Vault: Jordin Sparks Joins The Show

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1:01Jordan Sparks? Yes. Hi. It's Bert and Jan in Atlanta. Hi. How are you? Really good. How are you? I'm doing good. I'm really good, actually. Thank you. I just automatically assume, you know, just based on what I've seen on American Idol and, you know, we've had John before, that you always wake up in this kind of mood. Like, you're never in a crappy mood. Are you ever in a crappy mood? I don't know. I've always just been a really happy person, I kind of see the silver lining and everything in the glasses half full type person, you know? Well, there's no fun in that. So, tell us what makes you in a crappy mood. Like, what's the one thing that- I don't know. What's the one thing that immediately in the morning can, like, turn your day around from going to happy to just, like, I'm irritated? Oh, well, of course, if you get bad news or if somebody else wakes up on the wrong side of bed and they just keep trying to get under your skin because you're happy and then that's really annoying. Um. Rumors get irritating sometimes. Definitely, you know, girls have that time of the month, so I get irritated at anything. And I think that's a bad issue. All right, so you brought up rumors get irritating.

2:05Let's stop the most irritating one you've had to deal with. Most irritating rumor. There was a rumor that I was married last year and that it was a cover-up, like, my vocal thing that I went through last year was a cover-up for the fact that I got married and didn't tell my parents and didn't invite them to the wedding. Where did somebody come up with that? Did they just make it up? I have no idea, but they must have thought about it for a while because it was nice and detailed and all that good stuff. Where do you find out about these rumors? Are you online or does somebody hit you up with an email? Where do you get knowledge that this kind of stuff is going on around you? Either sometimes I come across it myself, but most of the time it's somebody else asking me, like, did you really do that? And I'm like, what if you're my friend and you have my phone number, you know I wouldn't do that. I don't know why you asked. Most of the time I really try and stay away from the blogs and stuff. Well now that you're about to head out on tour with the Jonas Brothers, do you think there's going to be some, like, romance, some tourmants, rumors about you and one of the brothers?

3:06Of course. I mean, when I was on Idol, I think I dated each guy, Idol Contestant, that wasn't married apparently. Yeah. Yeah. So I'm pretty sure that there's going to be a couple of tour romance things going on, but I don't plan on dating any of them. So that's it. If we had to predict right now, which Jonas Brothers is going to be the first rumored to hook up with you, who is it going to be? I would say Joe because he is the closest to my age, but I think he's taken two. So I hope that the hell's not a rumor like that. Oh no, this wouldn't be good. Someone's going to listen to this interview and write down that, oh my God, Jordan Sparks says that if she's going to hook up with any of the Jonas Brothers, it's going to be Joe. I know. We're going to take it a lot of time. You know, it's already going to get annoying because people are going to constantly ask you when you're on that tour about the whole virgin thing because we got the Jonas Brothers connection. We got your connection with this. I'm wondering if it's going to get so annoying for you, I bet. I forgot about that.

4:08I was thinking about that. Oh, yeah. I'm sure I'll be getting asked about that a lot. But all in all, it's just, I'm really, really excited to go on this tour and it's like, they're really good people. I met them two years ago and we kind of just kept in touch not thinking this would ever happen ever. And now I'm just, I'm really excited to go on this tour and, oh, we'll see, I gotta make sure I keep my voice in check and do my warm-ups and everything and knock it sick. So with a tour going on and I know you're working on your sophomore album right now, do you have any room in your life for romance or a boyfriend or fun? I don't know if I really have room for a boyfriend because I, I would feel really bad leaving all the time and then him having to wonder, where are you, who are you hanging out with? Like, that just would not be cool. I do not have time for that kind of drama. So I do have, I do have fun, especially when I'm at home actually surprisingly enough. I know you're not looking for a guy, but if a guy wanted to meet Jordan Sparks and hang out, where does he go to do that?

5:10I mean, you seem like you're on the road all the time. How can a guy even be introduced to you? I don't know, that's kind of weird because it's not, it's like my life isn't normal anymore, so it wouldn't be just like, hey, here's my number, call me type thing, our paths will have to cross. And then I would be like, he's really cute. Uh, here, give me your email and I'll hit you up and we'll see you in the next episode. And Jordan, I know you've been asked this before in other interviews, but of course we've got to bring it up here too. You had a huge hit with Chris Brown, no air, and obviously, you know, everything going on with him and Rihanna, just want to know, have you been in touch with him since the incident? Or do you guys stay in touch? The only time I really got to talk to him and like have a conversation was when we were shooting the music video together and that was about it. I mean, I'd see him at award shows and just say hello and thank him for being on the song. But other than that, I haven't talked to him and I haven't seen him or contacted him but also I just really hope that they figure things out and, you know, can start healing

6:10and get over this, you know. Do you think if you had that decision in front of you now that you would do a duet with him after all that has happened? You know, I don't know. I don't think I would do it really soon, but I mean, it all depends on what happens, how things go. I was a fan of his music and I mean, I still have all of his music that I bought and stuff. It's a little bit, you know, weird to try and listen to it because you're like, oh, my goodness. Oh, wow. But I don't know. I've been in a couple months and we'll see. Okay. Were you just as shocked as everybody else when you woke up that morning and you found out that that happened between the two of them? Definitely was. I actually had no idea what was going on until I got to the Grammys so I was completely unaware. It's just a really sad time for both of them and I just want them both to like, just focus on getting better and getting through this. Of course, we've got to ask you about Idol. Are you watching this season going on right now?

7:12I am. I am and I watched it last night and I watched it the night before and I voted and all that good stuff. I was a little surprised that the elimination last night I threw my remote at the TV. No. Really? You still wrapped up that much in it, really? I did. I really liked Alexis Grayside, membered her from her audition and was voting for her and that was really sad and she was not going on the tour and it's crazy. I mean, watching it, it brings me totally back to when I was on the show and going through elimination nights and group numbers and all that and just the pressure that there was and not knowing if you were going to leave or if you were going to stay for another week and it's just, oh my gosh, I can only imagine what they're going through. They have a very jealous of the new stage this year. If you were handicapping this American Idol, you had to pick one right now that you think is going to win this whole thing, who would you take? Based on how different he is and how we don't have an Idol winner like him, I think Adam

8:13might win. I also think that Danny Gokie could win. His voice is incredible. So it was Adam's and I also think that Matt kind of came out and showed what he could do when he played the piano at the end of the night and if there was a girl to win, I think it might be Allison. Okay. The pinnacle with the red hair. Really? It's so cute. If a girl was to win, I think it would be her. Now, can we expect to see you on Idol this season or are you going to go back and perform it all? I hope so. I think we're in talks of maybe having me back on the show this year and I hope I get to. I love being able to go back and meet the contestants and see them and see the stage and see everybody that we worked with. We were on the show. What is going on with this mayor craft carrier? Are you doing a duet with John mayor on like a cruise ship coming up? I don't know if it's really a it's not really a duet that I think he's going to be playing his guitar while I think there is a cover fun that I'm doing. He might think he might not. We have rehearsals next week.

9:14So we'll find out how it's actually all going to go, but I'm very, very excited. I'm a huge fan when he asked me to join this. I was just definitely in shock. I'm just really excited to go on it. I'm not staying on the crew because I can't. I'm really scared of water. Oh, really? I have cruise ships and water for a long time. Just don't mix with me. Titanic's card me for life. Seriously? I can't do it. And how about new music? What else you got your hands into these days? Actually, I started recording my second album, kind of hit the ground running recording and I'm doing a lot of writing and I'm really excited about that. So now I'm more involved in the writing process and so far I've gotten 21 songs recorded. Wow. Twenty-one, twenty-one recorded and I'm still nowhere near finished. So we'll see what happens. Hey, Jordan, are you on Facebook or Twitter yet? I am on Twitter and it is the real Jordan. That's my name.

10:15Or I think you can look at Jordan's sparks too. I can't believe that it is as evicting as it is. I know. I have it on my phone and I'm just like, hey guys, what's up? This is what I just did. And it's a really cool way to keep in touch. I think it's genius, actually. Jen and I have stayed away from it. It's just one of those things that I know I think that if I get into it, I'm not going to be able to put the phone down and I know I was thinking about that too and I was just like, I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to do it. Okay, I'm going to do it. Thanks, Jordan. Appreciate it. And now we look forward to the future projects and thanks for just being so cool with this and hanging out so long. Thank you. No problem. You guys have a good day, okay? You too. Softy later. See you soon. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. The Bert Show. Hello. It is Ryan and we could all use an extra bright spot in our day, couldn't we? Just to make up for things like sitting in traffic, doing the dishes, counting your steps, you know, all the mundane stuff. That is why I'm such a big fan of Chamba Casino. Chamba Casino has all your favorite social Casino style games that you can play for

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