Wednesday night, Daniel Seavey seemed preternaturally calm as faced the prospect of elimination from American Idol. “I’m 15, and I’m onAmerican Idol, so it’s all good,” the 15-year-old fromVancouver, Wash., told Ryan Seacrest as viewers chose between him and Rayvon Owen in the show’s first-ever live tweet vote.
Today, Seavey still seems to possess an equanimity beyond his years. “I had a feeling I was going to go home at some point, so I was okay,” he says when reached by phone.
If history is any indication, Seavey would have had one more week under Idol‘s usual voting structure. The show’s young, teen heartthrobs — a role Seavey filled perfectly with his bright eyes and big smile — typically go home seventh. Just ask Tim Urban. OrColton Dixon. Or Sanjaya Malakar.
But Idol threw in a late twist, telling viewers they could tweet during a five-minute portion of the episode to save either Owen or Seavey. “It was kind of weird,” Seavey says, “because it was such a new twist. We didn’t know it was coming that quick.”
