Dear Matt Giraud,
OMG, we nearly had a heart attack. When it got down to you and Adam in the bottom two, we seriously had a moment of panic unparalleled in our previous Idol watching. Adam was this close to going home! Not that we don't love you Matt, but we sort of feel like since you were already voted off once, every week you lasted after the judges saved you is just a bonus anyway...
Seriously, even the judges breathed a collective sigh of relief when Seacrest said your name. At least, that's how it appeared -- which raises an interesting question: Do the judges know who's getting eliminated before the show airs? If not, who does know? Presumably, the producers must know since they plan out those ridiculous segments in which Ryan divides the remaining contestants into groups, and then forces them to guess which group is at the bottom. And anyway, it's not like Ryan's got the results in a sealed envelope like at the Oscars.
You know what would better? If the live results show happened immediately following the performances, and they included a fluctuating bar graph that showed the progress of each contestant's votes in real time. That way, if you could see that say, Adam's votes were low, there would be a huge voting frenzy, the contestants would be clutching each other in suspense, and Seacrest would be trying to make awkward "how do you feel right now?" small talk until the results were in. We're just saying, think about it producers.
To Matt Giraud, we wish you well. And, for what it's worth, you might want to think about making "Staying Alive" your first single.
xoxo,
The Remote Island
Previously:
American Idol: Rat Pack Brats
American Idol: More Than a Woman
Aw, KC and Freda Payne Weren't That Bad On American Idol
American Idol: Disco Double Down
American Idol: Somebody Save Me
