Jeremy Bradley- Joining me on the phone right now is season four's Vonzell Solomon. How are you Baby V?

Vonzell Solomon- I'm fine. Thank you. How are you?

JB- I'm good, thanks. As we were just mentioning before we went on the air, I'm a little bit cold today.

VS- (laughing)

JB- But your sunshine is warming us all up here, so it's no problem. First off, I've had a problem with mail delivery. Do I talk to you about this, or do I go through someone else?

VS- You would have to talk to your local post office.

JB- I just wanted to make sure.

VS- And I don't deliver the mail anymore, so, you'd have to talk to my postal family about that. But I was a national spokesperson on behalf of the postal service, so I'm still in contact with my postal family. I just don't deliver the mail anymore, but you can contact your local post office.

JB- All right, so I'll do that. That just goes to show that just because somebody can have great exposure on Idol and become famous from that, they don't forget about their roots wouldn't you say?

VS- Right, you can't forget where you come from.

JB- Exactly, whether it's from a beach climate, or, well, never mind, hey?

VS- (laughing)

JB- So let's talk about everything from American Idol to your music to your acting. Are you ready?

VS- Yes, I'm ready.

JB- How would you sum up your time on American Idol?

VS- My time on American Idol was so many things balled up into one. I learned so much on a personal level as well as on a performance level, working with the best vocal coaches and performing with the best bands - Rickey Minor and the band make you sound 10 times better than you already are, so that was awesome. Also, getting that experience on camera, performing, because I've been performing all my life, but being on national television show it's, like, there are so many cameras around. They're all lighting up and you have to look at the right one that's lighting up and you have to perform for your audience as well, but you also want to connect with those fans that are at home watching. So you have to look at the right cameras, remember your words, not fall down in your heels as you're performing, and it's just so much . . .

JB- I always have that problem, Vonzell. I'm always falling.

VS- (laughing) That's what I do. I practice at home. Now I'm really good at it. I don't even have to think about heels anymore. At that time it was just so many things at once, so it taught me that I'm stronger than I ever that I was, because I was dealing with the stress and things from home, and trying to remember my words, and looking at all the right cameras. So I learned a lot about myself and I had a good time. Man, we had such a good time. We grew so close as contestants, and it was at the end of touring at the end of the show where you go on tour at the end of the summer, we were like family. It's really cool and when I go to different shows I get to meet new Idols.

JB- Yeah, and you mentioned that there's so much other stuff that you have to remember. Singing the song is maybe 10 per cent of what you're actually worried about.

VS- (laughing) Right, and on a day-to-day basis you're so busy. You're working all day and all night. You have interviews, you have photo shoots, you have to work on your music, and then picking something to wear is hard, too.

JB- And the right heels.

VS- Oh, my goodness, and you want to coincide with your song, and you want it all to come together. It's just crazy, but after you get your outfit you're done, because you have your song and your outfit, and then the day of the show I just like to relax.

I didn't even talk the whole day, because it would get me focused and I would save my vocal chords for the night. So I wouldn't talk all day and the makeup team would make me up. That was one of my favourite parts, was I love Beyoncé, so I'd always come in and say, "Can you make me look like Beyoncé?" So it was just really cool. I never had a hair and makeup team before, making me all up.

It was a lot of stress, because you're all working a lot, and you don't spend a lot of time with the band. It's more so you making sure you learn your words and you get your music right on your own. So all day you might be at rehearsal, but you only might rehearse for 30 minutes to an hour, because everybody has to rehearse with the band. So it's more so you with your CD player with your IPod with your music, so you're by yourself making sure that you get your music right. So it's crazy, but it was fun!

It was so many things balled up into one, and then there were celebrities coming to the show with their kids and they know your name, and it's like, "Oh, my God!"

Brandy came to one of our shows and she came backstage and she was like, "Where's Vonzie? Where's Vonzell?" I almost flipped out. I was like, "She knows my name!" I grew up with Brandy and she was my idol when I was little, and I love Brandy. So for her to come to the show and know my name and just giving me all these compliments, and she gave me her phone number, I was like, "Oh, my God!" So it was really crazy. But it was a fun ride.

JB- It was quite the experience, but on a side note, I insist on having my hair and makeup done and I'm in radio.

VS- (laughing)