IDOL VS THE VOICE

Maroon 5’s hot front man Adam Levine spoke candidly with Out Magazine recently, discussing gay fans, his gay brother (thank you Jesus!), and slamming American Idol for not being gay enough (clearly he doesn’t buy into those Seacrest rumours). His main beef is Idol’s lack of support for gay contestants, when comparably The Voice, Levine’s own singing competition show, this year had no less than four openly gay finalists. ‘You can’t hide basic components of these people’s lives. The fact that The Voice didn’t have any qualms about being completely open about it is a great thing’.

Have a read of the rest of this fantastic interview below by Out Magazine.

Adam Levine Will Be Loved

OUT.COM The breakout star of NBC’s The Voice wasn’t a contestant -- it was its judge and Maroon 5’s front man. Here, the singer opens up about his natural exhibitionism, why his show trumps Idol, and how parents should react when a kid is queer.

In concert, Adam Levine slinks across the stage with a seductive, easy confidence. He is, in a word, cocksure. There’s a calculated tease, a sly wink across a room big enough to hold a small town. When the front man for Maroon 5 sings that he’s “got the moves like Jagger,” it’s a ballsy boast, but not entirely out of line.

On The Voice, where he is one of four celebrity judges, Levine is confined to a high-backed throne that he spins around to indicate his belief that an unseen voice -- the voice, perhaps -- might be the one to win $100,000 and a recording contract. The Voice is more complicated than American Idol -- but also more fun, more diverse, and, because its celebrity coaches are on the hook to produce real talent, ultimately more satisfying to watch.

Stuck in that glorified swivel chair, watching the singers on his team compete, Levine wraps his tattooed arms -- a crouching tiger; a classic shout-out to mom; the number 222, a reference to his band’s first recording studio -- around the seat’s built-in table, pounding his fists with excitement that one of his prodigies has just nailed it. During the finale, he can barely contain himself while praising Javier Colon, the vocalist from Team Adam who ultimately wins. “Everyone knows you’re an amazing singer, but what they may not know is that you’re such an amazing guy,” he says. “I’ve grown so close to you as a friend, and I’ve got so much love for you. And it’s really hard for me to root for someone that I don’t genuinely--” He chokes up. Clearing his throat, he tries again: “That I don’t genuinely love very much.”

Read the full interveiw at: http://www.out.com