Matt Giraud's run on Fox's "American Idol" has come to an end, at least for now.After Wednesday night's show, the judges felt Giraud's soulful effort singing Coldplay's "Viva La Vida," came up short, ...

Former "American Idol" star Matt Giraud dropped by my "Going Gonzo" show on WJRW-AM (1340) on Thursday to talk about his Grand Rapids concert at the Intersection and his "mystery show" at the Wild ...

LOS ANGELES --Top 5 "American Idol" finalist Matt Giraud is the first "Idol" contestant ever to be rescued from elimination by the judges' "save" option. He spoke on April 30 about that and his other ...

LOS ANGELES -- There was no saving Matt Giraud this time on "American Idol." The 23-year-old dueling piano player from Kalamazoo, Michigan was rescued by the show's judges two weeks ago. But on ...

“I never imagined myself the American Idol,” Matt Giraud admitted after his exit from the show Wednesday. “I was kind of at peace with the whole thing,” he said of ousting from the show, which ...

Yeah, yeah, it was "American Idol" history and all last night when the first judges' save kept lowest vote-getter, Matt Giraud, in the competition for at least another week. I think it was a matter of ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- Oops. Sorry I forgot to post this blog yesterday. (It was my son's High School graduation party so I was a little preoccupied. My apologies.) As I ...

Guest mentor Quentin Tarantino thought Matt Giraud's movie song -- "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Bryan Adams, from "Don Juan DeMarco" -- could be one of his top three performances. But the ...

A sequel has been greenlit for Matt Giraud on "American Idol." The 23-year-old piano player from Kalamazoo, Mich., who crooned Bryan Adam's "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" from "Don Juan DeMarco ...

For New Year's Eve, he'll flash back to his pre-"Idol" days in Kalamazoo with a dueling piano show. "I'm bringing some old friends back who trained me to play down at Monaco Bay," he said. He'll throw ...

Wouldn’t you know it. The first time Matt Giraud was recognized was in a busy Los Angeles airport by someone who didn’t speak English. But, says Giraud, he knew what the person was trying to say: “I ...