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TODAY   |  September 28, 2012

Kid kissed by Carrie Underwood wanted to ‘get it right’

After holding up a sign at a Carrie Underwood concert asking the country star to be his first kiss, 12-year-old Chase Kurnick met that milestone in a major way – on stage, lip-to-lip with the singer in front of thousands of cheering fans. Kurnick tells to TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie and Willie Geist that if he was going to get a kiss, “he was going to get it right.”

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>>> you remember your first case? well, chase kurnick will probably never forget his after locking lips with his favorite singer carrie underwood . he's here to tell us all about it, but first chase 's big moment. it's a milestone in every boy's life, his first kiss, and for 12-year-old chase kurnick it happened in a big way.

>> how are we going to do this?

>> lip to lip.

>> wow.

>> at a carrie underwood concert in louisville, kentucky on saturday, chase held up a sign that read carrie , be my first kiss. carrie saw it and brought chase up on stage a few weeks in.

>> how old are you?

>> 12.

>> 12 years old.

>> as the crowd cheered carrie gave chase some pointers.

>> close your eyes .

>> and planted a kiss on chase 's lips. after the concert carrie said thanks, chase , for the kiss and thanks louisville for rocking so hard tonight. we had fun and with the the #liptolip making chase 's first kiss one that he and many others will never forget.

>> well, chase is here to kiss and tell. he's brought along the sign that started it all. chase , good morning to you.

>> good morning.

>> could you believe it when that actually happened?

>> not at all. i was just shocked.

>> so the plan was you're going to make the sign, hold it up.

>> yeah, basically, trying to get up there.

>> where did you get the swagger, chase , to get up on stage and she asked you what kind of kiss do you and instead of a peck on the check you say i want lip to lip.

>> well, i wasn't just going to go up there and just get a little kiss on the cheek . if i'm going to get it, i'm going to get it right.

>> were you surprised when she actually plucked you out of the crowd? mean, a lot of people hold up signs at concerts and are expecting to kiss the star on stage.

>> no, i don't know. i was like -- one way i was like, yeah, i'm going to do and then one way, i was like, no, she's not going to pull me up. there's a million of people that want to do this, and it was just crazy.

>> your parents who are right over here, they were in the audience, but they were sitting somewhere else , right?

>> correct.

>> and you guys supported this, right?

>> absolutely.

>> sure.

>> john, you helped him make the sign?

>> he told me what to do and i outlined the letters, yeah.

>> so walk us through what it was like for you, because you were in the arena, gave the good seats to your kids, being the good parents you are and you sat up higher and when you saw your son pulled up on stage my first thought was, of course. chase was determined but shocked when it happened.

>> when she said there was a sign. i said it's chase , i know it's chase .

>> so chase , the kiss happened, video is taken. she tweets you, and then you go back to school. i mean, like you're walking down the hall, how much swagger do you have? are people high fiving you?

>> yeah, it was crazy, like it took me five minutes to get to one class down the hallway.

>> were you signing autographs?

>> no, they were fist bumping me and high fiving me. i'm so gelous. all my brother's friends were all jealous. they were like i wished that was me.

>> now i understand you have brushed your teeth since then but have not actually washed the lips.

>> correct.

>> is this true?

>> correct.

>> it's true.

>> so they are still unclear. carrie is still there.

>> yes, sir.

>> okay. but is there any other celebrity. let's just say you have this opportunity again, anybody else on your wish list?

>> selena gomez .

>> you've got to go through bieber for that though, my man.

>> all right. lip to lip, chase , we're proud of you.

>> i actually have something for you all.

>> a kiss?

>> not that.

>> that's for you.

>> and that's for you.

>> thank you.

>> from kentucky.

>> we love this.

>> and i made this for carrie underwood . it's duct tape with kisses on it. i would like to give that to her, and then i made you this.

>> this guy's amazing.

>> such a charmer.

>> all right, chase .

>> and with his own hashtag.