‘American Idol’ stars dish on friendship: ‘We’re not thin-skinned’
Ryan Seacrest, Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan chat with USA TODAY’s KiMi Robinson forward of the “American Idol” season premiere.
And similar to that, “American Idol” Season 22 is right down to its prime 24 singers.
In Monday evening’s episode, Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie heard 56 contestants give their all through the “Showstoppers” spherical.
After seeing a marathon of performances, the judges eradicated greater than half of the remaining “Idol” hopefuls in a way more private setting than Sunday evening, when the judges ruthlessly lower greater than 80 individuals from the pool of 143 contestants.
Richie, Bryan and Perry shortly put among the contestants out of their distress, letting them know they might be advancing with out a lot dawdling. Nonetheless, the trio claimed to want tie-breakers for among the musicians. KB Richins, Alyssa Raghu, Ziggy and Mackenzie Sol had been amongst those that sang for his or her lives.
Advancing Roman Collins – who gave The Beatles’ “Come Collectively” a gospel twist – to the subsequent spherical was seemingly one of many greatest no-brainers of the episode.
“For me, that was the very best efficiency of the evening,” Perry advised the 24-year-old automotive cleaner from Lengthy Seaside, California.
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KB Richins and Alyssa Raghu do a sing-off of Girl Gaga’s ‘Shallow’
After KB took to the stage with “Easy Man” by Lynyrd Skynyrd and Alyssa put her personal spin on the Gloria Gaynor traditional “I Will Survive,” the judges had been torn. So the 2 had been referred to as into the judgment room collectively.
“We argued over you,” Perry stated, and the one decision was a sing-off.
The ladies opted to offer their vocal cords a exercise with Girl Gaga’s “Shallow.” Although Alyssa and KB each had spectacular but imperfect renditions, KB’s model got here via with extra depth and gravitas. Alyssa had tears streaming down throughout KB’s efficiency and defined, “I am solely crying as a result of it means a lot to me.”
KB finally emerged victorious, and Alyssa took the information like a champ.
“I believed it was a good sport and so they thought she had lots of potential for this, and I completely agree. She completely deserves that,” Alyssa stated.
“I sang for my life; I significantly gave it the whole lot I had,” a crying KB stated.
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Who’s within the prime 24 of ‘American Idol’ Season 22?
This is who made it via to the subsequent spherical at Aulani, A Disney Resort and Spa, on Oahu, Hawaii:
- Abi Carter
- Triston Harper
- Odell Bunton Jr.
- Hailey Mia
- Jennifer Jeffries
- Jordan Anthony
- Nya
- Blake Proehl
- KB
- Jack Blocker
- Roman Collins
- Mia Matthews
- McKenna Breinholt
- Emmy Russell
- Will Moseley
- Ajii Hafeez
- Sam “Kayko” Kelly-Cohen
- Kennedy Reid
- Elleigh Marie Francom
- KBlocks
- Jayna Elise
- Julia Gagnon
- Mackenzie Sol
- Quintavious Johnson
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Who was eradicated throughout ‘American Idol’s’ ‘Showstoppers Week’?
Solely a handful of the eradicated finalists bought a highlight in Episode 7. This is whom we stated goodbye to:
- Micaela McCall
- Scarlett Lee
- Michael Rice
- Anna Grace Hunt
- Ziggy
- Dawson Slade
- Sophia Ava Marie
- Justice Murphy
- Nick Connors