It’s been multiple week since Jamal Roberts was topped the American Idol season 23 winner — however thus far, he hasn’t seen his prize cash.
“No, I haven’t acquired it. Don’t know the place it’s,” Roberts, 27, solely instructed Us Weekly on Tuesday, Could 27, teasing, “I’m excited about figuring out.”
When the musician does get his $250,000 money prize, he revealed that he doesn’t plan to make any “large splurges.” As an alternative, Roberts shared, “I’m gonna put it within the financial institution.”
Roberts gained the fact singing competitors on Could 18, beating out runner-ups John Foster and Breanna Nix. Whereas Roberts is the one one who will take residence a financial prize, each he and Foster acquired a visit for 4 on the Disney Want cruise line. The holiday contains world-class eating, Disney leisure, and character experiences, plus a keep at Disney’s non-public island, Castaway Key.
Roberts — who’s the daddy of three younger daughters, Harmoni, Lyrik and Gianna — remains to be in awe over the second he was topped.
“I say it to myself every single day, ‘Did I simply, you understand, win American Idol?’ I requested myself that. I’m like, ‘Did I truly win American Idol?’” he mentioned, noting, “It feels prefer it didn’t occur. It’s all the time [been] a dream and now it’s a actuality. I’m like, ‘Do I preserve dreaming?’ I’m undoubtedly excited that America selected me.”

Whereas America voted for Roberts, who sang Tom Odell’s “Heal” through the ABC finale, his daughters have all the time been his largest followers.
“All they know is ‘Daddy win.’ That’s what they are saying. I used to be like, ‘Yeah, daddy gained, child,’” he gushed. “[They] don’t actually get the idea of what was occurring. They only knew I used to be gone [for] a very long time. And that I [won].”
Following his victory, Roberts mentioned he went again to being a small-town man, celebrating with a “scorching fish sandwich” and going to get his children and “take them to the home so we may spend time with one another.”

He defined that though he’ll be again on the highway subsequent month for CMA Fest in Nashville, proper now he’s absorbing each second together with his little ones in his hometown of Meridian, Mississippi.
“They’ve my complete coronary heart,” Roberts instructed Us of his women, the youngest of whom is 3 weeks previous.