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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Would you ever go back to being a nurse?
AMANDA OVERMYER: I might have to. You never know. Number 11 is still pretty far down there on the food chain. Hopefully I created enough attention that somebody wants to pick me up and let me do something with music. But chances are they won't and I might end up right back where I started. I'll probably give it a good six months or so and beat the pavement. If this ends up being my 15 minutes of fame I will gracefully bow out and move on to do something different. This will not be the unicorn I will chase for the rest of my life.
Wow. That is so refreshing to hear. Usually when I do these interviews, the contestant talks on and on about how he or she is destined to be a star.
I hate those f---king answers. Are you kidding me?
Sad but true. So do you think you'll stay in L.A. for a while?
I don't know what I'm going to do. I don't know if it'll be a back and forth thing. I haven't had any conversations with the lawyer or 19 [Entertainment]. I am so green at this. I don't know what to do next. I have a lot of questions and am going to need somebody to take me by the hand and say, ''Okay, Amanda...''
Are you going to treat yourself to a gift — maybe a new Harley — to reward yourself for coming this far?
You know, the only thing I've bought myself this whole time is the jacket I wore last night. I got it on Venice Beach for $20.
What did the Idol in-house shrink make of you?
Every time I got ripped on the show, he would meet me immediately afterwards and be like, ''Are you okay?'' I used to always joke with him, ''I'll call you later when I'm jumping off the building. You'll have to convince me not to jump.'' I'm so mouthy sometimes. I haven't been emotional over this. I pretty much made his job easy.
Anyone you're most looking forward to hearing as the show progresses?
I don't know. Give me four or five more weeks. I think some of them are showing potential.
Will you be watching the rest of the season?
[Looooooong, uncomfortable pause] Hmmmmm. Yeah?
That doesn't sound very convincing.
I don't know. I wasn't, like, a fan of the show before. I'll watch it more now because I know the people, so yeah, I'll try to watch.
You sound very grounded and normal about this whole experience. Good for you.
That's the attitude I've had with all of this. I'm thankful to be here and feel very privileged to have come this far. But I absolutely refuse to be nostalgic about it. You know why? That's when you lose a sense of reality. I saw it happen with a few people. It's just ridiculous. We have the potential to be stars right now. We're not stars. All we are now is recognizable. That's it. I've got a hell of a lot more work in front of me before I can exhale and say, ''All right. I've made it.''
