American Idol...Giraud Lives To See Another Day!

Well well, if you watched American Idol last night you are probably as shocked as I am about what happened on the show. It was an amazing sequence of events that kept the local contestant Matt Giraud in the contest and part of what is now the final five contestants left.

The show last night recapped the night before as usual, but 15 minutes into the show, Lil Rounds was singing her "goodbye to the show" song. Then in true form, they made us all sit and wait nearly the remainder of the show to see who the second person to be removed from the competition was.

First, the top three performers on Tuesday night's show were Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey, and Kris Allen. My daughter Jenna and I picked Lambert, Allison Iraheta, and Kris Allen in our picks yesterday.

What we found out very quickly with that is that our bottom three wasn't quite in tact either. Our bottom three picks were Lil Rounds, Anoop Desai, and Matt Giraud with Matt and Lil Rounds going home.

It looked as though Jenna and I had nailed it for most of the show until Ryan Secrest announced that Allison Iraheta was in the bottom three with Anoop (after Lil had already been sent packing). I believe this was a huge shock to most people watching the show, when Allison and Matt were standing side-by-side, and Matt was declared safe!

Then, the inevitable happened, Anoop was sent home. So the bottom three were actually Lil Rounds, Anoop Desai, and Allison Iraheta with Lil and Anoop going home. Matt Giraud will live to see another day in this competition and is now one of only five contestants left on what is no doubt the biggest stage in the country...NICE JOB MATT!

This has also proven that the judges "save" was worth something, because the country was sympathetic for Matt and kept him another week. I'm sure all of the five contestants left realized last night that anything can happen and they should all be on top of their game next week, which is "Jazz Week."

I hope you enjoyed the show as much as I did. And I want to thank my daughter Jenna for bailing me out on this one and helping me make the picks this week. I will be back next week on Wednesday with more American Idol talk.

Everyone, have a great day! ~ Scott