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Why was Scott MacIntyre Cut from American Idol Finale?
Days after the American Idol finale, there’s one question still lingers. (No - not whether Adam Lambert should do ballards or Broadway.) What really happened to Scott MacIntyre’s performance?
The answer to that mystery depends on who you believe: MacIntyre or Billy Joel’s camp.
According to a post on Scott’s MySpace page, his featured performance was cut due to an absent celebrity. The finalist had apparently been scheduled to play the piano opposite Matt Giraud in a “Tell Her About It” face-off. Unfortunately, a last-minute cancellation by Joel meant pulling the number altogether.
Read More “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… But here’s the twist: Joel supposedly didn’t cancel a thing. Billy “was never invited on American Idol to perform with Scott. He did not pull out. He’s currently on tour,” his rep claims. So are the Idol producers now to blame? Whatever the reason - MacIntyre has been told he will get a second chance. “American Idol’s Ken Warwick promised me several times that he would make it up to me by having me back to perform next season. I know it’s not always easy to hold a top Hollywood TV executive to his word, but Ken is the most talented and warm-hearted producer I’ve ever worked with, and I’d really like to believe he will come through on that promise… I would love to perform an original song on the show from my upcoming Fall CD. Time will tell,” Scott stated.
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)” MacIntyre wrote.
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Scott MacIntyre or Billy Joel??? I WANT TO KNOW AMERICAN IDOL’S SIDE OF THE STORY. Did AI really invite BJ to the show? American Idol, what do you say? You should have been the first one to talk about this in the first place, but you did not. Too bad Scott MacIntyre is not like you. He cared about his fans, not like you. And too bad Scott MacIntyre has only one God, and unfortunately, IT’s NOT YOU American Idol.
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Billy’s on tour and this Idol gig fell smack between 2 shows days- knowing Billy and his peeps, there’s no way he’d wing it from the Midwest to LA to do a song on AI… just a ridiculous idea IMO. I mean yeah, it’s humanly possible but from what I know about Billy and his tour sked, highly unlikely he’d give up his one off day between shows to do Idol. The current tour with Elton John involves a nearly 3 1/2 hr. show and they were generally packed pretty tight in May. When I first read someone say Billy Joel had backed out of Idol, I didn’t believe it, knowing as I do how he operates on tour and what his sked is like.
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American Idol got to Scott because they could! they knew he was too good for them. He’s so much smarter than they, they feel threatened by his presence. trying to blame the unfortunate episode on Billy Joel is indicative of their underhandedness.To think we give a rats butt about bikini girl is an insult to ourintelligence! They are after ratings—purely andsimply-and will stoop to anyjuvenile technique to achievethem!
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