Scott Douglas MacIntyre was born on June 22,1985 and is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist, and the eighth place finalist on the eighth season of American Idol.
20 Facts About Scott MacIntyre
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Scott MacIntyre started playing the piano by ear when he was three years old.
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Scott MacIntyre was taught by a neighborhood piano teacher near their home in Redondo Beach, California.
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When Scott MacIntyre turned 10, the family moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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The MacIntyre family then relocated to Arizona and Scott studied under Walter Cosand, a university professor of Arizona State University.
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Scott MacIntyre was home-schooled until the age of 14, when he was admitted into Arizona State University's Barrett Honors College and Herberger College of the Arts.
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Scott MacIntyre won the 2004 Arizona Young Artists Competition at Herberger Theater in the vocal division.
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Also in 2005, Scott MacIntyre performed as a guest soloist with the Phoenix Symphony.
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In 2007 on August 22, Walter Cosand's wife Patricia donated her kidney to Scott MacIntyre, which saved his life.
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Scott MacIntyre obtained his master's degree of Performance Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London and the Royal College of Music, where he studied on the Marshall Scholarship, one of the most competitive scholarships in the United States, awarded to only 40 American students each year.
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In 2014, Scott MacIntyre was put back on the waiting list for a second kidney transplant, and the following year he received a kidney from an anonymous living-donor.
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Scott MacIntyre auditioned for the eighth season of American Idol in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Scott MacIntyre is the first visually impaired finalist on the show.
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Scott MacIntyre was eliminated on April 8,2009, and came in eighth place.
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Scott MacIntyre was scheduled to perform during the Season 8 Finale with special guest Billy Joel, but the performance was scrapped after Joel unexpectedly cancelled.
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Scott MacIntyre released many albums before becoming a finalist of American Idol.
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Scott MacIntyre produced his first CD when he was eleven, and he has recorded several more CDs since then spanning genres from classical to pop.
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Scott MacIntyre won the VSA Arts 2008 Young Soloists Award.
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Scott MacIntyre released a post-Idol Christmas EP "Christmas Angel" to iTunes in 2009, and the title track became a top indie holiday radio single in the US.
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In November 2013 Scott MacIntyre released his first full-length Christmas album, Christmas in Paris.