{"id":1467,"date":"2009-03-25T15:34:05","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T19:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2009-03-25T15:34:05","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T19:34:05","slug":"idol-finalist-scott-macintyre-vies-for-next-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/2009\/03\/25\/idol-finalist-scott-macintyre-vies-for-next-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Idol Finalist Scott MacIntyre Vies for Next Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/scott_mcintyre_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1468\" title=\"scott_mcintyre\" src=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/scott_mcintyre_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a>As we get closer to\u00a0this week&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Ameri<\/em>c<em>an Idol<\/em> episodes, we can&#8217;t\u00a0help but note the viewing audience&#8217;s fascination with Scott MacIntyre, the\u00a0young, blind contestant from Scottsdale, Arizona. Each week, Scott plows his way through the competition, doing a stellar job\u00a0both singing and performing. As one of <em>AI<\/em>&#8216;s Top 10 finalists this season, Scott will tour cross-country with the other 9 finalists\u00a0this summer.<\/p>\n<p>While Cakewalk doesn&#8217;t root for any one performer, we have a soft spot in our hearts for Scott. In fact, we have worked with a number of visually-impaired musicians, from Ray Charles to ABC&#8217;s<em> Extreme Home Makeover&#8217;s<\/em> Patrick Henry Hughes, through SONAR&#8217;s assistive technology. We wish Scott the best of luck as he continues with the show.<\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanidol.com\/contestants\/season_8\/scott_macintyre\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott MacIntyre&#8217;s Journey<\/a> here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we get closer to\u00a0this week&#8217;s\u00a0American Idol episodes, we can&#8217;t\u00a0help but note the viewing audience&#8217;s fascination with Scott MacIntyre, the\u00a0young, blind contestant from Scottsdale, Arizona. Each week, Scott plows his way through the competition, doing a stellar job\u00a0both singing and performing. As one of AI&#8216;s Top 10 finalists this season, Scott will tour cross-country with &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/2009\/03\/25\/idol-finalist-scott-macintyre-vies-for-next-seat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Idol Finalist Scott MacIntyre Vies for Next Seat&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,49],"tags":[482,55,483,243,12,484,485,486,487],"class_list":["post-1467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist-news","category-sonar","tag-american-idol","tag-artist-news","tag-assistive-technology","tag-blind","tag-cakewalk","tag-dancing-dots","tag-jaws","tag-scott-macintyre","tag-season-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}