Angie Miller (AM)<\/strong>: I feel like in a way that I\u2019ve already won; the top three is amazing. The exposure I\u2019ve had on the show and the journey has been incredible. I really wouldn\u2019t change a thing, and I\u2019m proud of how far I\u2019ve gotten.<\/p>\n
Q: Can you describe what those first few moments were like back stage after the results?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: I t was just a feeling of \u201cWow, okay. This really happened. I\u2019m off the show. This is what it feels like.\u201d It\u2019s like, well, that just happened, time to just move on and start thinking about the future. I didn\u2019t want to dwell on how sad I was, but I think that first initial thought was, \u201cOkay, I just got voted off. What\u2019s next? What\u2019s the future going to hold?\u201d That was the first thought I had. AM<\/strong>: Oh gosh, that\u2019s such a hard question-there are so many people. I think I said in another interview before that I think it would be so cool if a former \u2018American Idol\u2019 contestant came on the show as a judge.<\/p>\n Q: What do you think \u2018American Idol\u2019 is going to be missing by not having Randy Jackson there next year?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: Well, he\u2019s been a huge part of the show. I feel so blessed to have been on a year with him, to have been a part of his journey, and I\u2019m grateful he was a part of mine. He was great for the show, and he\u2019s been a supporter of mine since the beginning. It will definitely be weird without him though; he\u2019s the only one who has been here forever.<\/p>\n Q: On the show, they often emphasized you playing the piano. Did that get frustrating for you, as that\u2019s obviously that\u2019s a skill you have, but it seemed so important to them?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: Honestly at first, it was upsetting because I feel like they thought I was only good when I was playing the piano. I was like, \u201cI promise you I can be just as good off the piano.\u201d I had to work and prove that to them, and I feel like in the end I did. I\u2019m so glad I did that because I love being off piano just as much as I love being on it.<\/p>\n Q: Can you talk about coming back and singing on the finale? There have been reports that you and Adam Lambert could sing a duet. Could you speak about that?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: Well, that\u2019s the great thing is that I\u2019m not going anywhere; I\u2019m still here. I\u2019m going to start rehearsing and practicing for the finale right away, and I\u2019m so excited. I don\u2019t know 100 percent what will be going on yet, like what we\u2019ll be singing, but I\u2019m so excited just to sing again. I\u2019ll be singing on the finale and I really can\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n Q: Who do you think is going to be the most fun thing on the tour?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: Oh gosh that\u2019s a hard question, everyone. We all get along and really are just family, so the tour is going to be a blast. We are going to have so much fun, and I can\u2019t wait to meet all the fans and sing full length songs and not be judged. It\u2019s going to be a blast.<\/p>\n Q: Did you ever see the summer \u2018American Idol\u2019 tour yourself for previous seasons?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: Last year was the first year I went, and that\u2019s the first time I ever saw Colton Dixon do \u2018Never Gone.\u2019 I\u2019m so glad I was able to do that on the show. That\u2019s was an amazing thing, going to watch the live tour.<\/p>\n Q: What do you see in your immediate future after the tour?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: Well, there is the tour, and then I just hope to get signed and put out an album. I want to focus on my music and maybe even go on another tour as soon as possible, and eventually I want to do acting. I just want to do so much.<\/p>\n Q: Do you think you might try to arrange to sing the anthem at Fenway some day?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: Yes. I would love that. I would love to sing the National Anthem at Fenway. That would be amazing.<\/p>\n Q: After your trip home, you sang the Pink performance. As the judges said, you seemed so much more confident at that point. What about it that built your confidence at that moment?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: Well, I just remember being in Beverly, Massachusetts doing that concert with the thousands of people there. Being on that stage, I felt so free and so in the moment. I remember thinking, why don\u2019t I feel like this on the \u2018American Idol\u2019 stage? I really feel like I just brought that feeling from that concert with me on \u2018American Idol,\u2019 and I feel like it showed and it paid off.<\/p>\n Q: Have you heard from people back in your home town since your elimination?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: I have heard from my hometown. I have an incredible amount of friends and family just texting me and calling me. I love Beverly. I\u2019ve done all of this for my home town, I\u2019m happy to have made it this far.<\/p>\n Q: Do you have a message for all of your fans in Beverly?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: I just want to say to everyone back home, thank you so much for supporting me and bringing me this far. I still can\u2019t believe I\u2019m a part of the top three, it\u2019s incredible. I can\u2019t wait to visit home again.<\/p>\n Q: Do you know when you are going home, or will you be going for the tour?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: I have no idea, but I am excited to go to the tour in Boston. I can\u2019t wait for that show.<\/p>\n Q: On your Twitter account<\/a>, you posted that your whole family has gotten a dream big tattoo. Can you talk about what their support has meant to you, and a little bit about the tattoo?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: Well, dream big is like a motto of mine; it has been for a long time now, and about a year ago, I got the tattoo of dream big. Throughout this whole competition, dream big has been such a huge part of it. My whole family surprised me by getting it tattooed as well to help support me. <\/p>\n I\u2019ve even seen other places-I have other friends who have gotten it. Just the incredible amount of support that friends and family have given me through tattoos is the most random thing. But it means so much because it\u2019s so permanent and it\u2019s so real. I love my family and their support is amazing.<\/p>\n Q: So the home town packages they aired really seemed to focus on how much adversity Kree has seemed to overcome. Do you think that unfortunately played any role in the vote? If so, does it frustrate you in any way that given that it is a singing competition that maybe your elimination wasn\u2019t entirely based on just talent?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: You know, I don\u2019t really know about the whole voting. I know that one week people can be on top and they can be on the bottom. I don\u2019t know if that so much swayed the voting, but I do know that it did not disappoint me at all. I love both of those girls, and they both deserve to be there. I would never ever be like, \u201cOh it\u2019s a sob story;\u201d that\u2019s her life, and she\u2019s real and she\u2019s one of the most genuine girls that I know. I love her so much, so I didn\u2019t even really think about that honestly.<\/p>\n Q: You clearly seemed shocked by your elimination. It seems like you had been expecting to end up in the final two. Was that actually the case, and could you talk a little bit about where all those tears were coming from?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: Well, every Thursday night is always shocking. It\u2019s always an emotional and crazy night, but I did feel confident in my performances. I was hoping and dreaming to be a part of that finale, and I really wanted it, so of course it was shocking. I wanted it so badly, so it was definitely shocking. But even though it\u2019s the end of \u2018American Idol,\u2019 this is just the start. This is the beginning, and now I can start planning my future, so it\u2019s exciting at the same time.<\/p>\n Q: What was going through your mind as you watched the recap video of your time on \u2018American Idol\u2019 and as you tried to sing that final song? What were the thoughts that were going through your mind?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: I still can\u2019t believe that in the huge arena of thousands of people, I was one of those people who heard, \u201cWelcome back to \u2018American Idol,\u2019 and I started the show off. It\u2019s incredible that way back then, what seems like years ago, that I dreamed of being a part of the top three and being able to sing at the finale. It\u2019s incredible to see this whole journey and how it\u2019s all happened, and I\u2019m still here. I\u2019m part of the top three and I\u2019m going to be singing on the finale is incredible. It\u2019s an amazing journey.<\/p>\n Q: Was there one thing in particular that you could walk away from this experience and say you\u2019ve really learned from?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: I\u2019ve learned and grown so much through this competition. I know who I am musically and as an artist. I know what I like and don\u2019t like and what I should sing about. I\u2019ve learned so much about myself and how to deal with things and to remain true to yourself throughout everything that flows around you. This show was an incredible growing process.<\/p>\n Q: You say you know yourself much better as an artist now. Can you give us a hint of what kind of music you\u2019d like to make? There was some indication that you might go in to the Christian music world. Is that your plan, or would you prefer to like go in a more pop direction?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: It\u2019s neither of those really. I\u2019m not going to the Christian or genres. I want to have music that has meaning and is real. I don\u2019t want to have dance party music, but at the same time, I don\u2019t want to put people to sleep, so I definitely want to incorporate piano and the soulful piano sound with a lot of edge. I love rock. If it\u2019s a fast song it\u2019s more rock as opposed to pop, but I don\u2019t know. I know the message that I want to send out and I know the sounds that I want to do and I can\u2019t wait to show it to people. AM<\/strong>: I definitely thought about it and wanted to. I have more that I want to share, and I\u2019m excited to in a future album, but the show isn\u2019t over. You still have to watch the finale.<\/p>\n Q: Can you talk a little bit about the two girls who are left, Candice and Kree?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: I love talking about them. With the Top 5 girls, we just all got so close. Kree and Candice are both so incredibly talented and deserve to be where they are.<\/p>\n Kree and I have been roommates since the top 20, and we\u2019re so close. I can\u2019t imagine going through this competition without her. We\u2019ve been supporting each other so much and it\u2019s weird waking up in the morning without here there anymore. She\u2019s like not my roommate anymore so that\u2019s like strange, but I love her. Kree really is like a mom. I wake up in the morning sometimes and she\u2019s like, \u201cDo you want breakfast? What do you want?\u201d I\u2019m just like, \u201cKree\u2014\u201d. She\u2019s so nice and she never thinks about herself.<\/p>\n With Candice, we\u2019re gotten so close. She’s just the funniest person to be around. I wish America really like could just sit in a room and talk with her for like five minutes because they\u2019d understand how hysterical she is. I feel so blessed to have made it this far with these two girls in the top three. AM<\/strong>: Oh no, we don\u2019t want to get our heads all wrapped up in who is going to get voted off. We just relaxed Wednesday night. We were like whatever happens, happens. We all love each other, no matter what.<\/p>\n Q: A lot of viewers interpreted the judges\u2019 Wednesday night comments to be that Candice was basically a shoe in for the finale, and Kree and yourself would be competing for the other spot. Did you also feel that way after the show?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: Yeah. I mean Candice killed it, she did amazing. I knew that she was going to be in the finale. So I think it was between me and Kree, which was terrible because she\u2019s like my best friend in the competition. But I really am so proud of them for making it.<\/p>\n Q: What was it like to do the background vocals with the three of you and Mariah?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: I can\u2019t believe that I was in a position where Mariah Carey was coaching me. I really can\u2019t believe that she was able to give me tips in the studio. I never thought that would happen in a million years. AM<\/strong>: Jessie J is definitely a huge musical impression of mine. Like I was saying earlier, I love the soulful sound with the edge to it, and lots of her songs have that. They\u2019re such soulful beautiful songs. They have this certain amount of edge and grit to it that I love, and so she\u2019s definitely a huge musical influence. I would absolutely love to do a duet with her one day; that would just be amazing. AM<\/strong>: When I did her song \u2018Who You Are\u2019 on the show, she did tweet me. She said, \u201cI\u2019m so incredibly proud,\u201d so that was awesome. I would love to get in touch with her-that would be amazing.<\/p>\n Q: What\u2019s it one of the best pieces of advice you got from the judges?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: What really sticks out to me is that they didn\u2019t just appreciate my voice or just me, but they appreciated the artistry and the songwriting and knowing that I know who I am as a person. I love how they really appreciated that. They stressed that it\u2019s important to never lose your songwriting and who you are and what you stand for. I think that\u2019s what stuck out with me the most. It wasn\u2019t really a critique but it was just them saying, \u201cThank you for being that way, keep being that way,\u201d and that meant the world to me.<\/p>\n Q: What your favorite moment on \u2018American Idol?\u2019<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: My favorite moment ever on \u2018American Idol\u2019 is still way back in Hollywood Week, when I was able to do my original song, \u2018You Set Me Free.\u2019 I feel like that was the moment that it really started for me, and I was able to show America right away who I was as an artist and a songwriter. That\u2019s when I was just like, \u201cWow. Maybe I really do have a chance of making it far in American Idol.\u201d<\/p>\n Q: Jimmy had suggested that you should have played the piano for your rendition of \u2018Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word\u2019 Wednesday night, and that you could have had a \u201cmoment\u201d with that if you had. Do you think maybe you needed that moment to get in to the finale, or do you see that perspective at all?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: No I don\u2019t think so. I don\u2019t think I needed to play piano for it. He still said that I was the favorite of that round, so it\u2019s kind of confusing. He said I was the favorite of that round, but then he says, \u201cOh she should have played piano.\u201d I don\u2019t think it would have made that much of a difference.<\/p>\n Plus I didn\u2019t know that song well enough to play it. I probably would have screwed it up on piano, so I didn\u2019t want to play it and be too concerned about it.<\/p>\n Q: Randy uses the phrase, \u201cputting a little church in to the song,\u201d a lot. Did that influence you that you put church in to your music, and is it different from the way that Candice puts church in to her music?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: I definitely feel like it because I don\u2019t have the gospel power house voice, which I think Randy is talking about a lot of time when he says, \u201cChurch.\u201d I just don\u2019t have that. I think for me it\u2019s less the church sound and more the meaning.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve done Colton Dixon \u2018Never Gone\u2019 and \u2018Love Came Down\u2019 by Kari Jobe. Those are worship songs, but they\u2019re not in your face like Jesus songs. They\u2019re subtle and that\u2019s what I want to do. I just want through actions and meaning and words being able to show that subtlety.<\/p>\n Q: One other related thing about how you grew up\u2014your parents preach in Salem, Massachusetts, and you live near Salem. Did any of the city\u2019s history of religion and American history affect you as you were growing up?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: No, it doesn\u2019t affect me at all. If anything, I\u2019m so proud of where I\u2019ve come from, and I love my parents. They\u2019re the best and they\u2019re so supportive, and they just recently started the remix church this past September. I\u2019m so proud to be a pastor\u2019s kid and I love them, and I can\u2019t wait to go visit because I haven\u2019t been there in a long time.<\/p>\n Q: Do you have any final words that you\u2019d like to say to your fans?<\/p>\n AM<\/strong>: Thank you all so much, and I really am so blessed to be a part of the top three. It really blows my mind. I can\u2019t wait to sing at the finale on that stage, and for the tour and to see what happens with my future. I know that this is just a start. It\u2019s a launching pad, and just thank you to everyone who supported me and voted for me. It means the world.<\/p>\n Written by: Karen Benardello<\/a><\/p>\n
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