Los Angeles, California - After singing "Mad World" by Tears for Fears, Adam Lambert receives a standing ovation from Simon Cowell and the rest of the judges.

The theme for this week was "Song the year you were born", Adam takes the song written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was the band's third single release and first chart hit, reaching #3 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982 , year Adam was born. The song was released prior to Tears for Fears commercial success in the United States.

A lot of critics says that Adam Lambert made a BIG step ahead of his rivals in getting the Idol title this year after his performance a while ago. His biggest rival, Danny Gokey sang "Stand by Me", a Ben E. King Original, fails to get some "shouts". Just two weeks ago, Danny Gokey was listed as the slight favorite to win American Idol following a performance by Lambert that left most of the judges confused. Cowell essentially called it "horrible".