[Cagdu] FW: American Idol contestant gets guide dog

[tina thomas]

Subject: American Idol contestant gets guide dog

Paula Abdul Surprises Idol's Scott MacIntyre With Guide Dog Direct link to
video

Paula Abdul Surprises Idol's Scott MacIntyre With Guide Dog

by Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna

Today 2:19 PM PDT The night Scott MacIntyre got booted from American Idol
five weeks ago, Paula Abdul took him aside and said, "I have a wonderful
surprise for you in a couple of weeks," he told Access Hollywood. That
surprise came on Friday when the Idol judge presented the visually
challenged singer with a guide dog from Guide Dogs of America in Sylmar,
Calif.

Scott walked-or "test drove" as he joked-two of the organization's Labrador
retrievers on Friday, but he won't get his dog until after the American Idol
tour ends on Sept. 15. At that time, he'll get matched up with the right
pooch for him and go through a 28-day training process. "We have to find a
dog that really likes loud music," joked Paula.

Scott, who was lured to the event under the false pretense that he was there
to sing, was quite surprised to learn the truth...

"Are you serious? Thank you so much," Scott told Paula at the event, which
was in honor of May being National Guide Dog Month and cosponsored by
Natural Balance Pet Foods and Petco.

Scott is the first visually challenged contestant on American Idol. The
Scottsdale, Ariz., singer isn't completely blind; he has a 2 percent field
of vision and gets around with the use of a cane. On the set of Idol, his
fellow contestants would walk him to and from the stage. Now, he'll have a
furry friend to help him out instead.

>From this link:

http://ca.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b123256_paula_abdul_surpri
ses_idols_scott.html
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