American Idol castoff Alex Lambert, who was kindly compared to a banana by judge Ellen DeGeneres during his weeks on the show, was a special guest and performed Mario’s “Let Me Love You” on The Ellen Show Wednesday (March 17) – watch video below.

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Alex confessed his mom forced him to audition but he actually loved the experience. Alex made it to Idol’s season 9 top 16 but was voted off in what was considered by many a total disappointment when contestants like Tim Urban, Paige Miles and Lacey Brown got a spot in the top 12 (read more details).

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I personally love Alex’s voice and humbleness (shyness). Alex’s got talent. Twitter has been abuzz with the #BringAlexBack trend, which included a petition to get Alex back on Idol, this past week. Life goes on! Alex, don’t give up!

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