Aaron Kelly has said that doing the 'American Idol Experience' at Walt Disney World Resort was a "good way to get a feel for the competition".
The 17-year-old singer, who was voted off the Fox show this week, scooped the right to go to the top of the audition line in Orlando after winning a golden ticket at the theme park attraction last year.
Speaking after his exit, he said: "You go through a set of auditions, and then the audience actually votes you through.
"They had two different shows that day, and the first is where the audience puts you through. At the end of the day - they have a lot of shows - they pick one person from each show that day to go through to the finale, and at the finale the audience votes you through."
He added: "The gold ticket from that puts you to the front of the line for any audition."
The teenager went on say that he "ended up being one of the first to audition" in Orlando and described the attraction as a "fantastic thing" and a "good way to get a feel for the competition".
When asked if he saw himself working with Disney in the future, he replied: "I see myself as more interacting with Disney. I know that Rascal Flatts have done some recordings for Disney - like 'Life Is A Highway' is a Disney recording.
"So being able to work with Disney, but also being able to be a country artist. I see myself along the lines of a more Rascal Flatts- or Keith Urban-style person."