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American Idol - Season 24 - Episode 07: 'Ohana Round
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00:00:07tonight american idol reaches a crossroads in the competition who makes it through to
00:00:14america's vote you have to cut from 30 to 20. it's hard it's time let's do it it's all right
00:00:23a brand new round the ohana round is all about family i dedicate this song to you papa this
00:00:31song's for my mama my daddy my son my grandpa my lovely mother i can't look at her too long
00:00:36or i will immediately cry i think it's harder to perform in front of your family it's like a
00:00:41different kind of pressure expect unforgettable voices emotion laid bare every time i see my
00:00:50boy while i'm singing man it gives me an extra boost but this time the judgment goes beyond
00:00:56our panel three groups will be charged with making some critical decisions the idols themselves ohana
00:01:03their family and a panel of top music influencers and pop culture taste makers the song is not big
00:01:11enough for that boy i absolutely loved her tone i know she has it and i wanted to see it
00:01:16so bad i
00:01:17think she nailed it each group will vote for the performance that moved them most earning the
00:01:24winners a platinum ticket that takes them straight to america's vote let's hear one more time for the
00:01:29platinum ticket winners then the judges decide who earns the final spots in the top 20. my favorite is over
00:01:37here i will fight for her you better get her right now it gets to you that your journey could
00:01:44come to an
00:01:44end whose lives will change forever from alani a disney resort and spa in koalina hawaii this is american idol
00:02:12i want to give you a warm welcome to my friend mr lionel
00:02:30Music is one of the most important parts of Hawaiian culture and our ohana, our families.
00:02:37Our ohana surround us with love in good times, in bad times.
00:02:44But you know what? There is no greater gift that you can give to our ohana than the gift of
00:02:50song.
00:02:54Enjoy everyone. Aloha.
00:03:00It's not a bad day at the off-end.
00:03:08My name is Jordan McCullough. I'm 27 and I'm from
00:03:12Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It's mesmerizing to watch you.
00:03:16Oh my god. We are in Hawaii. What is that? We're going from pine trees to palm trees, okay? This
00:03:22is different.
00:03:22All right, y'all. Close your eyes now. It was only one show we came here for tonight.
00:03:30I would not be sitting here today if it wasn't for my entire family, mom, dad, grandma, uncles, cousins,
00:03:37to show up to places that I needed to perform or sing at. Now I get to live my dream.
00:03:45Yeah. Wow, that's... Jesus, I haven't crossed this entire time.
00:03:53Dang it.
00:03:56Man, it's going to mean so much to look out and see my family, mom, and dad there.
00:04:02Tonight, I dedicate this song as a tribute to my family. When I think of this song, I think of
00:04:07protection.
00:04:07I think of love and care. And so, here's Grandma's Hands.
00:04:11Oh my god. It's a great song.
00:04:21Grandma's Hands
00:04:40Grandma's Hands
00:04:52I gotta hear them.
00:04:53Can we take it up a little higher, babe?
00:04:56Ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:05:01Grandma's Hands
00:05:02I gotta hear them.
00:05:03You should be a piece of candy.
00:05:07Grandma's Hands
00:05:08Boy, they really, really came in handy.
00:05:11She said...
00:05:13Daddy, don't choke me that boy.
00:05:16Whatcha wanna spanking foe?
00:05:18If I get to heaven, I'll be looking for...
00:05:28Grandma!
00:05:30Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
00:05:34Hey, hey hey
00:05:48Where did he come from?
00:05:50I don't know.
00:05:51Not a bad way to get things started.
00:05:55I don't know what happened to you in Hawaii.
00:05:59But let the congregation say amen.
00:06:02Amen.
00:06:04You delivered.
00:06:05Fantastic.
00:06:07Thank you so much.
00:06:12What can you say after that?
00:06:14He killed.
00:06:15My man got the Holy Ghost up in here, brother.
00:06:17He ate 11.
00:06:19No crumbs.
00:06:19No one.
00:06:20Not one crumbs.
00:06:22Not nothing.
00:06:23He never ceases to amaze.
00:06:25There's no stage that's too big for him.
00:06:28Jordan got a platinum ticket.
00:06:30If he didn't, then people are crazy.
00:06:34So the hopefuls are excited for Jordan.
00:06:37But the voting for our three platinum tickets won't begin until all of the top 30 have performed.
00:06:42One of these platinum tickets will be decided by our highly esteemed panel of industry experts who have a combined
00:06:51150 million followers.
00:06:54First up, Cheryl Porter, world-renowned voice coach and Broadway superstar.
00:07:01Sasha Farber, four-time Dancing with the Stars finalist and international choreographer.
00:07:07Lauren Gray has made a name for herself with her online notoriety and worldwide reach.
00:07:14Anthony Gargiula is known for his crazy countertop riffs and viral kitchen collabs.
00:07:22And with her finger on the pulse of the music industry for over two decades, Rolling Stone, co-editor-in
00:07:29-chief, Shirley Halperin.
00:07:31Y'all access host and country music aficionado Kelly Sutton is a global media personality.
00:07:38And TikTok power couple Terry and Kanaya are beloved for their unfiltered reaction videos and infectious energy.
00:07:47I think the industry experts are going to be incredibly impressed at the talent that we have in our top
00:07:5530.
00:07:57We only get one platinum ticket to give away.
00:08:00So let's see if we all agree.
00:08:04I don't know how I'm going to vote.
00:08:06Like everyone's.
00:08:07Me either.
00:08:08One person going home from this group, let alone 10 people, is just like in a talk.
00:08:12I can.
00:08:13It's going to rip my heart on my chest.
00:08:17We have Mary Jo and Chloe duking it out.
00:08:21Who wants to go first?
00:08:23Hollywood week, I had to do singles.
00:08:26That was hard for me.
00:08:27You did so good.
00:08:29Chloe, you're in our top 30.
00:08:31What?
00:08:31You're in our top 30!
00:08:3330!
00:08:34I feel pressure for this cut because I can't stop here.
00:08:37I've already made it to this point.
00:08:40Hey, buddy.
00:08:42Hey.
00:08:43Good night, mama.
00:08:44I miss you.
00:08:45When I think about Ohana, I think about Kifton.
00:08:49And when I get home, we're going to play with all your trucks.
00:08:52Yeah.
00:08:52I miss him.
00:08:53I just miss him.
00:08:55I wish he could be here to see all of this.
00:08:58I don't know.
00:09:01Good night.
00:09:05Today I'm going to sing hello by Adele.
00:09:08I'm dedicating this to my son.
00:09:11I'm dedicating this to my son.
00:09:19You got it.
00:09:20You got it.
00:09:22You got this.
00:09:29I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to me to go over everything.
00:09:44I've forgotten how we felt before the world fell at our feet.
00:09:51There's such a difference between us and a million miles.
00:10:04Hello from me.
00:10:09Keep going.
00:10:10Keep going.
00:10:12Come on.
00:10:12Come on.
00:10:13Come on.
00:10:13Keep going.
00:10:13She's got to start controlling her emotions.
00:10:20I'm dedicating this to my son.
00:10:35Keep going.
00:10:36Keep going.
00:10:37Keep going.
00:10:38Come on.
00:10:38Come on.
00:10:39Come on.
00:10:45Don't stop me for breaking your heart.
00:10:50But it don't matter really, really.
00:10:53Doesn't tear you apart anymore.
00:11:03Anymore.
00:11:05Yeah.
00:11:06All right.
00:11:08All right.
00:11:09Good call.
00:11:11You're all right.
00:11:12You're here because we love your voice.
00:11:15It is not about the little things that can go wrong during the performance.
00:11:20It really is how you shove it aside and finish strong.
00:11:25That's it.
00:11:26You got back on that horse and took off real quick.
00:11:29Way to finish strong.
00:11:30There you go.
00:11:31Come on.
00:11:35I think I just got lost in myself a little bit.
00:11:38You were so good.
00:11:40Baby, congratulations.
00:11:42Baby, you did that comeback, honey.
00:11:45I'm so glad I got to meet y'all.
00:11:47You should be proud of yourself.
00:11:48You should be proud of yourself.
00:11:49Here we go.
00:11:50Sam I, let's clear all around.
00:11:51Thank you so much.
00:11:52Performing for all these people that can really make a difference in my life, it's pretty
00:11:57nerve-wracking.
00:11:58Check your phone, too.
00:12:00Yeah.
00:12:01I'm looking forward to this guy.
00:12:02He can sing.
00:12:04What's up, everybody?
00:12:04My name's Lucas Leon.
00:12:06I'm 18.
00:12:07I'm going to be singing The House That Built Me by Miranda Lambert.
00:12:09My parents are here tonight.
00:12:12And they're who really built me.
00:12:14This one goes out to my family.
00:12:43I'm going to be singing The House That Built Me by Miranda Lambert.
00:12:44I thought if I could touch this place or feelin'.
00:12:51This brokenness aside might start healin'.
00:12:56You leave home and you move on and you do the best you can.
00:13:02I got lost in this old world and forgot who I am.
00:13:14I thought if I could touch this place or feelin'.
00:13:21This brokenness aside me might start healin'.
00:13:27I hear it's like I'm someone else.
00:13:30I thought that maybe I could find myself.
00:13:38If I could just come in, I swear I'll leave.
00:13:44Won't take nothin' but a memory from the house that built me.
00:13:52Won't take me.
00:14:00Oh, my God!
00:14:06That was so nice!
00:14:08Thanks for touching the end.
00:14:10Now, that was something.
00:14:12That's a true vocalist.
00:14:13I mean, you're so in control of your instrument.
00:14:17It's kind of mind-blowing.
00:14:19Thank you very much.
00:14:20And you have a really beautiful, just soft, sweet spot in your voice
00:14:25that I feel like just draws everybody in.
00:14:28So I would love to hear more of that.
00:14:31Yes, ma'am.
00:14:32There you go.
00:14:33That was amazing. Amazing.
00:14:37That song is just, it's such a sweet song, and it means so much.
00:14:41And, yeah, it was beautiful.
00:14:45Just knowing that his parents are here, hearing it.
00:14:48This is really special.
00:14:50I know, I can't.
00:14:52All right, folks, here we go.
00:14:53Take your lockups, please.
00:14:54Stand by.
00:14:57What's up, guys?
00:14:58My name is Keela Richardson.
00:15:00I'm singing A Thousand Years by Christina Perri,
00:15:03dedicating it to my lovely son.
00:15:05I want to let him know no matter how grown he gets,
00:15:08I'm going to love him forever.
00:15:09And every day we're getting one step closer to where we want to be.
00:15:18Heart beats fast, colors and promises.
00:15:27All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow.
00:15:36Once now.
00:15:39Once now.
00:15:44I am dying every day waiting for you.
00:15:49Darling, don't be afraid.
00:15:51I have loved you for a thousand years
00:15:56Sing it then
00:15:57I love you for a thousand more
00:16:05For one step closer
00:16:13I have died every day waiting for you
00:16:18Darling, don't feel afraid
00:16:21Cause I love you for a thousand years
00:16:26I love you for a thousand more
00:16:32And all alone I believe that I would find you
00:16:38And you brought your heart to me
00:16:40And I love you for a thousand years
00:16:45I love you for a thousand more
00:17:05To have the gift of watching you and getting to watch him
00:17:11Like when I'm on stage and my boys are out there
00:17:13I don't know what they're doing
00:17:14And I feel like I just got a glimpse of what they might be doing
00:17:17With me on stage
00:17:18And it just made my mama heart so happy
00:17:22Your talent is limitless
00:17:25Thank you
00:17:25Thank you, thank you guys
00:17:31Every time I see him lay eyes on him
00:17:33While I'm singing on that stage
00:17:34I'm a huge man that gives me an extra boost
00:17:36If God willing, I hope I make it to the top 20
00:17:39This is too hard
00:17:43It's difficult
00:17:44People really stepped it up to, you know, superstar level
00:17:47Everyone is amazing
00:17:49Sometimes before you can watch someone fly
00:17:52You have to let them hit rock bottom
00:18:01Hello everybody
00:18:02My name is Braden Rumfelt
00:18:04I'm 22 years old
00:18:05And I'm from Murphy, North Carolina
00:18:17When I was a baby
00:18:19My dad would sit musical instruments
00:18:22At the bottom of our cribs
00:18:24And he felt like, you know
00:18:25That was going to give us, like, these abilities, right
00:18:28Which it might have, who knows
00:18:29Will the circle be unbroken
00:18:34Growing up in a family where it's cool to sing
00:18:37You know, that's got me to this point
00:18:39If it weren't for them, I wouldn't be here
00:18:41Much less going to Hawaii
00:18:44For you to get here is, um, it's powerful
00:18:48You let your light shine before the world
00:18:53In the sky, Lord, in the sky
00:19:05Some people live for the fortune
00:19:10Some people live just for the fame
00:19:16Some people think that the physical things define what's within
00:19:28And I've been there before
00:19:32And that life's so poor
00:19:35And so full of the superficial
00:19:39And some people want it all
00:19:44But I don't want nothing at all
00:19:47If it ain't you, baby
00:19:50If I ain't got you, baby
00:19:53Some people walk down the ridge
00:19:56Some just want everything
00:19:59But everything means nothing
00:20:02If I ain't got you, baby
00:20:18Some people want it all, but I don't want nothing at all
00:20:25If it ain't you, baby, if I ain't got you, baby
00:20:31Some people are dying to read
00:20:34Some people want everything, but everything means nothing
00:20:40If I ain't got you
00:21:00Kids singing
00:21:01I feel like I just had the biggest smile on my face the whole time
00:21:07Your voice is just velvety and big
00:21:11You've got a lot of power in there and in all the right places
00:21:15Thank you
00:21:15It's good to see you all again
00:21:21You know what, like seeing his family and the connection is exact
00:21:25That's exactly what I wanted to see
00:21:26I thought he had really great control and power to his voice
00:21:31But he hit a couple of rough notes
00:21:34Here we go
00:21:36Performing in front of the editor of Rolling Stone
00:21:39Jeez Louise
00:21:40There's so many other eyes on us who get a say in our future
00:21:44It's a little frightening
00:21:50I'm Hannah Harper from Southeast Missouri and I'm going to sing a country classic that
00:21:53My grandpa used to sing to honor his musical legacy
00:21:56I'm really excited about the Ohana Round to have the chance to honor my grandpa
00:22:00He was a patriarch, so many branches of talented people that came from him
00:22:05He played music until the day he died
00:22:07Good music that we can all relate to as a family and we all play together at it and everybody
00:22:13likes it
00:22:13Bluegrass and gospel, that's what keeps us together
00:22:17The legacy that he left was such a strong impression on my life
00:22:21I want to do the same for my kids
00:22:24I wish my grandpa was here to hear it
00:22:25My grandma's going to be here and she's going to be so thrilled
00:22:28Because it was his favorite song
00:22:31I know your life
00:22:36On earth was troubled
00:22:38And only you could know the pain
00:22:46You weren't afraid to face the devil
00:22:55You were no stranger to the rain
00:23:03Go rest high on that mountain
00:23:11Son, your work on earth is done
00:23:21Come to heaven a-shouting
00:23:29Love for the father and the son
00:23:37Love for the father and the son
00:23:39Go rest high on that mountain
00:23:46I love her tones this morning
00:23:48Son, your work on earth is done
00:23:55Go rest high on that mountain
00:23:55Go rest high on that mountain
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00:24:28gosh there are so many parallels with your voice and dolly and just it's just so beautifully
00:24:35country but just remember that key that you got to at the end and really live in that space because
00:24:40your voice really opened up there you've got the goods and that was uh your voice is so beautiful
00:24:45to me appreciate it thank you got that straight authentic mountain voice boy
00:24:53you can definitely see that she was missing something because she usually plays the guitar
00:24:57but i don't know i think she really delivered it and she felt like she was herself i mean obviously
00:25:03everybody can sing because they're here but there's gonna only be a handful that can make it to that
00:25:08star quality you know say that again what did you what did you just no what did you say it
00:25:13was
00:25:13important i said would you go for the best singer or would you go for someone who you know would
00:25:19sell tickets has a look and has a boast these are the questions we have to ask ourselves
00:25:31hi guys um my name is genevieve hayward today i will be singing your song by elton john
00:25:38um i picked this song today because the last time that my father was in hawaii he was on leave
00:25:44from
00:25:44vietnam give it up for my dad thank you for your service down if i could give you the world
00:25:51i would
00:25:52but for right now i'm just gonna start with the song
00:25:58it's a little bit funny this feeling inside
00:26:06i'm not one of those who can easily hide i don't have much money but boy if i did
00:26:21i'd buy a big house where we both could live
00:26:32if i was this colder but then again no
00:26:37or a man who makes potions in a traveling show
00:26:44i love that choice wow that was so unexpected
00:26:53my gift is my song and this one's for you
00:26:59i love that choice wow
00:27:09wow
00:27:12wow
00:27:18wow
00:27:20wow
00:27:21wow
00:27:21But down in front
00:27:28Sing it!
00:27:29Wow, wow, wow!
00:27:31How wonderful life is
00:27:33While you're in the world
00:27:39Wow!
00:27:44What a voice!
00:27:47Identity is hard when you sing such an iconic song like Elton's.
00:27:51But for you to hang on and keep in control of that is amazing.
00:27:57Way to come out here and box, all right?
00:28:01Thank you, guys.
00:28:07I loved her. Listen, I always go for the rocker girls,
00:28:10and she nailed it.
00:28:12I really liked her energy. I loved her grit.
00:28:16I, like, honestly am, like, not an emotional person,
00:28:18but, like, I thought about my mom and dad
00:28:20and just, like, how they've literally been there for me since day one.
00:28:24Well, I mean, it's okay.
00:28:26Whoo!
00:28:28Those parents are having to be extra-parental today.
00:28:31Oh, my God.
00:28:33Hi, everyone. My name is Abayami Lewis,
00:28:35and I will be singing Rise Up by Andra Day.
00:28:38I'm doing this song for my mother.
00:28:41She is a single parent, and life is not easy being a single parent.
00:28:45She has taught me to rise up against all things that I'm dealing with,
00:28:49and it inspires me.
00:28:51I know I can rise up.
00:28:53We will rise, we will rise, we will rise up.
00:29:04We'll rise, yeah, we'll rise up.
00:29:11We'll rise like the day.
00:29:14Oh, rise up.
00:29:15We'll rise of the praise.
00:29:17Oh, rise up.
00:29:19And I'll do it in a thousand time again.
00:29:25For you, for you, for you, for you, for you, for you, for you.
00:29:37Come on, sing it!
00:29:38For you, for you, we will rise.
00:29:56Oh.
00:29:57Goosey!
00:29:58Come on.
00:30:00She's frickin' 16, and she's like a Disney star.
00:30:04You know what I mean?
00:30:05Yeah.
00:30:06And for a singer to have, like, that big belt
00:30:08and a beautiful head voice like that is so rare.
00:30:12Yeah.
00:30:12If the tide takes California,
00:30:16I'm so glad I got to hold ya.
00:30:20My family has always been by my side
00:30:23throughout my entire music journey,
00:30:25so it's really exciting to do this Ohana rap.
00:30:28Till forever falls apart
00:30:34Till forever falls apart
00:30:37My parents have always sacrificed so much time
00:30:40and everything for this,
00:30:41and it means so much to me that they're here right now
00:30:44and doing all of this.
00:30:45It really means a lot.
00:30:46If the tide takes California,
00:30:50I'm so glad I got to know ya
00:30:55And if the sky falls from heaven above
00:30:59Oh, I know I had the best time falling into love
00:31:09And for a while you were all mine
00:31:14I spent a lifetime giving you my heart
00:31:18I swear that I'll be yours forever
00:31:21I'll be yours forever
00:31:23I'll be yours forever
00:31:30Till forever falls apart
00:31:35Oh!
00:31:37How was it?
00:31:39Thank you so much.
00:31:43Breath of fresh air.
00:31:47How many are we getting rid of tonight?
00:31:49So there's 30, and we have to get down to 20.
00:31:53Oh, 10.
00:31:53Oh, God.
00:31:54Yeah.
00:31:54Here we go, folks. Stand by.
00:31:56I'm worried.
00:31:57There's a lot of talented people that are in this group.
00:32:00Let's please give it up for Brian Thomas.
00:32:06I can't point a finger at anyone I don't think
00:32:08is going to make it to the top 20,
00:32:10which makes it so scary.
00:32:12This next song goes out to all the people
00:32:14that we've had to leave behind
00:32:15in order to pursue our dreams.
00:32:18For this round, I'll be singing
00:32:19Landslide by Fleetwood Mac.
00:32:21This song is kind of about change.
00:32:23I just recently moved to South Florida
00:32:26in the pursuit of love.
00:32:27I can hardly see anyone now.
00:32:29I kind of lost my family.
00:32:31It's just one of those seasons of life.
00:32:34Hey, bud.
00:32:35You know, I'm super proud of you.
00:32:37I know how you've been dreaming about this your whole life,
00:32:42having you here,
00:32:43and I just get to spend the time.
00:32:50I miss you.
00:32:52I miss you.
00:32:54I miss being home.
00:32:55I love you with all my heart.
00:32:57I love you too.
00:33:07Well, I've been afraid of changing
00:33:12Cause I've built my life around you.
00:33:19Great.
00:33:20Great.
00:33:21Jay.
00:33:22The time made you older.
00:33:26Even children get older.
00:33:29And I'm getting older too.
00:33:37So take my love.
00:33:40Take it down.
00:33:45Come the mountain and turn around.
00:33:50And if you see my reflection in a snow-colored hair
00:34:04Maybe the Lancelot will bring it down
00:34:12Oh, the Lancelot brought me down
00:34:25Thank you guys.
00:34:27Wow.
00:34:29Wow.
00:34:30Thank you, man.
00:34:31Brian, well, before you sing, I know talking to your family
00:34:36and telling them how much you love them is emotional.
00:34:38We still got to remember, I got a song to deliver
00:34:42and I got to make sure I'm knocking this thing out
00:34:44start to finish.
00:34:46Now, you're one of my favorite voices,
00:34:48but it got a little screamy a little bit.
00:34:50So just curve down some of that over-raspy, gravelly stuff.
00:34:55Thank you so much.
00:34:58I was trying my hardest to get through this song
00:35:00and that just wasn't what the judges were looking for this round.
00:35:03He was trying real hard.
00:35:04He doesn't need to.
00:35:06He did a really good job.
00:35:08I'm glad my dad got to see it
00:35:10because it might have been my last performance of the idol, so.
00:35:18Welcome back to Idol's Ohana Round,
00:35:20where Ray is hoping to make it to America's vote.
00:35:23I was looking at the camera and I was like,
00:35:25this is so giving Love Island confessional.
00:35:27Yes.
00:35:29Hi everyone.
00:35:31My name is Ray.
00:35:32I'm going to be singing I'll Be There by the Jackson Five.
00:35:35Yes.
00:35:36I wanted to dedicate this song to my sister, my heart, my soul, everything.
00:35:42My sister Jamie is one of the most important people in my life.
00:35:45She's the only person that really understands me and what I'm going through.
00:35:51I just love you so much and this is for you.
00:35:54My promise to you that I'll always be there for you.
00:35:56So sweet.
00:35:57A sister's love.
00:35:59Ain't nothing like a sister's love now.
00:36:01You and I must make a pact.
00:36:06We must bring salvation back.
00:36:13Okay.
00:36:14Where there is love, I'll be there.
00:36:23Oh my God.
00:36:25I'll be there to come for you.
00:36:29Come on girl.
00:36:32I'll have faith in all you do.
00:36:37You better sing the song there.
00:36:40Where there is love, I'll be there.
00:36:48Oh my God.
00:36:50I'll be there to come for you.
00:36:54There's my world of dreams around you.
00:36:58I'm so glad I found you baby.
00:37:01What is going on?
00:37:02I'll be there with the love so strong.
00:37:06I'll be a serene.
00:37:09You know I'll keep falling on.
00:37:15I'll be there.
00:37:18There you go.
00:37:19There you go.
00:37:20I'll be there.
00:37:28I'll be there.
00:37:32I'll be there.
00:37:46There you go.
00:37:48Sing it baby.
00:37:49I think America's going to be there.
00:37:51I think so.
00:37:53You always just command the stage so perfectly, such confidence.
00:37:58And I tell you, you are one of our exceptional voices that we have.
00:38:04It's just really awesome to watch you be able to tell your sister how much you love her.
00:38:10And you are a serious contender.
00:38:12That was a great performance.
00:38:14Thank you so much.
00:38:17I love my sister so much.
00:38:18I'm just seeing her just gave me all the nerves went away.
00:38:22She came out, hand breaks off, no stops, just went in.
00:38:26And I loved it.
00:38:26Love it.
00:38:27So good.
00:38:31Thank you guys so much.
00:38:33I'm Jake Thistle from New Jersey and I'm playing a song called Sleep On Me, which is an original.
00:38:38It was really important for me to play an original during this round because my parents
00:38:41and my family, they've always been really supportive of me writing songs.
00:38:45When I was really young, a family friend played guitar and he gave me one because I was
00:38:49a toddler and it made noise.
00:38:52I started gigging when I was nine years old and my parents drove me to every gig until I
00:38:56could get my license.
00:38:57It meant a lot to have that foundation.
00:38:59They're not here physically with me in Hawaii, but my parents do know that I'm dedicating
00:39:03this song to them.
00:39:03It's going to be really special.
00:39:06These hours aren't meant for conversation time.
00:39:10I'm confident.
00:39:11Yep.
00:39:11It's too soon for tomorrow, too late for tonight.
00:39:17That's why I'm shaking and pacing like I forgot my line.
00:39:23I wrote the show and I've lived the life.
00:39:29The sky looks so vacant on these kind of nights.
00:39:37It's gone when you're placing your cautious head in mind.
00:39:49Forever maintaining the illusion that we are going to be alright.
00:40:00So sleep on me, sleep on me, one day I'm going to get it right.
00:40:06So sleep on me, sleep on, I'm going to make it up until you can't again.
00:40:12I'm trying to be, trying to be someone who you like.
00:40:18Oh, sleep on me, sleep on, I'm a stranger back to sight.
00:40:25Hey.
00:40:27Wow.
00:40:28Thank you so much.
00:40:29I appreciate it.
00:40:30I felt like I was at his show.
00:40:31I love it.
00:40:32Yeah.
00:40:32All right, Jake.
00:40:33So you know you took a big chance.
00:40:36Keep those vocals just as you started out at the beginning, strong.
00:40:40Keep it all the way through.
00:40:42But as a songwriter to a songwriter, you did well.
00:40:45Thank you so much.
00:40:46Really kind of you guys.
00:40:51You could hear him in a studio and like.
00:40:54Lock him right there.
00:40:56It's like watching young Bruce Springsteen.
00:40:59There you go.
00:40:59Paul Simon.
00:41:00There you go.
00:41:01Dylan.
00:41:01I don't know.
00:41:02He ain't the artist.
00:41:03He's an artist.
00:41:04Sleep on me, sleep on me, sleep on me.
00:41:10Kessie, I liked it.
00:41:22I'm Brooks.
00:41:23I'm from Bel Air, Maryland.
00:41:25I'm going to be singing Everywhere Everything because family is everywhere and they mean everything.
00:41:31Aw.
00:41:32Yeah.
00:41:37I love this song.
00:41:38Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
00:41:42Two bodies
00:41:44Riddled with scars from our pretense
00:41:48And intertwined in a car's dirty bike scene
00:41:53Stare at a driving screen now
00:42:16This is one of the most unique voices I've ever heard in my life.
00:42:27Till the seas rose and the buildings came crashing.
00:42:37Everywhere, everything, wanna love you till we're food for the worms to eat, till our fingers decompose.
00:42:48Keep my hands in yours.
00:42:54Try slowly, know every route in this county.
00:43:01Maybe that ain't such a bad thing, tell you where not to speak.
00:43:13Everywhere, everything, wanna love you till we're food for the worms to eat, till our fingers decompose.
00:43:25Keep my hands in yours.
00:43:32Keep my hands in yours.
00:43:46Every time you open your mouth and sing, I want more.
00:43:50I feel like we've seen you already like kind of stepping in, getting a little more confidence in yourself.
00:43:56Just keep leaning into that and it's so fun to watch and it's so fun to listen to.
00:44:00Thank you so much.
00:44:07Like, thanks, thanks, bye.
00:44:11Carly!
00:44:13Like...
00:44:14I'm obsessed with her.
00:44:15So unassuming.
00:44:17And I watched this crowd over here, they weren't expecting that to come out.
00:44:19What kind of alien, unexpected, crazy voice was that?
00:44:24Whee!
00:44:25Where'd that voice come from?
00:44:26I've never heard a tone like that.
00:44:32Welcome back.
00:44:34As our Ohana round continues, Lionel checks in on the families.
00:44:38I love watching this boy.
00:44:40I don't...
00:44:41It's just agonizing his parents.
00:44:43Who might be struggling with tonight's decision to award one platinum ticket.
00:44:48I don't know what y'all are going through, but hang in there, y'all.
00:44:51I know.
00:44:52They're all doing so incredible.
00:44:54Yeah.
00:44:55Everyone's doing amazing.
00:45:10You better sing it!
00:45:12You better sing it!
00:45:13Thank you so much, thank you.
00:45:14Good boy.
00:45:14Love you.
00:45:15Well, we are keeping tabs on everybody on that piece of paper.
00:45:18Yeah.
00:45:18We're gonna vote based on our notes.
00:45:22We're very serious.
00:45:23I'll tell ya, it's very difficult.
00:45:25And the second platinum ticket decision belongs to the industry experts.
00:45:29The truth is, everybody deserves a shot.
00:45:32The talent is so high that everyone literally deserves this.
00:45:35But who are we gonna give it to?
00:45:37It ain't about how fast I get there.
00:45:41It ain't about what's waiting on the other side.
00:45:51It ain't about what's waiting on the other side.
00:46:00The third platinum ticket will be chosen by the idols themselves.
00:46:05I just see exceptional talent and I just don't know how I'm gonna narrow that down at all.
00:46:11I don't, I don't know.
00:46:13When everything's made to people, I just want you to know who I am.
00:46:22I just want you to know who I am.
00:46:27I just want you to know who I am.
00:46:50It feels insane to be in the top 30.
00:46:52There's a lot of pressure knowing that 10 people are gonna go home.
00:46:55One, two.
00:46:57Yeah, sounds good.
00:46:58My dad for this round suggested photograph by Ed Sheeran.
00:47:01Ed Sheeran has always been one of my favorite singers.
00:47:03He had a stutter when he was younger and he's been super open about it.
00:47:07It's crazy. It's like the perfect song.
00:47:08I relate to it in so many ways.
00:47:10I'm dedicating this song to my grandpa.
00:47:14He passed away six years ago but he was a photographer and he spent so much of his life capturing
00:47:20the most important moments of other people's lives.
00:47:25I just felt like I could really be myself around him and we could laugh with each other.
00:47:33Even though he can't be here taking pictures of me, I know he's watching right now.
00:47:39Looking back at photos of him reminds me of the love that my whole family shared with him.
00:47:43I'm gonna be thinking about him and just reminding the world how great he was.
00:47:56Loving can hurt.
00:48:00Loving can hurt sometimes.
00:48:05It is the only thing that I know.
00:48:12It is the only thing that makes us feel alive.
00:48:23We keep this love in a photograph.
00:48:29We make these memories for ourselves.
00:48:32When our eyes are never closing, hearts are never broken, times forever frozen.
00:48:40So you can keep me inside the pocket of your ripped jeans.
00:48:49Holding me closer till our eyes meet.
00:48:54You won't ever be alone.
00:48:59Wait for me to come home.
00:49:04Wait for me to come home.
00:49:07Wait for me to come home.
00:49:20When I'm away, I will remember how you kissed me.
00:49:29Under the lamppost back on 6th Street.
00:49:34Hearing you whisper through the fold.
00:49:39Wait for me to come home.
00:49:54I mean, it's honest and it's real and it's believable and it's just beautiful.
00:50:02Thank you so much.
00:50:03Thank you guys.
00:50:07Dude.
00:50:08Insane.
00:50:10Insane vocal.
00:50:11I love listening to them talk about it.
00:50:14He was so consistent, start to finish.
00:50:15He went viral already and I can see why, you know?
00:50:19You can tell when somebody trembled, the way he's standing up here.
00:50:22I think that matters a lot.
00:50:23It now comes down to who cuts through.
00:50:26Yeah.
00:50:34Hello, hello, everyone.
00:50:35My name is Sheldon Riley and I'm from Australia.
00:50:38I just want to quickly say how beautiful it is to me to see all your family here for this
00:50:43God-given talent over this side.
00:50:45I know what the sacrifice is to be here.
00:50:48Unfortunately, I don't have family here with me today.
00:50:51Um, I actually haven't had family with me in a long time on this music journey of mine.
00:50:57Um, sorry.
00:50:59We got us!
00:50:59We got us!
00:51:02Sorry, sorry.
00:51:04Um, sometimes in life when you are not handed the right cards and put in the right family
00:51:11with the right people, um, you have to build your own family and your own home.
00:51:16And that's what Ohana is to me.
00:51:18So, uh, I'm really grateful to be here and thank you for having me.
00:51:22And, uh, thank you for being my little family here with me.
00:51:24So, yeah.
00:51:30I'm singing To Build A Home by Patrick Watson.
00:51:33It's about building that home for yourself, that place where you don't feel alone.
00:51:38I think a big reason why I've come to American Idol is that I've found that for myself.
00:51:42You know, I've built my own Ohana, so it feels like the perfect song to celebrate everyone
00:51:46that to make that happen.
00:51:47There is a house built out of stone.
00:51:54Oh, this is a place where I, I don't feel alone.
00:52:03Oh, this is a place where I, where I feel at home.
00:52:21Oh, this is a place where I, where I feel at home.
00:52:47Oh, this is a place where I feel.
00:52:50Oh my God.
00:52:53Oh.
00:52:54Oh.
00:52:54Oh, yeah.
00:52:55Oh, yeah.
00:52:56Oh, yeah.
00:52:58Oh.
00:52:59Oh.
00:53:01Oh, yeah.
00:53:02Yeah!
00:53:04A home for you, for me, yeah.
00:53:13And I heard it's time to leave, yeah.
00:53:22Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:53:26Oh, God.
00:53:28It's time.
00:53:35I built a house.
00:53:40No.
00:53:42I built a home.
00:53:56So sorry.
00:53:58You good?
00:53:58Yeah, I'm good.
00:54:00I'm good.
00:54:01You have so much talent and range and power in your vocals.
00:54:09I feel like your brain just gets in the way.
00:54:12I feel like you're kind of building up some walls in front of us every time you sing.
00:54:19But you don't need to do that because you're enough.
00:54:24You're here.
00:54:26That was some words of wisdom right there.
00:54:29It's just going to be a mind game I have to kind of work through.
00:54:33I don't know.
00:54:34I don't know.
00:54:34The industry's been really nasty to me.
00:54:36I've had to put walls up for a long time.
00:54:40I think that what is going to come out of this experience for him, he'll actually find
00:54:46himself.
00:54:47You better preach.
00:54:48Carrie, that was good.
00:54:49You better preach.
00:54:50That was so good.
00:54:51That was, that was deep.
00:55:03My name is Julian Kalel.
00:55:04I'm 19 years old from El Paso, Texas, and I wrote this song called Surrender.
00:55:09I auditioned with this song for my very, very first audition.
00:55:12My family was there.
00:55:14Feels like it was only yesterday that I was in that room with those judges.
00:55:17When I wrote the song Surrender, I was really, really down.
00:55:22So I went to my dad and he told me that anxiety, the fear, whatever's out of your control,
00:55:28let it stay out of your control.
00:55:29It's not worth your fear.
00:55:31He was the one that said, surrender, surrender those feelings.
00:55:36Not only were we able to help him reach lighter place, it actually turned into a song.
00:55:43I don't know why.
00:55:49To see him arrive on this stage, this is everything that we've prayed for.
00:55:56I just want to dedicate this song to you, Papa.
00:55:58Thank you for always being by my side through my absolute worst and my best.
00:56:03And I love you.
00:56:04Love you, Michael.
00:56:06Bye.
00:56:07He kissed the cross.
00:56:10I always do that.
00:56:12Bye.
00:56:25There's a hole in my chest.
00:56:30Knock me down.
00:56:32Knock me down.
00:56:32Lay me to rest.
00:56:35Drown my thoughts with kerosene.
00:56:40Bring my fears to my soul.
00:56:44Oh, wow.
00:56:45Tired of fighting.
00:56:47Tired of keeping up inside.
00:56:49Now I'm a couple ties in.
00:56:52Memories are flooding by.
00:56:54So I surrender.
00:56:57Oh.
00:56:58If it's war that I've waged, I'll raise the flag.
00:57:02Fade is innocence.
00:57:05Oh, I'm tired as ever.
00:57:08So I'll let it go, my soul and all that slay.
00:57:12But I hope I pass your test.
00:57:16I'll be gone without a sound.
00:57:19When my heart fails me and I'm not around.
00:57:22I'm floating on the paths I used to cross.
00:57:27If something stops me, guess I've found.
00:57:30The stories end.
00:57:31It's all clear now.
00:57:33The only feeling bigger than love is lost.
00:57:37So I surrender.
00:57:40If it's war that I've waged, I'll raise the flag.
00:57:44The praise in his hands.
00:57:47You know I'm tired as ever.
00:57:50Oh, I'm tired as ever.
00:57:55Oh, I surrender.
00:58:00Oh, I surrender.
00:58:10That's an artist.
00:58:11That is an artist.
00:58:16You're so solid.
00:58:18I mean, I've heard you do that song before.
00:58:21And the fact that you've written that song,
00:58:23just even some of the changes in the chord progression
00:58:26are so mature and far beyond your age.
00:58:31And you just got the star magic.
00:58:33One of my favorite performances of the night.
00:58:35Yeah.
00:58:36Love you. Thank you so much.
00:58:39To get the opportunity to even play that song on a stage like this,
00:58:42I'm just glad that I never gave up.
00:58:44It's come full circle.
00:58:45For him to share it with his sister,
00:58:47just made it all the more special.
00:58:49It just makes me so, so thankful to be loved by my parents and my family.
00:58:54And I'm just so grateful.
00:59:02Just beeping.
00:59:03Hold on one second.
00:59:04Takes me back to the construction days.
00:59:08Back it up.
00:59:09My name's Cutter Bradley.
00:59:11I'm from Florence, Alabama.
00:59:12Florence, Alabama.
00:59:13I know where you're from.
00:59:14I used to be a welder and a machinist.
00:59:16So I went to college for that.
00:59:18I've worked many jobs, from carpentry, welding, to construction.
00:59:23But music.
00:59:24Ever since I did music, something was just poking at me like,
00:59:27I gotta see how far I can take it.
00:59:30I'll be singing some Jason Aldean, Amarillo Sky.
00:59:32And the reason I picked that song is because it's a song about hard work.
00:59:36Dedicating it to my parents right here,
00:59:37because they showed me what hard work is.
00:59:39And it's rubbed off on me,
00:59:41because I'm hard working for my dreams right now.
00:59:45That's right.
00:59:48This is a lot of tempo I was hoping for.
00:59:50I love it.
00:59:52It gets up before the dawn.
00:59:55Packs of lunch and a thermos full of coffee.
01:00:00It's another day in the dusty haze.
01:00:04Burning rays are wearing down his body.
01:00:09The piece is worth the price of gold.
01:00:12It's the cheapest thing he's ever sold.
01:00:16Come on now.
01:00:17He's still holding on.
01:00:21Just takes a tractor another round.
01:00:24Pulls a plow across the ground.
01:00:29Sends up another prayer.
01:00:32He says, Lord, I never complain.
01:00:34I never ask why.
01:00:36Please don't let my dreams run dry.
01:00:59All right.
01:01:03I'm tired.
01:01:04I'm tired.
01:01:05I'm tired.
01:01:07Don't let my dreams run dry.
01:01:11What a name, what a name is San Marino sky
01:01:25Great song choice for you, and I tell you, rockin' overalls in Hawaii.
01:01:30I tell you what, that's pretty amazing.
01:01:33You really impressed me with where you went vocally.
01:01:37I enjoyed it.
01:01:37Great job.
01:01:38Thank you so much.
01:01:41Taking the part, playing it, swinging it around, and then going out to the audience, I was
01:01:45like, hey, I see you, I see you.
01:01:48Somebody crushing down there?
01:01:50Yes.
01:01:52Carrie, Carrie's crushing too.
01:01:53I said, no.
01:01:55I see where you're coming from, and you are correct, ma'am.
01:02:00With the added pressure of not only the judges, but also the industry experts deciding their
01:02:05fate, the weight of the moment is getting to some.
01:02:09The industry experts are going to be voting for us, which is scary.
01:02:13She was missing was a little bit of confidence.
01:02:15You can tell she's one of the younger performers.
01:02:17Yeah.
01:02:17She doesn't have the experience.
01:02:19There'll absolutely be more pressure.
01:02:21I thought she was a superstar.
01:02:22I agree.
01:02:43I agree.
01:02:43I agree.
01:02:43I agree.
01:02:44Okay.
01:02:44The way she said it sounds better than what you said.
01:02:49Definitely got to bring my A-game.
01:02:51I got to, you know, I got to do something.
01:02:54You got him, Mike.
01:02:56You got him, Mike.
01:02:57You got him, Mike.
01:02:57I don't know.
01:02:59I know.
01:02:59If you got a chance to drink it, take it, take it while you got a chance.
01:03:06You've got to breathe, chase it, cause a dream you won't chase you bad.
01:03:13You're going to love somebody, hold on, as long and strong, as close as you can, until
01:03:21you can.
01:03:23He's just a baby.
01:03:25It just felt like it was, something was a little off.
01:03:28Maybe it wasn't his best performance.
01:03:30I was seeing, like, a country Bieber with the, you know, the little hair flip.
01:03:37Yes!
01:03:37Yes!
01:03:39That's exactly right!
01:03:41Shirley, the co-editor-in-chief of Rolling Stone, is going to be here.
01:03:45I am, like, freaking out.
01:03:50Hi, everyone.
01:03:51My name is Kendall, and today I'm actually singing a song that I wrote.
01:03:55It's called Woman of Me.
01:03:57I wrote it for my mom.
01:03:58I can't look at her too long or I will immediately cry.
01:04:01My mom is my favorite person in the whole entire world.
01:04:04She has been a backbone and just a rock in my life.
01:04:11But growing up, we had a tendency to clash.
01:04:15I was a pretty rebellious kid.
01:04:17Like, I started hanging around with the wrong people, dropped out of school,
01:04:19moved all the way to the other side of the country in L.A.
01:04:23I needed to go and explore the world and learn and fall flat on my face.
01:04:28And I'm sure that, like, I'm sure that really broke her heart, you know?
01:04:37Whoa.
01:04:39I think that sometimes, before you can watch someone fly, you have to let them hit rock bottom.
01:04:46And it was the hardest thing that I've ever done.
01:04:54Having a mother that loved me enough to let me go but be standing there with open arms when I
01:05:03ran back
01:05:06is a gratitude I can't fully even express.
01:05:09And so I tried with this song, and I just, I really want to honor her with this.
01:05:15I really want her to understand just how special she is to me.
01:05:25I'm a daughter of a god-fearing woman
01:05:31Countless nights she probably laid there awake
01:05:35To her surprise I did everything I shouldn't want to wear
01:05:41Both hearts would break
01:05:46From time to time
01:05:48There's a look in her eyes
01:05:52She didn't think she did it right
01:05:54Oh, God
01:05:56She was the light when there was no light I could see
01:06:01Gave me a reason to fight
01:06:06She wiped my eyes
01:06:09When the world turned its back on me
01:06:12Taught me all my wrong from rights
01:06:17Could have fed all of my thanks in a bottle
01:06:22It'd break before it drifted into a sea
01:06:27She was a girl
01:06:30She was a girl
01:06:32She was a woman
01:06:32Now she's made a woman of me
01:06:36Oh, God
01:06:38Very good
01:06:39She wiped my eyes
01:06:41When the world turned its back on me
01:06:44Taught me all my wrong from rights
01:06:48I could have fed all of my thanks in a bottle
01:06:54And break before it drifted into a sea
01:06:58She was a girl before she was a woman
01:07:04Now she's made a woman
01:07:07She's made a woman
01:07:10She's made a woman
01:07:13Of me
01:07:18Thank you
01:07:20That songwriting is incredible
01:07:24Oh, Kendall
01:07:26I just want to hear more of your songs
01:07:29You're such a great storyteller
01:07:31Thank you
01:07:31And you have the voice to back it all up
01:07:35So if this was truly a moment meant for you right now
01:07:40Thank you so much
01:07:41Thank you
01:07:47Perfect, no complaint
01:07:48That's my American Idol
01:07:50I'm so proud of her
01:07:53I couldn't even look at my mom
01:07:54Like I knew I would cry
01:07:56But she was right there on my heart
01:07:58And I just like felt her
01:07:59And that was such a special moment
01:08:01I wish I could do it again
01:08:03I wish I could do it again and again and again
01:08:32This is one of the songs
01:08:33She loved for me to sing to her
01:08:35I sang it in hospice
01:08:37Unfortunately, before she passed away
01:08:39so hopefully y'all like it all right all right wow yeah
01:08:50all i want is nothing more
01:08:57to hear you knocking at my door
01:09:02cause if i could see your face once more
01:09:10i could die a happy man i'm sure
01:09:16but if you love me
01:09:20why'd you leave me take my body
01:09:27and all i want is
01:09:36and all i need is
01:09:40to find somebody
01:09:44i'll find somebody
01:09:49like you
01:09:54if you love me
01:09:59why'd you leave me
01:10:02take my body
01:10:06take my body
01:10:10and all i want is
01:10:14and all i need is
01:10:18find somebody
01:10:21i'll find somebody
01:10:27like you
01:10:37i love you boy
01:10:40i love you boy
01:10:46wow wow he's getting so proud there buddy
01:10:48out of the place and he's so sweet
01:10:50yeah yeah he's got that grit
01:10:52teddy swims chris stapleton you just took us on a journey you brought us in when it was meant to
01:10:59feel
01:10:59intense and then on the soaring notes you kind of took us to this whole other place where
01:11:05we could just kind of feel that swell that's a gift great job thank you so much
01:11:12i realized this voice could go that high for that long
01:11:17to be able to take a song that is usually taken in a completely different direction and bring it
01:11:22here was magic so proud of it i can't talk right i can't even breathe
01:11:30that was amazing
01:11:32to make it to the top 30 it feels like incredible
01:11:38you are meant to be here thank you i'm just enjoying it and soaking it in every which way
01:11:43you're looking for me for the old home around i picked stand up by cynthia revo i will dedicate
01:11:49this song today to my lovely mother that's in the audience over here to the side
01:11:54my mom she has always stood up for me she has always paved the way for me been there every
01:12:01step of
01:12:01the way i had micaiah when i was at college single mom and so there were times where i didn't
01:12:10know how i
01:12:11was going to do some things we would come home from school and then we would go to my grandparents
01:12:15house and eat dinner i didn't know then as a child that was solely because we didn't have food
01:12:21everybody hits rough spots but i hit a rough one it was a really dark time for her to allow
01:12:29me to solely
01:12:30be a child and have no worries she never let us see her suffer
01:12:39when my mom hears me perform this song i hope she feels that i will always be here for her
01:12:47through
01:12:47every step of the way same way she was there for me and that one day this all will pay
01:12:51off i've been
01:12:53walking with my face turned to the sun it can be oh i got eyes in the back of my
01:13:07head
01:13:09just in case i have to run it's about to get dirty it's about to get dirty
01:13:17watch the clouds roll back and the stars fill the night that's when i wanna stand up
01:13:26take my people with me together we are going to a brand new home
01:13:35take my people with me together we are going to a brand new home
01:13:40and i know what's around the bend might be hard to face cause i'm alone
01:13:51and i know what's around the bend might be hard to face cause i'm alone
01:14:06i know what's around the bend might be hard to face cause i'm alone
01:14:29Oh, I can feel it in my heart.
01:14:35Oh, I can feel it in my heart.
01:14:49Woo-hoo!
01:14:50Woo!
01:14:51Sing this down town!
01:14:53Woo!
01:14:54You better see it, baby!
01:14:56Woo!
01:15:00Micaiah came here to kill.
01:15:03It was so emotional.
01:15:04It showed everybody what you can do.
01:15:07It had southern moments.
01:15:09It had southern gospel moments.
01:15:10It had uplifting moments.
01:15:12And really, way to step out there
01:15:14and show us a whole other level of what you can do.
01:15:17Thank you so much.
01:15:23You guys just left it all out there on the stage.
01:15:26But I feel really good,
01:15:27and hopefully I get a platinum ticket tonight.
01:15:30What a way to close the show!
01:15:32She took me to church!
01:15:33Honey!
01:15:34Uh-huh.
01:15:34She took me to church.
01:15:35I loved every second of it.
01:15:39Space for you.
01:15:45Coming up...
01:15:45This is crazy.
01:15:46Who will survive to sing for your vote?
01:15:49Find out after the break.
01:15:52I really don't want to go home.
01:15:54Welcome back to American Idol's brand new Ohana round.
01:15:58All 30 of our Idol hopefuls have performed.
01:16:00And now it's time to whittle them down to the top 20
01:16:03who get the chance to sing for America's vote.
01:16:06I am nervous because everyone was impressive.
01:16:09I know you see a lot of voices out there.
01:16:12I don't know.
01:16:12I don't know.
01:16:13But first, there are three platinum tickets up for grabs.
01:16:17And each one secures one of those spots.
01:16:20But for the first time ever, it's not the judges making the final call.
01:16:24The first will be chosen by the industry tastemakers.
01:16:29What's up, y'all?
01:16:30The second by the Ohana, the family members.
01:16:33A lot of powerhouses.
01:16:34And the third platinum ticket by their peers, our Idol hopefuls.
01:16:39This is crazy.
01:16:40Now, the Ohana cannot vote for their own family members.
01:16:44And the Idols cannot vote for themselves.
01:16:48It's really about whose performance moved them the most.
01:16:53It is a gut-wrenching decision to have to make.
01:16:57Whatever hit me in the heart, that's who I want.
01:16:59It's difficult.
01:17:00I mean, I think just people that really stepped it up to, you know, superstar level.
01:17:05As someone who's watched the show for so many seasons,
01:17:08who's written about it, who's covered it,
01:17:10being on this side is, it's really stressful.
01:17:13Sing a baby.
01:17:14This is literally the hardest thing that I've ever done in my life,
01:17:17to have someone's career in your hands.
01:17:20But we're gonna make someone's night tonight.
01:17:23There we go.
01:17:24That's it.
01:17:25Which is also something to look forward to.
01:17:27We're making history up here, y'all.
01:17:30Okay.
01:17:31This is an unprecedented and first look at which contestants have the ability to move other people.
01:17:39So, let's reveal the results for our Platinum Ticket winners.
01:17:45First, as chosen by their peers, the Idol Platinum Ticket goes to...
01:17:54Jordan!
01:17:56Congratulations, Jordan!
01:18:00You're incredible.
01:18:02I just had chills the whole time.
01:18:05Take a look at that, Jordan.
01:18:07That is yours.
01:18:08Congratulations.
01:18:10Good job.
01:18:11Way to go.
01:18:16All right, the next Platinum Ticket, chosen by Ohana, the family members, goes to...
01:18:25Brooks!
01:18:27Congratulations, Brooks!
01:18:29I have not heard a voice like this ever.
01:18:32You see the look on his face.
01:18:34I see the look on his face.
01:18:35You're like, whoa!
01:18:36You have earned this, my friend Brooks.
01:18:38Congratulations.
01:18:39Good job.
01:18:41What was that look on your face when we called your name?
01:18:43Surprised?
01:18:44Surprised!
01:18:46And finally, the industry Platinum Ticket goes to...
01:18:56Kindle.
01:19:02You've got artists written all over you, and I'm loving every minute of it.
01:19:05Congratulations, Kindle.
01:19:07That is yours right there.
01:19:09Let's hear it one more time for the Platinum Ticket winners.
01:19:18With the three Platinum Ticket spots safely secured, the judges must now choose the remaining 17 hopefuls...
01:19:26It's not gonna be easy.
01:19:27...to complete our top 20.
01:19:29Who makes it through to America's vote?
01:19:32This is the worst part.
01:19:35It's not that we're eliminating people who can't sing.
01:19:38Right. No, they're here.
01:19:39We're now eliminated because they might fall in the same category.
01:19:43Like her?
01:19:44Yeah, like her.
01:19:45I think she can go.
01:19:46I really hope I did good enough to make it to the top 20. I really don't want to go
01:19:50home.
01:19:51What about this one?
01:19:53Not his best.
01:19:54I'm very nervous right now.
01:19:56Do you realize that your journey could come to an end?
01:19:58I feel like America's gonna love him.
01:19:59I don't agree with you on that.
01:20:01Well, you're wrong.
01:20:03I'm definitely worried for this upcoming cut.
01:20:06Do we have our decision?
01:20:07We got it.
01:20:08Let's do it.
01:20:09Let's go tell him.
01:20:10Who's on to American Votes?
01:20:12Here we go.
01:20:14It's time for the judges to reveal who will join the platinum ticket holders in the top 20.
01:20:21Well, this is the hardest part of the whole thing.
01:20:24And for anybody that doesn't make it through, we love you guys.
01:20:30And now, the next person to go to America's vote.
01:20:37Billman Lee.
01:20:46Madison Moon.
01:20:50You're one of my absolute favorites.
01:20:55Brayden Ronfeld.
01:21:00Jake Thistle.
01:21:04You're so ready for this.
01:21:08Jesse Finlay.
01:21:09I think you could go really far in this competition.
01:21:17We did not take any of this lightly.
01:21:20Okay.
01:21:21The next one to go on for America's vote is Ruby Ray.
01:21:26Ruby Ray!
01:21:2916, you are one of our dynamic singers in this competition.
01:21:35Genevieve Hayward.
01:21:36Hey!
01:21:40Lucas Leon.
01:21:42Yeah!
01:21:45Pure, honest, and very talented.
01:21:49The next name, Hannah Harper.
01:21:53You might be my favorite person that's walked through those doors.
01:21:59Chris Tungson.
01:22:04Julian Kalil.
01:22:11Everything about you is just honest.
01:22:14That is something that's needed.
01:22:17All right.
01:22:18Here are the final six names going through to America's vote.
01:22:23Only time, time would tell them.
01:22:26Cause I know I'll prove I'm wrong.
01:22:29Ray.
01:22:29I was made to be a legend for this.
01:22:33If you were thinking about winning, just keep doing that.
01:22:38Daniel Stalworth!
01:22:42I'm doing this for my students.
01:22:46Ava Yomi.
01:22:51She's special.
01:22:52She is special.
01:22:55Cutter Bradley.
01:22:56All right.
01:22:58All right.
01:23:04Two more slots.
01:23:05Two more positions.
01:23:08And one of the two going through to America's vote.
01:23:18Micaiah.
01:23:19Micaiah.
01:23:24You are meant to be here.
01:23:29We have one more spot into our top 20.
01:23:32This is the moment I've waited for all of my life.
01:23:37And that spot goes to...
01:23:39This is my legacy.
01:23:41This is my moment to rise.
01:23:46Keela Richardson.
01:23:48Wow.
01:23:51You did great, Mom.
01:23:53This is for you, baby.
01:23:54I love you, Juju.
01:23:56So we say goodbye to Chloe, Sheldon, Bryant, and Michael.
01:24:01But...
01:24:01Take a look, America.
01:24:03This is your top 20 on American Idol.
01:24:09The next time you see them, they'll be performing for your vote, America, at Disney's,
01:24:14Olani Resort & Spa in Koalina, Hawaii.
01:24:18We will see you then.
01:24:19Good night, America.
01:24:21Over the next two weeks, our top 20s sing for your votes.
01:24:26That was like Star is Born kind of moment.
01:24:29From the first note, it was like...
01:24:32Guided by superstar mentors Brad Paisley and Kiki Palmer.
01:24:36What you're doing is more than just singing.
01:24:38You're embodying spirit through song.
01:24:40Kiki also brings her artistic excellence to the judging panel.
01:24:44You don't have to do what nobody does.
01:24:45When you start singing, girl, you are locked in.
01:24:48The vote is in your hands, America.
01:24:51Who becomes...
01:24:52That was the greatest performance I have ever seen on this stage.
01:24:56The next American Idol.
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