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" Scotty McCreery has reflected on life after winning American Idol. The 20-year-old North Carolina native won the tenth season of American Idol in 2011 over fellow finalist Lauren Alaina.  McCreery has since shared with Parade that he has been honoured by the opportunities that he has been given since leaving the Fox show. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve gotten to do a lot of cool things since winning American Idol, but singing the national anthem at the World Series was a huge thing for me,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m a big baseball nut, so I got to combine music and baseball in one night, which was awesome.&amp;quot;  He went on to say: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;d also say touring with Brad Paisley and getting to go on the road with him and learn from him and see his show every night. It was pretty awesome to be out there with him.&amp;quot; McCreery also revealed his favourite moment from his tenure on the Fox reality competition.  &amp;quot;I would probably say it was during rock and roll week when I sang an Elvis song - &amp;#039;That&amp;#039;s Alright, Mama&amp;#039; - and Priscilla Presley was in the crowd that week, and I got the chance to go sit by her and talk to her before we cut to a commercial break,&amp;quot; he recalled.  The singer concluded: &amp;quot;[Priscilla] looked at me and said - and as big as an Elvis nut as I am, this was like the best thing ever - she said, &amp;#039;Elvis would have loved you&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;And I was like, &amp;#039;Oh, my God. What in the heck do I say to that?&amp;#039; That was pretty special.&amp;quot; American Idol returns early next year with new judging panel Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr. Watch Scotty McCreery sing the US National Anthem at the World Series below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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