http://www.parade.com/celebrity/hollywood-wire/2011/05/25/american-idol-behind-the-scenes.html
Before her almost-kiss with Spiderman at the end of Bono, The Edge and Reeve Carney’s performance of ‘Rise Above 1,’ judge Jennifer Lopez enjoyed a makeup touch up during the commercial break.
After the performance, the three men spoke to reporters to discuss the song and being on America’s largest stage.
“There was an emerald green room and then the other one,” Bono laughed when asked about hanging out with the night’s other A-list performers. The Edge chimed in, “They didn’t let us in [to the VIP area]!”
Bono then likened the Fox hit to the Ed Sullivan show: “This is probably the only show that everyone watches.” The Edge reminded Bono that Tom Jones, who also performed that evening, had the honor of appearing on both television programs.
The legendary singer himself stopped by moments later.
“No applause?” Jones jokingly asked the roomful of media. A devoted Idol watcher, Jones admitted to getting emotional during rehearsals for the show.
“I really started to get full up because the songs still stand up and sound like powerful songs,” he said. ”These fellas deliver and put their own twists on it. That’s always great to hear.”
Though he couldn’t watch the rest of the finale because his trailer didn’t have a live feed, he heartily endorsed the night’s winner: 17 year-old Scott McCreery.
“Scotty already has his own style,” Jones said. “He’s got a great tone to his voice which is something you either do or don’t have. The actual tone of your voice is a god-given gift and he has a great tone. I think he knows what he’s doing.”
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McCreery was joined at the finale by his teacher, Meredith Clayton, the choral director at Garner High. Clayton said in February that missing baseball would be tough for McCreery, and that was before anyone was thinking the deep-voiced country crooner would last until nearly Memorial Day, thus missing the Trojans’ entire season.
None of that mattered Wednesday night. Clayton talked to FOXSports.com moments after McCreery was named the winner.
“I couldn’t be prouder,” said Clayton, whose mother was former “Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken’s choral teacher. “He is so deserving. I am absolutely thrilled for Scotty and his family.”
“There was an emerald green room and then the other one,” Bono laughed when asked about hanging out with the night’s other A-list performers. The Edge chimed in, “They didn’t let us in [to the VIP area]!”
That is just too funny. Yeah, no diva behavior from JLO at all!
“No applause?” Jones jokingly asked the roomful of media.
Hahahahaha! I picture Will Ferrell as Robert Goulet saying that line.
