American Idol 12 – Matheus Fernandes Insists He Isn’t a Liar – Watch the Videos and Decide!

By On 02/08/2013 · 36 Comments · In American Idol, American Idol 12 Recaps

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Ousted American Idol 12 contestant, Matheus Fernandes, insists that he is NOT a liar!  He explains via Facebook, that despite his experience as a finalist on the Glee Project, he really has never performed with a live band:

Alright, enough. For everyone who mentioned I lied about singing with a live band, because I apparently “have done it in the past with the Glee Project” hear this: REALITY is very much what is perceived to be through your TV Screen, but make no mistake. Make no mistake… LOTS happens behind the scenes to an extent where the audience is NOT very aware of all circumstances. That’s all I’ll say. I am an HONEST person. I do NOT lie. Lies for me are for life or death situations and any bit of dishonesty I see within a person completely turns me off from that character, because I have a moral code within myself. Thank you. Love you all. Hope this clears it up.

Matheus’ lack of specifics really explains nothing. But perhaps the “live” band we saw on The Glee Project really wasn’t live–but rather a band miming to a track? You never know.

Here’s Matheus performing on the Glee Project in 2011. His duet partner is Damian McGinty who went on to win the competition and subsequently star on Glee.


gp-matdam-pair by mjsbigblog

Here’s Matheus claiming After his Idol elimination that he’s never sung with a live band before


2nd Group Including Devon, Gurpreet & Cortez… by IdolxMuzic

So, what do you think? Is Matheus being truthful?

 
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  • http://profile.yahoo.com/PVEFG2TOUIXSROKUSO2O2DOWWE Taylor

    Matheus’ lack of specifics really explains nothing. But perhaps the “live” band we saw on The Glee Project really wasn’t live–but rather a band miming to a track? You never know.

     
    MJ, do you think that maybe the Glee project contestants were lip- syncing to a track they recorded earlier?  I’ve watched both seasons, and always thought the contestant’s second chance performances were unusually amazing “live” performances. Maybe they weren’t ever live at all?
     
    The Glee Project gave the impression that the second chance contestants only have two hours to learn their song and then they come out and perform it. There may have been some recording going on during that time that we didn’t see. The two hour time frame could have been used for a dramatic spin.

  • http://twitter.com/HighTensions Jake W.

    I really don’t care if he lied or not as I havn’t seen his Glee Project resume. I do care about people that milk their backstory and those are the people I want gone. Bless Nicki for calling out the BS.

  • chris99x

    This is exactly what I think, too. I never bought that they were singing live. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_R37UM43PITK7QU5SHTDWSU7SNA emme

    Who cares?

  • Montavilla

    If you compare the video he is singing with someone else, not by himself, but I didn’t watch the Glee Project to know if he sang by himself with a band.

    I did watch it.  Every week, the three bottom kids had to do that live “Last Chance” performance.  Only one week was a duet, the other times it was the kids by themselves.  Matheus sang two Last Chance performances before this one.

    Here’s the backstory he told on The Glee Project
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGAldP89-4k

  • Latin2

     BUSTED! lol X^)

    I notice that not only didn’t Matheus acknowledge it, but neither did any of his “flock”.

  • HKfan

    He definitely implied that he had never sang with a live band before…..and he definitely implied that he had ‘no experience’, said that the only singing he’d done was in his car and shower…….
    That part was definitely a lie. Didn’t like him on The Glee Project, didn’t like him on Idol, so not upset he’s gone.

  • http://twitter.com/Paul_Dickens Paul Dickens

     No way if you listen to Shanna’s stonger she flubbed almost every word in the chorus so they’re definitely singing live.

  • http://twitter.com/toastyred Sara Traynor

    I think they’re sung live, but I’m pretty sure that the sound is touched up afterwards.  I’m slightly obsessed with that show and remember reading an interview that implied this.  I’d say that the backing track is pre-recorded though.

  • http://twitter.com/KariannHart Kariann Hart

    I really wasn’t that impressed with him in the first place.

  • fuzzywuzzy

    I notice that the post with that video has now been deleted from Mattheus’ facebook thread. lol

    http://www.facebook.com/MatheusSings/posts/10151247976761638Now, Mattheus has posted a long (38 minutes!), rambling video on youtube where he defends himself and says that he’s not a liar, but doesn’t address the video of him singing with that band.He’s now changed his claim to “never having sung with a band of that caliber before, so I guess that the video of him singing with that band onstage doesn’t count either. lol

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