“Me and Lauren have been together since day one, and we’re gonna stay together,” Scotty McCreery cried after he won the title of American Idol. This was just moments after it was announced that he’d won; moments after runner-up Lauren Alaina grabbed his head and planted a kiss on him.

“He might be my boyfriend… ask him,” she said of Scotty in a later interview.

So, someone did. But McCreery maintains that he’s “still single.” According to his version, he and Lauren have “gotten really close, but I don’t know about the more than friends stuff.”

Their finale performance songs (McCreery’s “I Love You This Big” and Alaina’s “Like My Mother Does”) are available on iTunes.