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Alex Lambert is a 19-year-old singer/songwriter and former American Idol season 9 semifinalist from North Richland Hills, Texas, whose early elimination prompted a petition from 20,000 fans to get him back on the show.

Early life
Alex Lambert was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He has six brothers with one them, recently visiting him in the If I Can Dream house with their mom. He has been singing since age 9. Lambert is currently a senior at Richland High School and enjoys playing football. He sings at coffee shops near his town where the people barely notice him sing.

American Idol
He sang Sunday Morning by Maroon 5 on his first solo during hollywood week wreaking comments like "You have no spark" by Simon Cowell. He struggled during hollywood group week together with Mary Powers saying he was a weakest link in the group. During the 2nd solo of hollywood week he sang, I'm Yours by Jason Mraz, a song he has been strumming for a long time.

During the top 24, billboard top 100 hits, he sang Wonderful World by James Morrison where Ellen DeGeneres called him an "unripe banana". He garnered much praise from the judge's though, when he sang a version of Everybody Knows by John Legend, saying he was much more comfortable and confident now than a week before. During the top 16, he sang Trouble by Ray LaMontagne, where he, once again gained praise from the judge's but was eliminated the day after.

Post-American Idol Career
Right after getting voted out of American Idol, creator and producer of AI, Simon Fuller astounded by the people's reaction of the elimination result, asked Lambert if he would like to sign up for a t.v. series he was producing, If I Can Dream. A hollywood counterpart of a famous series Big Brother.

He also guested on Good Day Texas, singing an original song entitled 'I've been workin' and The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where he sang Let Me Love You and backstage he sang another original song for ellen.

If I Can Dream
Alex joined the cast of If I Can Dream on April 1, 2010. Together with Amanda Phillips, Ben Elliott, Giglianne Braga, Justin Gaston and Kara Killmer. Inside this dream house, Alex wrote some of his original songs among them 'I Didn't Know' and 'Dream With Eyes Wide Open'. With the latter song, being used as an opening song for the show on Hulu.com.