what you are saying, sit down and really understand an artist, bring out the best in an artist.

She’s done it with a lot of people that we know. I can’t remember who she’s working with.

LAMBERT: She’s worked with Pink, Christina.

(CROSS TALK)

MACINTYRE: I was so excited to when she came on the show, because, you know, I kind of thought in the back of my head, because I’m a songwriter, it would be really cool to meet this person. And she brings a whole element that the other judges don’t really touch on. She is always saying with the right song, you could do that. She looks at it from an industry perspective.

SEACREST: Unless she gives you a negative critique. And then we actually feel a little bit differently that week. Right? Unless she grills you on the air.

DESAI: She is a genuine — you know? she’ll — even if she gives you a negative critique –

SEACREST: Would you ever date her?

DESAI: Would I ever. She went to Duke, so –

SEACREST: We’ll be back with the Idols. Stay here.

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SEACREST: Oh, to watch the group numbers. Back with the top ten on “American Idol.” I think some weeks they were more enthused than other weeks about those group numbers. Would that be accurate?

GROUP: Yes.

MACINTYRE: That one was actually one of our favorites.

SEACREST: Was it? Why?

MACINTYRE: It was a great song. We had fun singing it.

SEACREST: Of course. That flat-top footage of randy in Journey. Before we get back to viewer questions, a lot of buzz about the show. Once you’re in, it’s on the radar. There are websites and blogs, some positive, some negative. How much does that affect you when you’re a contestant on the show? Do you pay attention to it? Michael?

SARVER: I think it’s actually up to you as an individual how much it affects you.

SEACREST: Did you? Did you read it?

SARVER: It didn’t affect me much because I kept my nose out of it. You know, there’s plenty of things for us to do in a day’s time on “American Idol.” To sit around and look at that, it’s up to you. So if it affects you –

SEACREST: There’s got to be a voice in your head that says, I want to know.

SARVER: Absolutely. I’m wondering all the time. I only looked at the fan ones. I didn’t want anything to do with the negative ones.

(CROSS TALK)

SEACREST: How about Kris and Adam, you guys competing in the finale? It’s a hugely, highly rated show, average 28 million people, two hours of television. You’re under the microscope. How much of the headlines did you read, the blogging did you read, Kris?

ALLEN: I really tried to keep my nose out of it, especially the past — or the final whatever.

LAMBERT: Yes.

ALLEN: Because I was, like, I don’t want anything to mess me up. I’m not going to lie. I probably read some things.

SEACREST: Did you take it personally, Adam?

LAMBERT: No. I kind of checked out what people were saying early on, because I wanted to see what the response was. It actually helped me a little bit. It gave me a sense of, oh, there’s support out there. People are liking what I’m doing.

I hate to say it, but there’s a lot of negative stuff, too. I don’t take it personally. We’re in this business and it comes with the territory.

SEACREST: When they stop talking about you, you’ve got a problem.

LAMBERT: Exactly.

SEACREST: Another viewer question. This is good, is there a song that you would ban from Idol if you could? Is there something that sticks out? This is the worst song for us to have to sing in the competition?

LAMBERT: “Trouble” during hero week.

SEACREST: Why? Why is that a bad one?

LAMBERT: There were so many words. We were, like –

SEACREST: A lot of lyrics. It’s risky because you might, what, stumble, forget them?

SARVER: It’s hard to sing and spell at the same time.

GIRAUD: Some of the songs were so cool with one person singing them. And with, like, 13 people singing them, there’s no way you can make it cool.

SEACREST: Allison, how about for you? Was there something that you cringed when you thought about or heard or wanted to avoid?

IRAHETA: Yes. I mean, I’ve got to agree with “Trouble.” I think there was a point of the song where the camera was right on me and I was, like — screwed up. It was trouble. It was terrible.

SEACREST: In that — see, I’m always impressed, though, with each year, especially you guys, the contestants, you may stumble in rehearsal. You may completely blank out in rehearsal. And generally speaking, when you get on the air, in show mode, and you get there. Somehow you just get there. What happens when you get into that live show, Megan?

JOY: I don’t know. It’s kind of — I mean, you can’t even describe. Just something comes over you. And you just do it. And then all of a sudden you come out of it. You’re, like, whoa, whoa, what did I just do?

SEACREST: Have any of you been in a song, and you’re thinking, oh, god, here comes the hard part. Oh, I got through it. You’re still — half of your brain is saying that and the other half is still moving?

MACINTYRE: Yes. At a certain point, you have to just let go and hope that it comes out OK. But I’ve actually — I’ve — you know, when I used to play classical piano, I have actually fallen asleep playing a song before. I was day dreaming and then I wake up. Did I already do that part?

SEACREST: You just kind of –

MACINTYRE: There’s something that kind of takes over sometimes. SARVER: For me, you know, there’s a certain point in the evening when we’re fixing to go on where I just let it go. I quit thinking about the lyrics. I quit trying to remember them and sing them to myself. There’s got to be a time when you let go of that. Right.

SEACREST: When you just relax, and you can get there.

MACINTYRE: You think about the emotion.

SEACREST: We’ll be back with more emotion, the top ten on LARRY KING LIVE, after this.

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SEACREST: The results are in. And America, you have chosen your top ten. Here they are. They’re going out on tour, 50 cities. So check them out in your town. Last year LARRY KING LIVE did class superlatives for the other Idols for that group, for that class. So we should do them for this group, the new group of 2009. Who would be the class clown in this group?

GOKEY: Matt G.

(CROSS TALK)

GIRAUD: I’m a silly dude. There’s a couple of us.

SEACREST: Class flirt?

IRAHETA: Matt.

GIRAUD: I’m going to take all the awards.

SEACREST: That’s why he clowns. I got you.

SEACREST: Most stylish?

GIRAUD: Adam Lambert.

(CROSSTALK)

SEACREST: How do you choose which fingers to paint?

LAMBERT: I just started scraping them off when I was fidgeting.

SEACREST: Who’s the class brain?

CROWD: Anoop.

SEACREST: He doesn’t argue that. Who is the class rebel?

(CROSSTALK)

SEACREST: Ah, yes. What was the cuckooing that week?

ROUNDS: She said, I don’t really care.

LAMBERT: That’s so cool.

SEACREST: Most likely to run for political office. Who would that be?

GOKEY: Anoop.

SEACREST: Anoop again.

DESAI: I’d like to.

SEACREST: Who would be voted the prom king and queen?

JOY: Lil and Kris.

IRAHETA: Lil and Kris.

SEACREST: That’s a cute couple. Except they are both, I think, are taken.

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SEACREST: Let’s see. Final thought here. What do you think was the message of this season? Was there a theme when you sum up this season? Kris, I’ll give it to you.

ALLEN: I think, seriously, like, we are really all different. And we have gotten along, like, amazingly. And so I seriously think that’s a theme. You know, and society is dealing with weird stuff like that right now, you know. And you know, we need to pull together as a society.

SEACREST: So this should be an example?

ALLEN: Yes.

GIRAUD: Diversity.

SEACREST: You have been terrific. I’m proud of you, really proud of you. Congratulations. It’s been a pleasure to have worked with you.

IRAHETA: Love you, Ryan.

SEACREST: We’ll see you. Sorry to put you through those results shows, too.

ROUNDS: Oh, my god.

SEACREST: I know it’s painful. The full hour. Thanks for joining us and thank you, Mr. Larry King, my friend, for letting me sit in tonight. More news now on CNN.

Adam Lambert, Idol Top 10 – posts/videos

Adam Lambert & Top 10 posts/videos

Larry King with Ryan Seacrest:

May 22 – Paula Abdul in studio
American Idol winner Kris Allen
American Idol runner up Adam Lambert
Paula Abdul, Kris Allen, Adam Lanbert
Danny Gokey, Allison Iraheta, Matt Giraud
Anoop Desai, Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre, Megan Joy, Michael Sarver

May 25 – Randy Jackson by phone
Top 10 Idols Part 1
Top 10 Idols Part 2
Top 10 Idols Part 3

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Adam & Kris : “We are the Champions” with Queen

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Adam Lambert

“Cryin’” by Aerosmith
“One” by U2
“Mad World” by Tears for Fears
Smokey Robinson’s “Tracks of my Tears”
Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love”
Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come”

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“Thanks for supporting somebody a little weird” (Call in to Ellen Show – video)
Adam Lambert & Queen? (FOX video)
Queen no Queen? (Part of Larry King interview)