Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre and Jorge Nunez--the last three fan-chosen contestants for American Idol [ tickets ]'s Top 12--chimed in about their experiences during a Thursday, March 5, conference call.

Rounds, who honed her skills in church choirs, said in future rounds, fans can expect her to be herself regardless of the genre chosen for a particular week.

"One thing that Kara [DioGuardi, judge] said was that I've remained Lil from the beginning and I'm going to continue to remain Lil, but I'm going to give you guys something to look forward to. You know Lil's a performer as well, so I'll give you something to sing every week. So I think you're going to enjoy it, though."

Her children--ages 5, 3 and 2--definitely enjoy watching their mother on TV, she said. So much so, they call her "American Idol Mama."

"They understand that mommy's doing something special for the family and I'm following my dream of singing," said Rounds, 23. "And they're my inspiration because they look at me and they tell me all the time or they talk to me on the phone and they tell me, 'I'm proud of you' and 'I'm happy you went to "American Idol'."' And, you know, they really support me and they're happy about it, so it makes me all the more excited about it."

She said her children are already following in their mother's footsteps. Her '5-year-old daughter is particularly adept at singing.

"The babies just enjoy music and my husband, he's a writer," Rounds said. "I don't let him go too far with the singing, but he can really write. And I think that we're going to be a really, really good combination. So just keep looking out. We might have something that will come up."

Memphis-bred Rounds said it doesn't bother her that of the nine selected by the audience, three are women and six are men.

"I don't want to just boggle myself down with the ratio of it," Rounds said. "I just feel like I have to go out there and always continue to put my best foot forward. And stay positive and go out there and do what I know how to do best--and that's singing and performing. As long as we keep that in our minds to go out there and sing and enjoy ourselves like it's our last time, I think we're all going to do great."

Arizona's Scott MacIntyre said being on "American Idol" has been amazing but it's still sinking in that he was chosen for the Top 12.

"I was having the time of my life," said MacIntyre, who is legally blind. "What means the most to me is just today I'm realizing more and more what happened [Wednesday, March 4], but to know that that many people in America support me and believe in me ... it's just a dream come true, you know--and I'm not going to take it lightly. I'm going to try to come back each week and give the best performance as I possibly can."

MacIntyre explained that he doesn't see his disability as a disadvantage in the competition.

"I mean, it definitely makes it more challenging for me, but I'm so up for rising to the occasion as I have in every other challenge I've had to face in my life," MacIntyre said. "And I don't want people to look at it in that way."

He said he's just having a great time singing and feels blessed that "American Idol" producers are willing to teach him choreography.

"And on that note, any time you see me following the steady cam or whatever it is, there's several [if not] lots of camera changes in the group song, I believe. And they've told me to look here and they point my arm and follow it around to the left. So it's hit and miss sometimes, but it's going well. And, you know, I'm so blessed to be here. I do what I can because it's definitely a very camera-oriented show."

The 23-year-old, who idolizes Gavin DeGraw and Ben Folds, said he has dance lessons in his background, which includes earning an undergraduate degree from Arizona State University at 19 and a master's degree from the Royal College of Music in London in 2006.

"I've done some swing dancing, some salsa dancing and with the whole music thing rhythm is ... it crosses into different areas of your life. So I'm not too worried about that. ... But sometimes it just takes someone showing me the steps and as long as I know that I'm not going to fall off the stage then I'm good--and that's a joke, of course. But I'm really good at keeping an awareness of my space because I've had some--a little bit of practice here and there, you know, performing for some churches. So I'm very used to and comfortable with being onstage."

Twenty-one-year-old Jorge Nunez of Puerto Rico said he feels comfortable on stage and is proud that he mustered up the courage to try out for "American Idol."

"I tried out for American Idol because ... I've always wanted to try out," Nunez said. "And since they came to Puerto Rico this time, I was like, 'Why not?' And also, my great-grandfather he passed away a year ago now and he wanted me to audition. So, like, six months after he passed away, they announced that they were going to Puerto Rico. So I figured I should go."

He said he wasn't offended that the American Idol judges asked him to work on his accent. Then, after he sang, judge Simon Cowell said he should keep the accent.

"When they told me to change my accent, what they wanted me to change was my accent when singing," Nunez said. "And I do understand because, I mean, it's distracting. But, if anything, it just helped me [be] a little more relieved, because that's me. I'm already 21 years old. That's not something that I'm going to be able to change. So it's great."

He said he is hoping to sing a few songs in Spanish before the competition is over.

"There's a lot of songs that are really known here in the United States that have been translated to Spanish," Nunez said. "For example, 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' has a version in Spanish and 'Killing Me Softly' also has a version in Spanish. So songs like that, that are really popular, I would like to integrate a few verses in Spanish so I could show how my voice sounds in Spanish more because I think that my voice sounds best when I'm singing Spanish."

Nunez explained he chose to sing "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" because it was "perfect for the show."

"Actually, I picked it because I love Elton John's music and he's such a good composer," Nunez said. "His songs manage to combine all the elements into one. It's amazing. It's a beautiful song and it always made me cry, so I figured it would be amazing."