A couple of complimentary statements on Matt from the media

http://www.foxesonidol.com/cgi-bin/ae.pl?mode=1&article=article2682.art&page=1

Quote :

Meanwhile, there was Kris Allen. While most of us were counting punches between Danny and Adam, Kris was quietly stealing the show. Kris, like Adam, showed a complete commitment to making arrangements his own. He put his own identity on every song he sang and it was usually a winning effort. He was slowly and solidly establishing a fan base. He got past early crowd pleasers Anoop Desai and Lil Rounds. He even got past vocally superior contenders Matt Giraud and Allison Iraheta.

Again, why is everyone always giving credit to Adam and Kris for arranging their own songs when Matt is not. Matt is definetly the most underrated contestant ever! It just irritates the hell out of me!


http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1761066/is_kris_allen_the_most_boring_american.html?cat=33

I agree, this irritates me too

It irritates me, too. I believe that everyone who really loves music knows Matt is the BEST artist in this season. We'll see what's happening after Idol.

AI is NOT about talent - you have more or less all said this yourselves! I fully believe that there are som many different interets at stake here that you cannot rely fully on talent to win this. Just found some interesting articles, that again claim foul play

http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/was-amercian-idol-rigged-did-kris-allen-beat-adam-lambert

http://mashable.com/2009/05/27/american-idol-att/

So I think that we all just have to come to terms with AI and how the game is played. Luckily I believe that Matt is such a unique artist, that will do well. Maybe he is not going to be huge, maybe he will not be a superstar (even though I already think he is!!) but I truly believe that he will get signed an he will put out his own music - he has said that he respects JT but does not want to go down that path. He knows what he wants and I am so looking forward to buying his music. OMG - I just love that voice and the piano-playing hands of his!!
That massive talent of his will not go unnoticed!!