1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,880 Speaker 1: I want to play a little sound. Think about this. 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: You talk about, you know, pursuing your dream and having 3 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: courage to do it. There's a new Idol episode on 4 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: Sunday and Cameron Smith. He's a sprinkler, installer and a farmer. 5 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: That's what he does during the day. That's his job. 6 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: He's from Rocky Mountain, Virgini. He's twenty one years old. 7 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: Auditioned with us on the road. Here's his Showstoppers episode 8 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: performance coming up this Sunday, Showstoppers performance this weekend. Wow, 9 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: Cameron is Smith? Good to see you again, my friend. 10 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: How are you ah? Doing pretty good? How about you, Jill? 11 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: We're great? Thank you. I love hosting American Idol because 12 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: I love the stories. I love meeting everyone. We had 13 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: a chance to meet for the first time on the road. 14 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: I had a chance to see Cameron sing a couple 15 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: of times. You see Showstoppers this weekend, which is the 16 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,680 Speaker 1: final judgment, the biggest moment on stage of their lives. 17 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: But talk about the contrast and what you were doing 18 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:11,559 Speaker 1: every day to then standing in front of Luke, Brian 19 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: carry Underwood, Atlanto, Ritchie walk us through that feeling so 20 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: like every. 21 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 2: Day I'd go to work, you know, singing the truck 22 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 2: or something like that. And I really wasn't thinking about 23 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 2: singing at all. It just wasn't really a thing. They're like, 24 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 2: all right, let's go sing. You know, the most people 25 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 2: I've ever sung in front of before that was like 26 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 2: maybe thirty five people. And to get out there and 27 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 2: sing in front of Luke, Lionel and Carrie was like 28 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 2: blunning away. And then this thing in front of a 29 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 2: packed house was crazy. 30 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: And that's what I'll see. That's what you see this weekend. 31 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: So you were from he's twenty one years old, from 32 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: Rocky Mountain, Virginia, and your day job was installing sprinklers 33 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: and farming. 34 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 2: Yes, sir, so like on the weekends I'd help my 35 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 2: buddy out. They run like custom Harvest and crew and 36 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 2: on the weekdays from Monday through for a installing sprinkler 37 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 2: heads and uh servicing a like servicing systems and stuff 38 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 2: like it. 39 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: You're gonna love watching this performance. And you have struggled 40 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: with believing in yourself. I mean that's something that's not 41 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: uncommon with idle contestants. How did you overcome it? 42 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 2: I just shut my eyes and thought that there was 43 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 2: nobody in the room and I sat there and I 44 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 2: was like, well, you know, it's now or never. We're 45 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 2: gonna give it all or we're just gonna go home, 46 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 2: you know. And I went out there and I gave 47 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 2: it all. 48 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: And did you get past the nerves at all? I mean, 49 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: you don't seem nervous, but were they inside? 50 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 2: Yes, sir, My nerves were all over the place. I 51 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 2: couldn't like, I forgot the words in my audition, get't 52 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,519 Speaker 2: remember the words, the name of the song or nothing. 53 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 2: And then I walked through them doors and then it 54 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 2: all came back. 55 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,919 Speaker 1: You gotta watch Cameron Smith and everybody doing what they 56 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:53,799 Speaker 1: love to do. They're just going for I just admire 57 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: somebody that says this is a dream. I don't know 58 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: exactly how I'm gonna do it. I don't even know 59 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 1: what I'm doing, really, but I'm go go for it. 60 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: And that's what he did. Cameron's so good to meet you, buddy. 61 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: We'll look forward to seeing you on Sunday. 62 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 2: I thank you. 63 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: It works, okay, buddy, take care. Cameron Smith met him 64 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: a few weeks ago, and you're going to see Himunday, 65 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: eight o'clock on ABC. And then you can stream on 66 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: Hulu this weekend. It's Kiss FM.