Jeremy Bradley- Joining me on the line right now is Haley Scarnato from season 6 of American Idol. Good morning, Haley.

Haley Scarnato- Good morning.

JB- So let's talk about everything from your music to, well, your legs. (Your rep) sent me your bio and the first sentence it mentions your legs. So let's start out with that. You know, they certainly did capture Simon's attention, at least while you were on Idol.

HS- I guess.

JB- Was that part of your plan? Why show off the legs like that?

HS- Um, you know that wasn't like the whole . . . my first thought on that was not…I never thought it was going to go in that direction. Basically, he just said I was outdated, and forgettable at one time, and so I went to my stylist and was all, "Well, let's get trendy." And the things that were really trendy in the stores at the time were shorts at that point in time. Shorts were everywhere, so that's all we did was do a cute outfit with shorts. I had no idea I was going to get that kind of attention, and I actually got good comments from the judges that week. So then I thought, "Heck, I'm going to stick with this a little bit," 'cause I wasn't getting very many good comments. (laughing) It just became my gimmick, so it worked.

JB- So then you feel that it worked during your time on the show?

HS- Definitely. I think in a reality TV competition like that you need to have some kind of thing that makes you stand out otherwise . . . Well, everybody wants to win.

JB- Yes, just like you said. It was memorable and it did make you stand out while you were auditioning. Are you still dressing that way, or was that solely an Idol thing?

HS- When I perform I do. I mean, I don't dress like that when I go out to eat (laughing) to a restaurant. But no, it's a costume and it's fun, and out in L.A. they took us and turned us into this amazing superstar-looking like people, and so it was fun to play on that role, and that's exactly what I did. So when I continued to perform here, and I did some stuff in L.A., and I think I'm going to be in San Francisco soon, I'll dress that way, because that's how people know me, too. And it is a costume, and it's fun. Yeah, of course.

JB- Well, now you mentioned about things like stylists and getting dressed up, playing dress up. Was that something you'd ever experienced before going on Idol?

HS- Well, yes. I never really had a stylist, but I did have a costume designer in shows that I've done before. So I'm pretty used to listening to other people and stuff like that, but it's a totally different kind of thing being on Idol. It's more trendy and "what's in style" and "what's your style?" and not "we're all wearing sequins today, OK?" But it was nice to just have that experience with somebody and learn kind of the fashion. So it was very cool.

JB- Are you following Idol this season?

HS- I try so much as I can, but I'm so busy right now. But I've watched . . . throughout all of it I've maybe watched three shows on and off. But it's hard to get through that theme song sometimes, because it just gives me the butterflies again.

JB- You were in the bottom three a few times on the show, and this season we saw the same thing with Brooke White. I'm not sure if you're familiar with her, now that happened to her. Could you feel . . . or maybe even just last season or any other season, can you relate to these people and say, "You know what? I've been there." You know what's going through their head, because you've been in that position before?

HS- Oh, of course, of course, of course. Even when I was there last season, when we're sitting in the back in the green room, and Blake went on or somebody went on, and we were watching it, we were so nervous for everybody. It's just an uncomfortable feeling, and you know what it feels like to be there, and you just want everybody to do so well. So even when I was in competition with the others, I was very nervous for them and just hoped for the best. Yeah, I feel exactly what they're going through this season.

JB- Let's talk about that. You say that you're hoping for everybody to do well. Simon says that's a load of crap. You want them to fail, because you want to win. Is there ever that in the back of your mind? Obviously I'm not saying that you don't like the people that you're competing with, but there is a competition behind it as well. Do you ever feel that way?

HS- I don't know. That's a really tough question. Of course, if I answer it and I say, "No," people are going to look at it and go, "Whatever," because it is a competition. But I mean, to be quite honest with you that never really went through my mind. The pace is so quick and so uncomfortable that they…how they have it backstage, and you know exactly what it feels like. So you're just nervous for them. I was actually more nervous watching and hearing than doing it, and especially when you're anticipating your moment to go on, you're just more nervous. So, no, I really never had bad thoughts for anybody, because …especially if I hadn't gone out there yet, you know what I mean? Because it's, like, you're going to jinx yourself. But, no, you really just want everybody to do well. It's so uncomfortable. Normally before Idol, I'd never been nervous before. On Idol, I was nervous, and it was weird, because normally I'm never nervous. I mean, you could give me a song and I don't know it, and I'll just do it. I'm not nervous, but Idol they just make it seem so…it's freezing back there. It's just really, really uncomfortable, and so it's nerve wracking.

JB- And if you're showing off your legs it's just way too cold, hey?

HS- No, it's way too cold! (laughing) I would always tell Art, my stylist, I look like such a fool, because I'm freezing. He's like, "It's OK. It's OK!"