![]() ![]() My grandma was like, “I think Nick might be doing this show,” and my mom called me and I was like, “I don’t know…” I had to play dumb, but when you perform with your brother on an almost daily basis for years and years he definitely picked up on that fact that it was me. How quickly did you hear from your family, friends and bandmates after your first episode? You don’t know if you’re the best singer out there, the worst singer out there. I wanted to make it to the finals and then whatever outcome happens… the other thing about it is you don’t know who else is on the show and who you’re competing against. Give it all I got, leave it all out there and then accept the result, don’t be a sore loser. That’s how I looked at this, be what I tell my kids to be. The outcome doesn’t matter as long as you’re giving your best. I don’t like to go into anything planning to lose, but I also envision what I’m telling my son on the baseball field: as long as you’re giving your best effort daddy can never be mad at that. ![]() ![]() Did you go there to win? I’ve heard you’re a bit competitive. Nicole said you seemed to want it the most. I was standing up there in a pig costume for Pete’s sake! You can’t take yourself too seriously in that in that moment. I tried to be as silly and ridiculous as I could. It seemed like the costume allowed you to be way sillier than we’re used to. Performance is the crux of the show, but also giving the characters a life and personality is part of it as well. I was talking to Joey Fatone who had done the first season and is a good buddy and he said, “Hey man, if you do this you have to give the character some personality and really go for it.” And that’s a big part of it. I definitely tried to give the pig some life. You said you were looking for a chance to be a “total idiot.” Did you succeed? I think my daughter said a goat or something and my son said, “he should be a pig.” And I said, “this is crazy, it’s definitely meant to be.” Of all the animals he could have pulled out of the hat it was a pig. ![]() Ironically, they presented the pig costume to me and because I’m from Cincinnati - my production company is called Flying Pig Productions - and you know… Porkopolis… it just resonated with me from the beginning, like, “Hey, this is meant to be!” And then my wife, knowing that I was gonna do it, while I was away asked my kids what kind of costume I should have. Is it true that your kids said you should be a piglet on the show? I mean, as a fellow Cincinnatian, it felt pretty spot-on since our town was known as Porkopolis. I didn’t really look at it as, “hey I have to get through this whole season with nobody knowing who I am.” As a singer I just have to do what I do and if they figure it out. We put some things in later about football to try and throw them off. As the season went on we tried to be more coy about it to throw people off. I had a feeling just because I’ve worked with everyone on some level on that judging panel that it was just a matter of time before they recognized my voice. You don’t know when the production crew are building the clue packages, especially in the beginning, it’s hard to know how obvious your voice is going to sound. ![]()
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