Matt Giraud
Matt Giraud and Danny Gokey Aren't Fans of VFTW
Public Service Announcement: Matt Giraud, Fix Your Hair.
After getting rid of the mole, we thought Matt Giraud was on the right track to improve his look. Boy were we wrong. Matt is now sporting a new, incredibly unattractive haircut on the Idol tour. Matt, for the love of God, fix that hair the first chance you get. Or just keep wearing hats. You look ridiculous.
So what do you think of Matt's new do?
Scott MacIntyre Blogs that His Finale Performance Was Cut
Scott MacIntyre wrote a blog that he was set to do a dueling piano performance with Matt Giraud at the finale, but it was cut out of the show. Seriously? That might have actually been interesting. Scott has a fun sense of humor, and even though Matt Giraud never showed it during the show, the other contestants said he was pretty funny too. It probably would have actually been something worth watching. Scott blogged:
"We got to the Nokia Theatre on Wednesday morning (show day) and out of the blue about 9:30am found out the duet had been cut and the decision was final. Needless to say, I was shocked. American Idol had originally invited Billy Joel himself to perform with us, but he was unable to make it in the end; and because our duet was the only duet not involving another celebrity, it was the first thing to be cut when the show was condensed. Over the last few days I have tried to reason this out every way possible, and it makes no sense to me why one of the most compelling and unique performances of the show would be cut simply because the original artist wasn’t present. (Perhaps Tatiana and Bikini Girl were more important after all… :P) There will most likely not be another set of competent pianists on the show anytime soon, and this would have been an opportunity to make American Idol history."
Well wait a minute, Scott. Tatiana is much more important than 99% of the contestants. This is a fact. But I don't think anyone would have cared if Gokey didn't get to sing. No one likes him. Ken Warwick also promised Scott that he will get to come back and perform on a results show next year to make up for it. Ken will likely break this promise because he is a soulless fuckboob.
Own the Official 2009 VFTW Caricatures Used This Season
Every year, we auction off the official VFTW caricatures on eBay with all of the money going to the artist, Laura Hawbaker. Laura does an outstanding job creating the artwork for this website and often does these drawings within a few hours' notice to make sure we have something great to put on the site. These are one of a kind items, no other copies exist anywhere, so you will own the only physical copy of these drawings. They come with a ceritificate of authenticity and they make a great gift... or something to just keep for yourself. So bid today on these items. They end Wednesday during Idol's finale, so we'll keep reminding you to bid and own a piece of VFTW history. Enjoy!
Kris Allen ● Tatiana Del Toro ● Kara DioGuardi ● Normund Gentle ● Matt Giraud ● Danny Gokey ● Megan Joy ● Scott MacIntyre ● Lil Rounds ● Ryan Seacrest
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Matt Giraud went into this week as the favorite to go home. But after a completely undeserved compliment from Simon and 2 open voting lines, could he possibly take out one of the others? That would be hilarious. Unlikely, but hilarious. So hey, vote for Matt as much as you can. Because if the guy who was saved and shouldn't even be in the competition still takes out someone like Kris, Danny, or Allison, well... it would be hilarious. So it's worth the old Worster try! After Matt's off-key performance, he definitely earned the VFTW nomination for the night.
Vote for the Worst Encourages You to Vote for Matt Giraud
Yes, Matt Giraud is the new VFTW pick. And yes, he's going home this week. But that's why we're voting for him. No one thinks he stands a chance, and neither do we. So either we're crazy and want to get the most VFTW picks ever this season, or we just think it's funny to keep voting for the person who is obviously going home to see what happens. It could also be that we just had to see the caricature of Matt with the huge boil on his forehead.
No matter the reason, Matt Giraud is only in the competition because the judges saved him 2 weeks ago. Adam Lambert has legions of fans, Danny Gokey is playing the pity vote like a violin, Kris Allen has the little girls screaming, and Allison Iraheta is the lone non-white non-male left so that'll garner her plenty of sympathy and support. This leaves Matt out on his ass, especially since his vocals have gotten worse in the last few weeks and his falsetto has become painful. Matt is also selling way less than the others in iTunes sales, so the producers don't want him around anymore.
So why waste our votes on the guy who's going home next? Because we don't give a shit about this show and we just want to have fun. Worst case scenario (and 99% likely scenario)? Matt goes home and the judge's save goes down as a wasted gimmick that people will mock relentlessly. Best case scenario? Anything else. Both scenarios will be VFTW victories. So concentrate and vote for the boil and let's all get out our dog whistles with our dialing fingers this week.
iTunes Fucks Up and Releases Download Statistics Again
Thanks to MJ's Big Blog for noticing this. iTunes specifically does not release popularity statistics about the current Idol contestants' downloads, as not to inadvertently spoil who is more popular than the others. Well, they messed up and released the data... again. Adam Lambert is very far in the lead, with 7 of the 10 most popular songs sold. Kris Allen isnt' far behind, followed by Danny Gokey. Matt Giraud is selling the least. Since Idol is all about the money, look for Adam to win or at least be signed to 19E and come in second. Check out the Full List of this year's downloads or a Week by Week Analysis as well.
Lil Survives in the Bottom 2! Matt Giraud is Saved
Lil Rounds was in the bottom 2 and survived! Looks like the extra VFTW votes made all the difference this week. But Matt Giraud was also saved, which wasn't that much of a shock, since the judges seem to shit themselves over him for no good reason. But at least we kept Lil out of the bottom, because they sure would not have saved her. This still kind of sucks though, because there's very very lil chance that Lil will get past TWO eliminations next week. We're gonna have to vote our big, fat behinds off. So we can celebrate this week, but it's gonna be a tough sell for America next week. Get your dialing fingers ready, blitches!
Lil, for disco week you MUST sing "Shake You Booty" or "Shake Your Groove Thing." Come on now. Do it!
It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that they don't like VFTW, but Danny Gokey and Matt Giraud were asked about our wonderful site by Kim Reed of the Examiner.
Well Danny has plenty to dislike us for, but Matt, really? All we did was make fun of your boil, which you then got removed and now you look better. You should be thanking us. VFTW is the voice of truth. Thanks for the shoutout though, Kim!