American Idol finalist, Anoop Desai has admitted that he was genuinely shocked by the twist of last weeks show which saw him make the final group.

In the clip above you will see Anoop’s disappointment when he doesn’t make the final 12, but then Simon completely surprises him by announcing that the judges had decided to increase the number of the final group to 13, meaning that Anoop was through.

“It was the difference between having all your dreams dashed and then three seconds later, they’re alive again,” Desai told MTV. “It was a shock, it was a genuine shock for me. I’m just glad I’m still here.”

Anoop also revealed that he is uber excited about meeting Kanye West on this week’s show saying:

“Hopefully I’ll get to meet him and we can talk about some collaborations in the future,” he joked.

But Desai’s dream mentor would be Stevie Wonder, he said: “If Stevie Wonder came back, I would faint, because I think he’s the greatest musical mind that I’ve ever heard. That would be the ultimate.”