Alex Lambert

Alex Lambert
Contestant
Season	Season 9
Age	19
Contestant #	78675
Placed	Top 16
Personal
Hometown	North Richland Hills, Texas
Gender	Male

Alexander Don Lambert (born December 10th, 1990) was a contestant on Season 9 of American Idol.

Audition

Alex's audition was not televised, but Ryan mentioned he auditioned in Dallas.

Hollywood Round

Alex was shown in a group called "The Dreamers" along with Mary Powers, Hope Johnson and Margo May. He did enough to advance along with Mary and Hope. For his final solo performance, he sang "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz accompanied with a ukulele. After the judges' verdict, he was placed in the same holding room as Casey James, Tim Urban, Tyler Grady, Andrew Garcia, Todrick Hall, Katie Stevens, Jermaine Sellers, Siobhan Magnus, Crystal Bowersox, Michael Lynche, Thaddeus Johnson, Tori Kelly, Lilly Scott and Jeff Goldford. Everyone in his room advanced. At the final deliberation, it was revealed that he made the Top 24.

Top 24

Alex sang "Wonderful World" by James Morrison. He received enough votes to be considered "safe" for that week.

Top 20

Alex sang "Everybody Knows" by John Legend. He received enough votes to be considered "safe" for that week.

Top 16

Alex sang "Trouble" by Ray LaMontagne. He, along with Todrick Hall, received the lowest number of votes for that week, eliminating him from the competition.

Trivia

• Despite their surnames, Alex is not related to Season 8 runner-up Adam Lambert.
• His Top 16 elimination (along with Lilly Scott, Katelyn Epperly, and Todrick Hall) received a bevy of backlash, with complaints that other contestants who did worse advanced while these four were unjustly axed.
• Immediately following his elimination, Alex was cast in Simon Fuller's webseries If I Can Dream, a Big Brother-esque show which follows several aspiring performing artist hopefuls chasing their dreams in Hollywood, all living together in a mansion. Alex moved in soon afterwards.