- I DO GET A LITTLE BIT NE-- ALWAYS.

IT--IT'S MORE ADRENALINE THAN NERVES, I THINK.

AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU PERFORM LIVE TOO,

SO YOU GET, LIKE, THIS ADRENALINE, BUT THEN, LIKE,

LITERALLY, LIKE, 30 SECONDS BEFORE,

WHEN I'M ABOUT TO GO OUT, IT GETS REALLY QUIET FOR ME.

LIKE, EVERYTHING GOES QUIET, AND I LOVE IT.

AND THEN WHEN I GET OUT THERE, I'M JUST, LIKE, WHATEVER.

- YEAH, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, IT'S, LIKE, ONCE I'M ON STAGE BEFOREHAND,

I'M LIKE THAT TILL THE VERY SECOND,

AND THEN ONCE I'M OUT ON STAGE, IT ALL CALMS DOWN,

BUT IT'S GOOD THAT IT HAPPENS, LIKE, 30 SECONDS BEFORE FOR YOU.

- FOR ME, IT'S, LIKE, RIGHT BEFORE, LIKE,

JUST AS THE LIGHTS GO DOWN, AND THEY'RE SAYING MY NAME,

OR WE'RE DOING WHATEVER, IT'S LIKE...

[inhales and exhales]

IT'S, LIKE, THIS REALLY GOOD FEELING.

- AND GETTING A DEEP BREATH.

THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TOO, ESPECIALLY--

- ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE BRONCHITIS, LIKE ME RIGHT NOW.

SORRY.

- DO YOU HAVE BRONCHITIS RIGHT NOW?

- I DO, I DO, BUT I'M ON THE BACK END OF IT.

I'M ON THE BACK END OF IT. - SO GLAD I HUGGED YOU.

- YEAH.

[laughter]

THAT'S WHY MY VOICE IS A LITTLE BIT, "EHH."

- YEAH, HOW--WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SONG THAT YOU SANG?

- "I LUH YA PAPI."

- EXCUSE ME? - YEAH.

- IT'S CALLED "I LUH YA PAPI."

IT'S, LIKE, A LITTLE SLANGY.

THE PRODUCER I WORK WITH, HIS NAME IS DETAIL.

HE'S A GREAT PRODUCER.

HE WORKS WITH A LOT OF HIP-HOP ARTISTS,

LIKE WAYNE AND ALL THESE GUYS AND DRAKE,

AND WHEN WE WERE DOING THE RECORD,

YOU KNOW, IT WAS, LIKE, "I LOVE YOU," RIGHT?

AND I WOULD BE LIKE, "I LOVE YOU, PAPI. I LOVE YOU."

HE WAS LIKE, "NO, NO, IT'S 'I LUH YA.'"

AND I WAS LIKE, "I--I LOVE YA?"

"YEAH, OKAY, I LUH YA, PAPI. I LUH YA, LUH YA."

I WAS LIKE, "OKAY."

IT, LIKE, EVERY WORD WAS SO MICROMANAGED BY HIM.

IT WAS VERY KIND OF A SPECIFIC THING

THAT HE WANTED FOR THE RECORD.

- SO YOU HAD TO STOP PRONOUNCING THINGS CORRECTLY.

- RIGHT, EXACTLY.

- YEAH. - YEAH, THE NEW ENGLISH.

IT'S A NEW KIND OF ENGLISH.

- YEAH, THERE ARE NEW WORDS NOW, BUT, "I LUH YA, PAPI."

- I LUH YA, PAPI.

- BUT THEN THAT'S HARD TO SAY,

"HEY, DO YOU KNOW JENNIFER'S NEW SONG, 'I LUH YA, PAPI'"?

- I LUH YA, PAPI. - I LUH YA, PAPI.

- I LUH YA, LUH YA, LUH YA, PAPI.

- I LUH YA, PAPI.

I LUH YA, LUH YA, LUH YA, PAPI.

[crowd mumbling]

- YEAH.

- NO, I'M SEEING-- - THEY KIND OF DID IT.

- OKAY, THEY KIND OF DID. - YOU KNOW WHAT?

THE EFFORT WAS THERE. "A" FOR EFFORT.

- ARE YOU--FIRST OF ALL, I TOLD YOU THIS.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE BACK AT "IDOL,"

'CAUSE I THINK YOU'RE FANTASTIC ON THAT PANEL.

[cheers and applause]

- THANK YOU.

- AND I-- I ALWAYS AGREE WITH YOU.

I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH KEITH AND HARRY,

BUT I ALWAYS AGREE WITH YOU.

- THANK YOU.

- AND DO YOU-- HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT

THE POOL OF TALENT NOW?

- I FEEL THAT THEY'RE ALL SUPER-TALENTED KIDS.

I--I ALSO FEEL LIKE THEY WERE THROWN TO THE SHARKS

REALLY TOO EARLY.

WE WENT, LIKE, FROM HOLLYWOOD WEEK

RIGHT TO THE MAIN STAGE, WHICH BEFORE,

WE USED TO HAVE THOSE MIDDLE ROUNDS IN VEGAS

AND ALL THAT, AND IT GAVE THEM TIME TO ADJUST,

SO I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE REALLY NOT COMING INTO THEIR OWN YET.

LIKE, I FEEL LIKE EVERY WEEK AND LIKE,

"COME ON, I NEED A 'WOW' PERFORMANCE FROM YOU.

"LIKE, YOU'RE AMAZING.

COME ON. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

AND IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE BEATING UP ON THEM,

WHICH IS WHY I SAID THAT.

YOU KNOW, IN ONE OF THE PAST SHOWS,

I WAS LIKE, "I FEEL LIKE WE'RE BEATING UP ON YOU GUYS

A LITTLE BIT," BUT THEY DO NEED TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE."

BUT I FEEL LIKE NOW IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS

IS WHEN THEY'RE GETTING INTO THEIR COMFORT ZONE A LITTLE BIT.

- AND HOW IS IT WORKING LIVE WITH KEITH AND WITH HARRY?

- IT'S GOOD. IT'S GOOD. IT'S GOOD.

I MEAN, IT'S FUNNY, BECAUSE--I DON'T KNOW.

LIKE, HARRY FOR ME IS SO FUNNY,

BUT HE'S SO FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW,

KIND OF CRITIQUING THE-- LOOKIT.

SEE, LIKE, THAT'S HIM IN BETWEEN TAKES,

YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHEN WE'RE OFF THE AIR,

AND THEN WHEN WE'RE ON AIR, HE'S, LIKE, SO, LIKE,

INTO, LIKE, CRITIQUING THE TALENT

THAT HE LOSES A LITTLE BIT OF-- AND I'M ALWAYS LIKE,

"COME ON.

JUST HAVE A LITTLE FUN WITH IT."

OH.

[laughter]

- HE IS-- HE IS HILARIOUS.

[laughter]

NO.

- UM...HE IS--

- ARE YOU A LITTLE GERMAPHOBE?

- NO, I'M NOT A GERMAPHOBE. - YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT.

- NO, I REALLY AM NOT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET SICK.

- OH, YOU WON'T.

- NO, BUT IF YOU'RE SICK, I DON'T WANT TO GET SICK.

- NO, NO, NO, YOU WON'T GET SICK.

I'M ON THE BACK END OF IT.

- THERE'S A RUMOR GOING AROUND THAT I AM A GERMAPHOBE,

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT STARTED.

IT'S JUST THAT I DON'T WANT TO GET SICK.

- YEAH.

- I THINK MOST PEOPLE WHEN SOMEONE SAYS

THEY HAVE BRONCHITIS WOULD DO THE SAME THING.

- I DON'T KNOW. I WOULDN'T.

I'D BE LIKE, "OH, I FEEL BAD FOR YOU."

- YEAH.

[laughter]

YOU JUST...

YOU LITERALLY JUST BECAME LEAH REMINI JUST NOW.

THAT WAS-- THAT WAS A LEAH REMINI--

- WE'RE BEST FRIENDS.

- I KNOW, BUT YOU LITERALLY JUST WENT LIKE THAT.

WHEN YOU DID THAT.

- YEAH, HER WHOLE THING. YEAH, SHE DOES THAT.

YEAH, SHE GOT IT FROM ME.

- YEAH, AND LEAH IS-- SHE PROBABLY DID.

LEAH REMINI-- YOU KNOW LEAH REMINI,

AND SHE'S-- I ADORE HER AND LOVE HER,

AND SHE IS YOUR FRIEND, AND SHE WAS HERE NOT TOO LONG AGO

AND SAID THAT SHE REALLY CREDITED YOU

FOR HELPING HER THROUGH THIS WHOLE EXITING SCIENTOLOGY.

- YEAH, IT WAS A TOUGH MOMENT FOR HER.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

IT'S ALL SHE KNEW HER WHOLE LIFE, YOU KNOW.

WHEN YOU'RE RAISED A CERTAIN WAY AND YOU'RE AROUND PEOPLE,

YOU KNOW, FOR A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT IS,

IT'S GONNA BE HARD, SO...YEAH, WE'RE GOOD FRIENDS.

- YEAH, SHE'S GREAT.

BUT LITERALLY YOU JUST BECAME HER JUST NOW.

Y'ALL ARE THE SAME PERSON.