Here is more from David Hernandez who was surprisingly upbeat and gracious during a conference call with the media this morning. We were warned that if the questioning strayed too far from David's experience on "Idol" that the call could be terminated!

When it was my turn to ask a question, David wondered if we were related because of the last name that we share. I told him I didn’t think so although I have an uncle named David. But he's nearly 60!

"Maybe further down the line we are?" he wondered.

I replied: "I'll have to consult the family tree."

Then he wanted to know if I could sing.

“Well, at karaoke,” I replied.

But hey, I’m the one asking the questions here, pal. I asked David about last week when he was in the eye of a media storm following the news that he had worked as a stripper at a gay club for three years pre-"Idol." Yet he was able to walk out on the stage and gave one of the best performances of the night.

“I think adversity is my best friend,” he said. “It's something that inspires me and makes me work harder. I don't have anything to say to the people who tried to count me out...you have to have a thick skin.” ..."If this is the worst thing that comes out in my career," he said, referencing the dancing gig, "then I'm pretty good to go."

David said “Idol” producers were well aware of his past employment: “If they weren't comfortable with it, I wouldn’t have been on the show.”

He added: "I'm not ashamed of anything I've done in my past. The only thing I was worried about was my song selection...."i think it was my time to go...and I'm grateful for the opportunity."

Admitting that he is currently unemployed, David said his immediate plans - other than appearing on Ellen Degeneres' show and on "The Today Show," are to return home to Arizona: "I'm looking forward to having pork-flavored ramen noodles...I just want to go to my mom's house and lay on the couch with her cats for about 48 hours and watch nonsense TV."

David had wanted to sing "Let It Be" this week but had to go with his second choice after another contestants got it. The Beatles' songbook is also going to be used next week and had he been competing, David was prepared to sing "Yesterday." He was also looking forward to singing "I Believe I Can Fly" as well as Chaka Kahn's "Ain't Nobody" down the road.

He had this advice for future contestants: "Never doubt yourself, always go with your instinct and usually your first song selection is your best one."

Here is video of David being voted off and the video montage that followed: