JB- Talk to me about the, uh, "brotherly" aspect of being on the show. What was it like having your brother Oliver in the top 24 with you?

SP- It was wild! It was awesome! Really deflating when he left because it was silly that he left. He should have stuck around. It was awesome having him there. It made it a lot easier for me to perform because we come from an environment of collaboration. We work together a whole lot so I found it a lot easier to have fun and a lot easier to come up with ideas when he was around just because we were having such a good time together. We're going to go out and we're going to do a tour. We're going to do a record together now.

JB- Awesome. OK, let's be honest here. Was there any sort of brotherly competitiveness? I mean, I know this isn't bowling but did you know that you would go further in the competition?

SP- No, no. Of course not. I know my strengths and I've got confidence enough that I think I can give anyone a run for their money. But as a musician he's unparalleled in my books and most people around here would agree with me. I just can't say I expected to beat him at all. Like I certainly wanted to. (laughing) There's a competitive aspect to anything when you're in a competition. If you're not going to get competitive then you're in the wrong place.

JB- Then there's bragging rights - you can always just throw that in his face years down the road, hey?

SP- Right! And I will as soon as the wound is healed a little more. I didn't take any pride in beating him. I suppose I did in some way. As a competitor I was always glad to win but it was a lot more deflating than it was inflating, my ego.

JB- Simon Cowell says on American Idol all the time about 'don't be so sad these people are leaving. They are your competition. You ultimately want to win.' So I guess it's different though when you've got a family member in it that you. There is sort of that personal aspect along with the fight to win.

SP- Yeah. It's all about the vibe around and what was so great about this was the people you're around who inspire you and get you going. Earl and Mookie and I hung out a lot and talked. It's awesome and you'll really vibe with people - you'll get a good thing going and they're pushing you. I'm getting better, I'm doing better work, for example because my brother's there because Gary Morissette's there or Omar's there and they're over in the corner laughing and having a good time and encouraging me. So to take any pleasure out of them going home would be: a) ridiculous and b) ignorant because I'm doing good work half the time because they're around and we're vibin' and they're throwing ideas at me, you know what I mean? And I'm throwing ideas at them. So it's a competition and you take pleasure in going far, but I certainly take no pleasure in other people going home.

JB- You mention collaborating with your brother. I guess a lot of people don't realize you write as well. You've written screenplays. So what's next for you now that Idol's over? Obviously, music, writing, writing music - where do you see yourself in the next, let's say, five years from now? What's going on?

SP- My dream, if I was to speak about my dream five years from now, I'd like to buy a big hunk of land and set up a production company with an all-service facility with a recording facility and a film-making studio, etc., because you know film combines all media. So once you have a film studio built you can very easily make it all-inclusive. So that's what I'd like to do. I wanna continue to build the relationships I've been building and build a giant collaborative unit with all these people I meet because all the best movements you see in the history of art come out of groups of people; they don't come from individuals. Certainly individuals within those groups get celebrated, but it's the groups that create these phenomena and the truly magnificent work that takes place and that's why the best work, as far as I'm concerned, that came out of Idol this year, was during the top 200 rounds and during the top 24 right up to the top 10. That was the environment when we had the collaboration going on that was the times when we had the real group atmosphere to grow.

JB- Who is the next Canadian Idol?

SP- Earl Stevenson.

JB- Why do you say that?

SP- 'Cause he's awesome. He'd be an awesome Canadian Idol. You guys would be lucky if he was Canadian Idol because he's incapable of being a phoney which is the real thing you fear with fame and celebrity, in general and success. You know, people lose that spark of originality and excitement that gave birth to the whole thing in the beginning and he's incapable of losing that 'cause he just has too much fun and he just doesn't care enough. (laughing) So I hope he does win for that reason. Mookie Morris deserves to take a run at it.  I think he's got a shot if Toronto can get behind him and maybe the further the contest goes, the less that matters, but Toronto's really gotta get behind that kid 'cause he's fantastic.

JB- Still too close to call, I think.

SP- It is. It is too close to call and I mean there really is a helluva group to see. No one was lying and for my money a lot of the best talent has gone home and I'm not insulting the people who are left because it was just a huge group

JB- Well we'll be watching for you and checking out your records once they hit stores.

SP- Yeah, I hope so.

JB- Sebastian Pigott, thanks very much for joining us today.

SP- Hey thanks a lot, Jeremy.

JB- All the best to you.