Yesiree! The visually impaired should have had a showcase performance like the other 9 American Idol finalists had. Unfortunately, Scott MacIntyre’s planned duet with fellow contestant Matt Giraud was scrapped just hours before Wednesday’s finale. He blogged in his MySpace page:

“We had two gorgeous grand pianos facing each other on stage, the piano curves fit together like shoes in a shoebox, and close-up camera shots of our fingers and faces … as we sang in turn through Billy Joel’s ‘Tell Her About It’ and dueled it out in a tear-it-up piano solo section. According to some of the producers who witnessed our rehearsal, it was the most exciting and memorable number of the entire Finale show. I have the original Finale flow sheet right here showing the piano duel immediately after Kris Allen and Keith Urban.”

WOW! It does indeed sound exciting! So what happened? Scott MacIntyre revealed, “Out of the blue about 9:30 AM [we] found out the duet had been cut and the decision was final … ‘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.” Awww, that’s just too bad! As with Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, Scott MacIntyre has die-hard fans and I’m sure they are disappointed with the scrapped performance. What happened American Idol??