American Idol ousted Majesty Rose during Thursday night's live results show on Fox, determining the thirteenth season's Top 8 finalists.
 
Majesty, a 21-year-old from Goldsboro, NC, became the fifth finalist sent home from American Idol's thirteenth season after she received the fewest home viewer votes cast following last week's performance show, which featured the Top 9 finalists performing rock royalty songs for a theme dubbed "I'm With The Band." 

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Idol judges Harry Connick Jr., Jennifer Lopez and Keith Urban decided against using their one "The Judges' Save" of the season on her after she sang for survival. Majesty landed in the bottom three alongside Sam Woolf and C.J. Harris.

During a Friday conference call with reporters, Majesty talked to Reality TV World about her Idol experience. To read what she had to say, click here. Below is another portion of Majesty's interview. Check back with us soon for the concluding portion.

What are you most looking forward to most in the tour?

Majesty Rose:  I'm really excited about the tour.  I'm excited to get back with the contestants because I made a lot of close friendships, and like, we're going to get even closer.  We're going to be like a family, seriously.  I'm excited for my fans to be able to see me again because I really am just so grateful to have all the support from them.  So, I'm excited to make up more fans.

Former American Idol winner Carrie Underwood gave you all necklaces and handwritten letters, is that right?  Can you describe your necklace and what did the letter say?

Majesty Rose:  Oh my gosh, it was so great.  All of our necklaces have our initials on them and it's so cute.  In my letter, she just said to keep smiling and I light up when I'm onstage.  That meant everything.  People keep saying that.  It was like, really? I didn't know my smile is that powerful.

Did the guys get gifts as well?

Majesty Rose:  Yes, they got little dog tags.

What can we see next from you?

Majesty Rose:  Hopefully I will get to do a lot more music and singing.  I really would like to do acting.  People keep saying they can see me on Broadway.  That would be really fun.  I would love to do so many things, like just being a commercial model and being a real role model for young girls.  I can really see myself being a good example for a lot of people younger than me, and older than me, actually.

Can you tell us what's next before the summer tour?  Will you get to go home and see your students and family or stay in Hollywood?  And what's the first thing you're going to do when you're finished with your Idol obligations today?

Majesty Rose:  Yes, I'm really happy to go home and see my family.  Yes, I'm going to go back and see my kids.  I don't know if I'll be a teacher.  Hopefully, I'll still have my spot.  But, I'm definitely going to see my kids either way.  Yes, I'm glad I'll have a little downtime to just rest.

After tour, I hope I'll have a lot of opportunities to do what I really love to do and sing and be an actress.  I just would love to be on commercials and would do everything, like maybe be a representative for natural hair.  I would love that.  There are so many things that I would love to do.  So, I hope I get those opportunities, because I think I really am capable of those things.

You have such a beautiful name.  I'm just wondering, could you tell us a little bit about it?  You've never asked your mom why she chose your unique name?

Majesty Rose:  I don't know actually.  I really don't understand.  My older sister's name is Joy, and then my name is Majesty Rose, and then my younger sister's name is Precious.  So, we all have special names. 

I think my name is the most different, though.  Yes, I like my name.  My name is actually Majesty: Rose: Rochelle.  But, since I like flowers a lot and I really wished that my name was Rose, I just put it together and I named myself Majesty Rose.

Next week, the Top 8 are going to be performing their audition song.  That got me thinking, why did you choose to sing "Violet Hill" for your audition?  Did you have any other songs in mind or was that the only one you were thinking about?

Majesty Rose:  Yes, I actually sang another song.  It didn't air.  But, it was a faster song, too.  Yes, that's one of my favorites.  I sing that a lot at home.  It's just a song that I knew I could draw the judges in, really. 

It really shows off my vocal strength and dynamics.  It starts off really slow, and at the end, I'm doing a really good high note.  That song is really good.  I like it a lot.  I wish I would have been able to perform it.

Looking back at your time on the show, do you have a favorite performance that you did?

Majesty Rose:  Favorite performance?  A combination of a lot of them.  A lot of them have been so much fun.  Some of them I liked the song that I did, but I was kind of nervous, so it couldn't be my favorite.

But, it's probably the one from "Rush Week" because "Rush Week" was the week that we didn't even know if our name would get called to perform.  So, I was actually first to get called.  I didn't even have to wait in the chamber at all.  It was really good.  So, when I sang "Happy," I truly was happy when I sang that song.  I was so ready to get up there.

How did you handle being away from your family, friends, and students?

Majesty Rose:  Well, it was really hard.  I had to call them a lot.  I had to call my family all the time.  It was hard because it's just hard to be around the people who you don't know that well and they don't really know you that well. 

So, it was really like I was alone, even though all the contestants were really close.  But, it's just like, "Man, I wish I could have a really heartfelt hug from my family."  But, yes, I would just call them a lot.  It would help me.  We would pray together on the phone before shows.

I'd love to know when it comes to romantic relationships, what qualities do you look for in somebody?

Majesty Rose:  Romantic relationships? (Laughs) Well, I would look for somebody who's like me.  I think I'm really level-headed and I try to be a very honorable person.  So, somebody who really knows where they're going in life, somebody who knows who they are already, because I'm 22.  Somebody's going to have to be "grown" enough, I guess.

I know that you worked with Randy Jackson backstage.  Was he encouraging?  Did he encourage your song choices and how much help did you get with the arrangement of the songs?

Majesty Rose:  Well, Randy Jackson encouraged us a lot.  He would watch us in our own rehearsals and then give us some tips like, "Hey, I like your arrangement. What if you did this?"  He would make really good suggestions. 

My vocal coaches, I had Michael and Dorian.  They really helped me a lot vocally and everything mentally.  They were just pumping me up.  They were really always there for me.  They really helped me a lot with song choice and helping me to figure out where I fit in.

Did Randy and/or your vocal coaches ever discourage you from picking a song or were they always really enthusiastic about what you wanted to do?

Majesty Rose:  They were enthusiastic.  They would tell me straight up, "Listen, the judges might say this if you do this," and how to take all that stuff into consideration.  They were just very honest about everything, but very loving.  They were really good to me.

A few weeks ago, you sang "Let It Go," and you mentioned that the song was just like written for you or just for you.  Could you elaborate a little bit on that?  Was it vocally?  Was it the lyrics of the song or was it the song itself?

Majesty Rose:  Oh, it was the lyrics, especially the verse that I sang, because just -- my story is so different.  It's just like my mom.  She really did parade me when I was younger.  I had to sing everywhere.  It was hard because it was kind of like I was just a robot or something.  It was always stifling who I really was on the inside.

So that song, the verse that I sang, if you listen back to those words, it says a lot of those similar things, "Be the good girl you always have to be."  Yes, those words were definitely good.  So, I definitely felt all those lyrics that I sang.

I understand that you practiced "Shake It Out" a lot so that your muscle memory would kick in if you got nervous. How did you deal with the stress and strain of the competition?

Majesty Rose:  The stress and the strain?  Well, I did practice a lot.  We had a room where we could practice all the time, and I practiced in front of a full mirror and could see how everything looked from what I was going to feel at a certain line to what I was going to do with my tambourine, everything. 

I was practicing a lot.  I probably practiced that song "Shake It Out" thirty times. I was really excited about [the tambourine].

What did you learn about yourself on your American Idol journey?

Majesty Rose:  I learned so much about myself.  I know I'm a much stronger person than I was before.  I really have learned to just know who I am and to stand on that.  That's one thing I'm so proud about, is that through all of that, I persevered. 

I mean, it's easy to take somebody from a small town to Hollywood -- you can change.  You really can.  That's one thing that I can say, is that I didn't change who I was at all.  So, I'm really happy.

Above is a portion of Majesty's interview with reporters. To read what she had to say to Reality TV World, click here. Check back with us soon for the concluding portion.


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