No way. We knew on the thread what Adam was doing at the end of that season. When it was just him and that other quiet mediocre really nice guy (Chris something?), it was OBVIOUS even Adam was shilling and pushing for him to win. He knew if Chris was going to get anywhere, he needed the win. Adam just needed the recognition and he knew he was on his way. Correctly.
On the Queen+Adam show, they said it was best that Adam did not come in first place that year. He would have been tied up by AI making recordings that the record company’s writers would have written and the songs would have been chosen by the company. Adam was much better off launching his own music and his songs.