Award Show 2007

Feb. 15, 2007 | 05:00 PM EST

My Grammy Moment Winner was an Idol Loser!

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You remember Robyn Troup as the girl who held her own against Justin Timberlake at the Grammy Awards, as the winner of the My Grammy Moment contest. But on Tuesday night, Troup was booted from American Idol – before even making it to the top 24! Still, the Houston native has the last laugh: Besides her Grammy performance, she's signed a deal with Timberlake's production company. And she has no hard feelings for the Idol judges. "Simon told me my voice needs to mature, which I definitely agree with," she tells PEOPLE.

So, what was her Grammy experience like? "I was shocked. It was scary. It was fun. It was awesome – so many different things going through my head at the same time," she says about her big debut, which also fell on her 19th birthday. "It's all a blur, really. I'm glad I didn't really get a chance to process it at the moment because I think I would have froze."

And Troup says duet partner Timberlake helped her through the nerve-racking experience of singing the Bill Withers classic "Ain't No Sunshine" and Timberlake's "My Love" (along with rapper T.I.) in front of the industry-packed house and millions of viewers. "He's a genuinely nice and helpful person," she says. "I never let go of his hand after we got off the stage. He was just trying to calm me down because my whole body was shaking."

In this PEOPLE exclusive, hear excerpts from PEOPLE's chat with Robyn:

Click below to hear Robin talk about getting booted from Idol:


Click below to hear Robin talk about meeting her idol, Mary J. Blige: