American Idol Runner Up Blake Lewis: Ready to Focus on Acting, Singing

No one expected Blake Lewis to win American idol. The funky beat boxer from Washington state was fortunate to make it to the finals. But the 25-year old has been all class throughout the competition, especially in the finals when he helped Jordin Sparks keep her composure by whispering support in her ear as it was announced by host Ryan Seacrest that Jordin Sparks was the next American Idol.

American Idol Runner Up Blake Lewis: Ready to Focus on Acting, Singing
American Idol Runner Up Blake Lewis: Ready to Focus on Acting, Singing

And he says he's perfectly fine with his second place finish. "I never looked at it as winning and losing. I just tried going out and performing really well each day," the 25-year-old says. "In a sense, I’m kind of glad I didn't win just for like contractual reasons. I think if you're first you might have to come back for like three years or something."

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Smart guy. He will be much better off being able to guide his own musical future and he will has a good start now. And don't expect Blake to go diva and diss the show as some have done in the past. American Idol is such an amazing show and experience," he adds. "I honestly didn't care one bit [about] winning or losing, because I call myself a winner just by getting into the top 10."

Blake said he's focusing on the future, which he hopes includes acting as well as performing music. "If acting comes calling and I get the right opportunities and the right script, or just to do voiceover work for maybe like a Pixar or DreamWorks movie – I think that would be a plus," he says. "I love being goofy, I love doing different voices. I've been doing it since I was a kid."

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People Magazine reports that in the meantime, Lewis will focus on his singing career and he has a specific type of music in mind for his first album.

"My music. I've been making it for seven years," he says. "[It's] very electro-pop, hip-hop music in a sense of Duran Duran [and] Michael Jackson. I'm a child of the '80s, so it's definitely going to have very advanced thing to it with more of a melodic jazzy, like Maroon 5, Jamiroquai, but definitely more on the hip-hop and electronic kind of thing."

Asked which previous American Idol has a career that he would like to emulate, "None of them," says Lewis. "I want to set my own path."