Matt Giraud didn’t actually fry an egg during his recent sold-out concert…but his performance was so sizzling hot, he totally could have.

A group of gaga girls in the front rows seemed close to losing consciousness; “Missing You Tonight” sank them and no doubt others in a full-on swoon. 

And “Let’s Get It On”?  He could have fried an egg onstage.

Read the whole review and see the photo gallery by the Grand Rapids Press

The show took place less than 48 hours after the release of his new single “You Don’t Know Me,” a duet with jazz singer Anna Wilson that rocketed straight up to Number One on the iTunes Jazz Chart.

Want the single?  Get it from Amazon or iTunes

The day after the concert, Matt hung out with us in LA for dinner at the trendy Beso, dancing at the exclusive Kiss nightclub, and – my oh my – a fabulous duet of Elton John’s ‘Bennie and the Jets’ with me.

Talk about egg-worthy performances!  Or, perhaps…performances worthy of an egging!

Now, I’m not predicting that our rendition of ‘Jennie and the Jets’ (not a typo, mind you – that was one of our artistic revisions)  is gonna go flying up the iTunes Impromptu Duets in which a Woman Yowls Incorrect and Out-of-Tune Lyrics Over an Actual Musician Chart…but it could.  Just saying.  Nobody — and I mean nobody — who heard me belt out those high notes will ever be the same.

Including Matt himself.  Sorry about the eardrum, man. 

How about I make it up to you by singing some backup on your album?

I’m still trying to recover from the recent flurry of activity that we’ve had here at YOBI.tv.  Here’s the scoop in case you missed it.

We announced last week that Audrina Patridge is the new host of YOBI.tv.  We of course blogged — and bragged! — the news ourselves (read the YOBI.tv blog), and Artist Direct gave us a nice write up as well (read the story at Artist Direct). 

It was announced today that Audrina Patridge (MTV’s The Hills) has signed on as host of the YOBI.tv (www.YOBI.tv) Network. YOBI.tv is a fast growing next-gen global talent contest network that offers fame and fortune to anyone, anywhere, anytime combining user-generated content and talent competitions with social networking for a revolutionary new entertainment platform. Launched in June 2008, YOBI.tv gave away over $100,000 in cash and prizes to the winners of the first four talent contest channels for Singing, Filmmaking, Comedy, and Photography. 

We are very excited to welcome Audrina and all of her fans to the YOBI.tv family!

We also travelled to Los Angeles last weekend to meet Season 1 YOBISing Winner Tom Hall.  And I gotta tell you…if you thought his smile was great on video, you should see it in person! 

Tom and lovely wife Sarah were treated by four members of the YOBI team — including myself, our CEO, Season 1 YOBI.tv host Danielle Ryan, and YOBI.tv Make the Cut Host Matt Giraud – to a delicious dinner at Beso and then checked out the super-exclusive Kiss nightclub.

And on Sunday night — ta da! — Tom and Sarah were off to the Grammy Awards and the VIP afterparty for a night of winners and star-studded musical performances.

More news about Audrina, Matt G, Tom Hall, and YOBI.tv coming soon…just waiting for the jetlag to wear off. 

Stay tuned!