Adam Lambert – what he should do next

Adam Lambert recently lost to Christian magazine poster boy Kris Allen and people are wondering if he lost his edge. Here are some suggestions from Rollingstone magazine to help him go back on track:

• Go Gaga

MJ Santilli, founder of the popular Idol blog MJsBigBlog.com, says Adam could make a strong pure dance record, but Idol would more likely “want a record that’s a big hit, something that can compete with the Lady Gagas and the Katy Perrys and the Pinks of the world.” Cantiello thinks “Poker Face” should lead the way: “He needs to get on the Lady Gaga train, because he is the male Lady Gaga.”

• Belt on Broadway

With a history in theater (he was now famously a star in Wicked), it would be easy for the smooth-moving Lambert to slip onto the Great White Way. “I hope he gets into a studio real quick and puts out an album. If that doesn’t work out for him, I think he’ll be on Broadway in no time, and his fans will flock to that,” Cantiello says. “And I’m sure people on Broadway are going to tailor musicals around him.” Plus, there’s a fresh slate of rock-oriented musicals on the way with Bono and the Edge’s Spider-Man project and Green Day’s American Idiot show.