Here’s an interview with recently booted American Idol contestant Haley Scarnato:
What’s that sound you hear? Men around the country weeping because they won’t be able to watch Haley ”Legs” Scarnato get on stage in the shortest of shorts anymore. Turns out the leggy songbird couldn’t move to the Latin beat: The 24-year-old got the boot last night. One could even say she didn’t have legs after all. (Okay, I’ll stop creepily putting the word ”legs” into every sentence now. Until I ask her about them, because frankly, we’re not gonna talk about vocal range, people…)
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: I have to give you props for rising to the occasion and singing your song after you got voted out. How hard was that to do without bursting out crying?
HALEY SCARNATO: In the moment it’s just like, ”Get the job done.” The final performance is a big thing. I just wanted to do the best I could do. It was definitely hard after watching the video they put together. But once the band kicks in and the music takes you, you just let go.
As a viewer, I always feel bad for the finalists during Latin week and country week because some people always end up singing songs so far out of their comfort zone. Did you feel out of your element during Latin week?
Not really. I’m kind of a cover artist. I’ve been singing in bands for quite a few years now. I’ve had to do a lot of Gloria Estefan songs in wedding bands. It’s just another song with a different beat. You just give it a little more flavor.
Were you offended by Simon’s lechy comments about your skimpy outfits?
A little bit. It’s hard to take something like that. I just tried to keep going and just know what I know and I know who I am. It’s just kind of part of the whole deal of it.
Because a lot of pop singers dress like that?
Yeah. He was saying I was very cabaret for a while
