It’s the final week of American Idol for 2009 and American gets to choose between Adam Lambert and Kris Allen.

For his first song tonight, Adam Lambert revisited Mad World, a song he sang during the earlier stage of the competition. Being Adam Lambert though, the arrangement got a work over, with a new look, and a slight change of pace with the vocals.

Judges comments: Randy said he loves the coat and the performance, and scores it as an A+. Kara said Adam rocked it again tonight. Paula claims Adam is “astonishingly handsome” and said it was a great way to cap the journey. Simon though, who is in the media this week saying he thinks Kris Allen will win, claims that Adam performed the song better the first time around, and claimed that the coat made him look like the Phantom of the Opera.

One thing to say about the performance: it was risky. The song by its nature is understated, and while pulling it off scores performance quality points, it can underwhelm the audience vs a more energetic rock performance. I hope Adam hasn’t made a bad call.

Here’s the video of Adam Lambert singing Mad World on the American Idol Season Finale (May 19)

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Our favorite American Idol contestant Adam Lambert managed to pull of a very rare thing this evening: a standing ovation led by Simon Cowell.

It was 80′s night on Idol, and Lambert performed an arrangement of the Tears for Fears classic Mad World. Lovers of the original might question the changes he made, but you can’t question the pure signing talent. Lambert was controlled, measured, and despite large slabs of falsetto, pitch perfect.

The show was running overtime to the break so only Cowell got to speak. “Adam, the bad news is we’re running out of time. The good news is that I’ll be the only one talking. I think words are unnecessary, because I want to give you a standing ovation.” said Cowell, who then stood, clapping.

Here’s Adam Lambert signing Mad World on American Idol April 7. Oh, because everyone keeps asking, see Is Adam Lambert Gay? and more proof that Adam Lambert is Gay.