pinoy dream academy season 2: who is david idol?

i was watching singing bee last night and i stumbled upon this guy named as "david idol" in one of the competing groups. apparently, he has come up with a new album with tagalized english songs. he was the one who sang the tagalized version of david cook's "always be my baby". he looks very familiar to me then i realized that he is one of the semi-finalists of pinoy dream academy season 2.

yes, david idol is lamberto"lambert" reyes. he was dubbed as the singing engineer from bulacan. he was part of the top 30 finalists but failed to qualify in the top 16. he was beaten by jet for the last spot for the finals. since then, he has composed and arranged songs for christian bautista (take a ride, hope) and sitti (ngayong pasko).

he has released an album entitled tagalized hits. it has ten tracks, all are tagalized english songs. the ten tracks (with the english version in parenthesis) are:

1. ikaw lang ang iibigin (always be my baby)

2. wala nang hahanapin pa (i don't wanna miss a thing)

3. hello (hello)

4. happy 2gether (happy together)

5. billie gin (billie jean)

6. kailangang magtiwala (livin' on a prayer)

7. gutom (hubgry like a wolf)

8. ang hinahanap ko (i still haven't found what i'm lookin for)

9. lahat ay sayo (everything i do)

10. elinor rigby (eleanor rigby)

it's nice to see that even if he did not qualify for the finals and got limited exposure in the show, he still got a record deal and has been active in the music industry after the show.

source: http://thedashingdebonair.multiply.com/journal