Top 9 Performances: James Slows It Down

James Durbin, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”: 17

Props to James for going with a ballad tonight when it would have been so easy to go with another rocker. It was a little pitchy in places, but it was overall pretty solid. However, it was not the Adam Lambert “Mad World” moment he was no doubt looking for. The closest he’s come to a real Adam Lambert moment, but not quite…