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American Idol - Season 24 - Episode 14: Celebrating Taylor Swift on American Idol
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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
00:04:40when you think my favorite song the truth may be
00:04:51and the first thing that you'll read and the first thing that you'll be
00:04:54When you think happiness, hope you think that little black dress, think of my head on your chest, and my
00:05:05old faded blue jeans.
00:05:07When you think Tim McGraw, I hope you think of me, when you think Tim McGraw, you think of me.
00:05:38Now, 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.
00:05:51When you put the curls in, that, oh, I just love that, oh.
00:05:55Oh, yeah.
00:05:56I can't even hit that note.
00:05:57That was amazing.
00:05:58I loved 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, that it's like, what are you going to bring it
00:06:17to, you know, 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.
00:06:25Thank 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, and I wanted to try something new.
00:06:56Well, that's what's great about this, you know, this competition, because you've got to 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 you
00:07:06picked 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 job.
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.
00:07:43If 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, it's Chris Tungsten.
00:08:21I can see you standing, honey, with his arms around your body, laughing, but the joke's
00:08:31not funny at all.
00:08:35And it took you five whole minutes to pack us up and leave me with it.
00:08:42Holding all this love out here in your heart.
00:08:48I think I've seen this one 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 exilesin' you out.
00:09:08I think I've seen this thing before.
00:09:12So I'm looking out the side door.
00:09:16So I step right out.
00:09:19There is no amount of crying I can do
00:09:26All this time
00:09:28We always walked a very thin line
00:09:31You didn't even hear me out
00:09:35You never gave a warning sign
00:09:38All this time
00:09:54So many signs
00:09:58So many signs
00:10:02All this time
00:10:07I think I've seen this before
00:10:29Chris, you have such a tender quality to your voice
00:10:34that really lends itself to storytelling.
00:10:37I think you picked a really great song to showcase that.
00:10:40Thank you so much, Gary.
00:10:44Yeah.
00:10:44Yeah.
00:10:45I've been watching you all season, and whenever you sing,
00:10:48I 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
00:10:54is that the audience, you just don't want them to be nervous for you,
00:10:57and I never am with you, and that was just the softness of it,
00:11:02but also the energy you gave it at those big points.
00:11:06I felt different.
00:11:08I was getting goosebumps throughout that whole time,
00:11:10and it was so good.
00:11:15So good.
00:11:16Yeah, I loved that you were really locked in on that for some reason.
00:11:21I mean, you had me focused, locked in.
00:11:26I loved your character, the way you delivered the song.
00:11:29You had your own imagery and character that you created,
00:11:34and I'm sitting here like, I remember this guy at auditions.
00:11:37I never would have imagined we'd be watching him do a Taylor Swift song,
00:11:40and it was one of my favorite performances you've done.
00:11:44It was great.
00:11:45Thank you so much, Luke.
00:11:47Yeah, I'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.
00:12:07Your 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,
00:12:19because 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 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
00:12:53that I've found in 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!
00:13:05American Idol.com is the place for all the 4-1-1 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.
00:13:14Thank you, sir.
00:13:14Thank 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.
00:13:41All right.
00:13:43Welcome 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, they're showing their love to Taylor Swift.
00:13:53And next, with a multi Grammy-winning song off Taylor's Speak Now album, performing 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.
00:14:17You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard calling me out when I'm a wounded.
00:14:24You, are picking on a weaker man.
00:14:29Well, 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.
00:14:46And all you're ever gonna be is me.
00:14:52Yeah, someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me.
00:14:58And all you're ever gonna be is me.
00:15:03Why you gotta be so new?
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, me, me.
00:15:39Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:15:43Someday, I'll be digging a store you can't hit me.
00:15:47And all you're ever gonna be is me.
00:15:52Why you gotta be so mean?
00:15:57Why you gotta be so mean?
00:16:13Hannah, I'm not gonna be mean to you.
00:16:16I love that you chose this song because watching last week
00:16:20and you kind of talking about some of the commentary
00:16:22that you read online about your performance the previous week,
00:16:24I was thinking, oh, I really want her to address that.
00:16:27Cause this song was written based off of a critic of Taylor's
00:16:31that 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.
00:16:40Yeah.
00:16:45I mean, week in and week out,
00:16:47no matter what anybody may comment anywhere,
00:16:50you're killing it every week.
00:16:51Yeah.
00:16:52And, and you're being, you're being, uh,
00:16:57you're being authentically you.
00:16:59Yep.
00:17:00You're, you're, like I said,
00:17:01we 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
00:17:10and all the way to the end.
00:17:11I didn't want it to end.
00:17:12So great job.
00:17:13Appreciate it.
00:17:14Yeah.
00:17:15This is, uh, this, this is how you do it.
00:17:18You'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,
00:17:30who knows all the lyrics to everything.
00:17:32And Nikki, you are, I can't believe.
00:17:34She's just singing right along with you,
00:17:36but you did a fabulous job.
00:17:38Appreciate it.
00:17:39I loved everything about this performance.
00:17:42Like from the way your hair and your wardrobe
00:17:45and the banjo and the song
00:17:47and the way you were able to do all of your
00:17:49like little blue grassy kind of runs.
00:17:52And it's, it's such a Hannah thing 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.
00:18:00Thank you very much.
00:18:02Can I ask for more than that?
00:18:03Great to see you tonight.
00:18:05I mean, your public service message, Carrie,
00:18:08has always been post and ghost, right?
00:18:11Absolutely.
00:18:12Don't read all that stuff.
00:18:13Post it and ghost it.
00:18:14It doesn't matter.
00:18:15Right.
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
00:18:27or via social media.
00:18:29Text voting is also available to subscribers
00:18:31of all wireless carriers.
00:18:34Now he's performing Taylor's eight time platinum hit
00:18:37love 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.
00:19:11And 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 we 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.
00:19:46I 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.
00:20:00And I said Romeo take me somewhere we 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.
00:20:19Bem.
00:20:20Yeah.
00:20:20Yeah.
00:20:20Yeah.
00:20:20Yeah.
00:20:27Yeah.
00:20:28Yeah.
00:20:30Yeah.
00:20:31It's a love story.
00:20:34Baby, just say yes.
00:20:38Yeah.
00:20:47Yeah.
00:20:51Brooks, Brooks again.
00:20:53Man, man.
00:20:55Brooks is 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.
00:21:09You 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.
00:21:18Wow.
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.
00:21:29Who are you?
00:21:30You know, what I'm enjoying about this is I think you are having a great time, number 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.
00:21:47You 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 song and just walked with it, I would have
00:21:55fainted.
00:21:56You understand me?
00:21:57That's all it was.
00:21:58Just grab it sometime to give me some attitude.
00:22:00All right.
00:22:01All right.
00:22:02Brooks, I mean, we've told you week after week just what a special gift that you have.
00:22:07Yeah, but there'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.
00:22:18Just, you just got to breathe.
00:22:19I felt like you were, like, half a second faster than the music for 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.
00:22:34But just, just breathe and sink into it and sway a little bit and just let it come out of
00:22:40you.
00:22:40Because it's, it's perfect in there the way it is.
00:22:43It's just, there 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 performing really
00:22:57for 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.
00:23:20By the way, nothing wrong with silk shirts, Luke.
00:23:28This is very Coachella stagecoach of Brooks right now.
00:23:31No, I, I thought I had on silk, but it's not.
00:23:36It's just so, it's just so cotton.
00:23:39And with the hard launch last week and now that performance this week, how are things?
00:23:43Good.
00:23:44Sailing 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.
00:23:59There is Brooks.
00:24:02See you later.
00:24:03Okay.
00:24:03You got it.
00:24:08Our own Eras tour continues next with more Fearless and Lover album tracks,
00:24:13courtesy of Daniel and Keelah.
00:24:16The Taylor Swift celebration rolls on live on American Idol after this.
00:24:22What are you wearing?
00:24:24Wait.
00:24:25Wait.
00:24:25Wait.
00:24:28Wait.
00:24:32You are locked live on Idol hot take next week.
00:24:35It's the collab we all needed in our lives when American Idol and Dancing with the Stars
00:24:41joined forces on this 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
00:24:49podcast this week.
00:24:50So check out the American Idol official podcast this Wednesday for that exclusive reveal.
00:24:55The Eras dancers are here tonight.
00:24:59Next, Akepia Mars to Taylor Rowling with the celebrated title track from her 2008 Grammy
00:25:05album of the year, Fearless.
00:25:06It's Daniel Stalworth.
00:25:12There's something about the way the street looks when it's just rain.
00:25:18There'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
00:25:28of the park and you know I don't know how it gets better than this.
00:25:36You take my hand and drag the head first, fearless.
00:25:40And I don't know why, but with you I dance.
00:25:46Take my hand and drag the head first, fearless.
00:25:50Come on, y'all.
00:25:51Come on.
00:25:59Well, you stood there with me in the doorway.
00:26:03My hands say I'm not usually this way, but you put me in and I'm a little more afraid.
00:26:12It's the first kiss.
00:26:14This flawless really softens.
00:26:17Ooh, fearless.
00:26:20Yeah, come on, y'all.
00:26:25Fearless.
00:26:27Come on.
00:26:28Let me hear you.
00:26:29Come on.
00:26:30And I don't know how it gets better than this.
00:26:34You take my hand and drag the head first, fearless.
00:26:39And I don't know why, but with you I dance.
00:26:43You take my hand and drag the head first, fearless.
00:26:54Feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, yeah.
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, the thing I like the most is you not only sing, but
00:27:31you perform.
00:27:33So the crowd is right there with you.
00:27:35You're 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.
00:28:27Yeah, 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, Nikki, Nikki, 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.
00:29:21And I 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.
00:29:49Another Taylor Swift title track right now.
00:29:52This one offers seven times platinum album, Rubber.
00:29:56It's coming from Keyleth.
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 made the rules.
00:30:26And there's a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you, dear.
00:30:35Have I known you 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.
00:31:13Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand?
00:31:16With every gift I just fall on my hand.
00:31:19I swear to be overdramatic and true, my lover.
00:31:23Oh, can I know where you go?
00:31:31Can we always be this close
00:31:36Forever and ever in love
00:31:39Take me out, take me home
00:31:42Forever and ever in love
00:31:45Take me out, take me home
00:31:50You're my, my, my, my lover
00:32:13We do not ever have to worry about you, you 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.
00:32:28Your 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.
00:33:09Yeah.
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.
00:33:44I was watching you.
00:33:45I was just going, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I.
00:33:49Listen, it is something important for you to know is that when you can take a song, turn
00:33:54it into you and then get to the point where I just have to say to myself, stop it, just
00:33:59stop it.
00:34:00Of course, you're beating us up out here.
00:34:02It's so beautiful to watch your talent, your voice, your stage presence.
00:34:08Amazing.
00:34:09Thank 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
00:34:20can tell 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.
00:34:30Well, you made it tonight.
00:34:32Very, very well.
00:34:33If Keela has your vote, send them in at Americanidol.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, way to go.
00:34:46Thank you, Lionel.
00:34:46See you soon.
00:34:51All right, so check it out.
00:34:53We're taking a quick break, but 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
00:35:04with his newest single, Country, and she knows it.
00:35:08You're going live real soon.
00:35:11Baby, let's go.
00:35:11Staying tight.
00:35:12We're coming right back.
00:35:13All right.
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?
00:35:36This 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.
00:35:50And thank you for the American Idol name check.
00:35:53I did.
00:35:54Yes, she did mention it.
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 set list with a song from a multi-platinum Grammy award-winning album of
00:36:11the year, Folklore.
00:36:13It's great in a rum belt.
00:36:15Yeah, man.
00:36:25Vintage tea, brand new phone.
00:36:28High heels on cobblestones.
00:36:31When you are young, they assume you know nothing.
00:36:39Sequence smile, black lipstick, sensual politics.
00:36:46When you are young, they assume you know nothing.
00:36:53But I know you, dancing in your Levi's, drunk under a streetlight.
00:36:59I, I knew you, hand under my sweatshirt, baby, kiss it better.
00:37:07I, and when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone's bed, you put me on and said
00:37:18I was your favorite.
00:37:21But I knew you'd leave like a tattoo kiss.
00:37:25I knew you'd hold up my body.
00:37:29The smell of smoke would hang around this alone.
00:37:32Cause 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.
00:37:45And you would come back to me.
00:37:48Oh, and you would come back to me.
00:38:00Vintage tea, brand new phone.
00:38:04High heels on cobblestones.
00:38:08When 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.
00:38:34You were so, that was, 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 and then when we ran through it, I was like, oh my God,
00:38:44this is awesome.
00:38:45Well, you ate that song.
00:38:46It 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.
00:39:02I 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.
00:39:12And you, the hardest thing to do when you're singing other people's songs, it's to sell them like you lived
00:39:18them.
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.
00:39:58You just seem so comfortable in it and, and definitely told the story.
00:40:02It'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.
00:40:10Oh, no.
00:40:13Brayden, everyone.
00:40:16I mean, this is my favorite cardigan right here.
00:40:21Oh, it's got folklore on it.
00:40:23Yeah, this is, uh.
00:40:24It's like an official.
00:40:25This is an, I 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.
00:40:39Okay.
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, I 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 in to next week, got a vote.
00:40:58You 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.
00:41:15So, that wraps up round one, showcasing the music that's made Taylor Swift the most streamed
00:41:23artist in Spotify history.
00:41:26Wow.
00:41:26Amazing.
00:41:27Don't go anywhere because we've got round two on the way and we're kicking it off with
00:41:31Brooks and Jordan having some fun in the lounge.
00:41:36More Idol live right after this.
00:41:37Hang tight.
00:41:38So good.
00:41:48So 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 is 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 going 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.
00:42:50The 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.
00:43:01California 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 everybody.
00:43:16It's just like, it's refreshing.
00:43:31To create these lifelong memories with my best friends, it's 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 and I think I can relate more to it
00:44:02now because I have a girlfriend.
00:44:03Have you guys used the L word yet?
00:44:04We have used the L word.
00:44:06What I want to achieve this week is just remain honest and true to myself and I hope
00:44:10Ray feels loved.
00:44:15Beauty queen of only 18.
00:44:20She had some trouble with herself.
00:44:25He was always there to help her.
00:44:42I drove for miles and miles and wound up at your door.
00:45:00I don't mind spending every day out on your corner in the pouring rain.
00:45:10Look 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.
00:45:38Tap on my window, knock on my door.
00:45:42I want to make you feel beautiful.
00:45:52Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:45:57And she will be loved.
00:46:02And she will be loved.
00:46:16And she will be loved.
00:46:25that was the perfect song choice to fit your voice and whatever we told you the last round
00:46:33there were none of those little timing deals it was locked in it was perfect it was so
00:46:38brooks it was what i hoped it would fit
00:46:43yeah i don't i don't i don't i don't need to talk much just say ditto ditto ditto
00:46:48but truthfully you sat in that a perfect song man the perfect song for you and you did such a
00:46:55great
00:46:55job thank you so much yeah i don't know we're just throwing compliments at you at this point
00:47:00um i mean you're obviously voice is just so magical from the first note you sang it was like
00:47:07ah like here we are this is great and um just carried carried it through the entire song it
00:47:13was it was very solid performance thank you it was so impressive how you took the notes from the
00:47:21first song and applied it instantly to that performance just just then it was so easy to
00:47:26watch you and you can tell you're in love from the way you sang that song i felt it
00:47:31thank you brooks everyone so what made you choose that song i'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
00:47:52is the only way to ensure they stay in the competition good job buddy thanks folks
00:47:59coming up next a quintessential hall of fame song by burbank california's own bonnie ray tonight
00:48:13it's reimagined by jordan mccullough take a look
00:48:17this week i'm singing i can't make you love me by bonnie ray i love the emotion behind the song
00:48:22bonnie ray is from california and i think california will always have a special place in my heart
00:48:26everything creative is here this is the place to express yourself my goal tonight is reach california
00:48:31energy that's what you want to do that's peak for me
00:48:48turn down these voices inside my head
00:48:56lay down with me
00:48:59tell 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't make you love me if you don't
00:49:23and you can make your heart feel something it won't
00:49:33here in the dark
00:49:36in these five hours
00:49:39in these five hours
00:49:40i will lay down my heart
00:49:44and feel the power that you won't
00:49:52no you won't
00:49:56cause i can't make you love me
00:50:02oh
00:50:03oh
00:50:03if you don't
00:50:09see i can't make you love me
00:50:12oh
00:50:14oh
00:50:15oh
00:50:15oh
00:50:15oh
00:50:15oh
00:50:16oh
00:50:16oh
00:50:17oh
00:50:18oh
00:50:18oh
00:50:20oh
00:50:20oh
00:50:21oh
00:50:22oh
00:50:23oh
00:50:23oh
00:50:23oh
00:50:30If you don't
00:50:51I, um, I, I, I, I, I want you to understand something.
00:50:57I have heard that song a long time.
00:51:03You got me crying on that song that I've heard a long time.
00:51:07And I want to let you know your delivery was right on point.
00:51:15Let the congregation say, amen.
00:51:22Jordan, I don't care what you sing.
00:51:26Every time you open your mouth, I hear the Holy Spirit.
00:51:31It doesn't matter what genre or what it is.
00:51:34And it's not just your voice, which is truly blessed.
00:51:38You have one of the best voices I've ever heard in my entire life.
00:51:42But you're the way you like the, the, um, maturity that you have in, in the way that you deliver
00:51:51it.
00:51:51It's never too much.
00:51:52Your soft parts are soft and intimate and beautiful.
00:51:56Your big notes are just soaring and gorgeous and powerful.
00:51:59It is all just, I don't know how you do it, but thank you for doing it.
00:52:04Thank you so much.
00:52:06Wow.
00:52:08There were moments during that where I had to, like, close my eyes and just get, like, showered in the
00:52:15music.
00:52:15I've never had that experience before with music.
00:52:18I really feel like something just happened to me.
00:52:20No, you're right.
00:52:20You're right.
00:52:20But I had to close my eyes and just, I couldn't process it all.
00:52:23But then watching you two, that performance, the way that you had that one moment where you caught the note
00:52:27in the air,
00:52:28you were just, you could have been on mute and I could have known exactly what you were thinking about.
00:52:32And that was so special, but I'm glad you weren't.
00:52:34That was awesome.
00:52:35Thank you so much.
00:52:41The whole time I was thinking I had to sing in a little bit to follow that.
00:52:48Beautiful.
00:52:48Beautiful.
00:52:49There were notes that you hit that, like, corrected my spine curvature or something.
00:52:55I don't know.
00:52:56Glory to God.
00:52:58Thank you, guys.
00:53:01That's what you want to hear when you come out here at night.
00:53:03Oh, yeah.
00:53:04There was pressure you were feeling performing that song.
00:53:07Tell me about it.
00:53:08Yeah, man.
00:53:08This felt like the most vulnerable I've been all season.
00:53:12This song means a lot to me.
00:53:13Gary did this song years ago.
00:53:15She did a wonderful job with it.
00:53:16But, yeah, I just wanted to show the world my heart with this one, for real.
00:53:20You took it to another place.
00:53:23If Jordan made you love him, vote for him right now.
00:53:26You got five ways to vote, so use them all if you want him to stay in.
00:53:30It's 10 votes per finalist, per voting platform.
00:53:33Jordan, thank you.
00:53:41And the California Hits keep on coming.
00:53:44After this, Daniel Stallworth with Best Parts.
00:53:48And as advertised soon, Luke Ryan live here on American Idol.
00:54:05Welcome back to American Idol.
00:54:08All right.
00:54:08I got big news to share.
00:54:10Next week, not only do we have our Dancing with the Stars collaboration, but two of our very own Idol
00:54:16stars will be joining us.
00:54:17Coming back to mentor the top five.
00:54:19It's the dog, Randy Jackson himself and Paula Abdul.
00:54:26Plus bonus, Paula will also join the panel as a guest judge.
00:54:30And to top it off, we'll be celebrating the 20-year anniversary.
00:54:34Don't be scared.
00:54:34You guys are great.
00:54:35You're going to be fine.
00:54:36She's amazing.
00:54:37Celebrating 20 years from our 2006 season, when former finalists take the stage to duet with the top five.
00:54:42So don't miss that.
00:54:44You're going to love them.
00:54:45Vintage Idol.
00:54:47Now performing the Grammy-winning Best Part by Daniel Caesar and acclaimed California artist, her, who's Daniel Stallworth.
00:54:56My time here on American Idol has been a journey in itself.
00:54:59Being here in California, it's been nothing short of amazing.
00:55:02Great weather.
00:55:03Wonderful out here, man.
00:55:04I've rode bikes.
00:55:05I'm able to just have fun and just be free.
00:55:09This is why I chose Best Part by her and Daniel Caesar, because this is the best part, just being
00:55:14here, chasing my dreams.
00:55:20You're the coffee that I need in the morning.
00:55:25You're my sunshine in the rain when it's pouring.
00:55:30Won't you give yourself to me?
00:55:34Give it all.
00:55:41You don't know, babe, when you hold me and kiss me slowly, it's the sweetest thing.
00:55:54And it don't change if I had it my way.
00:56:00You don't know, babe, when you hold me and kiss me slowly, it's the sweetest thing.
00:56:30Oh, where you go, no matter how far, if life is a movie, oh, then you're the best part.
00:56:45Oh, you're the best part.
00:56:52Hey.
00:56:55Ooh.
00:56:56If you love me, won't you say something?
00:56:59If you love me, won't you say something?
00:57:05If you love me, won't you say something?
00:57:12If you love me, won't you say something?
00:57:13If you love me, won't you say something?
00:57:21Oh, you're the best part.
00:57:40You sang all the notes.
00:57:43Everyone.
00:57:45Daniel, your voice is like butter on hot toast.
00:57:51That's all.
00:57:52It was great.
00:57:52It was great.
00:57:53It 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.
00:58:02And I wanted you to get up so badly.
00:58:03And you did.
00:58:04And 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.
00:58:25And that was just, I mean, Jordan comes out and then you come out and you guys are sparring.
00:58:30It's just amazing watching you guys just get creative.
00:58:34Those notes at the end.
00:58:34I hadn't heard you do that all year.
00:58:36It was amazing.
00:58:40So, so in the musical, in the musical term of that, the notes you hit up there were basically
00:58:46in 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.
00:58:57Raising the game.
00:58:58At 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.
00:59:19All 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, cause I won't say goodbye anymore.
01:02:07Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
01:02:16ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
01:02:16Can I fix these broken things?
01:02:18Repair your broken wings and make sure everything's alright, it's alright, it's alright.
01:02:26My pressure on your heels, sinking on fingertips, every inch of 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 too 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 anymore
01:03:02Oh, I won't say goodbye anymore
01:03:21Brayden, you own that.
01:03:23You made that so cool.
01:03:24You look cool.
01:03:25That was just so much fun.
01:03:27Yeah, it's the belt buckle.
01:03:29It's the necklace.
01:03:29It's the silk shirt and like the things coming off it.
01:03:32Yeah.
01:03:32I 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, that was great television.
01:03:58So let me tell you.
01:04:01Pink.
01:04:01You took the boots.
01:04:03The look.
01:04:04You took it out of the mic stand.
01:04:06You walked around.
01:04:08And you gave us the ugly face.
01:04:10That's what we want.
01:04:11Give us more ugly face.
01:04:15I mean, it was such a great moment for you, Brayden.
01:04:18Like, seriously, you look like a rock star.
01:04:21You seemed more comfortable than I feel like I've ever seen you be on stage.
01:04:25And it was just working.
01:04:27Hey.
01:04:28Man, I saw you rehearse at 11.30 a.m. this morning.
01:04:32You were saving some for this performance tonight.
01:04:35That was a different level of performance.
01:04:37Way to go.
01:04:38Brayden needs your votes to make it through the live eliminations at the end of the show.
01:04:43Two of the top seven are headed home, all based on your votes.
01:04:47So if you want this guy to stay, you got to vote now.
01:04:50One more time.
01:04:51That's right.
01:04:51The hair, the style at some point.
01:04:53I appreciate it.
01:04:54Way to go.
01:05:00Now, performing the Oscar-winning song by megastar Los Angeles native Billie Eilish,
01:05:06here is Chris Tungson.
01:05:10I'll be singing What Was I Made For by Billie Eilish.
01:05:12It's one of my favorite songs.
01:05:14For a large part of my life, I didn't really have a whole lot of direction.
01:05:18Maybe lost who I was, lost hope, and 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.
01:05:52What was I made for?
01:05:57What was I made for?
01:06:04Taking a drive.
01:06:08I was in high gear.
01:06:12Work's over life.
01:06:14It turns out I'm not real.
01:06:17Just something you paid for.
01:06:24Oh, what was I made for?
01:06:33Because I, oh, I, I don't know how to feel, but I want to try.
01:06:52I don't know how to feel, but I think I forgot how to be happy.
01:07:08Something I'm not.
01:07:12But something I can be.
01:07:15Something I made for.
01:07:22What was I made for?
01:07:42Yeah, man, really special, beautiful moment.
01:07:46I mean, that's twice tonight.
01:07:47You have just slayed us with those moments.
01:07:50Whatever you ate for breakfast, eat it.
01:07:52Keep eating it.
01:07:55You know, I'm going to say for a song that needs so much feeling, I think you felt it and
01:08:01you 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.
01:08:40Yeah, 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 posts and comment with his name.
01:08:51You can vote up to 10 times per finalist, per platform.
01:08:54Chris, everyone.
01:08:59The California connections continue next with Hannah on some Merle Haggard, and Keela delivers
01:09:07Etta 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.
01:09:23We're California Dreamin' with songs inspired by artists from the Golden State, taking the
01:09:28stage 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, and so
01:09:40I 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, and 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.
01:10:07That's the music God made for all the world to sing.
01:10:18That's the music God made for all the world to sing.
01:10:20That's the way love goes.
01:10:27I've been throwing horseshoes over my left shoulder, and I've spent most all my life searching
01:10:42for that four-leaf clover.
01:10:46Yet you ran with me chasing my rainbow.
01:10:56And honey, I love you too.
01:11:07That's the music God made for all the world to sing.
01:11:22That's the music God made for all the world to sing.
01:11:23It's never old, it grows.
01:11:27Ruth, it makes me sorry
01:11:32Say, honey, don't worry
01:11:37Don't you know I love you too
01:11:40That's the way love goes
01:11:49That's the way love goes
01:12:08All right, all right, all right
01:12:10Hannah, that was absolutely amazing
01:12:14You are looking like a star
01:12:16You're sounding like a star
01:12:18I guess you're getting close to that big star
01:12:22Love you, love you
01:12:23Thank you, I appreciate it
01:12:24I need you to promise me that you're gonna make
01:12:26Like a proper version of that song
01:12:30It was perfect
01:12:32Perfect song choice
01:12:34Great look, like everything about it
01:12:36Was just absolutely
01:12:37It was just, it sounded like you
01:12:38And it was just wonderful
01:12:40Thank you
01:12:40Yeah, I felt like I got to know you in that song more than any other part of this show
01:12:47And it just felt like a lullaby
01:12:48Like a warm blanket
01:12:49Your voice is really good
01:12:50Yeah, thanks so much
01:12:52Very good
01:12:56If you want to, you're gonna get to do this for a very long time
01:12:59This singing thing
01:13:00I mean, it was just really
01:13:02It's just watching you be a star week in and week out
01:13:06Is, that's what you are
01:13:07You're just a star
01:13:08Congratulations
01:13:09Welcome
01:13:10Thank you
01:13:10You just got it
01:13:13You have it
01:13:15And I think you want to do this for a long time
01:13:16Still a long time
01:13:18To keep Hannah's American Idol dream alive
01:13:21Vote for her right now
01:13:22It's ten votes for finals for voting method
01:13:25If you've never voted before
01:13:26Now 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
01:13:44And tonight, Keela Richardson pays tribute
01:13:48Watch
01:13:50I'm singing Etta James
01:13:51I'd rather go blind
01:13:52Honestly, this is my first time really listening to Etta James
01:13:55Dang, she's amazing
01:13:57She's from California
01:13:59And so when I heard her singing, I'm like, man
01:14:01I gotta 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 song justice
01:14:16Something told me
01:14:18It was over
01:14:22Yeah
01:14:24When I saw you and her talking
01:14:32Something deep down in my soul
01:14:35So cry, girl
01:14:37Cry, cry
01:14:40When I saw you and that girl walking around
01:14:49I would rather, I would rather go blind, boy
01:14:58Than to see you walk away from me, child
01:15:02No, no, no, no
01:15:05So 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 want to be free now
01:15:19See the reflection of the glass
01:15:26When I held to my lips now, baby
01:15:32Reveal the tears that was on my face
01:15:35And, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
01:15:40Baby, baby
01:15:42I'm ready to go blind, boy
01:15:48And I'll see you walk away from me, child
01:15:52Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah
01:15:55Baby, baby
01:16:00I'm ready to go blind, boy
01:16:03Yeah, yeah, yeah
01:16:05To see you walk away from me, child
01:16:09And I'll see you walk away from me, child
01:16:12And I'll see you walk away from me, child
01:16:55Oh, it's time for me to talk
01:16:57Oh, my God
01:16:57I mean, I know Jennifer Hudson throws a shoe
01:17:01I don't have one
01:17:02I'm trying, like, should I throw those with my Spanx?
01:17:04I'm wearing, like, six pairs
01:17:05So 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
01:17:19Just watching your growth is so inspirational
01:17:21So inspirational
01:17:22Thank you, man
01:17:23Right, right
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
01:17:40Then watching your mom, your family
01:17:42And the crowd react to you singing that
01:17:44Was 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
01:17:53And all your favorites
01:17:54Using all five ways
01:17:55Remember, voting closes
01:17:56In the final commercial break
01:17:58Thank you
01:17:59Thank you
01:18:00See you soon
01:18:05Keep those folks coming for all your favorites
01:18:07After this, Luke Bryan takes the stage live
01:18:10With a must-see performance of his new single
01:18:13Stay with us
01:18:14We're coming right back
01:18:25All right, we're excited
01:18:27Welcome back to Idol
01:18:27Keep sending in your votes
01:18:29For who you want to see in your top five
01:18:31Next week
01:18:31Voting will close in this next commercial break
01:18:34Now, it's time to welcome to the stage
01:18:37A guy we all know very well
01:18:38Who's always busy cooking up something new
01:18:40Here to perform his latest single
01:18:42Country and she knows it
01:18:45Luke Bryan, get on your feet
01:18:47Let's go, Luke
01:19:04Denim cut so high
01:19:06You can see the pockets
01:19:07Rantle tied up
01:19:08Mossy old cap
01:19:10Cold beer bottle done
01:19:12Peel the label off
01:19:13It takes a dirt road
01:19:15To make a girl like that
01:19:16She's certified
01:19:20Counted line
01:19:21She country and she knows it
01:19:24Everybody in here does two
01:19:27Body like a ribbon just a-rollin'
01:19:31Tall boots steppin' like one, two, one, two
01:19:34It don't matter where she's goin'
01:19:37Roots run deep but they can't hide
01:19:40That girl's country and she knows it
01:19:44And she knows she's got this country boy tonight
01:19:49Hey!
01:19:54Her rock turns on when she hears Marina Delway
01:19:58The gall gets thicker when she's tippin' back wide
01:20:01Psalm 42 tattooed on her ribcage
01:20:04I saw her dancin' in the dark last night
01:20:07She's certified
01:20:09Come on!
01:20:10Counted line
01:20:12She country and she knows it
01:20:15Everybody in here does two
01:20:18Body like a ribbon just a-rollin'
01:20:22Tall boots steppin' like one, two, one, two
01:20:25It don't matter where she's goin'
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
01:20:39Hey!
01:20:45No matter what I do
01:20:47Got her every little move
01:20:49From last night on my mind
01:20:51She's certified
01:20:53Come on!
01:20:55Counted line
01:20:56She country and she knows it
01:21:00Everybody in here does two
01:21:03Body like a ribbon just a-rollin'
01:21:06Tall boots steppin' like one, two, one, two
01:21:10It don't matter where she's goin'
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's got this country boy tonight
01:21:26All right
01:21:29She country and she knows it
01:21:33All right
01:21:42All right
01:21:44We did it, Rob!
01:21:45We did it!
01:21:46Live, baby!
01:21:47Live!
01:21:57Back with you live
01:21:59Over the break, the voting closed
01:22:01And the fates of your top seven were sealed
01:22:04Who will continue in the hopes of becoming
01:22:07The next American Idol
01:22:09And which two will head home in just a few moments
01:22:13First, a big thank you to Nikki Glaser
01:22:15For being with us tonight
01:22:16Thank you, Nikki
01:22:17Great job
01:22:18It was a great cover trip
01:22:19So much fun
01:22:20Thank you
01:22:20Tonight was incredible
01:22:22Thank you all for these performances
01:22:24Are you ready for the results?
01:22:27Tom, dim the lights
01:22:31Oh, Lord
01:22:42An extremely tight race
01:22:43An extremely tight race
01:22:44In no particular order
01:22:47After the nationwide vote
01:22:50The first person
01:22:52In your top five
01:22:54Is
01:22:58Kila, congratulations
01:23:25Kila, congratulations
01:23:25America
01:23:25In the top five
01:23:27In the top five
01:23:27In the top five
01:23:28In the top five
01:23:30Jordan
01:23:37Also
01:23:38Getting that mentor session
01:23:41From Randy Jackson
01:23:42And Paula Abdul
01:23:42It is
01:23:45Hannah
01:23:51So here we go
01:23:52So here we go
01:23:52It's down to Brooks
01:23:53Daniel and Chris
01:23:55Two headed home
01:23:56One will stay
01:23:58Thank you all very much
01:24:00Thank you all very much for an incredible season
01:24:01Good luck to you right now
01:24:06After the nationwide vote
01:24:09The final person
01:24:11In your top five
01:24:15Is
01:24:18Chris
01:24:19Congratulations
01:24:26Which means
01:24:27We say goodbye
01:24:28To Daniel and Brooks
01:24:29Let's hear it for them everyone
01:24:30Thank you
01:24:31Thank you
01:24:34Say hello
01:24:35To your top five
01:24:36America
01:24:37We'll see you next week
01:24:39Until then
01:24:40Good night everyone
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