Simon Cowell gave the 27-year-old teacher a standing ovation on The X Factor , possibly making him the Susan Boyle 2.0 of a different British talent competition. (Video embedding is disabled, but you should click through, it's worth it.)

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1. Dreamy pictures here.
2. Danyl’s Facebook page
3. Danyl Johnson report on the Today Show
4. Danyl is bisexual, apparently.

20/20 wants you to know Adam Lambert is gay, and they will stop at nothing - including cheesy 90's dance music and a quick clip in which a fey stylist flirts with him - to let you know. If only Hugh Downs were around to say “bi-curious” on air. MISS U HUGH )-:

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1. Via Towleroad

Link: http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009/05/28...

Blogosphere fave Michelle Collins (of Best Week Ever ) interviewed her own personal Idol , runner-up Adam Lambert, and kind of vomited all over the place with excitement (metaphorically speaking, of course). Among other things, you'll learn that Glambert's is more of a Sex And The City guy than he is a Golden Girls fan. Which is a shame, as we were just starting to like him.

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Amy Winehouse? Katy Perry?

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1. via Be Gay Little Bird
2. Adam Lambert, Newest American Idol Scandal
3. Adam Lambert Is Going To Win, Says Amanda and Google Trends
4. Fergie in Wild Orchid

Last night, not-so-secret cross-dresser and American Idol contestant scared the sh*t out of America (or, at least, Randy Travis and I) with his bizarre, smug, cheesalicious desecration of Johnny Cash classic “Ring of Fire.” It seems inevitable that the musical theater vet will soar through the competition, but not without polarizing the audience in the same way he completely confused Randy Travis, who claimed Lambert “threw [him] for a loop…although he seems like a very nice guy.” (Southern gentlemanly translation: “…the f*ck?”)

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The Best Links:

1. via Bitten and Bound
2. Adam Lambert, Newest American Idol Scandal

Link: http://www.businessinsider.com/200-th...

With all the recent hubub surrounding Twitter (from Diddy to Jimmy Fallon), it's hard to forget that there are still plenty of things more popular than Twitter. On the list of 100: AOL subscriptions, American Idol, and yes, even 'Please Hammer Don't Hurt'em' by tweeting celeb MC Hammer.

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CELEBRITY BUZZ: Kelly Clarkson sings in the rain, pees in the shower. Admitting it, she boldly claimed, “Anybody who says they don’t is lying.” Well, you caught me Kelly. It's just easier that way, and besides, it doesn't get the bathroom floor all wet! You're the one who told everybody though.

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The Best Links:

1. Kelly Clarkson Pees In The Shower!
2. Kelly Clarkson: Nude Walker, Shower Urinator
3. Kelly Clarkson Pees In The Shower!
4. Kelly Clarkson Admits to Peeing in the Shower
5. Kelly Clarkson Summoned the Rain During the Chorus of “Since U Been Gone”

TV BUZZ: Tonight's American Idol voting may get (literally) screwed up, thanks to an odd number of contestants and Hot Horny Girls. Since there are 13 contestants tonight (rather than the usual 12), American Idol needs one more consecutive toll-free number in its 1-866-IDOLS lineup. Unfortunately, the 866 numbers on either end of Idol 's lines are taken by phone sex operations. This is the perfect excuse for 12-year-olds to call an “adult” number and not get yelled at.

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1. The 13th contestant will get a non-contiguous number. I suspect some people will still (inadvertently?) call the hotline.
2. The numbers usually run from 1-866-436-5701 through 1-866-436-5712.
3. You can listen to the call here.
4. “Hot horny girls calls free all day and night because we love nasty talk as much as you do.”
5. Poor Anoop Desai.

Photos have surfaced of American Idol contestant Adam Lambert - the musical theater-y one with the haircut your mom had in 1987 - kissing boys while costumed as some sort of glamazon trannie. As far as we're concerned, the dude can do whatever he wants, as long as he never decimates another Rolling Stones song again.

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1. Lambert Sings Rolling Stones, Gives Us Shivers (In the Bad Way)

CELEBRITY BUZZ: In case you thought Simon Cowell would one day die and go to heaven with the rest of the human race, you were dead wrong. Instead, Cowell plans to freeze his body so he can one day triumphantly return to smack down generation after generation of American Idol hopefuls. Thank you, Science.

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The Best Links:

1. Simon Cowell: I’m Going to Freeze My Body When I Die So I Can Be Brought Back to Life
2. Simon Cowell Frozen After Death
3. Simon Cowell Would Like To Freeze Himself When He Dies

CELEBRITY BUZZ: Katrina Darrell, aka Bikini Girl, who last night kissed the affable perineum of American Idol (Ryan Seacrest), has somewhat of an impressive online presence. There's her website, which is totes “official”, some YouTube vids, and a couple of recently created Facebook groups. Learn her .

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The Best Links:

1. Katrina Darrell on BuzzFeed
2. Katrina Darrell on MySpace
3. The Official Website for Katrina Darrell
4. On UrbanMinistry.org (She Played Bingo)
5. Katrina on Flickr
6. Katrina Darrell Model Photo Gallery
7. Katrina Darrell on InstantCast
8. Photoshoot of Model/singer Katrina Darrell
9. Katrina Darrell on American Idol
10. Katrina Darrell Slideshow
11. Katrina Darrell… You’ll Never Make It Anywhere With That Attitude
12. Katrina Darrell on IMDB
13. Katrina Darrell - Bikini Girl - The Next American Idol!
14. Katrina Darrell - The Next American Idol
15. Vote for Katrina Darrell (Facebook Group)
16. American Idol Audition Video

The “gentler” American Idol kicked off last night with Ryan Seacrest embarrassing a blind guy. I hope they keep this contestant on long enough for Paula to interact with him. Ryan's weird little hand massage is nothing compared to the television she'll provide.

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1. “Humiliation is out, aspiration is in.”

Link: http://www.contest.senioridol.com/

IS YOUR NANA THE NEXT SENIOR IDOL? Seriously, she might be. There's no age limit in this competition, where seniors take the stage to sing, dance, and win cash and prizes. There's something so charmingly wrong about the whole thing. (Thanks Urlesque !)

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The Best Links:

1. via Urlesque - Senior Idol, or Nana Got Punk’d

Link: http://www.koreus.com/video/reaction-...

The setup: “It was a pajama party for the girls, and they were going to watch the finals of American Idol . The two singers in the final were David Cooker and David Archuleta. The girls were all fans of David A. They hoped he would win. You can imagine their disappointment when they learned that the other David had won! Check out the girl in orange; she makes it all worth it.”

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CELEBRITY BUZZ: The dead body of an “extreme Paula Abdul fan” was found in a parked car outside her home in the valley last night. If you thought Paula Abdul was nuts , her fans are apparently even crazier.

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The Best Links:

1. More On Dead Paula Fan: She Was An ‘Idol’ Contestant
2. Watch the News Report
3. Paula Abdul Caught A Fan Photographing Her On A Toilet
4. Stalkers Today Are Embarrassing for Celebs
5. Dead Body Found Near Paula’s House Seems More than a Coincidence

TV BUZZ: Grammy-nominated songwriter Kara DioGuardi will be the fourth American Idol judge. No one seems to have any idea who this woman is, but what are the chances she might be even more batsh*t crazy than Paula?? She also sort of looks like the poor man’s Norah Jones.

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The Best Links:

1. New Idol Judge Kara DioGuardi Is Engaged
2. New Interview and Photos
3. Uh Oh….Is Paula Jealous?
4. Hopefully She Isn’t Timid
5. Listen To New American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi’s Interview With On-Air with Ryan Seacrest
6. Grammy-Winning Songwriter Not a TOTALLY Random Choice….
7. YouTube - Celine Dion Performing with Kara DioGuardi (Only Audio)
8. Her Homepage
9. “American Idol” Adds DioGuardi As Fourth Judge
10. Grammy Winning Kara DioGuardi to be Fourth Judge on American Idol!

TV BUZZ: Our favorite source of obsessive American Idol coverage. If you’re getting rid of your television soon, Rickey will keep you abreast of all the developments in this season of A.I. , plus other guilty-TV pleasures.

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1. American Idol 24/7
2. He Has a Fish Named Fishjaya
3. Rickey’s Kinja Card
4. Rickey is “mesmerized by Halle Berry’s boobage” - Featured Headline
5. #8 Phillipines Blog in 2007
6. I Love Rickey’s

MUSIC BUZZ: American Idol contestant is actually cute and sort of crushworthy. Her band’s MySpace page alludes that Samantha might be more Cat Power than Diva Duets.

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The Best Links:

1. MySpace.com - Alex & Sam’s Band
2. She’s Adorable But Insecure (Which Makes Her Even More Adorable?)
3. Samantha Sings Norah Jones Well, Although Not Spectacularly
4. I have a crush on Samantha Sidley
5. Samantha Sidley Is Totally Gonna Win American Idol
6. Samantha Sidley: Cutest American Idol singer ever?