Tim Urban Talks About Getting The Boot From "American Idol"

Posted by Mitch Michaels on 04.26.2010

Urban talks Vote for the Worst, Simon, his looks and acting...

Tim Urban, who was eliminated from "American Idol" last week, has big hopes for the future, according to an interview with Billboard.

Here are some highlights:

On being a favorite on the Vote For The Worst websites:

I'm not excited that I was on their website. I think that it's really not anything that anybody should be proud of. I really didn't like being on there, and basically I was working my hardest to get off of it. I'm actually kind of sad that I was on that website at all.

On his looks and a leaked topless photo influencing voting:

I kind of knew [the photo] would come out eventually. I didn't really expect it to be as big as it was...that was kind of a little crazy, but I just took it in stride. Everybody is looking for an extra story, so it's just one of the stories that people decided to run with. I just tried not to worry about it too much. I definitely heard that it helped, but then were are also people who might see that and not take me seriously. I think it probably helped more than it hurt, but I don't really know for sure.

On his relationship with Simon Cowell:

I actually didn't have a problem with Simon's critiques. I thought he was just speaking his mind, and I took that and tried to use it. It was cool that he recognized that I was working towards that stuff, and that was really encouraging, but we never had a problem to begin with.

On his future:

You know, I would love to do music. I'm hoping that that door opens up, but I also have always had a desire to act and be in that side of the entertainment industry as well. So I would be really excited if I got the opportunity to do that. I'm just waiting to see what happens, but I'm open to any of that at this point. I'm really just excited about the whole thing.