'Idol' contestant Tristan McIntosh visits Vanderbilt children's hospital

Two weeks after she last sang for millions on "American Idol," Tristan McIntosh was singing for a much smaller — and very special — audience on Tuesday.

The 15-year-old Nashville talent took questions and played a few songs at the brand new Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, a facility created by "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest. A group of patients and their families joined the singer in the broadcast studio, asking her a range of questions about her time on "Idol" and anything else they could think of.

Asked to sum herself up in one word, McIntosh paused for a moment.

"A-dork-able," she said.

She also played a few wacky rounds of "Would You Rather," having to make tough choices such as "Would you rather have a ketchup-dispensing belly button, or pencil sharpening nostrils?" (She went with the nostrils.)

On a more serious note, she detailed her "Idol" experience and found common ground with the young hospital patients. Like many of them, she's had to deal with being away from home for an extended period of time, and being separated from family.

"I try to mostly keep my mind busy," she told them. "Doing homework, reading a book, writing, or on social media, or something. Something that doesn't lead me to constantly be thinking about the fact that (I'm away)."

For now, McIntosh is back home, after finishing in sixth place on the final season of "American Idol," which continues through April 7. She'll return to Los Angeles later this week to be part of the final run of episodes.

Seacrest Studios opened in the hospital on March 18. The 723-square-foot facility lets hospital patients into the recording/broadcasting process and continually hosts interviews, musical performances, video shoots and other programs. It's the 10th studio facility the Ryan Seacrest Foundation has built in a pediatric hospital.