American Idol eliminated another contestant last night – with the bottom three consisting of some surprising names.
The show began with the contestants having a cake fight in their shared house, leaving their kitchen completely destroyed. Host Ryan Seacrest asks the group who was responsible for starting the mess, with the blame left at Danny Gokey. Seacrest then hands him an envelope containing a bill for $6,000 for the maid service that had to clean up the mess, before Gokey replies, “You don’t think American Idol can pay for this, with all the money they make?”
The fun soon disappears when the results are announced. Seacrest asks Matt Giraud and Kris Allen to stand on one side of the stage, and Allison Iraheta and Danny Gokey to stand on the other, before asking hotly tipped series favourite Adam Lambert which side he thinks he should be on. As Adam decides that he should be with Allison and Danny, Seacrest pulls him back and tells him to stand with Matt and Kris, with the three of them receiving the fewest votes on the night.
American Idol contestants Matt Giraud and Allison Iraheta have vowed to stay humble despite their new found celebrity status.
Giraud told KSFM-TV: “I don’t think any of us really think that we’re celebrities or anything like that. That’s why we still feel honoured to be at the premieres and for people to want our autographs.
“If I meet someone who’s like, ‘I voted for two hours’, that’s amazing to me and I’m like, ‘Really? I don’t even know you!’ It’s amazing to me.
The American Idol judges have used their one-off veto to saved Matt Giraud from elimination. Giraud, who had sung Bryan Adams’ movie soundtrack ‘Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman’ was voted off by the viewers but survived for another week thanks to the judges exercising their once-in-a-season veto.
Simon Cowell said: “We’ve come to a decision. Matt, it’s good news.” Cowell also warned Giraud’s fellow contestants: “I wouldn’t be so quick to congratulate him.”
A lot of last night’s American Idol contenders chose some of Michael Jackson’s more obscure numbers and Matt Giraud was no different. He chose to sing ‘Human Nature’ and whilst he didn’t blow me away in the style of Adam Lambert I would agree with Simon when he called it a “solid performance”.
American Idol finalist Matt Giraud has revealed that he will be ignoring Simon Cowells recent fashion advice.
Speaking to reporters after the conclusion of last weeks wild card show, Giraud explained: “I don’t know why he’s always hating on me! You know what, I trusted the wardrobe people with that one, they said just go for it.
“Who takes fashion advice from Simon anyway? Come on, really.”
Giraud also confirmed that he may play piano in future performances on the show.
Yes you read the title right! Last night the American Idol judges twisted proceedings a little and at the end of the wild card round announced that this year, they were actually going to allow thirteen contestants through to the live finals rather than the usual twelve.
Anoop Desai, Jasmine Murray, Megan Corkrey and Matt Giraud will now join Jorge Nunez, Scott MacIntyre, Lil Rounds, Kris Allen, Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Danny Gokey, Alexis Grace and Michael Sarver in next weeks first live show in the full size American Idol studio.
Last night on American Idol Simon Cowell continued his torrent of unsavoury comments for Matt Giraud.
Giraud took on Coldplay’s Viva La Vida and the judges weren’t overly impressed.
“It was verging on a horrible performance,” judge Simon Cowell said. “It wasn’t the fact that the song was so bad, it was how you performed it. … You turned from someone very cool behind a piano singing Ray Charles, into sort of a wannabe pop star in a very jerky and uncomfortable way, and it has really put me off of you.”
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