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"Ousted American Idol hopeful Matt Giraud stopped by the Rolling Stone offices yesterday to chat about the big Save, finding a fan in Lady Gaga and convincing people he&amp;apos;s not in fact Justin Timberlake. Before we learn who the next eliminated singer will be later tonight, here&amp;apos;s Giraud, in his own words:\r\nWhat would you have sung for Rock Week? &amp;quot;Crazy Train&amp;quot; by Ozzy Osbourne [laughs]. It would have been funny if I had done that, but I think that I would have done a bluesy version of Lynryd Skynrd&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Simple Man.&amp;quot;\r\nHow did getting saved change your performance in the weeks following? I was going to do the Bird and the Bee version of &amp;quot;How Deep is Your Love,&amp;quot; which is really slow and really pretty. After, I got saved I was like, &amp;quot;I need to step it up and rock it out.&amp;quot; So I did a little wink wink humor and did &amp;quot;Stayin&amp;apos; Alive.&amp;quot;\r\nDo you have plans to go back to the piano bar? Maybe I&amp;apos;ll just slip in there one night, like &amp;quot;Mind if I play one?&amp;quot; I&amp;apos;m excited to go back and see the people that gave me my first real musical job.\r\nHow invested in the show before you were on it? I watched last year and I voted for David Cook 10 times. I thought I was really helping him with those 10 votes. [Laughs].\r\nThere were a lot of different things thrown into the mix this year: the Top 36, the Top 13, the Save and the four judges. With the Top 36, I think it made better TV to see us all duke it out 12 at a time for three spots, but I didn&amp;apos;t like it at all. I loved the new save rule, though. I think they should bring it back every year &amp;#x2014; it gives a kid another chance and it makes the show more interesting. Having four judges did help me, unless you did badly and had to be told so four times in a row.\r\nWhat do you think you&amp;apos;re going to sing on tour? I&amp;apos;m really excited to get up there and own it and to talk to the people that put me through. I&amp;apos;ve tossed around a lot of ideas. I&amp;apos;m definitely thinking about doing &amp;quot;Georgia on My Mind&amp;quot; because a lot of my fans like that from Hollywood Week. I&amp;apos;m thinking about &amp;quot;So Small,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Part-Time Lover,&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Stayin&amp;apos; Alive.&amp;quot;\r\nWhat was working with Paula like? You practice your song for the show for two hours, but we rehearsed for 10 with her. She was tough. She was like [Impersonating Paula&amp;apos;s voice], &amp;quot;Hey guys, I&amp;apos;m really nice behind the judges table but at dance rehearsal I&amp;apos;m a different person. So, FROM THE TOP!&amp;apos; &amp;quot; She kicked my butt.\r\nWith people comparing you to Justin Timberlake, do you feel pressure to step up your dancing? I knew that as soon as I put a hat on and started dancing, everyone would be like &amp;quot;Justin!&amp;quot; It&amp;apos;s white guy with soul, I understand, but don&amp;apos;t really want to do that kind of music at all. If you were to come to my concert in a couple of years, I want to have me on a piano with a band around me. On Idol, I learned what I&amp;apos;m best at. I would love to make a soulful-rock type album &amp;#x2014; the Fray, Gavin DeGraw, maybe some Alicia Keys; that&amp;apos;s what I want to go for.  I want to sit down and write with some people.\r\nWho would you want to work with? Kara DioGuardi would be cool. I&amp;apos;d love to write with Colbie Caillat or Gavin DeGraw or Ben Folds. Lady Gaga told me she was sad I didn&amp;apos;t make it through and that she couldn&amp;apos;t wait to hear my first album.\r\nWhat&amp;apos;s on your iPod? I have everything on there. One Republic, Coldplay, Alicia Keys, a lot of gospel music. I have a lot of Disney music on my iPod; I think I have the Pinocchio soundtrack on there. I actually used to do a Disney bit at the piano bar. In a room full of drunken people, I&amp;apos;d just bust out the Lion King.\r\nRelated Stories:\r\n&amp;#x2022; Slash Guides Lambert, Iraheta to Rock Glory on American Idol &amp;#x2022; Will Adam Lambert Win American Idol? Giraud, Anoop, Lil Weight In &amp;#x2022; American Idol: Season Eight, in Photos"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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