Arthur Gunn Moves Lionel Richie to Tears With Creedence Cover on ‘American Idol’: Watch

Arthur Gunn is bringing Jamaican flavour to the “American Idol” Top 20.

Arthur Gunn got the judges fired up Sunday night on American Idol with a bold performance of a Bob Marley classic.“I really didn’t expect that I’d be this far. I’m still trying to grasp it all,” the Kathmandu, Nepal-born singer and guitarist said during his piece-to-camera.He’s still got a ways to go.Performing “one for the Rastafarian,” Gunn put his own spin on Bob Marley and the Wailers’ “Is this Love”.

We’ve hit the Final Judgement on American Idol, wherein the 40 contestants who survived Hollywood week are jetted off to Hawaii for one last performance before judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan chop them down to the Top 20. Host Ryan Seacrest gives us a pre-show announcement to let viewers know these episodes were previously recorded in January, before the current health crisis tightened its grip on the world and halted production on the series.

American Idol moved to sunny Hawaii for Sunday night’s pre-recorded episode of Top 40 performances. And it was Francisco Martin who enjoyed one of the brightest moments.

Dillon James returns to the “American Idol” stage in a newly released preview clip.

Lionel Richie is planning to revive the star-studded aid anthem, We Are The World, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

The unthinkable happened on the Monday (March 23) episode of American Idol, when contestant Makayla Brownlee suffered a medical emergency during her performance.

Arthur Gunn shot his shot with a risky reimagining of a Creedence Clearwater Revival classic.

American Idol judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie rushed to the aid of contestant Makayla Brownlee after she abruptly walked off stage and fell to the ground backstage during her Hollywood Week audition.

It seems Dillon James did enough to impress the “American Idol” judges.

The American Idol judges were faced with a scary situation on the Monday, March 23, episode when a 17-year-old contestant suffered a seizure on stage.

As Hollywood Week came to a close on, and the show narrowed down its field of hopefuls to their Top 40, tensions ran high and the stress led to an unusually scary moment for one contestant.

Hollywood Week on American Idol is typically wheat-chaff territory, and never has that been more clear than on Sunday (March 22) night’s episode.

It has been 35 years this month since “We Are the World” was recorded by over 40 stars to raise money for African famine.

Gabby Barrett is a country superstar, but once upon a time, she was just a nervous American Idol contestant. As the “I Hope” singer, 20, continued to compete on the first season of the Idol reboot, which she won, she said that judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, and Luke Bryan, imparted an important piece of wisdom that’s helped her beyond the show.

No doubt about it, Arthur Gunn is a weapon.The American Idol hopeful made the best of his audition, as season 18's Hollywood Week" kicked off.Born in Kathmandu, Nepal and based in Wichita, Kansas, Gunn blew away the judges with a rendition of Otis Redding's 1968 song "Hard to Handle" (also covered in 1990 by Black Crowes).The 20-year-old singer and songwriter strapped on an acoustic and impressed with his rugged bluesy voice.

With Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom getting ready to welcome their first child together and tie the knot in the future, many are wondering what role, if any, her fellow judges will play in their wedding.

Cyniah Elise is quickly becoming one to remember.

Arthur Gunn, real name Dibesh Pokharel, impressed the judges on “American Idol” with his raspy voice.