By Ashley & Jenius Love

Nick was this years front runner for most of the season and really blossomed these past couple of weeks into the now winner of American Idol! He's the total package..exactly what the show was hopeful to have. The total package and guess what ladies...he's single!! He'll be pretty busy these up coming months with the Top 5 tour, recording his own music so not sure how much time he'd have to be dating but he's available.

Reality Wanted: Was it awkward for you being older than a lot of them? Two, do you think it might have been a positive for you to get a glimpse into a younger generation's, so to speak, music taste?

**Nick: ** Yes. I have my Master's degree in Secondary Education, so I actually interned at a high school and student taught at a high school for a year. So, I was used to hanging with kids 16, 17, or not hanging but at least relating to them, and so a lot of these kids I think I got along with them great. I listen to all different types of music, so I never really had a problem with the current pop music or anything like that.

**Reality Wanted: **Okay. Secondly, I heard an interview with JLo after the show last night, and she hinted that indeed next year might not be the last of Idol. Had you heard that? And do you think they should continue with the show after you've gone through it?

Nick: I do. Yes, it doesn't mean that it's going to be gone forever. It means that Fox decided not to pick it up. I'd love to see the show continue. It could be cool to see a revamp of it, maybe they can do something a little different. There will never be another American Idol. If it does end next year, it was an incredible run. The amount of success that shows have to be on for 14 years, 15 years, it's truly amazing. Just to have been able to be a part of it is really awesome.

**Reality Wanted: ** Since the start of the season did you ever think that you would become a role model for the younger generation?

Nick: Oh, man. I guess whenever you're on TV, or you're in the public eye like this you should always be aware that you could be a role model to somebody. That's very important to me. Like I said, I've always been involved in education and working with kids and stuff. I've been a high school basketball coach, I've taught in high school, so I always know that you can be so impressionable to young kids, and it's really important to me. So, I'm always trying to do the best I can to lead with a good example.

**Reality Wanted: ** And what advice would you give to an aspiring artist who wants to follow in your footsteps?

Nick: Just never give up. I know they make the "Grandpa" joke at 29, I grinded this music thing out for a long time, and there's a lot of times I could have given up and said, "Just go get a normal job. Start making some money. Stop playing bars and grinding out and maybe it's time to just get a real life job type stuff." But I just truly felt that I was supposed to do this and I never gave up on the dream I had and I'm glad I never did.

Reality Wanted: And what can we expect from your first album?

Nick: I think, to be honest with you, the single that you're hearing out now, "Beautiful Life" to me is a good example of the type of genre it's going to be. If you want, my band is called Beach Avenue, if you want to listen to some of our past stuff, that could give you an idea as well. We'll see. I'm sure I'm going to come up with some new ideas and I'm hoping to write with some cool co-writers as well. It's going to be cool.

Reality Wanted: How do you think this success will impact your relationships and dating?

**Nick: ** Being in music has always made it difficult to have relationships, especially when I'd be traveling a lot, so I'm sure it will make things more difficult, but I try not to look for those things. Hopefully the right thing just happens, and that would be pretty cool.

**Reality Wanted: ** You obviously probably will be putting relationships on hold to focus on your career-- but if you had to pick three important qualities in a partner what would they be?

**Nick: ** Right. Three important qualities. Humor, I like to laugh and have fun, so I'd say somebody that's funny, somebody I can trust, and somebody that I can just be myself around.

I'm sure there will be much more of Nick Fradiani so stay tuned for him and we'll catch you next season of American Idol!

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