Matt Giraud Gets Fifth Place...American Idol

Well it happened. Our local guy Matt Giraud performed for the last time as a contestant on the American Idol stage last night. Matt is a local hero now and will be preparing himself to go on tour with the American Idol Top 10.

It's ironic that Matt leaves on "Jazz Week," considering his background. But I do believe that America's votes were correct and that Matt should have finished in fifth place. Fifth place? On AMERICAN IDOL? What an achievement.

To go back to my picks before the show yesterday, I did say Matt Giraud would be going home, but I did not call the Top and Bottom two correctly. As it turns out, Allison Iraheta and Danny Gokey received the most votes on the show last night. And it was Adam Lambert and Matt Giraud at the bottom with Kris Allen in the middle of the Top 5.

The reason I was not right was the positioning of Adam Lambert! I think everyone was surprised when Adam was not the top vote recipient like he has been for at least five shows in a row. In fact, not only was he not the top vote-getter, he was in the bottom two.

Or maybe the American Idol folks just decided to play with us all to make the show just a little more interesting? I think it's possible! Anyway, now there are FOUR contestants left and they are Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Danny Gokey, and Kris Allen.

I do believe that America has this vote correct, and these contestants are the most deserving of the Top 4 honors. It should be a great show next week, I hope it is as good as this weeks show! I'm sure with this Top 4, they will not disappoint.

That's it for Amercian Idol this week, be sure to see what I cover tomorrow! Thanks for reading. ~ Scott