CMT Blog: Clash of the Choirs

Ok, so I am so exhausted right now. It’s Thursday, the night of the finals and I am still a little shaken from last night. What an incredible night for me and my choir. I am a competitive person, but I just have never felt this way. I cannot believe that we beat out Michael Bolton’s choir last night. I was shocked and relieved. I honestly can barely remember anything after they announced that we are staying. I just had knots inside my stomach. Right after Maria said that we were safe, I turned around to congratulate the choir, and then I looked over at my mom and she was crying. I was thinking she just looked so proud of me and I feel the same way about my choir. They are awesome.

Today, it feels like a ghost town around here. Usually backstage, in the dressing rooms and everything, people are walking around talking, cutting up. But, today it just feels like a funeral. It’s amazing how intense everything got in such a short period. I know I have been talking big. But I am really nervous about tonight. I can’t believe that I have made it this far. Patti LaBelle’s choir is just so good and Nick Lachey really has pulled out all the stops. It’s going to be a weird night. I just hope that my choir can relax and have a good time. I mean, this has been one great experience. Thanks for voting, guys. Hopefully it will pay off tonight.

See photos from Clash of the Choirs.

Well, last night was awesome. I really had a great time performing with my choir. They are so excited and that rubs off on me. After the show, I did what these folks call “press” after the show… a bunch of interviews asking me how I felt about my choir’s performance and the competition. Overall I just told everyone how I am going to kick their ***** (removed for explicit content).

After that I took my family to find some food. We looked for a diner that was open 24 hours and found a place called Gold Street. We were all pretty tired so we ate and then all went back to the hotel. I barely remember laying my head down on the pillow and I wasn’t even drunk!

So, get this…I set my alarm for 7:50, because I had an interview thingy at 9:00 a.m., but I forgot that my phone was on vibrate. Great bit of good that did me. I was a little late, but I made it. I was planning on taking a nap since I didn’t get to sleep in, but I can never do that. I always feel worse if I try to sleep in the middle of the day. So instead of a nap, I am blogging. So, if I forget something that I did, it’s probably because I am going on no sleep. In fact, I better go. I have a 3:30 p.m. call time and I need to find Miranda. Now, don’t get lazy. Vote for my choir again tonight.

See photos from Clash of the Choirs.

So, I have been here in NYC for a few days now, and I still haven’t gotten to do anything that I want to do.  I mean, for the love of God, I went shopping with Miranda … you would think I could find a Home Depot or something.

So I was thinking in rehearsal today … if I could do anything that I wanted … if I had a few hours, I think I would go see the Statue of Liberty. I can see it from my hotel room and I am tempted to put on a wet suit and swim on over there. Or maybe I could go get a massage…one of those where they put on that crazy music and put rocks on your back. I always wanted to try that.

Can you believe that Kelly Rowland got voted off? I had flashes of that happening to me…

See photos from Clash of the Choirs.