Did Scotty McCreery really mean to snub comedian Jack Black on the night of the "American Idol" finale? What did Scotty really think about those group song-and-dance numbers the finalists had to do? And was Hollywood Week really as dramatic as it looked on TV?

Here are some more tidbits from our recent interview with Scotty. For our story on how he is balancing his new fame and being a teen, go here.

Scotty McCreery missed his junior baseball season while he was off winning "American Idol" but he'll get to display some of his skills swinging a bat on Saturday, June 11 when he is scheduled to play in the Country Music Awards Music Festival's Celebrity Softball Challenge in Nashville, Tenn.

Not sure how this happens (we learned about it from Entertainment Weekly), but Scotty McCreery's newest single, "Out of Summertime," has leaked on the internet.

The new song about summer love obviously has a great seasonal peg, which means presumably it will be released sometime this summer. "Out of Summertime" is more uptempo than Scotty's first single, "I Love You This Big," which is also a love song.

There are lots of mentions of heat and summer, but maybe also a nod to the State Fair? "What we felt on that ferris wheel, was just too right and just too real, but just not long enough. Oh she could have been mine, but we ran out of summertime..."

Too bad he couldn't work in something about stifling humidity and funnel cakes.

UPDATE: The online version of the leaked single is no longer available.

Ever since Garner homeboy Scott McCreery popped up on the "American Idol" radar way back at the beginning of the season, my N&O colleague Thad Ogburn has been all over the story -- and working the angles to try and score an interview. The network's publicity minions can be incredibly controlling and difficult to deal with, but Thad kept at it and stayed in touch with Scotty's parents. On Sunday, he got his reward, a nice long interview session with McCreery and family during his quick and hush-hush visit to the Triangle (and he even got to bring along his daughter Parker, a huge fan). Read the interview here.

Scotty McCreery will be a presenter at next week's 2011 CMT Music Awards, an awards show produced by the Country Music Television cable channel.

We predict a possible teen heartthrob overload, as Justin Bieber (who has a recorded a song with country band Rascal Flatts) will also present.

Sadly, Scotty and the Biebs are not at this time scheduled to perform.

Other presenters include "American Idol" runner-up Lauren Alaina, Shania Twain, Sheryl Crow, and Kristen Chenoweth. Kid Rock will serve as host.

The 2011 CMT Music Awards airs live on Wednesday, June 8, at 8 pm on CMT. You can also watch on CMT.com.

Photo source: Walt Disney World

Scotty McCreery's first full week as a published recording artist has been a pretty good one.

The "American Idol" winner released his "I Love You This Big" single last week and it debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single was also the third most popular digitally downloaded song, with 171,000 downloads in the first week.  
 

Did you miss Scotty McCreery's performance on this morning's "Today" show? Here's a clip of part of his interview, and his duet with "American Idol" runner-up Lauren Alaina (special shoutout in this first video to Scotty's mom, Judy McCreery!).  Click below for Scotty's solo performance of "I Love You This Big."

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DVR Alert: "American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina will perform on the "Today Show" Summer Concert Series tomorrow morning on NBC.

The "Today Show" airs at 7 a.m. on NBC-17, and runs until 11 a.m. (pretty sure the Concert Series stuff will end by 10 a.m. but I suppose it's possible some of it could carry over into the Kathie Lee & Hoda hour).

Scotty has had a busy week already. He appeared with Mickey Mouse at Disney World on Monday, then visited with Regis & Kelly and MTV on Tuesday.

MTV may not sound like a place you'd find teen country heartthrob Scotty McCreery, but that's exactly where he'll be this afternoon.

Scotty and "American Idol" runner-up Lauren Alaina will be guests on "MTV's The Seven" on Tuesday (May 31) at 5 p.m. 

"MTV's The Seven" is a half-hour show that presents seven important bits of pop culture news in each episode. It's hosted by Kevin Manno and is broadcast from the middle of Times Square in New York City in front of a live audience. It airs Monday through Friday at 5 p.m. (ET).

Scotty also appeared on "Live with Regis & Kelly" this morning.

Scotty McCreery, fresh off a performance yesterday at Disney World, made his way to "Live with Regis and Kelly" this morning, charming the show's hosts and singing his "American Idol" single, "I Love You This Big."