Kris Allen Talks About Trip To Haiti

During next Thursday’s episode of American Idol, viewers will be asked to make donations to the Idol Gives Back Foundation, which will be sent to help fund the efforts in Haiti’s recovery.

Kris Allen, the former American Idol winner, recently went to Haiti and will share his experience on the show.

"I wanted to go over there and help. I felt like I did that in a little way. I think that me being on the show is going to be a bigger help than me going there with the little bit of manpower that I have," Allen told MTV.

Seeing the destruction of the country first hand moved Allen. He hopes that by talking about it will motivate to continue to donate.

"It was a weird trip, because you get over there — everyone's seen the pictures and stuff and the videos — it's really bad. It's a lot of destruction. A lot of people have been affected by it. But there's a lot of stuff going on," Allen said.