Considering that ABC has been giving George Michael a lot of love by featuring him in the multitude of promotional commercials for “Eli Stone,” I wonder if the tides are going to change about George Michael in the U.S. The article, Tribute-show Acts are not the Real Deal, Professional Copycats Complain, goes to show that the powers that be on The One and Only wouldn’t let a George Michael impersonator on the show because George Michael was too controversial.
The George Michael impersonator Robert Lamberti, who is a former Stars In Their Eyes heat winner, was told he could not be on The One and Only because the former Wham! star was too controversial.
“They replied back to me with a list of acts and I asked them why he was not on it. They said it was because of his political views about the US President, George Bush. Because the winner goes to Las Vegas, they didn’t feel that the American people were liking George Michael at the moment,” he said.
For Mr Lamberti, business is showing no signs of abating. Riding the crest of the wave of the 1980s revival, he was returning from performing at a Marks & Spencer staff party in London on Thursday night before a gig last night in Doncaster. “The more that George is in the news, the more work I get. When he was arrested it was absolutely brilliant,” he added.
