I watched the Web site all summer and most of the fall last year,

I just about lost my mind when I heard that, ... We pre-filmed the first show in February and then we went home for two weeks and came back on March 8 and knew we were here until America sent us home.

Anyway, it was at the Electric Cowboy and there were about 180 of us there and they gave us all a number. I had to sing a cappella and that always makes me really nervous. I thought my mouth was going to get dry or I was going to crack a note. I really thought, 'I'm fixin' to ruin this deal right here.' But I sang 30 seconds of Dwight Yoakam's cover of the Elvis Presley song 'Little Sister' and I made it through it. Then they pulled me off to the side and asked me to come back the next day. They only asked 18 of us to come back, and that was pretty good.

[The tour, which has taken the four performers all across the country, has been] awesome, ... It's wonderful getting to play for everyone.

It's been really smooth and a lot of fun. We all just piled up on the bus together. Everybody gets along great.

We all do an all-sing