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00:00:12American Idol, it's sacred, a place where greatness is born, and the finest voices in
00:00:19the nation echo in our history books.
00:00:22And the Grammy goes to Kelly Clarkson, Jeff!
00:00:25From Fantasia, to Carrie Underwood, Gabby Barrett, and Adam Lambert, these names define what
00:00:33it means to be an idol.
00:00:35The winner, Jamal Roberts, and I just feel like I'm in the presence of greatness.
00:00:42On the first note, I had chills.
00:00:45And now it's time to meet our incredible new class.
00:00:56This is American Idol.
00:01:00Come on, class of 2026.
00:01:08First day of school.
00:01:12Who is ready to be an American Idol?
00:01:24What better place to have the auditions than the legendary Belmont University?
00:01:29This is awesome.
00:01:31First day, guys.
00:01:32New season.
00:01:37Oh!
00:01:38It feels good.
00:01:39That hurts.
00:01:40Squat in some heels when they come talk to me.
00:01:42I love that duet.
00:01:44First thing in the world.
00:01:45First thing in the world.
00:01:45Idol University.
00:01:47Class is in session.
00:01:49Class is in session.
00:01:49Class is in session.
00:01:52Ah!
00:01:53Hey, guys.
00:01:54What's up?
00:01:54Hey.
00:01:55How are you?
00:01:56Gosh, this is crazy.
00:01:56I'm good.
00:01:57How are you all?
00:01:57Oh, my gosh.
00:01:58You look like my child.
00:02:00Here, look at this.
00:02:01Hold on.
00:02:01So, I took this picture of Bo the other day.
00:02:03I literally, like...
00:02:06Wow.
00:02:08Could that be...
00:02:09They could be brothers.
00:02:13All right.
00:02:13Well, who are you?
00:02:14I'm Lucas Leon.
00:02:15I'm 17 years old.
00:02:16I'm from Gallatin, Tennessee.
00:02:17Lucas Leon.
00:02:19I love that name.
00:02:20That sounds like a star name.
00:02:21Yeah.
00:02:21Is that the real name?
00:02:22Yes, sir.
00:02:22But is it Leon or is it Leon?
00:02:25It's just Leon.
00:02:25I love it.
00:02:26The country version.
00:02:27What do you do up there in Gallatin?
00:02:29Play a lot of music, write a lot of songs, do some fishing.
00:02:32What are they biting on out there these days?
00:02:34Baby Brush Hog, Texas Rig.
00:02:36Now he sounds like my son.
00:02:38He fishes all day, every day.
00:02:40All right.
00:02:41Well, what are you going to sing today?
00:02:43I'm going to sing an original called Fall In Love Someday.
00:02:45All right.
00:02:46We pray you do.
00:02:48Oh, he will.
00:03:01All the wonder are not lost of ways down the road.
00:03:09Oh, I just wonder what's the cost if you'd ever known.
00:03:14Cause I'm a young gun in North Forerunner, rolling down the coast.
00:03:22I'm coming down Route 66, city with her ghost.
00:03:28So run me to Arizona, Texas, Mexico.
00:03:36Set me by a desert fire.
00:03:40Let it be my home.
00:03:42And I ain't one for love.
00:03:46And I ain't one for love.
00:03:48And I ain't quick to pray.
00:03:50Yeah, but I swear to God, I fell in love today.
00:03:58Oh, I swear to God, I fell in love today.
00:04:12All right.
00:04:14All right.
00:04:15We're all standing.
00:04:16Thank you very much.
00:04:18Thanks.
00:04:19Oh, yeah.
00:04:19I'm loving it.
00:04:20Bring on out the bat, son.
00:04:23It's like your baby face and you're adorable, but there's like this odd, awesome maturity.
00:04:28I feel like you could go pretty far in this competition.
00:04:34Pure, honest, and very talented.
00:04:38Yeah, I was just checking on notable people from Gallatin, Tennessee.
00:04:42Tell us, is he on that list?
00:04:43Well, Zach Duke, he's a former MLB pitcher.
00:04:46He's actually a buddy of mine.
00:04:47Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:04:48There's John Rogan, the second tallest verified human being ever documented.
00:04:55He was eight feet, nine inches tall.
00:04:58I did know that.
00:04:59Not really seeing any notable singers.
00:05:02Maybe old Lucas Leon.
00:05:04Maybe.
00:05:05He's got a spot here on the Wikipedia.
00:05:07I'm just having fun with you.
00:05:09Really great stuff you're doing at the age of 17.
00:05:12Tell me about it.
00:05:12And you have it all.
00:05:14So thank you for bringing your butt down here to us.
00:05:18Yes.
00:05:18Oh, it's my pleasure.
00:05:19Lionel.
00:05:22Yes.
00:05:24Let me think about it.
00:05:25Oh, come on.
00:05:27And yeah, it's a big old yes for me.
00:05:30Oh, wow.
00:05:31Thank you so much.
00:05:32Hollywood week.
00:05:33This is why we're here.
00:05:35Thank you so much.
00:05:36You got me.
00:05:37Yeah, man.
00:05:37I love it.
00:05:39I love it.
00:05:40Take care.
00:05:44All right.
00:05:45That's it.
00:05:45Things are looking up.
00:05:47I'm really excited.
00:05:48Definitely hoping I can join on the Wikipedia page for Galveston Tennessee.
00:05:52That would be great.
00:05:54Idle gold.
00:05:55We're just getting started.
00:05:57Star, star, star, star, star, star right here.
00:06:00Did you have this much confidence when you were?
00:06:02I remember always being confident, but then like my first time I did the Opry and stuff,
00:06:06I mean, I was about to black out.
00:06:08Oh, no.
00:06:09Did it hit you that hard?
00:06:10Absolutely the same thing.
00:06:16All the way.
00:06:17All the way.
00:06:17Good job.
00:06:18There you go.
00:06:19Good job.
00:06:20Good job.
00:06:21Good job.
00:06:22Good job.
00:06:22Good job.
00:06:23Music wasn't a natural passion for me.
00:06:25I knew I could sing.
00:06:27Everybody around me believed in me but me.
00:06:30I wanted to play basketball.
00:06:32How does it feel when it's quiet and calm?
00:06:37My name is Keilah Richardson.
00:06:38I'm from Pensacola, Florida, and I'm 29 years old.
00:06:42Love y'all.
00:06:44Y'all be good, okay?
00:06:45I've been a music teacher for about six years.
00:06:47Good morning.
00:06:48Good morning.
00:06:49Give me something.
00:06:49Give me something.
00:06:49Do the thing.
00:06:50Life Shifting Learning Academy.
00:06:52It's time for music.
00:06:54When those kids step into the class, I see myself a lot of times.
00:06:58Good morning.
00:07:00Good morning.
00:07:02I grew up in the church.
00:07:03Grew up singing.
00:07:06Good job.
00:07:07Cloud.
00:07:08Y'all found yourself good on the ground.
00:07:10But I just felt like I wasn't good enough.
00:07:12Nobody saw me.
00:07:13Nobody heard me.
00:07:14I had to make up in my mind like, you can do this.
00:07:16Whatever you put your mind to do, you can do it.
00:07:22My son means the world to me.
00:07:23He's all I got.
00:07:24He's my best friend.
00:07:25I want you to have a good day today.
00:07:26I love you.
00:07:27Make me proud.
00:07:28Go in there.
00:07:30Crush him.
00:07:31It's just been me and her for most of my life.
00:07:35She's the best mom in the world.
00:07:37She deserves everything.
00:07:43Because of him, I'm here and I will never give up.
00:07:45I'm raising a young man.
00:07:46I'm a single mother by myself.
00:07:48You're the reason I'm here today and why mommy's going to keep going.
00:07:51Okay.
00:07:57Hey guys.
00:07:58How you doing?
00:07:59I'm good.
00:08:00I love it.
00:08:01How are you?
00:08:02Great pants.
00:08:02My name is Keela Richardson.
00:08:04Keela Richardson.
00:08:05And where are you from?
00:08:05I'm from Pensacola, Florida.
00:08:07What made you want to be here at American Idol?
00:08:09I'm 29.
00:08:10I had a long musical journey, but I never give up.
00:08:13So I just want to keep going and give it one more try.
00:08:15Well, good deal.
00:08:16Well, what are you going to sing today?
00:08:18Glitter in the Air by Pink.
00:08:19Love it.
00:08:20Yeah.
00:08:20That's great.
00:08:29You have a voice that will make people stop in their tracks.
00:08:35Drop the mic.
00:08:36Drop the mic.
00:08:39Well, what are you going to sing today?
00:08:41Glitter in the Air by Pink.
00:08:43Love it.
00:08:43Yeah.
00:08:44That's great.
00:08:44Have you ever fed a lover
00:08:47with just your hands?
00:08:52Oh.
00:08:54Close your eyes and trust it.
00:08:58Just trust it.
00:09:03And have you ever thrown a fistful of glitter in the air?
00:09:09Yeah.
00:09:11Oh.
00:09:13Oh.
00:09:14Have you ever looked fear in the face and said,
00:09:18Oh.
00:09:19Oh.
00:09:22Oh.
00:09:23Oh.
00:09:24Oh.
00:09:24Oh.
00:09:24Oh.
00:09:26Oh.
00:09:27In the garden, clutching my coffee, calling me sugar, you call me sugar, oh, oh, oh, oh,
00:09:46oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:09:56Interesting.
00:09:59Dang.
00:10:01If there's one thing I could tell you is that sometimes just let it breathe a little bit, you know?
00:10:09Got you.
00:10:09One, two, three.
00:10:11I can imagine you on some songs where you would just blow the roof off of this place because of
00:10:16the range.
00:10:17Yes, sir.
00:10:18Now it's how much you don't give us what Kerry said is correct.
00:10:22Yes, sir.
00:10:22What's the lyrics to the first line in that chorus?
00:10:25Will you roll her into that?
00:10:27And let me hear you sing that one more time,
00:10:30and I'm going to give you one little thing.
00:10:31Let's see if she does that lick again.
00:10:36Close your eyes and trust in, just trust in.
00:10:43That's so pretty.
00:10:45That's great.
00:10:46Have you ever thrown a fistful of glitter in the air?
00:10:52Stop that.
00:10:54Do it again.
00:10:55Right.
00:10:56Have you ever thrown a fistful of glitter in the air?
00:11:03Woo!
00:11:04Keep going.
00:11:06It's only half past the point of no return,
00:11:10the tip of the iceberg, the fire before the burn,
00:11:15the thunder before the lightning,
00:11:17and the breath before the praise.
00:11:19Have you ever felt this way?
00:11:26Hi.
00:11:27Drop the mic.
00:11:29Drop the mic.
00:11:30Drop the mic.
00:11:31Who is this?
00:11:31This is my son and my dad.
00:11:33Oh, boy.
00:11:34Hi, Miss Carrie.
00:11:35Hi.
00:11:36How are you?
00:11:37Good.
00:11:38Did you hear your mom?
00:11:39Did you hear how great she did?
00:11:41Wow.
00:11:42You know, we love her.
00:11:44Hi, Mr. Lionel.
00:11:45Oh, how are you?
00:11:47Good.
00:11:47So cool, man.
00:11:49Hi, Mr. Luke.
00:11:50Hey, buddy.
00:11:52Mr. Luke.
00:11:53You see what your mama made me do?
00:11:55Oh, man, when you felt confident,
00:11:58the way you just sang that with confidence,
00:12:00you have a voice that will make people stop in their tracks.
00:12:05Great.
00:12:06Oh, gosh, I got, like, snot going on.
00:12:10What's your name, buddy?
00:12:11Drew.
00:12:12That's Carrie right there, Drew.
00:12:14I know.
00:12:14I watch American Idol all the time.
00:12:17Boom.
00:12:18There's a commercial right there.
00:12:19I can't believe you're 29,
00:12:21and you haven't been in our life yet.
00:12:23I know.
00:12:24That's wonderful.
00:12:26Yes.
00:12:27Lionel Richie?
00:12:28No, excuse me.
00:12:29It's Mr. Lionel.
00:12:30Mr. Lionel.
00:12:31It's a yes for me.
00:12:34Big old yes for me.
00:12:37Oh, yes.
00:12:38Congratulations.
00:12:41You're going through the Hollywood week.
00:12:42Come on, guys.
00:12:43Come on, Drew.
00:12:44Come on, Drew.
00:12:46Oh, my God.
00:12:47Thank you so much, y'all.
00:12:50Do you sing, Drew?
00:12:51I have a song that I know how to sing.
00:12:53Oh, let's do it.
00:12:55Back on the Oval.
00:12:57Back on the Oval.
00:12:58Wait, here we go.
00:12:59Oh, God.
00:12:59Oh, God.
00:13:00My man seems like he's ready to go.
00:13:02What's the song, Drew?
00:13:03It's called God Only Knows.
00:13:05God Only Knows.
00:13:07Yes.
00:13:08God Only Knows what you've been through.
00:13:11God Only Knows what they say about you.
00:13:14God Only Knows the real you.
00:13:17And that's the kind of love that God Only Knows.
00:13:29I can't believe myself.
00:13:32I think I'm in a dream.
00:13:35Yes.
00:13:37My pride and joy right here.
00:13:38This is who I do it for.
00:13:39I'm going to do it for him.
00:13:40I'm so proud of you.
00:13:41Thank you, Drew.
00:13:42I'm proud of you, too.
00:13:43You're going to Hollywood, too, bud.
00:13:44Yeah.
00:13:45And I sung, too.
00:13:47That may have been one of my favorite moments I've ever had on this show.
00:13:51That was great.
00:13:53God Only Knows what you've been through.
00:13:56God Only Knows what they say about you.
00:13:59God Only Knows the real you.
00:14:02God Only Knows what they say about you.
00:14:13God Only Knows what they say about you.
00:14:43I got a jersey.
00:14:45Come on.
00:14:46I got a jersey.
00:14:48I got a third jersey.
00:14:49Hey, hey, hey.
00:14:50My name is Jason R.
00:14:51I'm 24 years old.
00:14:52I'm from Fuquay, Green, North Carolina.
00:14:54Oh, fun.
00:14:54I'm here today with the Texas Tailgaters, which is in the Banana Ball Championship League.
00:14:59Oh, wait a minute.
00:15:00You might be familiar with the Savannah Bananas.
00:15:02We play with them.
00:15:03It's entertainment baseball.
00:15:04Yeah.
00:15:05They'll compare us to the Harlem Globetrotters a lot.
00:15:07But it's very competitive, too.
00:15:12We're all best friends, and we all get along, and it's great.
00:15:15Step in.
00:15:17Double kick.
00:15:19I got into it, actually, as a singer.
00:15:22Outside of the actual game, we'll put on concerts.
00:15:25The whole point is just to keep the fans engaged the whole time and make sure they have fun.
00:15:29Come on, now.
00:15:30Ow.
00:15:32Hold it, Andy.
00:15:33I got it pretty quick, though.
00:15:36Awesome.
00:15:36Awesome.
00:15:37How did I do?
00:15:38Good.
00:15:39Oh, you ought to see me pitch.
00:15:41I think we can make that happen.
00:15:43Oh, yeah?
00:15:43I'm all good.
00:15:44Heck, I slept on my arm wrong last night, and I fell asleep for three hours.
00:15:48So, all right.
00:15:50Well, who are you?
00:15:51My name is Jason R. I'm 24 years old, and I'm from Fuquay, Verena, North Carolina.
00:15:54What are you going to sing for us?
00:15:56I'm going to sing Fire Away by Chris Stapleton.
00:15:57Love it.
00:15:58All right.
00:15:59You better be able to sing.
00:16:00Yes, sir.
00:16:01I'm right.
00:16:04Oh.
00:16:05Oh, yeah.
00:16:05Well, honey, load up your questions and pick up your sticks and your stones
00:16:16Can't pretend I'm a shelter for heartaches that don't have a home
00:16:27Choose the words that cut like a razor
00:16:34And all that I'll say is fire away
00:16:44Oh, no.
00:16:46Oh, no.
00:16:48And take your best shot, show me what you got
00:16:51Honey, I'm not afraid
00:16:57Rear back and take it
00:17:02And fire away
00:17:08Fire away
00:17:10Oh, fire away
00:17:23I want a team
00:17:26All right, Carrie, you already got the gear on
00:17:29I do, I do
00:17:30Especially a tailgater
00:17:31Yeah, that's right
00:17:35I think you should go first
00:17:36Okay, all right, okay
00:17:38I'm going to pass the ball
00:17:38Sorry, she's, uh, I think the abs
00:17:41It's very distracting
00:17:42The abs mess it up
00:17:44The abs mess it up
00:17:46Well, if it's that easy to distract you, I'll just
00:17:49No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Luke, don't, don't,
00:17:55don't do that
00:17:55Don't, don't
00:17:56All right, all right
00:17:58All right
00:17:59All right, so now listen
00:18:00You've got a nice voice
00:18:01Yes, sir
00:18:02You've got a distinguishable voice.
00:18:04And we don't have anything like that yet.
00:18:06Thank you, sir.
00:18:08Okay, I think I've...
00:18:09You calm down now?
00:18:10I got my thoughts together.
00:18:11All right, good, very good.
00:18:11I think my thing is, if you do end up going forward,
00:18:16it's just the taking this part of you seriously.
00:18:21You know what I mean?
00:18:21Like, you guys are obviously so much fun.
00:18:23I love it, and I want to feel you emote.
00:18:26I want to hear more.
00:18:28Yes, ma'am.
00:18:29Go ahead.
00:18:29I used to try to sing everything as loud as I could.
00:18:32It took me years to kind of go,
00:18:33you know, I don't have to sing loud every time.
00:18:35I can kind of calm it down, so just think about that.
00:18:38All right, Lionel.
00:18:39Yes.
00:18:40Yeah!
00:18:42Yeah!
00:18:43Yeah!
00:18:45Come on, that's easy.
00:18:46Yes, what are we...
00:18:48The pressure.
00:18:50Oh, look at it.
00:18:51Oh, no, no.
00:18:53Karen, Karen, look over this way.
00:18:54I got my own set of abs to stare at.
00:18:56Hey!
00:18:56Not mine.
00:18:58There you go.
00:18:59Um, I want to know who you are as an artist,
00:19:03so I'll say yes.
00:19:04Yeah!
00:19:05Yeah!
00:19:06Huge fan.
00:19:07Yes!
00:19:08Yeah!
00:19:10Yeah!
00:19:10You know what I'm getting around, baby?
00:19:12No doubt it won't.
00:19:13Are you talking we were done?
00:19:14OK.
00:19:15Oh, you're right there.
00:19:16Here we go.
00:19:17Yeah, now we let it burn.
00:19:19Hey!
00:19:20Hey!
00:19:20Hey!
00:19:21Hey!
00:19:21We got the money, let it roll.
00:19:24Hey!
00:19:25We got that gas, it gets so wild.
00:19:28Yeah, but that's the way we get down.
00:19:31Oh, oh, stop, oh, stop, oh, stop.
00:19:33Stop!
00:19:36Oh, no, oh, no.
00:19:38Oh, no, oh, no.
00:19:40It was pretty crazy.
00:19:41I'm not going to lie.
00:19:42Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
00:19:48no, no, no.
00:19:48I didn't expect Luke Bryan to bust a move like that, but I guess you see something new every day.
00:19:53That was good.
00:19:54That was good.
00:19:54That was fun.
00:19:55I'm going to Hollywood Week.
00:19:56Yeah!
00:20:04The next class is going to teach us all what the future is going to be about, and I'm so
00:20:08excited just to be on the front row of this one.
00:20:11Just a small town girl
00:20:15Living in a lonely world
00:20:20She took the midnight train going anywhere
00:20:27Pocket that thing. Pocket that thing, man.
00:20:30Where are you from, Daniel?
00:20:31Moss Point, Mississippi.
00:20:32What happens back in Moss Point, Mississippi?
00:20:35For me, a school teacher.
00:20:36Where do you teach?
00:20:37I teach music.
00:20:38Okay, well, then you're in the right place.
00:20:40Yes, sir.
00:20:40I absolutely love working with kids.
00:20:42They are my joy.
00:20:43And I'm doing this for my students, to let them know that you can reach your goals.
00:20:47There you go.
00:20:48Never give up.
00:20:49Don't stop believing.
00:20:50That's my motto.
00:20:51Don't stop believing.
00:20:54Don't stop believing
00:20:59Hold on to that feeling
00:21:04Oh, streetlight people
00:21:13Don't stop believing
00:21:19Love, love, love, love, love.
00:21:25Your students are going to hail you as the greatest thing that ever showed up in their lives.
00:21:30Wow.
00:21:31My cheeks hurt because I'm smiling so much.
00:21:34I'm just thinking about how lucky are the kids to have you.
00:21:37That's exactly right.
00:21:39Oh, let's vote.
00:21:40Carrie?
00:21:40Yes.
00:21:41Luke?
00:21:43Yes.
00:21:44And I'll go down low.
00:21:46Yes.
00:21:47Don't stop believing
00:21:48American Idol.
00:21:49Thank you so much.
00:21:54Come on, Hollywood week!
00:21:57Yeah!
00:22:00Yeah!
00:22:07Yeah!
00:22:07you don't need that guy no black and white stealing your thunder baby that's a weird
00:22:26whatever i'll stop i just feel like the piano playing like wasn't quite there for me i feel
00:22:32like it was distracting you a little bit it was distracting it was taking away from your vocals
00:22:39that's not my audition song kerry wow look at this praise the lord this is awesome my name is
00:22:47tate emmons i'm 15 years old and i'm from a real small town called lake mississippi
00:22:55we knew from a young age that tate was extremely talented in what he could do so i could sing
00:23:02before i could talk
00:23:03i was three years old at my church singing jesus loves me i've been singing ever since
00:23:12well last week i met with my vocal coach who happens to be the uncle of brianna nicks the final
00:23:19person
00:23:19competing in the finale brianna nicks i can't wait for you to get that golden ticket you're gonna kill
00:23:27it lord will sing loud it's gonna be great oh my goodness
00:23:32well we know you what just happened hi this is emerson you're gonna go stay with carrie
00:23:38can i pick you up all right you're not shy are you no did he grow up
00:23:43right emerson no no what have i been for the past 10 years i grew up quick 15 years hey
00:23:51you got some
00:23:52explaining to do my name is tate emmons i'm 15 years old i'm from a small town called lake mississippi
00:23:57all right that's right about a week ago i'm doing the grandel opry again and he was there and he's
00:24:03like
00:24:03i want you to hear me sing and i was just blown away i texted immediately hey is it too
00:24:08late for an
00:24:09audition and 20 minutes later i'm sure you you had some people pick up got a little cloud i love
00:24:14that right he's one of a kind and i really believe in him wow brianna why don't you come over
00:24:19here with
00:24:20us okay yeah yeah here we go come on i miss you guys baby how are you good to see
00:24:26you hands are a
00:24:26little cold fancy chairs let you see are you nervous a little bit you seem cool as a cucumber well
00:24:33thank you
00:24:33we ready let's do it he's like why don't we wait for people let's go come on tate i'm going
00:24:41to be
00:24:41singing hard fought hallelujah by brandon lake let's go all right
00:24:54well i don't always feel it yeah but that's when i need it the most so i'ma keep on singing
00:25:07singing till my soul catches up with my song there's days that my hands go up freely times that it
00:25:20calls
00:25:24there's days that a praise comes out easy days that it takes all the strength i've got
00:25:32all right but i'll bring my heart fought heart failed been through it hallelujah
00:25:43and i'll bring my storm-tossed torn sail story to tell hallelujah
00:25:53oh hallelujah
00:25:59all right all right
00:26:02first of all i'm really surprised that your guitar maneuverability at your age thank you
00:26:09and can i do an exercise with you just let me hear you sing heartfelt hallelujah like
00:26:15i mean i want to hear you give it all on the course you know you don't have to play
00:26:20you have to play it just just close your eyes don't worry about the guitar and sing sing sing
00:26:25worship so i'll bring my heart font heartfelt it is well hallelujah i think guitar you're perfect but
00:26:37vocally it does really really feel even a little younger than 15 to me which is
00:26:45it's a predicament i understand exactly what you fell in love with because we just saw it we heard it
00:26:53it's when do we throw you out there our biggest thing is is all of our mama and daddy hearts
00:27:02are looking at you saying do we wreck this kid by feeding him to the entertainment industry
00:27:10i remember a year ago when i came in i was just like tate freaking out i was so scared
00:27:18i gotta give him a chance i promise i promise i trust you lord all right i'm ready to vote
00:27:27that an environment like this could be really beneficial to you so this is school i'm gonna say
00:27:36yes thank you so much i'm gonna go the opposite
00:27:45gotta give him a chance i promise i promise i'm gonna say yes thank you so much i'm gonna go
00:27:52the
00:27:52opposite okay i don't want to take your phenomenon and blow you up i just will not let that happen
00:27:58to
00:27:58you come back and look at this again from another angle a couple of years of experience i'd love to
00:28:03hear what you sound like thank you that's just me talking as dad now okay thank you it's all up
00:28:09to you
00:28:10no pressure no pressure at all i'm pretty nervous i kind of feel sick it's gonna be great it's gonna
00:28:20be good
00:28:24it's too soon okay i'm gonna know okay thank y'all so much i appreciate y'all listening i hope
00:28:31you can
00:28:32understand why i'm saying this i do understand yes sir i do i promise thank you brother i appreciate
00:28:40you so much and i love you thank you thank you for your input keep doing what you're doing exactly
00:28:46what
00:28:46you're doing keep just giving glory where glory is you it's a true honor to meet you thank you very
00:28:52much thank you all right tate my son's name tate really he's 15 oh my goodness hey it's amazing how
00:29:01you're playing that guitar thank you just you keep doing it yes sir thank y'all so much thank y
00:29:07'all it's
00:29:07humbling to think the judges thinks that about me i'm like it gives me a lot of hope
00:29:14not this stuff not this stuff not this stuff oh that's okay i will support him forever and he's a
00:29:21golden ticket here always still gonna push you to do this every single year well i'm always gonna
00:29:26listen to your opinion so i'll always pray about it but the yearly annual text message you go you go
00:29:31audition just be ready and get ready for it i'll be ready i'll be ready yes you're at peace with
00:29:36that
00:29:36right yeah you're right you're right you know i forgot how hard this was it is hard it never is
00:29:46easy
00:29:46just when they're looking at you and they they want it so bad what has happened over the years is
00:29:54we've gotten tougher only because we're expecting more now as judges after jamal grammy nominated jamal
00:30:04we've raised the bar to the point where we're going to be looking for that next level that
00:30:10instantly goes from american idol stage to that grammy award-winning artist
00:30:18lionel they rehearsed that somewhere if we were to go out dancing let me show you what would happen
00:30:24idol university class of 2026 i can tell you right now is off the chain
00:30:31that was great we're proud of you son thank you so much we're going to hollywood
00:30:38we've had 10 people today that look like they've been trained to sing
00:30:42and you look like you were born to sing i see smiles and a ticket he's gonna be a great
00:30:48season
00:30:50and i'm so excited just to be on the front row of this one
00:30:56we're gonna go hey guys hey how are you doing good how are you doing i'm good my name is
00:31:03jesse
00:31:03finling and i'm 19 years old what do you do i'm a college student right now um but i've been
00:31:10singing
00:31:10ever since i was uh little with my brother and sister we would pull up karaoke tracks and we would
00:31:17we would just sing with each other and since then i did choirs in school if you haven't noticed i
00:31:23have us i have a stutter um and that's really where kind of my love for singing came
00:31:30i've had a stutter ever since i was little
00:31:38and it's something that i've that i've uh struggled with since elementary school
00:31:43it was something embarrassing for me you know something that i really had a hard time with i
00:31:50wouldn't raise my hand in school and it was just something that that made me feel alone and something
00:31:55that i felt like i had to hide so it was definitely hard singing has always felt freeing for me
00:32:02because
00:32:02when i sing i don't stutter when i sang it was a way for me to express myself in a
00:32:07way where i
00:32:08didn't have to worry about being embarrassed or what people would think or somebody would laugh
00:32:12so it was an outlet for me when i was little and it's still an outlet for me now
00:32:22walking out with a golden ticket would mean that everything that i've uh i've i've struggled with
00:32:30in the past it's all led me here and i can do whatever i want if i work hard
00:32:38i've come a long way with it i'm like it's it doesn't hold me back there you go well you're
00:32:43doing great so you your siblings sing are you a musical family or you just all love music me and
00:32:49my brother sing with each other and he also has a stutter so it's really special when we sing together
00:32:54it's crazy to see how far he's come it's insane i want to you know be a role model for
00:33:00him because
00:33:01i knew how hard it was for me in school i love your attitude i love your answer and you
00:33:06can tell that
00:33:06you are a good big brother but what you gonna sing for us i'm gonna be singing in the stars
00:33:10by benson
00:33:11boone it's a song me and my brother always singing together i'm gonna be thinking of him when i sing
00:33:16it
00:33:16very good sunday mornings were your favorite i used to meet you down on woods creek road
00:33:35you did your hair up like you were famous
00:33:40even though it's only church where we were going now sunday mornings are just sleeping
00:33:53it's like i've buried my faith with you
00:33:59i'm screaming at a god i don't know if i believe in because i don't know what else i can
00:34:11do
00:34:12oh i'm still holding on to everything that's dead and gone i don't want to say goodbye this one means
00:34:23forever and now you're in the stars and six feet's never found so far here i am alone between the
00:34:35heavens and the embers
00:34:38oh it hurts so hard for a million different reasons
00:34:46oh it hurts so hard for a million different reasons
00:34:50you took the best of my heart
00:34:54hmm
00:34:57and left the rest in pieces
00:35:08thank you luke you jumped up awful quick i don't think i blinked one time yeah i mean yeah
00:35:15wow you're a real singer thank you man i'm really proud of you i love this show i love this
00:35:21show
00:35:22because we get to meet kids like you your voice is beautiful you have a beautiful vibrato a beautiful
00:35:29tone we could understand everything you were singing and you were in the song emotionally which
00:35:36just took us right there with you so it was beautiful problem what problem you don't have a problem
00:35:43the only thing wrong with you is you got to figure out how you're going to navigate this career
00:35:48wow what's up fam what's up
00:35:54look at that
00:35:56love you i love you
00:35:57i think we can vote yes indeed yes
00:36:04yes yes i think you could go really far in this competition we just haven't had voices like yours
00:36:11coming through those doors i'm i'm really excited to give you a big old yes see what you're going to
00:36:27do
00:36:27younger me who wouldn't who wouldn't speak in class who was who was scared of what people thought of him
00:36:32and
00:36:33the fact that i got this is just proof that everything's working out how it should
00:36:37boy's got a pretty voice oh yes i'm going to hollywood week
00:36:41i love you you could do anything you put your mind to
00:36:45you and i'm always here for you i'm very proud of you love you you'll feel right kid
00:36:55you're going to hollywood week my friend
00:37:00all right great voice he has a good voice
00:37:04i'm hitting the restroom i just saw that we're in the brad paisley and kimberly
00:37:09williams paisley ballroom oh yeah we're in your ballroom paisley
00:37:22oh i can't wait to live this whole show this is going to be so we're counting on you
00:37:29now you are going to wind luke up a little bit to get carrie right yeah yeah so we're putting
00:37:33your
00:37:33piece in luke's here basically i'm going to try to make luke say ridiculously
00:37:38awkward stuff we're not ruining someone's audition so you can really have some fun with it here's
00:37:44our contestant nice to see you nice to meet you dylan
00:37:50you want a safe word what's our safe word luke this safe word is hot chicken don't chicken out
00:37:56don't hot chicken out sorry kids there we go number nine luke i want you to turn to carrie right
00:38:06now and say hey carrie how much do you think i can bench press carrie sure how much can i
00:38:12bench
00:38:12press i don't know what kind of question is that 165 carrie 165 really huh what are you benching
00:38:23these days i don't know why don't you know these things you're in all these fitness ads i am but
00:38:29i'm
00:38:29not looking for like personal records who are you my name is dylan holmes i am uh from spring lake
00:38:36michigan i can't stand michigan i can't stand michigan oh that's it what is happening we just lost
00:38:43all of michigan i don't even like illinois and illinois is falling off too well there's there's two
00:38:49states you can only tour in 48 states now okay did you go take shots let's see what you got
00:38:56let's see
00:39:00what you got pass pass you just let the poor boy sing why don't you sing a lionel richie song
00:39:09come
00:39:09on sing a lionel richie song no no no don't sing a lot i'll do it we are the world
00:39:13right now we are the
00:39:14world no there comes a time somebody somebody come get a certain call all right you're good good all
00:39:23she comes from silver spoon i'm gonna try to bench 175 tomorrow i'm benching 175 tomorrow
00:39:33she keeps on loving me loves me the way i she's not just along for the ride she keeps on
00:39:53wondering why um i need more hot chicken every time you take a sip i need more hot chicken out
00:40:07of
00:40:07you he's doing the hot chicken reference which is his bail what the heck does hot do why do i
00:40:12look like
00:40:12a waiter carrie guess what my physical trainer's here that's helping me bench press carrie guess
00:40:18what my physical trainer's here he's awesome the sexiest trainer i've ever seen what is happening
00:40:24and he's been telling me what to say this whole time this trainer's been telling me everything to
00:40:28say this whole audition what are you doing is that where you were when you went to the bathroom what
00:40:36is happening for like 20 minutes is that why we started hating on michigan yeah i was just telling
00:40:42him what to say we really like michigan by the way i thought he had fallen
00:40:46yeah he's having a an episode you want to hear something great i didn't think anything was wrong
00:40:54business as usual
00:40:58oh my god i think that should just be like our exclamatory word that should be our
00:41:03bottle for the school class hot chicken
00:41:20that's your wheelhouse kind of the southern rock thing i'm a yes hot chicken
00:41:25hot chicken thank you so much that's how you do that
00:41:32hey guys a little hot chicken is celebrating the auditions in nashville
00:41:53sweet girl
00:41:53really well done it's a yes hot chicken
00:42:04you know i can't stand it
00:42:06you know i'm running around you know better die
00:42:12i can't stand it cause you put me down
00:42:17no no no no no no no i put a spell on you
00:42:27because you're
00:42:31mine
00:42:37you have a bring the house down voice i'm already standing up it's a yes for me hot chicken
00:42:44hot chicken cheers
00:42:49i'm gonna go with the pickles yeah
00:42:53my name is genevieve hayward my group of people that i brought with me are wearing
00:42:58my iconic if i do say so myself pickle shirt
00:43:02i'm a big fan of pickles i just love them today i have about a million people with me
00:43:08oh my god kyle oh my god kyle oh no it's supposed to be there
00:43:28rigid do you make your own pickles i do i love pickling things i like pickling things
00:43:34let's go give me some recipes i'm here for it dad i don't think i've seen you in a pickle
00:43:40shirt yet
00:43:41thanks for whipping it out today for me put me in a pickle more than once
00:43:44yeah
00:43:48what are you gonna sing for us so today i'm going to be doing magic man by heart
00:43:52oh you're kidding okay let's hear it okay
00:44:02cold late night so long ago when i was not so strong you know pretty man came to me never
00:44:10seen
00:44:10eyes so blue you know i could not look away it seemed we seen each other in a dream seemed
00:44:18like he
00:44:19he knew me he looked right through me yeah
00:44:28come on home girl mama cried on the phone
00:44:33just soon to lose my baby and my girl should be at home but try to understand
00:44:40try to understand try to understand
00:44:49try try try try try try to understand
00:44:55he's a magic man
00:45:02great oh my god you're standing for me what the heck thank you i mean that's a tall order right
00:45:09here
00:45:09yeah it takes some some pickles
00:45:14to uh to cover that yeah but you made it your own you weren't trying to like emulate you even
00:45:21change the melody a little bit you have this cool rasp at the top end of your voice i want
00:45:26to hear more
00:45:28carrie's funny carrie wrote pickle girl on her i just want to make sure i remember
00:45:33let's go i think you're gonna still yet have to push yes even more with some of the singers we
00:45:39have
00:45:39but you did well thank you you've got the tools to do pretty much anything you want to do is
00:45:43just
00:45:44don't think just let your voice do what it's supposed to do cool all right yeah carrie what's
00:45:48your vote my vote is yes wow luke yes thank you i'm going to stand up on this one it's
00:45:55a yes for me and
00:45:55you're going to hollywood week oh my god if they all have their shirts on
00:46:04pickle girl pickle girl pickle girl
00:46:11she's the real dill
00:46:15how does it feel to be pickle girl you know it's not who i thought i would be but i
00:46:19think it's who i
00:46:20was born to be and we can't always pick that that was pretty kosher
00:46:26that was very good i'm going to be the best version of pickle girl i could be
00:46:38hot chicken hot chicken
00:46:44you know this one i do
00:47:08can you come out tonight tonight
00:47:17thank you that's not an easy one to pull off it's not i like the frankie i'm looking for your
00:47:23identity okay you have a lane and you're really good at it but in the context of american idol like
00:47:31that's just not what this is so it's a no for this but a yes for you there you go
00:47:37and just keep being
00:47:38awesome
00:47:43goodness
00:47:48this year we have a very unique talent hi guys i'm jules i'm 25 years old and i'm from charlotte
00:48:00north
00:48:00my car oh goodness that's it thank you thank you very much everybody thank you good night i saw that
00:48:07movie my broken heart i'll probably always have these ugly scars wow that's like
00:48:14but right now i don't care about that part it's really magnetic when you see these kids with with a
00:48:22different sound
00:48:22i traveled each and every highway
00:48:30and more much more than this
00:48:35i did it my way man you have a great voice but you're in a deal where you want to
00:48:45do the
00:48:46hell of a stuff right yeah sometimes people that are a little left of center you you have to maybe
00:48:52work on them on the fly they think that i'm talking foolish now you sing that in your voice
00:48:59you may think that i'm talking you're from maine you don't say that like that we're picking on you
00:49:06right now because you have something come back and show us who you are and i guarantee you you will
00:49:13leave with a golden ticket but it's a no right now i bust the windows out your car i feel
00:49:19like you
00:49:19deserve a shot to bring the bigger notes i think it's in there i say yes i'll bring it out
00:49:24i would
00:49:25not bust no window out your car i know i can bring it i know you and i will not
00:49:30be disappointed at all
00:49:31i'm a no really i am you'll never have to hear that voice again in your life give you one
00:49:36more chance
00:49:37i promise i'm dug in i'm dug in what does dug in mean dug in like a tick like not
00:49:43moving
00:49:43oh heartbreak i'm sorry i think you made a wrong decision tell me about your music history how do
00:49:53people respond to your voice when you uh when you sing i think it's unique i would say i can't
00:49:58wait
00:49:58does that mean that mean we should get ready for some uniqueness if you want yeah so who are you
00:50:06i'm brooks rosser i'm 22 years old i'm from bel-air maryland what do you do up there in maryland
00:50:12i work at a dementia care facility as a medication technician nice very cool how many shows are you
00:50:19playing a year i've gone to a couple gigs but i've only just played guitar um i've never really performed
00:50:32ain't all right the hardness of my hair
00:50:39good morning john hey brooks good morning
00:50:44morning skip hey how are you buddy not bad doing all right i was just looking at this article on
00:50:52the
00:50:52next generation of acceleros oh yeah i like trains you sleep good yeah for the last three years i've been
00:51:03working in the dementia care field and it's been extremely fulfilling i've made a lot of friendships
00:51:08with so-called patients they're actually just friends can you sing me a song today yeah it ain't
00:51:15all right uh growing up i was i was a shy kid i didn't really know how to make my
00:51:23own friends
00:51:24my grandmother was always my biggest fan you know she was one person that i never had trouble talking to
00:51:30when she first started showing dementia-like symptoms i picked up the guitar and that was
00:51:34one way where we could both practice speaking from the heart but it's still all right
00:51:41it would help her learn her words back and it would help me get mine out
00:51:49after taking care of my grandmother i realized this was a passion of mine
00:51:53to be there for people even if they don't remember me
00:52:01music it's one thing that you can't forget i think your town is far above most people
00:52:11thank you next week i'm going to nashville to try out for american idol and see if they uh like
00:52:18me
00:52:19i have no experience playing in front of people it's gonna be a lot different but i'll just pretend
00:52:26the celebrity judges are just more of my friends and residents i think you're gonna do fine if you
00:52:33play like that if i play like that and you sing like that all right i'm gonna root you on
00:52:46all right what you got what you singing uh your place at my place by joshua sloan okay perfect
00:53:09i'm running out of ways to fix us i thought i loved you it was only just a mix up
00:53:16that's what you said
00:53:18when you were crying when you were crying because you missed us you don't even know how bad i wish
00:53:24i
00:53:24could fix us
00:53:28is now it's too late so much for another soul me
00:53:35should have known you only get one baby nobody's ever taken your place in my place
00:53:45i'm running out of ways to fix us i thought i loved you it was only just a mix up
00:53:52that's what you said when you were crying because you missed us you don't even know how bad i wish
00:53:59i could
00:54:00fix trust wow wow wow wow thank you wow gosh i just want to hear more yeah and you haven't
00:54:16played out much
00:54:18and why is that i'm working too much well stop doing that do you understand why we're so excited
00:54:25because you do you understand why no man no matter what you sing it's going to be beautifully unique
00:54:33yeah everybody kind of sounds like somebody else or is emulating someone else so when you kind of meet
00:54:39somebody that you're a unicorn like there's it's one of one that's really cool thank you so much
00:54:46what's your favorite song to sing at the place you work probably knock it on heaven's door let's hear it
00:54:53wow
00:55:14i'ma take this batch of me
00:55:21i can't use it i can't use it anymore
00:55:29it's getting dark too dark to see
00:55:36i feel i'm knocking on heaven's door
00:55:45knock knock knocking on heaven's door
00:55:53knock knock knocking on heaven's door
00:56:01knock knock knock knocking on heaven's door
00:56:09knock knock knocking on heaven's door
00:56:19it's so good so good man so good thank you so much so good you have a unique style all
00:56:27your own i have
00:56:28not heard another voice like this ever congratulations thank you so much major major stuff here thank you so
00:56:35much did you watch the show last year yeah do you remember thunderstorm yeah well he's he's over there that's
00:56:41him over there listening we've been having uh people dropping by it's fun what do you think thunderstorm
00:56:46man it's amazing dude like your voice is crazy isn't that great i'm obsessed brother thank you so much
00:56:53thunderstorm you want to vote
00:56:56that's all yes that's all yeses for me you don't get a yes i don't know what's going on
00:57:02oh man thank you for being in our life i mean it's like when you hear van morrison yeah
00:57:07real iconic crazy i think it's another countdown right yeah one two three you're going to hollywood week
00:57:18thank you so much
00:57:22i can't cry oh i'm so proud of you i've always been shy and insecure so hearing compliments from
00:57:31people as big as the judges really means something and that will forever be with me we are so lucky
00:57:37guys oh there's choices too there's choices on oh we're so lucky that's crazy
00:57:45that's what you call me skippers remember when i told you i was going to audition for american idol yeah
00:57:53they said yes that looks classy you want to hold it that is great
00:58:01thank you for your support all you have to do is win
00:58:13what are you gonna do when you see lionel i'm gonna scream hey look at that this is for you
00:58:21lionel richie that guy's got aura oh my gosh i read the whole thing this weekend
00:58:26lionel likes to use his legend status lionel's got rings dude legend card what is that i love it
00:58:36what's your name kindle kindle kindle who is here today with you this is my mom and my dad hi
00:58:42husband are you excited yes growing up we watched american idol a lot like as a family
00:58:50i'm 29 and i live right here in nashville tennessee and i am a singer-songwriter full-time
00:58:57this is what we can i'm 16 years old so just being here i'm really excited i've been pursuing
00:59:03music as far back as i can remember i've never wanted to be a lawyer or a doctor or i
00:59:08just wanted
00:59:09to do music oh my god i started singing in my youth group it kind of got me out of
00:59:15my shell a bit
00:59:17but i've never met anybody huge or famous or anything so it's going to be really different
00:59:22it definitely a little nerve-wracking though to be a songwriter it's my favorite thing in the world
00:59:29because eventually one person kind of like understand you know what you've written about
00:59:35or what you're singing about and that's my favorite part about it how are you i'm great how are y
00:59:42'all
00:59:43good good what's your name my name is laney grace i'm 16 years old and i'm from pratt belt alabama
00:59:48what do you do as a 16 year old in alabama i work at chick-fil-a that's really fun
00:59:54there you go
00:59:55tell us a little bit about your family i've got 12 siblings two brothers and 10 sisters
01:00:01wow there's a lot of us let's say a prayer for your brothers are they here today with you i
01:00:07have two of my sisters and my dad out there yes so not the whole crew we have a big
01:00:12farm and my
01:00:13mom had to stay back and handle that okay head inside and wait your audition is next
01:00:18what's on your farm like six cows lots of chickens we've got three goats cool what are you gonna be
01:00:24singing for us i'm gonna be singing honest by kindle inskeep how did you discover that she is kind
01:00:30of a small artist i discovered her music through my sister actually and i was like what is this song
01:00:35i love it cool that's cool okay are you playing i am playing awesome variation wow
01:00:50every time i walk out of the house put on another phase just to blend in with the crowd so
01:00:57nobody sees me
01:00:59you would never believe me
01:01:24you would never believe me
01:01:29you don't see the weeds in my garden i tell you that i'm old but i'm still healing
01:01:36i tell you that i'm happy but i'm grieving thought i was a fighter
01:01:43but i'm still in the fire
01:01:47if i'm being honest
01:01:51i'm not being honest
01:01:55i'm sitting here waiting and praying for someone to show me
01:02:00i'm still love this
01:02:03i'm just being honest
01:02:06i'm just being honest
01:02:15all right minus the concentration of trying to play the piano you have some vocal chops thank you
01:02:23there were a lot of kind of timid things that you were doing that will only improve the more you
01:02:28play
01:02:28out but i mean i feel like you have a lot of potential thank you everything about you is 16
01:02:35but
01:02:36you have a tone and sound in your voice it's really undeniable correct correct you are by no means
01:02:43ready for this but i don't think i can fight the urge say yes i think i have to tell
01:02:49her yes
01:02:50thank you um i think it's a not quite yet for me no listen hey if i put you through
01:02:59now i feel like
01:03:01all the other big voices that have been playing out for years they are going to wash you away i
01:03:08would rather give you just did one without the piano she could just trust singing to the top of her
01:03:13lungs you think she's you think she could win this like right now we're in well then there's your
01:03:21answer it's i mean it's up to lana we still have one more dog in the fight
01:03:27i think you've got some real grown-up qualities in there i like very much i might need to hear
01:03:33a
01:03:35little more well the the song that you sang um the songwriter kendall is actually
01:03:45here now right now right now kind of coming up behind you right now kind of walking over your
01:03:53shoulder can you guys sing that together just give her a stool you sing it yeah we got you a
01:04:05stool
01:04:05well first of all are you auditioning i'm auditioning today wow and hopefully changing
01:04:11one vote yeah let's hear y'all do it yeah okay perjay fill this room up i'm just being honest
01:04:22yeah
01:04:24i'm not being honest sing it to him i'll give you roses just hoping you don't see the weeds in
01:04:32my garden
01:04:34yeah if i'm being honest i'm at my darkest come on girl i'm sitting here waiting and praying for someone
01:04:46to show
01:04:47me what love is i'm just being honest good good oh that was so great sorry what do you think
01:04:59lionel
01:05:01um i i must tell you i i i'm debating if you have a master of it yet
01:05:17good oh that was so great what do you think lionel
01:05:23um i i must tell you i i have luke's heart i'm telling you
01:05:32come back to see us it's a no for me this time but that was very it was thank you
01:05:39very very great
01:05:40very inspiring thank you all right we'll see you back here all right thank y'all y'all have a
01:05:45great day
01:05:46all right i'm doing my best but my best it just don't i gotta know no i'm so proud of
01:05:57you luke said
01:05:59he liked me and carrie and lionel said i had a little bit of growing to do but i got
01:06:03to meet
01:06:03kendall inskeep and i got to sing with her so it's really mind-blowing give me a second i'll make
01:06:11it out of
01:06:12this
01:06:13i know i've been reckless but one day i know i'll be all again
01:06:26it might be today and it might be tomorrow when i wash my hands of the shame that i borrowed
01:06:37i'm sorry to unload like this i just can't keep it in
01:06:48amen
01:06:59give me a second and i'll make it out of this
01:07:05i'm sorry to unload like this
01:07:09i know i've been reckless but one day i know i'll be
01:07:16whole again
01:07:19i know i'll be
01:07:20whole again
01:07:21i know i've been reckless but one day i know i'll be
01:07:27whole again
01:07:29whole again
01:07:31i'm sorry to unload like this
01:07:35i just can't keep it in
01:07:41amen
01:07:49kendall you got stuff you got stuff thank you so much i like the song i love your voice felt
01:07:57like we
01:07:57were in your world when things kind of took off and hitting those baby that that note like from here
01:08:05it was like yeah thank you i commend you on the fact of just taking your time exploring who you
01:08:12are
01:08:12i think that's just so brilliant you you've got artists written all over you and i'm loving every
01:08:19minute of it thank you so much thank you i was really impressed when you stepped on the gas and
01:08:25you had that extra level of stuff in your range thank you i think we can vote i can vote
01:08:32i can vote go for it we can all vote let's tell her the good news
01:08:37you're going to hollywood a week
01:08:40wait can i like can i shake your hands can i help you
01:08:43please you guys are so cool oh you are so cool
01:08:47thank you guys so much
01:08:54oh my gosh wait can i tell you something what
01:09:01the girl before me auditioned with honest i just love the song and i love how much you've spoken
01:09:09to me through your lyricism and it's just been so amazing and to be able to sing with you
01:09:13it was absolutely so inspiring just to be able to meet you you're so sweet thank you i love you
01:09:20i love you babe we're besties now we're friends okay this is what it feels you both got this yeah
01:09:30group selfie oh leave me
01:09:34oh lionel is that you this next kid went viral because he's posting singing from the shower
01:09:47hi my name is alona and i am so excited to be here today i am actually not singing though
01:09:53my boyfriend brian is and no one has any idea what he looks like
01:09:58the camera is never on him it's always just on me doing my hair and makeup so it's just me
01:10:03reacting
01:10:03maybe we are so we're gonna not watch him sing so just make him feel comfortable yeah we got we
01:10:09got to ease him into this i hear him walking here i hear him it's getting close
01:10:17like with brian is oh i'm gonna cry sorry i'm gonna pull it together
01:10:28you's made me come out of my shell a lot too as a person
01:10:34i didn't think that love ever existed like this until i met him
01:10:40i can't see a thing i'm so excited to be on this journey with him and
01:10:45this is such a big deal all right we can bring these down
01:10:48hop from behind the pillar don't look at me we're not we're not looking okay all right who are you
01:10:56my name is brian thomas i'm from mobile alabama alabama well you sound like you're from alabama roll
01:11:02tide roll tide i am a singer songwriter i grew up in the church singing music how many fans do
01:11:10you have
01:11:10like 110 000 wow so the fans have never seen your face glowing your cover well this is the first
01:11:18time
01:11:18we've ever allowed one of these to go this way yeah so a new era of america night all right
01:11:24what are
01:11:24you gonna sing for us i'm singing against all odds by phil collins fantastic
01:11:36how can i just let you walk away just let you leave without a trace
01:11:43when i stand here taking every breath with you
01:11:52you're the only one who really knew me at all
01:11:57wow so take a look at me now there's just an empty space and there's nothing left here to remind
01:12:11me just the memory of your face so take a look at me now
01:12:19this is just an empty space but you coming back to me is against the odds but it's what i've
01:12:30got
01:12:30a face take a good look at me now hey i'll still be standing here and you coming back to
01:12:41me is
01:12:43it's against all odds but it's what i've got a face
01:12:52all right
01:12:57take a look at me now
01:13:05wow wow wow wow
01:13:07wow wow way to do it thank you guys so much the reveal good job here i am
01:13:17you know i'm overwhelmed i can't i can't lie to you you know i'm just gonna be like like luke
01:13:23and
01:13:23i'm gonna make jokes that's great you're still kind of covered because you got your shades on but i
01:13:28don't get it yeah there's the fool oh whoa whoa carrie what you think your voice is
01:13:37outrageous thank you so much it means means a lot to me to hear that from it it's incredible it
01:13:42really
01:13:43is even over there behind a pillar you can feel just so much emotion and life in your voice so
01:13:51well
01:13:52done what you think lionel about bryant i think we got ourselves a hit record here um you've got star
01:14:00power vocals man and that little rasp you have is just on fire thank you so much you were all
01:14:09the
01:14:10way there and i'm loving it man thank you so much yeah man great job and really really soulful voice
01:14:18oh i feel like i'm hallucinating right now honestly like like is this a projection is this
01:14:23is this ai well let's vote lana what you think about your alabama boy well i think for the university
01:14:28of idol i i would deem it very excited to put you in as part of this class it's a
01:14:34yes for me i'm a
01:14:37heck yes i'm a yes i love it congratulations you got a lot of family in there behind you coming
01:14:44in
01:14:45what's up how are y'all good are you the girlfriend i am you started all this i did come
01:14:52on
01:14:52guys center in there you go well he's going through the hollywood week and uh he's a great
01:14:58singer i appreciate y'all bringing him to us i have one thing to say yes yes
01:15:11so i told you you know when we started this whole journey you know that you were the one for
01:15:18me
01:15:19to be honest whether i got a golden ticket or not i was going to do this
01:15:23and i just want you to know that like my journey started with you and it's going to end with
01:15:27you
01:15:28and i promise you that it's okay can you say something yes yes oh my god this is beautiful
01:15:44oh my god guys congratulations congratulations oh my god way to go man oh my god way to go
01:15:56way to go i mean how did you sing knowing you had to do that if you can see i'm
01:16:02telling you
01:16:02something right now with the voice you have skies could be the limit of where you're going congratulations
01:16:07about it we're getting married i've been behind the scenes and i feel like i'm made for the stage
01:16:17and the spotlights so i'm ready to assume my role in the front of this boat and take us all
01:16:23the way
01:16:23home awesome day y'all it's a good day i must tell you the class is getting very impressive
01:16:37and each one unique unto themselves that's what makes it so beautiful
01:16:44all right hello hi how are you how are you i don't believe you are a contestant i am not
01:16:53a contestant
01:16:55my name is heather wyatt i'm here to introduce chloe chloe is a young girl who about a year ago
01:17:03wrote and performed a song in honor of my daughter aubry that we lost to suicide in 2023
01:17:12so sorry for your loss that is just oh unimaginable
01:17:18here's an original song that i wrote dedicated to aubry wyatt called forever 13.
01:17:23i first heard chloe's song about a year ago and immediately cried it was beautiful it was
01:17:30what aubry had gone through
01:17:42aubry um is my forever 13 year old daughter um she is bright beautiful talented
01:17:54um and she endured years of bullying social media pressures and took her life september 4th 2023
01:18:11um just very unexpected
01:18:23something kept telling me to write that song so i did you didn't know her i hadn't no i've never
01:18:27met
01:18:27her but you couldn't get this through out of your mind i couldn't it did just relate i just i
01:18:31don't
01:18:31know i felt it so much in my heart to write this song chloe does not know that i'm here
01:18:36today i have
01:18:37not met chloe so this will be the first time meeting her and thanking her for the song oh my
01:18:42god
01:18:58this is the world of me you don't even know thank you thank you this is chloe hi chloe sorry
01:19:07no you're
01:19:08great do you want to tell us your name tell us a little bit about yourself all right my name
01:19:14is chloe
01:19:14grace i'm 15 years old and i'm from jacksonville florida i went through some of the things aubry
01:19:19went through and it was it was really hard so i was like if i could write something that could
01:19:23just very small help someone then it's totally worth me writing this song music is very powerful
01:19:29and it can help let people know that they're not alone so we're excited to hear the song
01:19:42she was only 13 had some big dreams and you took them all away she had her whole life ahead
01:19:53of her and
01:19:54you watched her drift away you never thought that what you said could mess up someone else's head but
01:20:05maybe you think now that she's gone a young girl had to lose her life so that you could feel
01:20:15somewhat satisfied
01:20:18in this sick and twisted world you wouldn't think that a few young girls could do any harm but look
01:20:27where we
01:20:28are now she's dancing up in heaven with no tears no worry no weight on her shoulders today
01:20:45i've never felt that kind of pain but i can't imagine how it feels to be a mom and lose
01:20:55her daughter
01:20:56it must feel so sorry like how can she be gone she blames herself for doing wrong but i hope
01:21:08that she knows it
01:21:09it ain't her fault even though she is gone her story will forever and i'm gonna say her name
01:21:30i just her name because that's she believing that i'm not going to feel like oh she has another
01:21:54she gave myself up andina i'll see you in the mut팅
01:21:57I'm with you. Thank you.
01:22:01Oh, goodness.
01:22:04I'm just so moved.
01:22:07Heather, that's a gift right there.
01:22:08That's God looking back at you.
01:22:11It is.
01:22:11Just a very moving moment.
01:22:14Yeah, I feel like the maturity that you possess
01:22:17is quite incredible, the way you...
01:22:30The way you had your heart broken
01:22:32for someone you didn't even know, you know,
01:22:36and take that and basically say
01:22:42that something positive is going to come out of it
01:22:50and to potentially even think about
01:22:53all the people that hear that and see you
01:22:56and hear this story
01:22:57and maybe decide
01:23:02to change their mind about something.
01:23:05You know, it's pretty incredible.
01:23:07Yeah, the fact that she wrote about
01:23:09what you were going through, not knowing you,
01:23:12shows a potential in you as a singer and a songwriter
01:23:17and someone that can really do a lot of good in this world.
01:23:22Yeah.
01:23:24I'm a yes.
01:23:27I don't even have to think about it.
01:23:28I'm a yes.
01:23:31A yes for me.
01:23:32Welcome to the class.
01:23:33Welcome to the class.
01:23:36My God, thank you so much.
01:23:39You're special.
01:23:39You know that, right?
01:23:41You said what?
01:23:42You're special.
01:23:43You've been one of my biggest inspirations
01:23:46since I was seven years old.
01:23:49Well, now who's the inspiration?
01:23:52It's pretty incredible.
01:23:54Thank you so much.
01:24:01Oh, my goodness.
01:24:05Oh, I've always dreamed of holding one of these in my hand
01:24:09and for it to be like this
01:24:10and to get it singing a song I wrote
01:24:13and a song I poured my whole heart into is insane.
01:24:28We pray for the one who's going to leave the class.
01:24:33It's you.
01:24:34Why have we not seen you yet?
01:24:36I have an announcement.
01:24:38I'm Brittany Bateman.
01:24:40The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.
01:24:45You're crazy talented.
01:24:47Crazy unbelievable.
01:24:48I don't even know if you know
01:24:50what you could be capable of.
01:24:52I don't think we've seen a star, star, star like you yet.
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