I always love to support my friends and how they choose to express themselves creatively.

People relate to you a lot more when you're honest and authentic - and that's hard to do in front of millions of people every week.

Ordering pizza and jamming out with the contestants in our hotels and traveling the country together brought me so much joy.

Even in the sad songs, I want people to know that it won't always be like that.

I always love to support my friends and how they choose to express themselves creatively.

I loved performing every week, but all of the activities and amazing people we met when we were not filming stick out to me the most.

I am extremely grateful for my 'American Idol' experience, and I enjoyed every bit of it.