Adam Lambert given ‘American Idol’ scare

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LOS ANGELES – There was no saving Matt Giraud this time on “American Idol.”

The 23-year-old dueling piano player from Kalamazoo, Mich., was rescued by the show’s judges two weeks ago. But on Wednesday it was revealed that he received the fewest viewer votes on the Fox singing competition — just beneath this season’s most formidable front-runner.

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