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00:00:03we're making history tonight with our musical celebration of the icon Taylor Swift get ready
00:00:09to shake it off live this is American Idol
00:00:27thank you all very much welcome to the show
00:00:29tonight our top seven will become five and voting for your finalists is now open
00:00:35so don't wait start right now and please help me welcome your superstar judges Lou Bryan
00:00:47Lyna Ritchie
00:00:53and Carrie Underwood
00:00:59we got a show tonight that's out of every Swifties wildest dreams we're celebrating the iconic catalog of Taylor Swift
00:01:08with amazing performances by your top seven but before we get started we have a special guest judge in the
00:01:15house she's bringing the comedy and some friendship bracelets please welcome the one and only Nikki Glaser
00:01:30welcome to
00:01:32thank you
00:01:33thank you
00:01:44thank you
00:01:53we're so happy to have you Nikki Glaser oh my gosh I'm so excited to be here what a dream
00:01:58so is it true that you saw the eras show 22 times yeah I went to 22 eras concerts it
00:02:08was it was my obsession I just it was the one thing that I just couldn't get enough of and
00:02:14I just kept on going I don't have a family
00:02:17um
00:02:19so it was I had the money to do it and I just did it and I'm counting tonight as
00:02:23my 23rd show
00:02:24got it well the dancers from the eras tour are here in the lounge good to have you
00:02:33so tell me as a music lover what are you really looking for tonight in these finalists
00:02:38you know I'm looking to feel something I feel like I love Taylor Swift's music because it makes me feel
00:02:44and I felt all the feelings that I could from the songs already and I'm looking to feel new things
00:02:49tonight and I think that's what I'm looking for is just to have these finalists bring something new to the
00:02:55song that I've never even heard before
00:02:56but they're ready for it
00:02:57here is the voting info
00:03:00take a look at it
00:03:03we're only two weeks away from the finale and you gotta vote to pave the way for all your favorites
00:03:09online via text or social media across Facebook, Instagram and TikTok
00:03:16we're starting our Taylor celebration with her debut song off her very first album with Tim McGraw it's Jordan McCullough
00:03:30I said the way my blue eyes shot put those short stars ashamed that night I said that's a lie
00:03:44just a boy in a Chevy truck that had us hidden seed up getting stuck on back rolls at night
00:03:54and I was right there beside him all summer long and I was right there beside him all summer long
00:04:03and then the time we woke up to find that summer cold but when you think Tim McGraw
00:04:10hope you think my favorite song the one we dance to all night long the moon like a spotlight on
00:04:20the lake when you think Tim McGraw I hope you think of me
00:04:28some day
00:04:28and I'll be your sweet and I'm done for the first time since then
00:04:31and I'm dying for the first time since then I'm standing on your street
00:04:34and there's a letter left on your doorstep
00:04:38And the first thing that you'll read is when you think Tim McGraw.
00:04:45Hope you think my favorite song.
00:04:48Someday you'll turn your radio on.
00:04:51Hope it takes you back to that place when you see happiness.
00:04:58Hope you think that little black dance.
00:05:01Think of my head on your chest.
00:05:04And my old faded blue jeans.
00:05:08When you think Tim McGraw, I hope you think me.
00:05:13When you think Tim McGraw, you think me.
00:05:38Now, now, now, that is the way to put barbecue sauce on Taylor Swift.
00:05:45That's how you put some barbecue sauce on that thing.
00:05:48I am telling you, that was so well done.
00:05:51You put the curls in that, oh, I just love that.
00:05:55Oh, yeah.
00:05:56I can't even hit that note.
00:05:57That was amazing.
00:05:58I love everything you did.
00:06:00That was fabulous.
00:06:00Thank you, Lionel.
00:06:04Jordan, you have the smoothest, just most incredible voice.
00:06:09And I feel like week after week, you just prove that you can sing anything.
00:06:12And that's the point of having theme nights like this.
00:06:15That it's like, what are you going to bring to a specific theme or a specific artist?
00:06:20And you just sound beautiful on everything.
00:06:23I don't know how you do it.
00:06:24Thank you so much.
00:06:28Hi.
00:06:29Hello.
00:06:30I'm such a fan.
00:06:32I am so grateful that I just got to hear you sing live.
00:06:35It feels like a real privilege to listen to you.
00:06:37Now, when I hear Tim McGraw, I'm going to think of you.
00:06:40I really, that was so fun.
00:06:43Thank you so much.
00:06:44What a way to kick it off.
00:06:47Did you know that song prior to having to sing it?
00:06:50No, I sure didn't.
00:06:52I sure didn't.
00:06:53But I love the melodies in it.
00:06:54And I wanted to try something new.
00:06:56Well, that's what's great about this, you know, this competition, because you've got
00:07:01to go out here and try.
00:07:02And the fact when I saw that you were doing that song, I was like, wow, I can't believe
00:07:06you picked that one because I didn't see that for you.
00:07:09But you did a great job.
00:07:10Great job.
00:07:10Great.
00:07:11Thank you guys so much.
00:07:13Way to set the tone.
00:07:15We got two songs tonight from our finalists.
00:07:17And I'm just thinking about that, a big song for Taylor to launch her career.
00:07:22Symbolic, probably, in a way for you.
00:07:23Absolutely.
00:07:24I hope it does the same thing it did for me as it did for her.
00:07:28I went and got some boots and a bolo tie, y'all.
00:07:31Jesus.
00:07:32And it works.
00:07:33It works.
00:07:34It's looking good.
00:07:34All right, then.
00:07:35Yeah.
00:07:37Let's hear it for Jordan, everyone.
00:07:39Nice work.
00:07:42If you love Jordan, vote for him right now on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
00:07:49Just find our official pin voting post and comment his name.
00:07:52It's one name per comment per vote.
00:07:54And you can vote up to 10 times per finalist on each platform.
00:07:57If you want to listen again, be sure to check out tonight's top seven performances.
00:08:01They'll be live tomorrow morning wherever you stream your music.
00:08:05Next, with the Grammy-nominated indie folk ballad Exile,
00:08:09It's Chris Tungster.
00:08:20It's Chris Tungster.
00:08:21I can see you standing, honey, with his arms around your body, laughing but the joke's
00:08:31It's not funny at all.
00:08:35And it took you five whole minutes to pack us up and leave me with it.
00:08:42Oh, and all this love out here in your heart.
00:08:48I think I've seen this film before.
00:08:53I think I've seen this film before.
00:08:53And I didn't like the ending.
00:08:55You're not my homeland anymore.
00:08:59So what am I defending now?
00:09:02You were my town.
00:09:04Now I'm in exile seeing you out.
00:09:09I think I've seen this film before.
00:09:12So I'm leaving out the side door.
00:09:16So I step right out.
00:09:19There is no amount of crying I can do all this time.
00:09:29We always walked you very thin line.
00:09:32You didn't even hear me out.
00:09:35You never gave a warning sign.
00:09:38All this time.
00:09:42I think I've seen this film before.
00:10:29Chris, you have such a tender quality to your voice that really lends itself to storytelling.
00:10:37I think you picked a really great song to showcase that.
00:10:40Well, thank you so much, Gary.
00:10:45I've been watching you all season.
00:10:47And just whenever you sing, I just know I'm in good hands.
00:10:50I don't have anything to worry about.
00:10:51That's a part of performing that people don't think about is that the audience,
00:10:56you just don't want them to be nervous for you.
00:10:57And I never am with you.
00:10:58And that was just the softness of it,
00:11:02but also the energy you gave it at those big points.
00:11:06Like, I just, I felt different things.
00:11:08I was getting goosebumps throughout that whole time.
00:11:10And it was so good.
00:11:15So good.
00:11:16So good.
00:11:42Yeah.
00:11:42That was one of my favorite performances you've done.
00:11:44It was great.
00:11:45Thank you so much, Luke.
00:11:49I'm going to actually agree with Luke on this.
00:11:52You know, this is one of my favorites from you.
00:11:55And what I'm going to say to you is your ability to take someone else's song
00:12:00and make me forget that that's someone else's song.
00:12:03And now you're turning it into your song.
00:12:05It was so well done.
00:12:08Your delivery was just spot on.
00:12:10Spot on.
00:12:10Thank you so much.
00:12:12You stepped it up tonight.
00:12:15Way to go.
00:12:17I'm not so surprised he sang Taylor because in the locker room before the football games,
00:12:22you played middle linebacker?
00:12:24Yeah.
00:12:24Right?
00:12:25What would you listen to to hype you up sometimes?
00:12:28Blank space.
00:12:29Blank space.
00:12:29Blank space by Taylor Swift.
00:12:31And he'd make those tackles.
00:12:33That's one of my favorites as well.
00:12:35I love it.
00:12:35It's the best.
00:12:37How did you prepare differently this week?
00:12:39I think just as the pressure continues to grow,
00:12:42you just have to continue to, like, remain who you are
00:12:45and trust that the people at home that have fallen in love with you
00:12:48are the people that are going to carry you through.
00:12:50And that's just the approach now is I'm just so grateful for the love that I've found
00:12:53in everybody here in America.
00:12:55There you go.
00:12:57Nikki's right.
00:12:58There's something about you where we all just feel safe when you're around.
00:13:02So thank you for that.
00:13:03If you love Chris, you know what to do.
00:13:05Vote.
00:13:06American Idol.com is the place for all the program here for voting.
00:13:09Two people are headed home at the end of the show when I announce the results live.
00:13:13Chris, everyone, thank you, sir.
00:13:15Thank you so much, Ryan.
00:13:15Appreciate it.
00:13:20More Taylor Swift tributes headed your way, like Hannah Harper with a hit from Speak Now
00:13:25and a fearless moment from Brooks.
00:13:29Idol is back live right after this.
00:13:42All right, welcome back.
00:13:44And a big hello to everyone watching live on Disney+.
00:13:47While you keep showing your love for the top seven with your votes,
00:13:51they're showing their love to Taylor Swift.
00:13:53And next, with a multi-branding winning song off Taylor's Speak Now album,
00:13:58performing Mean, here is Hannah Harper.
00:14:01Yeah!
00:14:06You, with your words like knives and the swords and the weapons that you use against me,
00:14:12you have knocked me off my feet again, got me feeling like I'm nothing,
00:14:18you, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard calling me out when I'm unwounded,
00:14:24you are picking on a weaker man.
00:14:28Well, you can take me down with just one single blow.
00:14:37But you don't know what you don't know.
00:14:41Someday I'll be living in a big old city and all you're ever gonna be is me.
00:14:52Yeah, someday I'll be digging up so you can't hit me.
00:14:58And all you're ever gonna be is me.
00:15:03Why you gotta be so me?
00:15:07I bet you got pushed around.
00:15:10Somebody made you cold.
00:15:13But the cycle ends right now.
00:15:16Cause you can't lead me down that road.
00:15:19Washed up and written about the same old bitter things.
00:15:27Yeah, someday I'll be living in a big old city.
00:15:33And all you're ever gonna be is me.
00:15:37Me, me, me, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:15:42Someday I'll be digging up so you can't hit me.
00:15:48And all you're ever gonna be is me.
00:15:52Why you gotta be so me?
00:15:57Why you gotta be so me?
00:16:02Why you gotta be so me?
00:16:16I love that you chose this song because watching last week and you kind of talking about some
00:16:21of the commentary that you read online about your performance the previous week, I was
00:16:25thinking, oh, I really want her to address that and to, cause this song was written based
00:16:29off of a critic of Taylor's that she was like, I'm gonna write a song about it.
00:16:33And so I felt like that came through for you tonight.
00:16:35And I was really excited to see it.
00:16:36And I love the banjo.
00:16:37I love what you did with the song.
00:16:39You sounded gorgeous.
00:16:45Yeah, I mean, weekend and week out, no matter what anybody may comment anywhere, you're killing
00:16:50it every week.
00:16:51And you're being, you're being, uh, you're being authentically you, you're, you're, like
00:17:01I said, we haven't seen you with the banjo yet.
00:17:03And I'm like, oh my God, that's another great look for you.
00:17:06And a great song choice.
00:17:08Uh, you had me, you had me from the start and all the way to the end.
00:17:11I didn't want it to end.
00:17:12So great job.
00:17:13I appreciate it.
00:17:14Yeah.
00:17:15This is, uh, this, this is how you do it.
00:17:19You're, you're true to yourself.
00:17:20What I'm saying to you, you don't come out as a gimmick.
00:17:22It's no gimmick in this.
00:17:24You come out true to who you are.
00:17:26I have found one person other than Carrie, who knows all the lyrics to everything.
00:17:32And Nikki, you are, I can't believe she's just singing right along.
00:17:36With you, but you did a fabulous job.
00:17:38I'm having a blast.
00:17:38I appreciate it.
00:17:39I loved everything about this performance.
00:17:42Like from the way your hair and your wardrobe and the banjo and the song and the way you
00:17:48were able to do all of your like little bluegrass-y kind of runs and, and it's, it's such a
00:17:53Hannah
00:17:53thing to do.
00:17:54Um, and it sounded so good on this song.
00:17:56I think you made a really smart choice.
00:17:58And like I said, I just loved everything about it.
00:18:01Thank you very much.
00:18:02Can't ask for more than that.
00:18:03Great to see you tonight.
00:18:05I mean, your public service message, Carrie, has always been post and ghost, right?
00:18:11Absolutely.
00:18:12Don't read all that stuff.
00:18:13Don't read it.
00:18:14It doesn't matter.
00:18:15No, it's none of your business.
00:18:17It's good or bad.
00:18:18Good job.
00:18:19Thank you very much.
00:18:19Hannah, everyone.
00:18:23Hannah wants to be in your top five.
00:18:25Make that happen for her by voting online or via social media.
00:18:29Text voting is also available to subscribers of all wireless carriers.
00:18:33Now he's performing Taylor's eight-time platinum hit love story.
00:18:38It is a performance from Brooks.
00:18:50We were both young when I first saw you.
00:18:54I closed my eyes.
00:18:56The flashback starts.
00:18:58I'm standing there on a balcony in summer air.
00:19:07You were Romeo.
00:19:09You were throwing pebbles at my daddy said to stay away from Juliet.
00:19:15And I was crying on the staircase, begging you, please don't go.
00:19:22And I said, Romeo, take me somewhere.
00:19:27We can be alone.
00:19:28I'll be waiting.
00:19:31All there's left to do is run.
00:19:32You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess.
00:19:36It's a love story.
00:19:39Baby, just say yes.
00:19:44I got tired of waiting.
00:19:49Wondering if you're ever coming around.
00:19:53I think the new is fading.
00:19:57When I met you on the outskirts of town.
00:20:01And I said, Romeo, take me somewhere.
00:20:05We can be alone.
00:20:06I'll be waiting.
00:20:09All there's left to do is run.
00:20:11You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess.
00:20:14It's a love story.
00:20:17Baby, just say yes.
00:20:19Yeah.
00:20:20I'll be the prince and I'll be the princess.
00:20:29I'll be the princess.
00:20:31I'll be the princess.
00:20:32I'll be the princess.
00:20:32It's a love story.
00:20:34Baby, just say yes.
00:20:47Yeah.
00:20:51Brooks.
00:20:52Brooks again.
00:20:53Yeah.
00:20:54Yeah.
00:20:56Brooks' biggest fan right there, right?
00:20:59Yeah.
00:21:01I just love hearing your interpretation of that.
00:21:04Like I said, just force yourself, too, to just always give more energy, more energy.
00:21:09If you took that energy up there at the end, and I just wanted a little bit more.
00:21:14But, man, you're having a crazy week.
00:21:15Your girl announces your relationship last week.
00:21:18Yeah.
00:21:19Come on, man.
00:21:20And you got silk shirts on now.
00:21:23It's like, who is this guy?
00:21:24I love it.
00:21:26Lionel?
00:21:26I don't know.
00:21:27I don't know.
00:21:28Who are you?
00:21:31You know, what I'm enjoying about this is I think you are having a great time.
00:21:36Number one.
00:21:36Number two, your voice is so unique.
00:21:39I am telling you, the storyteller part of that voice that you have is so fitting for the song you
00:21:45just did.
00:21:46You just made us, you hung in there.
00:21:48You made us hold on to it.
00:21:49And if you had just taken the mic out of the, and just walked with it, I would have fainted.
00:21:56You understand me?
00:21:57That's all it was needed.
00:21:58Just grab it sometime to give me some attitude.
00:22:00All right.
00:22:01All right.
00:22:02Yeah, Brooks, I mean, we've told you week after week just what a special gift that you have.
00:22:07There's so many people, like, back home.
00:22:09I ask everybody I know, like, who's your favorite?
00:22:11Who's your favorite?
00:22:11And, like, people just love you.
00:22:13I don't know if you know that.
00:22:14If there's one little thing that I could just tell you, just, you just got to breathe.
00:22:19I felt like you were, like, half a second faster than the music or the entire song.
00:22:24And I'm like, just breathe.
00:22:26Just sink into it.
00:22:27You belong here.
00:22:28And it's hard to be like, get comfortable, Brooks.
00:22:30You know, you need to get comfortable.
00:22:32But just, just, I know it'll just come with time.
00:22:35But just, just breathe and sink into it and sway a little bit and just let it come out
00:22:40of you because it's, it's perfect in there the way it is.
00:22:43Just.
00:22:44There you go.
00:22:48I love you.
00:22:49It is, you are such a star.
00:22:52And the best part about the show I find is, like, when it's someone who, like you, is
00:22:56performing really for the first time in your life.
00:22:59And we're getting to see in real time you figure out the performer you are.
00:23:03And we see such strides every week.
00:23:05And you're, I just want to see you let go.
00:23:07And you have everything that you need to be a star.
00:23:10It's right there.
00:23:11It's not even something I'm worried about for you.
00:23:13But I can't wait to see you really unleash.
00:23:16And, yeah.
00:23:17But you're so great.
00:23:18It was beautiful.
00:23:19Thank you so much.
00:23:20Right, Steph Watson, our performance.
00:23:22Brooks, great job.
00:23:23By the way, nothing wrong with silk shirts, Luke.
00:23:28This is very Coachella stagecoach of Brooks right now.
00:23:31No, I thought I had on silk, but it's not.
00:23:36It's just old cotton.
00:23:39And with the hard launch last week and now that performance this week, how are things?
00:23:43Good.
00:23:43Sailing along.
00:23:44Yeah, I'm having fun.
00:23:46Good.
00:23:46That's what we want.
00:23:47Brooks needs your votes to let his idol dream live on.
00:23:51Vote for now online or on the American Idol social pages on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
00:23:57If you text your votes, data and message rates may apply.
00:24:00There is Brooks.
00:24:02See you later.
00:24:02Okay, we got it.
00:24:08Our own Eros tour continues next with more Fearless and Lover album tracks, courtesy of Daniel and Kila.
00:24:16The Taylor Swift celebration rolls on live on American Idol after this.
00:24:21What are you wearing?
00:24:24Wait.
00:24:32You are locked live on Idol.
00:24:34Hot take next week.
00:24:35It's the collab we all needed in our lives when American Idol and Dancing with the Stars join forces on
00:24:42this stage.
00:24:42Right, Danielle?
00:24:43Yes, that's right.
00:24:44And I am going to break the news on which pros will perform alongside your top five on the podcast
00:24:49this week.
00:24:50So check out the American Idol official podcast this Wednesday for that exclusive reveal.
00:24:55The heiress dancers are here tonight.
00:24:59Next, a few of Mars to Taylor Rowling with the celebrated title track from her 2008 Grammy album of the
00:25:05year, Fearless.
00:25:06It's Daniel Stalworth.
00:25:12There's something about the way the street looks when it's just rain.
00:25:17There's a glow off the pavement.
00:25:20You walk me to the car and you know I want to ask you to dance right there in the
00:25:27middle of the parking lot.
00:25:30Yeah, and I don't know how it gets better than this.
00:25:36You take my hand and drag me in first.
00:25:39Fearless, and I don't know why, but with you I dance.
00:25:45Take my hand and drag me in first.
00:25:49Fearless, and I don't know why, but with you I dance.
00:25:51Come on, y'all, come on.
00:25:52Oh, fearless.
00:25:59Well, you stood there with me in the doorway.
00:26:03My hands shake, I'm not usually this way.
00:26:07But you put me in, but you put me in and I'm a little more afraid.
00:26:12It's the first kiss.
00:26:14It's this flawless, really softened.
00:26:17Ooh, feeling, yeah.
00:26:22Come on, y'all.
00:26:23Feeling, yeah.
00:26:27Come on.
00:26:28Let me hear you.
00:26:29Come on.
00:26:29And I don't know why, but with you I dance.
00:26:44You take my hand and drag me in first.
00:26:47Feeling, feeling, feeling.
00:27:14What I love, what I love, what I love about you is that you walk out on this stage and
00:27:22I honestly, you picked the right song.
00:27:23You are fearless, man, when you walk out.
00:27:27The thing I like the most is you not only sing, but you perform.
00:27:33So the crowd is right there with you.
00:27:35You're a best cheerleader.
00:27:36I loved it, man.
00:27:36Thank you so much.
00:27:38I feel like this was another example of, you know, we're throwing different themes at you guys and you're like,
00:27:45okay, I'm going to pick a song, but how do I put my stamp on it?
00:27:49How do I make it into something that I would sing, even if it's completely outside of your genre?
00:27:54I feel like you did a really great job of that and you just, you made it a Daniels song.
00:28:02That's one of my favorite songs from the Heiress tour and you just brought something totally different to it.
00:28:07I just had the best time watching you.
00:28:10I felt, like, I forgot I was on TV.
00:28:12I was a part of the crowd.
00:28:13I wanted to touch you.
00:28:15I was like, I'm so excited when you came over here.
00:28:17I was fangirling.
00:28:18Like, I'm so glad I get to watch you perform again.
00:28:21I want to go to 22 of your shows.
00:28:22I'm serious.
00:28:23That was so fun.
00:28:23Thank you so much.
00:28:24Thank you for that.
00:28:26Yeah, Daniel, the entertainment quality of what you just did was at an extremely high level.
00:28:34And watching you grow into where you're just entertaining, you made the room comfortable, you high-fived me.
00:28:41I was like, oh, my God, he touched me.
00:28:44And that's what it's all about.
00:28:46You just entertained the heck out of it.
00:28:48Thank you so much.
00:28:52Daniel, Nicky, Nicky, Daniel, you guys should meet.
00:28:55There you are.
00:28:56Nice to meet you.
00:28:58It's a priceless moment.
00:29:03So, speaking of song choice, you weren't quite sure which song to go with, and you got some help with
00:29:11a fellow finalist.
00:29:11Tell me about that.
00:29:12I did.
00:29:12Well, me and Jordan are really, really close.
00:29:16That's my brother.
00:29:17That's my brother.
00:29:18And I'm going to stick beside him every time.
00:29:21I was having trouble with picking a song, and he was like, hey, I got one for you.
00:29:24And he helped me out.
00:29:25So, I love you, man.
00:29:25I appreciate that.
00:29:27He was right.
00:29:28He was right.
00:29:28Keep listening, Jordan.
00:29:30Daniel, everyone.
00:29:31Let's hear it one more time.
00:29:32Good job.
00:29:33See you later.
00:29:39You can vote for Daniel now to help him make that top five.
00:29:42You can vote up to ten times per finalist online via text or across our socials on Facebook, Instagram, and
00:29:49TikTok.
00:29:50Another Taylor Swift title track right now.
00:29:52This one offers seven times platinum album, Rubber.
00:29:56It's coming from Kila.
00:30:02Can I go where you go?
00:30:09Can we always be this close?
00:30:16We can leave the Christmas lights up till January.
00:30:22And this is our place.
00:30:25We make the rules.
00:30:28And there's a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you, dear.
00:30:35Have I known you're 20 seconds or 20 years?
00:30:40Can I go where you go?
00:30:46Can we always be this close?
00:30:52Forever and ever and I take me out, take me home.
00:30:58Oh, you're my, my, my, my, my lover.
00:31:07Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:31:13Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand?
00:31:16With every gift, I'll just fall on my hands.
00:31:19I swear to be overdramatic and true, my lover.
00:31:23Oh, you're my, my, my, my lover.
00:31:53Oh, you're my, my lover.
00:32:13We do not ever have to worry about you.
00:32:16You know what I mean?
00:32:17Like, there's some things that it's like, what are they going to sing?
00:32:21What are they going to do?
00:32:22What are they going to do with the songs?
00:32:23I feel like we don't ever have to worry about you.
00:32:25We just get to sit back and watch you perform.
00:32:29Your melodic choices and you, you know, you just, you impress me every single week.
00:32:40I don't even recognize that song.
00:32:42You brought something new to it that I couldn't even imagine could be brought to it.
00:32:45I really, I love what you did with that song.
00:32:49I love watching you.
00:32:50You're stunning.
00:32:50But the way you work the room, you just, you make it look so easy.
00:32:54And it is so easy to watch you and to listen to you.
00:32:57It feels so good.
00:32:58Um, I, I, I, I'm, I'm honestly speechless.
00:33:01I can't, you're so good.
00:33:03Thank you so much for that.
00:33:04No, thank you.
00:33:05I'll remember it forever.
00:33:08Oh, yeah.
00:33:09It, it, your, your confidence when you're just singing on the mic, it's just like, you're
00:33:14so confident and people feel that confidence and it's become kind of your thing.
00:33:21And to watch you week after week, even get that more confidence, deliver the message.
00:33:26I mean, you're looking at the crowd and, and like, I mean, your look right now is just
00:33:30on point.
00:33:31Everything is like channeling perfectly for you.
00:33:34So proud of you.
00:33:35Thank you, Luke.
00:33:38I, I, I, I, I, I'm going to, I'm going to channel, I'm going to channel Nikki.
00:33:43I got to the point I was watching you.
00:33:45I was just going, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, listen, it is something important for
00:33:51you to know is that when you can take a song, turn it into you and then get to the
00:33:56point
00:33:57where I just have to say to myself, stop it, just stop it.
00:34:00Of course, you're beating us up out here.
00:34:02It's so beautiful to watch.
00:34:04Your talent, your voice, your stage presence, amazing.
00:34:08Thank you, Lionel.
00:34:11Stop, but don't stop.
00:34:13Don't stop, please.
00:34:14You know, I watch you in rehearsal and you're so determined and you're so focused and I can
00:34:20tell how badly you want it.
00:34:21And then you come out and you make it look so easy.
00:34:23Does it seem that easy to you?
00:34:25It's not always easy.
00:34:26You know, sometimes it's a challenge, but it's all about how you make it, what you make
00:34:29it of.
00:34:30Well, you made it tonight.
00:34:32Very, very well.
00:34:33If Keela has your vote, send them in at American Idol dot com.
00:34:38You can also text your votes or use social media.
00:34:40Remember, it's 10 votes per finalist per voting platform.
00:34:43Keela, everyone.
00:34:45Way to go.
00:34:46Thank you, Lionel.
00:34:46See you soon.
00:34:51All right.
00:34:51So check it out.
00:34:53We're taking a quick break.
00:34:53But when we come back, it's Brayden Rumpfelt with Cardigan.
00:34:58Then later, a second round of music from your finalist plus, Luke Bryan takes the stage with
00:35:05his newest single, Country, and She Knows It.
00:35:08You're going live real soon.
00:35:11Baby, let's go.
00:35:11Hang tight.
00:35:12We're coming right back.
00:35:13Do it, Luke.
00:35:24I like it.
00:35:26It's looking good, Luke.
00:35:26I like your hair.
00:35:28Welcome back to Idol Live.
00:35:29Tonight, we've been lucky enough to have comedian Nikki Glaser here on the judges panel.
00:35:34So, what do you think of the gig?
00:35:36Oh, this is awesome.
00:35:37I can get used to this.
00:35:38I'm used to roasting.
00:35:39It's kind of hard to be positive in different ways.
00:35:41You're very good at roasting.
00:35:42But yeah, I've turned that part of my brain off tonight.
00:35:43But you have that positive thing going on.
00:35:45Yeah, I'm loving this.
00:35:46By the way, I saw your special last night.
00:35:48Yes.
00:35:49I learned so much.
00:35:51And thank you for the American Idol name check.
00:35:54I did.
00:35:54Yes, she did mention.
00:35:55I did not see it coming.
00:35:56And there it was, American Idol.
00:35:58Be sure to catch Nikki Glaser, Good Girl, exclusively on Hulu and Hulu on Disney Plus right now.
00:36:04Very funny.
00:36:05Next up would be Taylor Swift's set list with a song from a multi-platin' Grammy award-winning album of
00:36:11the year, Folklore.
00:36:13It's great in a rum felt.
00:36:15Yeah, man.
00:36:24Vintage tea, brand new phone, high heels on, cobblestones, when you are young, they assume you know nothing.
00:36:53But I knew you, dancing in your Levi's, strong under a streetlight, I, I knew you, hand under my sweatshirt.
00:37:05Baby kiss the bed, baby kiss the bed, I, I, I, I, I, and when I felt like I was
00:37:11an old cardigan under someone's bed.
00:37:15You put me on and said I was your favorite.
00:37:21But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss.
00:37:25I knew you'd hold up my bodies.
00:37:28The smell of smoke would hang around this long, cause I knew everything when I was young.
00:37:36I knew you'd miss me once I'd really expire.
00:37:40And you would be standing in my fourth borderline.
00:37:44Come back to me.
00:37:47Oh, and you'd come back to me.
00:38:00Vintage tea, brand new phone, high heels on, cobblestones, when you are young, they assume you know nothing.
00:38:27Brayden.
00:38:27Yeah, man.
00:38:28You were in the pocket.
00:38:29I was in the pocket.
00:38:30Yeah.
00:38:31That's a good thing.
00:38:32Tom Brady.
00:38:32Yeah.
00:38:33Hi.
00:38:34Um, you were so, that was, um, do you, do you love that song?
00:38:38Cause I feel like I could tell you love that song.
00:38:40I, I didn't know it at first.
00:38:42You didn't?
00:38:42And then when we ran through it, I was like, oh my God, this is awesome.
00:38:45Well, you ate that song.
00:38:46Thank you very much.
00:38:47It was so good.
00:38:47I, it's one of my favorites and you, you just took me on a journey.
00:38:52I didn't even need you to walk around.
00:38:54I felt like you, you took me there with the music.
00:38:56It was really, really beautiful.
00:38:58Thank you very much.
00:38:59So good.
00:39:01I like the cardigan.
00:39:03I was, I was telling Nikki, I mean, that's like my favorite thing I've seen you do thus far.
00:39:08And the fact that you learned it or really embrace it this week and you, the hardest thing to do
00:39:14when you're singing other people's songs, it's to sell them like you lived them.
00:39:18And you totally took me on the, the emotional journey of that song.
00:39:24I loved it, man.
00:39:25Great job.
00:39:28Yeah.
00:39:29I kept, I kept thinking the whole time you were singing, this guy is in the pocket.
00:39:37I mean, you were right there.
00:39:39You put your foot right in it and you stayed right in it throughout the whole thing.
00:39:44I will tell you something, your conviction.
00:39:46The fact that there's one thing to sing it.
00:39:48It's another thing that story you're telling.
00:39:50I believe it coming out of your mouth.
00:39:54Yeah.
00:39:55I'm basically just going to ditto everything that they just said.
00:39:58Um, you just seem so comfortable in it and, and definitely told the story.
00:40:03It's one of my favorite things that you've done as well.
00:40:05It was just, it was great.
00:40:07Thank you very much.
00:40:13Brayden, everyone.
00:40:16I mean, this is my favorite cardigan right here.
00:40:21Oh, it's got a folklore on it.
00:40:23Yeah.
00:40:23This is, uh, like an official.
00:40:25This is an official.
00:40:26I am a Swifty.
00:40:27This is official.
00:40:28I have a string.
00:40:29Rod, you got any scissors?
00:40:29No.
00:40:31Oh, no.
00:40:32Thanks.
00:40:32Appreciate that.
00:40:33So Brayden, how'd it feel to sing some Taylor Swift tonight?
00:40:36Don't cut it.
00:40:37It's going to be fine, Lionel.
00:40:39Oh, yeah.
00:40:39Okay.
00:40:39Everything's going to, the show's going to go on.
00:40:41I just, just, yeah.
00:40:42How'd it feel tonight?
00:40:43I, yeah, that was great.
00:40:44I loved the song.
00:40:45I had confidence.
00:40:47Yes.
00:40:48I got you.
00:40:49I had confidence.
00:40:49Well, you're, you're gaining more and more and we like it.
00:40:52It's working for you.
00:40:53Brayden, everybody.
00:40:54If you want him to survive and get into next week, gotta vote.
00:40:59You can do it right now online or via text.
00:41:01You can also vote on the American Idol social pages, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
00:41:06Brayden, everyone.
00:41:09Good job.
00:41:16So, that wraps up round one, showcasing the music that's made Taylor Swift the most
00:41:22streamed artist in Spotify history.
00:41:26Wow.
00:41:26Amazing.
00:41:27Don't go anywhere because we got round two on the way and we're kicking it off with Brooks
00:41:32and Jordan having some fun in the lounge.
00:41:36More Idol live right after this.
00:41:37Hang tight.
00:41:38So good.
00:41:49Back with you on American Idol.
00:41:52Keep voting for all your favorites.
00:41:54We're heading into round two tonight, which is a salute to the spirit of California, the
00:41:58ultimate playground where creativity, culture, and music collide.
00:42:03Here's how our sponsor Visit California and the top seven are inspired by the people, the
00:42:08places, and the unmistakable energy of California.
00:42:15California's beautiful.
00:42:17The deserts, the city, the beach.
00:42:19It's been very inspiring.
00:42:22Getting to go outside this week and go on a little hike was so nice.
00:42:26The trees were massive.
00:42:27I've never seen a tree that big in my entire life.
00:42:31Yesterday it snowed back home and here I'm in the sun in 80 degree weather.
00:42:35I don't want to be anywhere but here right now.
00:42:37To see all the colors and the food from little Tokyo to the Venice canals to the beach.
00:42:42It is just every single thing that you dream of.
00:42:45It's inspirational just seeing how many people are out here chasing dreams.
00:42:49California.
00:42:50The Walk of Fame is a big inspiration.
00:42:53Just looking at the stars, I was just smiling because I'm like, man, maybe one day God would
00:42:57allow me to be on one of these stars.
00:42:59California is definitely the ultimate playground.
00:43:04It's just having a whole bunch of fun and just jumping around and just being a big kid
00:43:07all over again.
00:43:13You can really feel the joy and the energy of like everybody.
00:43:16It's just like, it's refreshing.
00:43:31To create these lifelong memories of my best friends is a dream come true.
00:43:40Beautiful and a lot of fun.
00:43:41Let's get to the music of California.
00:43:44Maroon 5 formed in 2001 in Los Angeles.
00:43:48Here now with one of their biggest hits is Brooks.
00:43:53I've never smiled as much as I have in California.
00:43:55I've met so many good people.
00:43:57I'm going to be singing She'll Be Loved by Maroon 5.
00:44:00And I think I can relate more to it now because I have a girlfriend.
00:44:03Have you guys used the L word yet?
00:44:05We have used the L word.
00:44:06What I want to achieve this week is just remain honest and true to myself.
00:44:09And I hope Ray feels loved.
00:44:16Beauty queen of only 18.
00:44:20She had some trouble with herself.
00:44:24He was always there to help her.
00:44:29She always belonged to someone else.
00:44:34Mmm.
00:44:38Mmm.
00:44:43I drove for miles and miles and wound up at your door.
00:44:52I've had you so many times but somehow I want more.
00:45:01I don't mind spending every day out on your corner in the pouring rain.
00:45:09Look for the girl with the broken smile.
00:45:15Ask her if she wants to stay a while.
00:45:19And she will be loved.
00:45:23And she will be loved.
00:45:29Mm.
00:45:38Top on my window, knock on my door.
00:45:42I wanna make you feel beautiful.
00:45:50Oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:45:53Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:45:55And she will be loved
00:46:01And she will be loved
00:46:16Thank you, thank you
00:46:25That was the perfect song choice to fit your voice
00:46:29And whatever we told you the last round
00:46:33There were none of those little timing deals
00:46:36It was locked in, it was perfect, it was so Brooks
00:46:39It was what I hoped it would fit
00:46:43I don't need to talk much, just say ditto, ditto, ditto
00:46:48But truthfully, you sat in that perfect song, man
00:46:53The perfect song for you, and you did such a great job
00:46:55Thank you so much
00:46:56Yeah, I don't know, we're just throwing compliments at you at this point
00:47:00I mean, your obviously voice is just so magical
00:47:04From the first note you sang
00:47:06It was like, ah, like here we are, this is great
00:47:09And just carried it through the entire song
00:47:13It was a very solid performance
00:47:14Thank you
00:47:16It was so impressive how you took the notes from the first song
00:47:21And applied it instantly to that performance just then
00:47:24It was so easy to watch you
00:47:26And you can tell you're in love from the way you sang that song
00:47:29I felt it
00:47:31Thank you
00:47:32Brooks, everyone
00:47:34So what made you choose that song?
00:47:38I'm in love, Ryan
00:47:41Show your love for Brooks right here and all your favorites with your votes
00:47:46Online via text and across the American Idol social accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok
00:47:52It's the only way to ensure they stay in the competition
00:47:57Good job, buddy
00:47:58Thanks, folks
00:48:00Right after
00:48:06Coming up next, a quintessential Hall of Fame song by Burbank, California's own Bonnie Raitt
00:48:12Tonight, it's reimagined by Jordan McCullough
00:48:15Take a look
00:48:17This week I'm singing I Can Make You Love Me by Bonnie Raitt
00:48:20I love the emotion behind the song
00:48:22Bonnie Raitt is from California
00:48:23And I think California will always have a special place in my heart
00:48:26Everything creative is here
00:48:27This is the place to express yourself
00:48:29My goal tonight is reach California energy
00:48:31That's what you want to do
00:48:32That's peak for me
00:48:45Turn down these voices inside my head
00:48:56Lay down with me
00:49:00Tell me no lies
00:49:04Just hold me close
00:49:08Don't paint your eyes
00:49:12Don't paint your eyes
00:49:16Cause I can make you love me
00:49:21If you don't
00:49:23And you can make your heart feel
00:49:29Something it won't
00:49:33Here in the dark
00:49:36In these five hours
00:49:40I will lay down my heart
00:49:44I will lay down my heart
00:49:46I feel the power
00:49:48But you won't
00:49:52No, you won't
00:49:56Cause I can make you love me
00:50:01Oh, if you don't
00:50:08See, I can make you love me
00:50:12Oh, if you don't
00:50:19Oh, if you don't
00:50:23Oh, if you don't
00:50:55I want you to understand something
00:50:57I have heard that song a long time
00:51:03You got me crying on that song
00:51:05That I've heard a long time
00:51:07And I want to let you know
00:51:09Your delivery was right on point
00:51:12Let the congregation say
00:51:18Amen
00:51:19Amen
00:51:22Jordan
00:51:23I don't care what you sing
00:51:26Every time you open your mouth
00:51:28I hear the Holy Spirit
00:51:31It doesn't matter what genre
00:51:33Or what it is
00:51:34So true
00:51:34And it's not just your voice
00:51:36Which is truly blessed
00:51:37You have one of the best voices
00:51:39I've ever heard in my entire life
00:51:41But your
00:51:43The way you
00:51:44Like
00:51:45The
00:51:45The
00:51:47Maturity
00:51:47That you have
00:51:49In
00:51:49The way that you deliver it
00:51:51It's never too much
00:51:52Your soft parts
00:51:53Are soft and intimate
00:51:54And beautiful
00:51:55Your big notes
00:51:56Are just soaring
00:51:57And gorgeous
00:51:58And powerful
00:51:58It is all just
00:52:00I don't know how you do it
00:52:02But thank you for doing it
00:52:04Thank you so much
00:52:05Thank you
00:52:05Wow
00:52:07There were moments during that
00:52:09Where I had to like close my eyes
00:52:12And just get like showered
00:52:14In the music
00:52:15I've never had that experience before
00:52:17With music
00:52:18I really feel like something just happened
00:52:19No you're right
00:52:20You're right
00:52:20But I had to close my eyes
00:52:22And just
00:52:22I couldn't process it all
00:52:23But then watching you too
00:52:24That performance
00:52:25The way that you had that one moment
00:52:27Where you caught the note in the air
00:52:28You were just
00:52:29You could have been on mute
00:52:30And I could have known exactly
00:52:31What you were thinking about
00:52:32And that was so special
00:52:33But I'm glad you weren't
00:52:34That was awesome
00:52:35Thank you
00:52:35Thank you so much
00:52:36Thank you
00:52:40Wow
00:52:41The whole time I was thinking
00:52:42I had to sing in a little bit
00:52:46Follow that
00:52:48Beautiful
00:52:48Beautiful
00:52:49There were notes that you hit
00:52:51That like corrected my spine curvature
00:52:54Or something
00:52:55I don't know
00:52:56Glory to God
00:52:57Thank you
00:52:58Thank you guys
00:52:59So
00:53:01That's what you want to hear
00:53:02When you come out here at night
00:53:03Oh yeah
00:53:04There was pressure
00:53:05You were feeling
00:53:06Performing that song
00:53:07Tell me about it
00:53:08Yeah man
00:53:08This felt like the most vulnerable
00:53:09I've been
00:53:10All season
00:53:11This song means a lot to me
00:53:13And Gary did this song years ago
00:53:15And she did a wonderful job with it
00:53:16But
00:53:17Yeah I just wanted to show the world
00:53:18My heart
00:53:18With this one
00:53:19For real
00:53:20You took it to another place
00:53:23If Jordan made you love him
00:53:25Vote for him right now
00:53:26You got five ways to vote
00:53:28So use them all
00:53:29If you want him to stay in
00:53:30It's ten votes
00:53:31Per finalist
00:53:32Per voting platform
00:53:33Jordan
00:53:34Thank you
00:53:41And the California hits
00:53:43Let's keep on coming
00:53:44After this
00:53:45Daniel Stallworth
00:53:46With best parts
00:53:48And as advertised soon
00:53:50Luke Ryan
00:53:51Live
00:53:52Here on American Idol
00:53:53We'll be right back
00:54:05Welcome back to American Idol
00:54:07All right
00:54:08I got big news to share
00:54:10Next week
00:54:11Not only do we have our
00:54:12Dancing with the Stars collaboration
00:54:14But two of our very own Idol stars
00:54:16Will be joining us
00:54:17Coming back to mentor the top five
00:54:19It's the dog
00:54:20Randy Jackson himself
00:54:22And
00:54:23Paul Abdul
00:54:26Plus bonus
00:54:27Paula will also join the panel
00:54:29As a guest judge
00:54:30And to top it off
00:54:31We'll be celebrating
00:54:32The 20 year anniversary
00:54:33Don't be scared
00:54:34You guys are great
00:54:35You're going to be fine
00:54:35She's amazing
00:54:37Celebrating 20 years
00:54:38From our 2006 season
00:54:39When former finalists
00:54:40Take the stage
00:54:41To duet with the top five
00:54:42So don't miss that
00:54:44You're going to love them
00:54:44Vintage Idol
00:54:47Now performing
00:54:48The Grammy winning
00:54:49Best part
00:54:50By Daniel Caesar
00:54:51And acclaimed
00:54:51California artist
00:54:52Her
00:54:53Is Daniel Stallworth
00:54:56My time here on American Idol
00:54:58Has been a journey in itself
00:54:59Being here in California
00:55:00It's been nothing short of amazing
00:55:02Great weather
00:55:02Wonderful out here man
00:55:04I've rode bikes
00:55:05I'm able to just
00:55:06Have fun
00:55:07And just
00:55:08Be free
00:55:08This is why I chose
00:55:10Best part by her
00:55:11And Daniel Caesar
00:55:11Because
00:55:12This is the best part
00:55:13Just being here
00:55:14Chasing my dreams
00:55:20You're the coffee that I need
00:55:23In the morning
00:55:25You're my sunshine
00:55:26In the rain
00:55:28When it's pouring
00:55:30Won't you give yourself to me
00:55:33Give it all
00:55:41You don't know babe
00:55:44When you hold me
00:55:47And kiss me slowly
00:55:49It's the sweetest thing
00:55:53And it don't change
00:55:56If I had it my way
00:56:00You would know
00:56:01That you are
00:56:05You're the coffee that I need
00:56:08In the morning
00:56:08You're my sunshine
00:56:10In the rain
00:56:11When it's pouring
00:56:12Won't you give yourself to me
00:56:14Give it all
00:56:17I just want to see
00:56:18I just want to see
00:56:21How beautiful
00:56:23You know I'll see
00:56:26You know I'll see
00:56:27How beautiful
00:56:31Where you go
00:56:33No matter how far
00:56:35If life is a movie
00:56:41Then you're the best part
00:56:48You're the best part
00:56:56If you love me
00:56:57Won't you say something
00:56:59If you love me
00:57:00Won't you
00:57:04If you love me
00:57:07If you love me
00:57:08If you love me
00:57:10Won't you say something
00:57:12If you love me
00:57:13Won't you
00:57:14Oh, baby, you're the best part.
00:57:39You sang all the notes.
00:57:44Everyone, Daniel, your voice is like butter on hot toast.
00:57:51That's all.
00:57:52It was great.
00:57:52It was great.
00:57:54It was just a joy to listen to you.
00:57:54Thank you so much.
00:57:58Such a versatile performance with you starting to sit, and I wanted you to get up so badly,
00:58:03and you did, and you were so great.
00:58:05I can just fully see a whole show from you.
00:58:08Like, there's so many facets to you.
00:58:10You're such a pro.
00:58:11You just already got it.
00:58:12I'm so excited to watch more from you.
00:58:15Thank you so much.
00:58:18I mean, the growth of this group from where y'all were till now is just hard for me to
00:58:24wrap
00:58:24my brain around, and that was just, I mean, Jordan comes out, and then you come out, and
00:58:29you guys are sparring.
00:58:30It's just amazing watching you guys just get creative.
00:58:34Those notes at the end, I hadn't heard you do that all year.
00:58:36It was amazing.
00:58:38That's tricks.
00:58:40So, so in the musical, in the musical term of that, the notes you hit up there were
00:58:46basically in Z-flat, right?
00:58:47That's a Z-flat.
00:58:48I've never heard that.
00:58:50Daniel, it was amazing.
00:58:52Thank you, Lionel.
00:58:53Thank you so much.
00:58:55Raising the game, raising the game at the perfect time.
00:58:59What was that?
00:59:00Daniel, just two weeks from the finale.
00:59:02Help him get there with your votes.
00:59:04Head to AmericanIDO.com or vote via text and social media.
00:59:08Voting closes in that final commercial break.
00:59:11Well done once again.
00:59:13Thank you so much.
00:59:19All right.
00:59:20On the other side, more love for the SoCal artist with award-winning hits by Maroon 5 and
00:59:26Billie Eilish coming from Graydon and Chris.
00:59:29Idol is live back in a moment.
00:59:42Welcome back to the show.
00:59:44If you ever dreamed of auditioning for American Idol, your chance is on the horizon and just
00:59:50a few clicks away.
00:59:52They did it.
00:59:52Watch.
00:59:57Mama, can you open my string cheeks?
01:00:01We'd like you to sing for the judges.
01:00:04Oh, no.
01:00:05What is happening?
01:00:06This is crazy.
01:00:08You're going to Hollywood.
01:00:09Our search for the next superstar is officially on.
01:00:13Let's go.
01:00:15Go to the official American Idol website for details.
01:00:18All it took was me jumping on the Zoom in my jammies.
01:00:20And here I am.
01:00:25I think I'm here to dream.
01:00:27You should audition.
01:00:28Do it.
01:00:29Take the risk.
01:00:29I'm telling you, it could change your life.
01:00:32All you have to do is audition.
01:00:34This could be you.
01:00:36Audition two days.
01:00:40Yes, do it.
01:00:42Does it seem like time went by fast?
01:00:44Flying by.
01:00:45Flying by.
01:00:46His online audition video was sent in by his good friends.
01:00:50Now he's here in the top seven with another hit by Maroon 5.
01:00:54It's Brayden Rumpfell.
01:00:57The song I'm doing is This Love by Maroon 5.
01:01:00Like, this song is my chance to just have fun and convey what I've experienced out here in California with
01:01:07my friends.
01:01:08I just want to take what we've had here and then put it on the stage so people can see,
01:01:13like, oh, my God, he really is having fun.
01:01:25I was so high, I did not recognize the fire burning in lies, the chaos that controlled my mind.
01:01:35Whispered goodbye, she got on a plane and never to return again.
01:01:41But always in my heart, oh, this love has taken its toll on me.
01:01:50And she said goodbye so many times before.
01:01:56And her heart is breaking in front of me.
01:02:00And I have no choice.
01:02:03Cause I won't say goodbye anymore.
01:02:15And I'll fix these broken things.
01:02:18Repair your broken wings.
01:02:21And make sure everything's alright.
01:02:25It's alright.
01:02:25My pressure on your hips
01:02:28Seeking my fingertips
01:02:30Every inch on you
01:02:32Cause I know that's what you want me to do
01:02:35And this love has taken its toll on me
01:02:40And she said goodbye
01:02:42Too many times before
01:02:45And her heart is breaking in front of me
01:02:50And I have no choice
01:02:52Cause I won't say goodbye
01:03:02Oh, I won't say goodbye anymore
01:03:07Oh, I won't say goodbye anymore
01:03:20Brayden, you own that
01:03:22You made that so cool
01:03:24You look cool
01:03:25That was just so much fun
01:03:27The belt buckle
01:03:28Yeah, it's the belt buckle
01:03:28It's the necklace
01:03:29It's the silk shirt
01:03:30And like the things coming off it
01:03:32Yeah, I love the whole thing
01:03:33The skinny jeans
01:03:35Look what you did to him
01:03:37I'm sorry
01:03:38Please tell me somebody got that
01:03:43The chair was trying to run from you
01:03:45You know, the chair was trying to get away
01:03:47Great job
01:03:48Somehow I saved it
01:03:50And anyway, talk about curvature of the back
01:03:54You know, Luke
01:03:56You know, Luke
01:03:56That was great television
01:03:58So let me tell you
01:04:00Pink
01:04:01The boots
01:04:02The look
01:04:04You took it out of the mic stand
01:04:06You walked around
01:04:07And you gave us the ugly face
01:04:10That's what we want
01:04:11Give us more ugly face
01:04:13Thank you
01:04:14Yeah
01:04:14I mean, it was such a great moment for you, Brayden
01:04:18Like, seriously
01:04:19You look like a rock star
01:04:20You seemed more comfortable
01:04:22Than I feel like I've ever seen you be on stage
01:04:25And it was just working
01:04:26Hey
01:04:28Man, I saw you rehearse at 11.30 a.m. this morning
01:04:32You were saving some for this performance tonight
01:04:34That was a different level of performance
01:04:37Way to go
01:04:38Brayden needs your votes
01:04:39To make it through the live eliminations
01:04:41At the end of the show
01:04:43Two of the top seven are headed home
01:04:45All based on your votes
01:04:47So if you want this guy to stay
01:04:49You gotta vote now
01:04:50One more time
01:04:51That's right
01:04:51The hair, the style
01:04:52At some point
01:04:53I appreciate it
01:04:54Way to go
01:04:54I thought I'd kind of take a page of the year
01:05:00Now
01:05:01Performing the Oscar winning song
01:05:03By megastar Los Angeles native Billie Eilish
01:05:06Here is Chris Tungson
01:05:10I'll be singing
01:05:10What Was I Made For?
01:05:11By Billie Eilish
01:05:12It's one of my favorite songs
01:05:14For a large part of my life
01:05:16I didn't really have a whole lot of direction
01:05:18Maybe lost who I was
01:05:19Lost hope
01:05:20And this song kind of brings me back to that place
01:05:22But also gives me hope for a future
01:05:25And American Auto has given me hope for music
01:05:36I used to float
01:05:40Now I just fall down
01:05:44I used to know
01:05:46But I'm not sure now
01:05:50What I was made for
01:05:57What was I made for
01:06:04Taking a drive
01:06:07If I wasn't like you
01:06:11Look so alive
01:06:13It turns out I'm not real
01:06:17Just something you paid for
01:06:24What was I made for
01:06:28What was I made for
01:06:51I don't know how to feel
01:07:01I think I forgot how to be happy
01:07:08There's something I'm not
01:07:11There's something I can be
01:07:15There's something I may afford
01:07:22What is I made for?
01:07:42Yeah, man, really special, beautiful moment.
01:07:46I mean, that's twice tonight. You have just slayed us with those moments.
01:07:50Whatever you ate for breakfast, eat it, keep eating it.
01:07:55You know, I'm going to say for a song that needs so much feeling,
01:08:00I think you felt it and you made us feel it.
01:08:03It was a great performance, man.
01:08:05Thank you so much.
01:08:06That was a moment.
01:08:07I felt like I was at an award show watching you do your thing.
01:08:12I just got very worried when you were singing because I have no idea what America is going to do
01:08:17with this.
01:08:18They need to vote.
01:08:19You guys need to vote out there.
01:08:21Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:08:21Thank you, Carrie.
01:08:23Chris, what were you made for?
01:08:25That.
01:08:26Thank you so much.
01:08:32Come here.
01:08:33I'm not so sure what you were thinking about, but I think I have a guess.
01:08:36I appreciate you, bro.
01:08:37Well done.
01:08:38Beautiful to watch you sing that.
01:08:39Yeah, what's going to happen tonight?
01:08:41I don't know.
01:08:41Vote for Chris now on the American Idol accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
01:08:47Find our pin voting post and comment with his name.
01:08:50You can vote up to 10 times per finalist, per platform.
01:08:53Chris, everyone.
01:08:59The California Connections continue next with Hannah on some Merle Haggard.
01:09:05And Keela delivers Etta James.
01:09:09It's all right after this, live on American Idol.
01:09:11Then results.
01:09:20I feel good.
01:09:21I feel good.
01:09:22Welcome back live.
01:09:23I feel good.
01:09:24We're California dreaming with songs inspired by artists from the Golden State.
01:09:27Taking the stage now with a chart-topping Grammy-winning song by Merle Haggard.
01:09:33Here's Hannah Harper.
01:09:36The song that I'm singing this week is That's the Way Love Goes by Merle Haggard.
01:09:39And so I felt that it was a very fitting song for this week because it honors my relationship
01:09:44with my husband.
01:09:45He's out here keeping the fort down while I'm here.
01:09:47And it's been hard.
01:09:49I'm so thankful to have someone to lean against and know that I'm not doing it all by myself.
01:10:01That's the way love goes, babe.
01:10:06That's the way love goes.
01:10:12For all the world to sing.
01:10:18That's the way love goes.
01:10:26I've been throwing horseshoes over my left shoulder.
01:10:36And I've spent most all my life searching for that four-leaf clover.
01:10:47Yet you've ran with me chasing my rainbow.
01:10:56And honey, I love you too.
01:11:00That's the way love goes.
01:11:07That's the way love goes, babe.
01:11:13That's the way love goes, babe.
01:11:15That's the music I've made.
01:11:18For all the world to sing.
01:11:22It's never old, it grows.
01:11:27Luton makes me sorry.
01:11:32Say, honey, don't worry.
01:11:37Don't you know I love you too.
01:11:41That's the way love goes.
01:11:49That's the way love goes.
01:12:08All right.
01:12:09All right.
01:12:10All right.
01:12:11All right.
01:12:11Hannah, that was absolutely amazing.
01:12:14You are looking like a star.
01:12:16You're sounding like a star.
01:12:19I guess you're getting close to that big star.
01:12:22Love you.
01:12:22Love you.
01:12:23I appreciate it.
01:12:24I need you to promise me that you're going to make like a proper version of that song.
01:12:30It was perfect.
01:12:31You betcha.
01:12:32It was perfect.
01:12:33Perfect song choice.
01:12:34Great look.
01:12:35Like everything about it was just absolutely, it was just, it sounded like you and it was
01:12:39just wonderful.
01:12:41Yeah.
01:12:42I felt like I got to know you in that song more than any other part of this, this show
01:12:47and it just felt like a lullaby, like a warm blanket.
01:12:50Your voice is really good.
01:12:51Ah, very good.
01:12:51Thanks so much.
01:12:52Very good.
01:12:56If you want to, you're going to get to do this for a very long time.
01:13:00This singing thing.
01:13:00I mean, it was just really, it's just watching you be a star week in and week out.
01:13:06Yeah.
01:13:06That's what you are.
01:13:07You're just a star.
01:13:09Congratulations.
01:13:09Welcome.
01:13:12You just got it.
01:13:13You have it.
01:13:15And I think you want to do this for a long time.
01:13:17Until I'm hungry.
01:13:19To keep Hannah's American Idol dream alive, vote for her right now.
01:13:22It's 10 votes per finals for voting method.
01:13:25If you've never voted before, now is a good time to start.
01:13:29Great job once again.
01:13:30Thank you, Hannah.
01:13:34In 1938, the music icon known as Etta James was born in Los Angeles.
01:13:39She'd go on to record this blues and soul classic in 1967.
01:13:45And tonight, Keila Richardson pays tribute.
01:13:48Watch.
01:13:50I'm saying Etta James, I'd rather go blind.
01:13:53Honestly, this is my first time really listening to Etta James.
01:13:56Dang, she's amazing.
01:13:57She's from California.
01:13:59And so when I heard her singing, I'm like, man, I got to try to embody this and give that.
01:14:03Because they don't make music like that no more.
01:14:05And so I hope I can do her some justice.
01:14:15Something told me it was over.
01:14:21Yeah.
01:14:24When I saw you and her talking.
01:14:32Something deep down in my soul said, cry, girl.
01:14:39Cry, cry.
01:14:40Cry, cry.
01:14:41When I saw you and that girl walking around.
01:14:48Woo.
01:14:49I would rather.
01:14:51I would rather go blind, boy.
01:14:55Yeah.
01:14:58Than to see you walk away from me, child.
01:15:02No, no, no, no
01:15:04So you see, I love you so much
01:15:08I don't want to watch you leave me, baby
01:15:13Most of all, I don't, I don't want to be free now
01:15:19Hey, see the reflection of the glass
01:15:26When I have to my lips now, baby
01:15:31Reveal them tears that was on my face
01:15:36And hey, baby, baby
01:15:42I'm ready for my boy, yeah
01:15:48Then I'll see you walk away from each other
01:15:53Hey, baby, baby
01:16:00I'm ready for my boy, yeah
01:16:04Come see you walk away from each other
01:16:38And I'll see you walk away from each other
01:16:44What'd they say?
01:16:50What'd they say?
01:16:51Oh, my God.
01:16:55Oh, it's time for me to talk.
01:16:57Oh, my God.
01:16:58I mean, I know Jennifer Hudson throws a shoe.
01:17:01I don't have one.
01:17:02I'm trying, like, should I throw my Spanx?
01:17:04I'm wearing, like, six pairs, so I may be able to spare some.
01:17:06But that was insane.
01:17:07That was an iconic idol moment, I feel.
01:17:13Yeah, like, I mean, tears just started happening to me.
01:17:17I was just starting to well up just watching your growth.
01:17:20It's so inspirational.
01:17:22So inspirational.
01:17:23Right.
01:17:24Right.
01:17:26She's walking.
01:17:27She's walking.
01:17:28She's got the mic.
01:17:29She's got the mic.
01:17:31Let the congregation say, Amen.
01:17:33Amen.
01:17:39Watching you sing that, then watching your mom, your family, and the crowd react to you
01:17:44singing that was a huge live moment tonight.
01:17:46Keela wants to be in your top five.
01:17:49Make that happen with your vote.
01:17:51You can vote for Keela in all your favorites using all five ways.
01:17:55Remember, voting closes in the final commercial break.
01:18:01See you soon.
01:18:05Keep those votes coming for all your favorites.
01:18:07After this, Luke Bryan takes the stage live with a must-see performance of his new single.
01:18:13Stay with us.
01:18:14We're coming right back.
01:18:25All right.
01:18:26We're excited.
01:18:27Welcome back to Idol.
01:18:28Keep sending in your votes for who you want to see in your top five next week.
01:18:31Voting will close in this next commercial break.
01:18:34Now, it's time to welcome to the stage a guy we all know very well who's always busy cooking up
01:18:39something new.
01:18:40Here to perform his latest single, Country and She Knows It.
01:18:46Luke Bryan.
01:18:46Get on your feet.
01:18:47Let's go, Luke.
01:19:10Cold beer bottle done.
01:19:12Peel the label off it.
01:19:14It takes a dirt road to make a girl like that.
01:19:16She's certified.
01:19:20County line.
01:19:22She country and she knows it.
01:19:25Everybody in here does too.
01:19:28Body like a ribbon just a-roll in.
01:19:31Tall boots stepping like one, two, one, two.
01:19:35It don't matter where she's going.
01:19:37When roots run deep but they can't hide.
01:19:40That girl's country and she knows it.
01:19:44And she knows she got this country boy tonight.
01:19:49Hey!
01:19:54The wall turns on when she hears Marina Delway.
01:19:58The gall gets thicker when she's tipping back wide.
01:20:01Psalm 42 tattooed on her ribcage.
01:20:05I saw her dancing in the dark last night.
01:20:07She's certified.
01:20:09Come on!
01:20:11County line.
01:20:12She country and she knows it.
01:20:15Everybody in here does too.
01:20:19Body like a ribbon just a-roll in.
01:20:22Tall boots stepping like one, two, one, two.
01:20:25It don't matter where she's going.
01:20:28Roots run deep but they can't hide.
01:20:31That girl's country and she knows it.
01:20:35And she knows she's got this country boy tonight.
01:20:40Hey!
01:20:45No matter what I do.
01:20:47Got her every little move from last night on my mind.
01:20:51She's certified.
01:20:54Come on!
01:20:55County line.
01:20:57She country and she knows it.
01:21:00She country and she knows it.
01:21:01Everybody in here does too.
01:21:03Body like a ribbon just a-roll in.
01:21:06Tall boots stepping like one, two, one, two.
01:21:10It don't matter where she's going.
01:21:13Roots run deep but they can't hide.
01:21:16That girl's country and she knows it.
01:21:20And she knows she got this country boy tonight.
01:21:26All right.
01:21:27All right.
01:21:29She country and she knows it.
01:21:33All right.
01:21:36All right.
01:21:38All right.
01:21:44We did it, Rob.
01:21:45We did it.
01:21:46Live, baby.
01:21:47Live.
01:21:48We did it.
01:21:54Live, baby.
01:21:57Back with you live.
01:21:59Over the break, the voting closed and the fates of your top seven were sealed.
01:22:05Who will continue in the hopes of becoming the next American Idol and which two will head
01:22:11home in just a few moments.
01:22:13First, a big thank you to Nikki Glaser for being with us tonight.
01:22:16Thank you, Nikki.
01:22:17Great job.
01:22:18It was so much fun.
01:22:21Tonight was incredible.
01:22:23Thank you all for these performances.
01:22:25Are you ready for the results?
01:22:27Tom, dim the lights.
01:22:31Oh, Lord.
01:22:42This is an extremely tight race in no particular order.
01:22:47After the nationwide vote, the first person in your top five is Keela.
01:22:58Congratulations.
01:23:07America, after that vote, you also loved Brayden.
01:23:22Next, to join the others in the top five is...
01:23:30Jordan.
01:23:38Also, getting that mentor session from Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul, it is...
01:23:45Hannah.
01:23:51So here we go.
01:23:52It's down to Brooks, Daniel and Chris.
01:23:55Two headed home.
01:23:57One will stay.
01:23:59One will stay.
01:23:59Thank you all very much for an incredible season.
01:24:02Good luck to you right now.
01:24:06After the nationwide vote, the final person in your top five is Chris.
01:24:18Chris.
01:24:19Congratulations.
01:24:26Which means we say goodbye to Daniel and Brooks.
01:24:29Let's hear it for them, everyone.
01:24:34Say hello to your top five America.
01:24:39Until then.
01:24:40Good night, everyone.
01:24:41Thank you, everyone.
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