American Idle

“Bikini Girl” may be the overnight star thus far during American Idol 8, but Scott McIntyre, who is 98 percent blind, is quickly closing the gap. The big hubbub over McIntyre started when Idol host Ryan Seacrest decided it would be a splendid idea to give McIntyre a high-five. That made every talk show from here to the Equator. Obviously high-fiving would be a problem for McIntyre, since he can basically see through the equivalent of a sipping straw in one eye and nothing in the other. He has extreme tunnel vision, more or less, and so as you can see from the above photo, it must have been a real pain in the butt to see through that straw-sized hole and high-five Ryan.

But he did, amazingly enough and so became an overnight success although it would have been nice if it were for his music, which, by the way, was actually good and sent him through to Hollywood. Even though “Bikini Girl” capitalized on her looks, McIntyre is the real thing and did nothing of the sort.

He kinda looks like Napoleon Dynamite with the half-afro and slender build. All he really needs to set off the look is a “Vote For Pedro” T-shirt. Hopefully somebody will be astute enough to get the guy one during Hollywood Week.

Not only can McIntyre sing, but he sang a ridiculously difficult song in “And So It Goes…” which isn’t easy for anybody. Word on the street is McIntyre is also a whiz on the piano, which could make him the most visible American Idol contestant since Sanjaya…and we all know what happened with Sanjaya. He basically started a cultural movement, several “strikes” of varying success and crazed fans bawling their eyes out in a manner we hadn’t seen since The Beatles landed.

Is that what’s coming during Idol 8 with Scott McIntyre? I think so. And FOX knows they have a gold mine, too. Just try posting any video of McIntyre in Phoeniz and see what happens! They haven’t been this vigilant since Sanjaya came to town. So we have an old clip of Scott for your enjoyment above.

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