American Idol finalist Scott MacIntyre is sounding off against the Fox megahit for cutting his planned dueling-pianos performance with fellow contestant Matt Giraud from last week’s finale. "Perhaps Tatiana and Bikini Girl were more important after all," he jokes in his MySpace blog post. He reveals that the number — which would’ve featured the piano men duking it out on Billy Joel’s "Tell Her About It" — was cut just hours before the live broadcast because Joel couldn’t appear with them. " (A representative for Joel denies that he was was invited to perform with MacIntyre.) According to some of the producers who witnessed our rehearsal, it wasthe most exciting and memorable number of the entire Finale show," MacIntyre writes. "Over the last few days I have tried to reason this out every waypossible, and it makes no sense to me why one of the most compellingand unique performances of the show would be cut simply because theoriginal artist wasn’t present." The 8th-place finisher says he was disappointed not to have truly gotten a memorable moment in the finale, but that producers have promised to make it up to him by having him back to perform next season.
UPDATE: Billy Joel rep says singer was not invited, did not "pull out" of American Idol finale
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You know what, Scott and Matt were certainly nowhere near my favourite contestants this season, but this enrages me nonetheless. A dueling piano performance would have been original, it would have been different, and we really could have done without seeing Norman Gentle, Tatiana and Bikini Girl performing the same songs for a 4th time! It’s just disgraceful.
Should Carly and Michael not have performed ‘The Letter’ last year because they weren’t backed by a celebrity? Of course not! I watch this show for the Idols, not to see Rod Stewart or the Black Eyed Peas.
Um…so agreed. The finale of AI should be about the achievement of those who made it on talent, not novelty acts like Bikini Girl, Tatiana and Norman. I was shocked Matt Giraud wasn’t featured (he was 5th – so that was an insult and those who left earlier like Megan, Anoop and Alexis were), and it also explains his Twitter post about initially being bummed about being left out of the finale. He is meant for greater things and was my favorite.
im sorry but can you say big ego ? i mean i bet it wasnt the best performance of the night no offense to him. hes not even that great of a singer. the only reason i wouuld stand to watch his performances were because of his adorable sister. i feel for him for his condition and all but man can his ego get any bigger ?
I don’t blame Scott for being upset at all.
for the sake of fairness, this is too bad, but really…scott was a below average singer at best, i’m not terribly disappointed that i didn’t hear him at the finale
The whole time while I was watching the finale I was wondering why Matt barely got to sing! Now i know why….
dumb producers.
I would’ve totally rather seen a “Piano Man” duet-battle than see the loads of meaningless crap we got. Not just Bikini Slut and Tatiana; I could’ve done without the entire “let’s laugh at the mentally retarded people who we trick into singly badly ‘awards’”, the stupid judges banter, the endless Gokey/Richie song… Scott is one of the classiest guys this season and it was wrong for them to completely snub him.
Awe… poor baby… I feel so bad for you. Get over it!
I feel mean even writing this but honestly with Kiss and Queen and Keith Urban on the roster, how exactly did Scott think his was the number to beat? Why would producers lie to him like that and how could he be that naive? Now, I do think Lil’s should have been cut as well, she was a disappointment through the whole competition and didn’t shine in the finale either.
Scott you can sing and play piano but you are not the be all and end all. There is a fine line here, and you are a bit overconfident while Kris won with humility.
Scott is exactly right. It wasn’t fair at all that he didn’t get a spotlight number.
Scott just posted the duet on his myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/scottmacintyre
Oh please, don’t bring him back. There’s nothing more whiny about Billy Joel than Scott.
Aww. That blows; I’d have much preferred Scott and Matt sans Billy Joel than Bikini Girl + Kara. Boo.
Too bad…
I didn’t miss seeing Scott have a duet in the finale. He’s not a very good singer, and IMO, never should have been in the top 10. (I would have vastly preferred Jessie Langseth or Mishavonna Henson instead of Scott). That said, I do agree that the “golden idol” awards were a complete bore — who needed to see Tatianna, the idiot in the bikini or Normund again? Note to producers: more focus on the music next year, please!!!
Having him back next season? Isn’t that just punishing the viewers, not Idol. What did we do so wrong that we need to be subjected to Scott’s non-singing again? Whatever it was…we’re sorry.
Aw, man, that would’ve been a really fun number. Those guys really got the short end of the stick in the finale. They should’ve been able to go ahead and perform even without Billy Joel there.
If I as a fan felt so frustrated about this thing, I am not surprised at all how Scott felt about it. I watched the finale not because I want to know who wins (I didn’t care who wins) nor to watch whoever celebrities will perform. My ONLY reason for watching it is to see Scott perform. And it ended up like this and left me wondering what happened. One more thing, not even a single line for Scott from the group performances. They could just have let him and Matt perform. This was totally unfair whichever way you look at it. Just hoping Ken Warwick will fulfill his promise.
If I as a fan felt so frustrated about this thing, I am not surprised at all how Scott felt about it. I watched the finale not because I want to know who wins (I didn’t care who wins) nor to watch whoever celebrities will perform. My ONLY reason for watching it is to see Scott perform. And it ended up like this and left me wondering what happened. One more thing, not even a single line for Scott from the group performances. They could just have let him and Matt perform. This was totally unfair whichever way you look at it. Just hoping Ken Warwick will fulfill his promise.
I hope they let Scott and Matt do the dueling piano thing on the tour. That and Allison and Adam’s Slow Ride!
OMG, cry about it. You were cut because no one wanted to see you perform. I hate when these Idol also-rans get such an inflated sense of their importance. You came in 8th! You aren’t compelling, interesting or that talented, so GET OVER YOURSELF.
Scott MacIntyre is so boring and never should have gotten that far.
I can’t begin to tell you how many disappointed fans who waited and waited for Matt giraud and also for Scott to sing as is customary for all the top 10 idols to sing duets. After hearing the song on Scott’s myspace, I am even more mad than I have ever been, I hope that Fox can book them on Conan or ellen or some show because this performance needs to be seen. Nothing against the other singers but they could have made time if they wanted too. Lil rounds got a full duet, michael and meghan got a full duet, Danny got to sing three songs with Lionel richie. An extra 3 minutes wouldn’t have killed this show and us fans are left in the dust. Never so disappointed billy joel before in my life.
Billy Joel sucks big time.
I’m glad they cut it. Scott’s singing was always cringe-worthy. I wouldn’t have minded substituting Matt & Billy Joel for the Black Eyed Peas, though.
Scotty, oh, Scotty…do not bite the hand that feeds you. You would still be playing for mom and dad at home instead of on a multi city nationwide tour this summer had it not been for this cruel, heartless show. just a thought…
Let’s face it: Scott can only be in the Top 13 because he got sympathy votes while Matt has a great voice. Hell yeah, I think I’d rather see Bikini Girl and Kara face to face than Scott’s performances which I bet will be as pitchy as usual… I hope I don’t sound mean.
He makes a valid point, that Tatiana bit in particular was maddeningly stupid and choreographed. Too bad for Scotty, that probably would have been kinda cool.
Who the hell cares about Scott MacIntyre? He already stuck around waaaay longer than he should have.