Matt Rogers

S3 · Eliminated 11th

Latest documented update, September 12, 2015

Matt Rogers works as a television host. After American Idol he hosted Really Big Things on Discovery (2007), There Goes the Neighborhood (2009), Beat the Chefs on GSN (2012) and the Lifetime series Coming Home. In September 2015 Discovery named him host of The Dirt, the companion show to Gold Rush, from October 2015.⁠[1][2]

Career

Before the show

  1. 2001Before the show, played college football as an offensive lineman for the University of Washington, including its 2001 Rose Bowl team.⁠[2]

Date not documented

  1. Wrote and performed I'm Coming Home, the theme song of the Lifetime series Coming Home.⁠[2]

Discography

No releases are documented yet.

Awards

Checked October 6, 2026; none found.

Other activity

  • Co-hosted American Idol Extra and worked as a correspondent on sports and entertainment programs, including Access Hollywood and Entertainment Tonight.⁠[2]
  • Hosted Coming Home, a Lifetime docu-series about surprise reunions of returning military members and their families.⁠[2]
  • 2004Finished 11th on the third season of American Idol, the second of the 12 finalists voted off.⁠[2][3]
  • January 9, 2007Hosted the Discovery Channel series Really Big Things, about large man-made structures and machines.⁠[2][5]
  • 2009Hosted the television series There Goes the Neighborhood.⁠[1][2]
  • August 23, 2012Hosted the Game Show Network cooking competition Beat the Chefs.⁠[6]
  • October 16, 2015Became host of The Dirt, the Discovery Channel companion show to Gold Rush, replacing Christo Doyle.⁠[1][2]

Sources

6 sources

  1. Christo Doyle no longer host of The Dirt, replaced by Matt Rogers — Starcasm, published September 12, 2015. News report. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (3)
    • Headline and opening paragraphs: “Christo Doyle no longer host of The Dirt, replaced by Matt Rogers”
    • Paragraph on his hosting experience
    • Headline and opening paragraphs (premiere October 16, 2015): “Christo Doyle no longer host of The Dirt, replaced by Matt Rogers”
  2. Matthew Rogers — Wikipedia, updated September 7, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (8)
    • Career section
    • Lead sentence: “born September 16, 1978”
    • Infobox, Born line (birth_date): {{Birth date and age|1978|09|16}}
    • Personal section: “where he was an offensive lineman on their 2001 Rose Bowl championship team.”
    • Career section: “writing and performing the theme song for “Coming Home” titled “I’m Coming Home,””
    • Career section: “Rogers has served as co-host for American Idol Extra and worked as a correspondent on several sports and entertainment shows”
    • Career section: “Rogers is best known for hosting “Coming Home,” a reality docu-series on Lifetime”
    • Career section: “On March 24, 2004, Rogers became the second of the 12 finalists to be voted off of American Idol.”
  3. American Idol season 3 — Wikipedia, updated August 19, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (2)
    • Elimination chart row Matthew Rogers: Pl. 11, Eliminated in the Top 11 column (3/24); ratings table episode 'Top 11 Results', March 24, 2004
    • Elimination chart, place 11
  4. List of American Idol finalists — Wikipedia, updated June 10, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Contestants table, row Matthew Rogers: season 3, place finish 11th
  5. Really Big Things — Wikipedia, updated September 27, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Infobox (starring Matt Rogers; Discovery Channel; first aired January 9, 2007; last aired February 13, 2007)
  6. Beat the Chefs — Wikipedia, updated August 10, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Lead section: “is an American television cooking game show broadcast by Game Show Network (GSN) and hosted by Matt Rogers.”

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