The day after Haeley Vaughn, Michelle Delamor, John Park, and Jermaine Sellers were eliminated from the American Idol semifinalists, they opened up about their experiences on a press call.
Something the contestants have been battling the first few weeks of live shows has been their nerves. Sixteen year old Haeley Vaughn said, The first week was really tough. We were all super nervous and scared and worried about our song choiceAnd nerves are always going to play a huge factor in what we do on the show. She explained that the nerves kind of settled down week two, but they were definitely still there, for me anyway. If I would have continued to be on the show, I think as the weeks went on, my nerves would have kind of gone away because I would have gotten more used to it, but theyll always be there.
After Haeleys performance on Wednesday, Kara talked about Haeleys voice and the need for it to mature a bit. Haeley doesnt disagree, I think that more experience and more time working on my vocals would be good. I think experience is always better for someone, especially since Im only 16, and this is the first really big thing that Ive done ever. Ive never performed in front of millions of people before. Ive never even performed in front of 100. And so, I think its always ... read more
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