Five years have passed since “America’s Got Talent” alum Yoli Mayor appeared on the competitive reality TV show and, now, the singer is making a comeback with her “American Idol” Season 20 audition.
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Kenedi Anderson just landed her biggest fan.
The talented singer, 17, auditioned for “American Idol” and proved herself a front runner.
Putting her spin on Lady Gaga’s “Applause”, Anderson left all the judges speechless.
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“My head is spinning,” Luke Bryan said.
Katy Perry admitted she was feeling “threatened” by Anderson’s talent. “They’re younger, they’re skinner, they’re prettier, they sing really good,” she joked. “Siri, make an appointment at the plastic surgeon.”
Perry and Bryan both agreed they couldn’t believe she hasn’t been “recruited” by a label yet.
“We are looking for the next ‘thing’ in the music business,” Lionel Richie added. “You have graced us…you have answered our prayers.”
“You might be the biggest star we have ever seen, no doubt,” Bryan continued.
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After calling Anderson’s mom in the room, the three judges explained how for the 20th season of the show they are giving a “ticket upgrade”. In each city, a Platinum Ticket will be handed out allowing the contestant to bypass one of the rounds during Hollywood Week.
And this time, that Platinum Ticket would be going to Anderson.
Anderson has made a name for herself already on TikTok with just over 48K followers where she has posted her original songs and covers like Ariana Grande’s “POV”.
Five years have passed since “America’s Got Talent” alum Yoli Mayor appeared on the competitive reality TV show and, now, the singer is making a comeback with her “American Idol” Season 20 audition.
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contestants are keeping it in the family! Former top eight finalist Nadia Turner got the surprise of a lifetime during season 20’s fourth auditions episode on Sunday, after getting tricked into attending her daughter, Zaréh’s audition, on the guise that they were headed out to enjoy a mother-daughter spa day.Zaréh, not only competed on the show 17 years after her mother but wore the same gold halter top for her audition that Nadia wore to her audition for the show's fourth season in 2005. Season 4 is the season Carrie Underwood famously won, after going head-to-head with Bo Bice.With the help of Ryan Seacrest and the American Idol crew, Zaréh was able to fool her mom, blindfolding her and bringing her to the show's set for the big reveal.Ryan was there to meet Nadia and once he took her hands and said his signature, «This… is ,» the jig was up.
. The 23-year-old musician auditioned during Sunday's episode while five and a half months pregnant with a baby boy.«Being on the show pregnant is actually not going to be an obstacle for me,» Haley assured viewers on Sunday, telling host Ryan Seacrest that she'd already named her little guy, Jaelyn. She performed Miley Cyrus' «The Climb» for judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan, who all seemed to be on the fence after the performance. Luke called the audition «not perfect,» saying, «There were some amateur moments, but then there were some real moments.
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as contestant Sam Finelli faced his fears and auditioned for judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan. The 28-year-old bakery assistant opened up about his struggles with autism, expressing how music helped him get through a difficult childhood.«I don't connect with people very well. It's just a small part of who I am,» Sam explained.
as contestant Sam Finelli faced his fears to audition for judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan. The 28-year-old bakery assistant opened up about his struggles with autism, expressing how music helped him get through a difficult childhood.«I don't connect with people very well. It's just a small part of who I am,» Sam explained.
audition, she had also never performed before she stepped on the stage in front of judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie. The 18-year-old native of Boone County, West Virginia, shared the story of her difficult childhood, and being raised by her grandparents. Kelsie noted that her grandmother sadly died in 2021 after suffering complications from COVID-19. Noting that her grandmother «pushed her» to try things, Kelsie decided to «step outside» of her comfort zone in her honor.
It’s always a risk for an American Idol contestant to take on one of the judge’s songs — but sometimes, it pays off. Kezia “Lady K” Istonia brought Katy Perry to tears with her cover of “Wake Awake” during the Sunday, March 6, episode.
The next big thing? Kenedi Anderson more than impressed the judges during the Sunday, March 6, episode of American Idol, with Luke Bryan declaring that the 17-year-old “might be the biggest star we’ve ever seen” in the show’s history.
Katy Perry has had some pretty memorable moments during her time as a judge on American Idol, but a recent one allowed her to finally clear some things up regarding one of her biggest hits.MORE: Katy Perry taken aback by very surprising audition during American Idol premiereThe singer had a conversation with fellow judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan as they talked about artists often adding too many unnecessary flairs to their singing.WATCH: Katy Perry's Chocotopia adventureLuke then started singing to Katy's hit Firework by performing the lines in the chorus as "up, up, up," and then "ah, ah, ah," to her annoyance."It's not 'up, up, up' and it's not 'ah, ah, ah'," she said, to which Luke retorted: "Well what is it then, because I've been dying to know all these years?"MORE: Katy Perry looks unreal in all-leather outfit"It's 'awe, awe, awe' everybody, get it right!" she said. Luke even questioned: "Is that a word in the dictionary?" to which Katy responded: "It is!"She even added on to the career-long debate about her song, saying: "It's not Fireworks, it's Firework."A post shared by KATY PERRY (@katyperry)Katy cleared up what the lyrics for Firework really were for LukeKaty posted the clip on her Instagram with the caption: "FOR THE OFFICIAL RECORD • it is AWE not UP • it is FIREWORK not FIREWORKSSS.
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Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan, but this aspiring singer did it.On Sunday's , the judges are left speechless when they meet contestant Kenedi Anderson. In ET's exclusive sneak peek from Part 2 of the auditions, at first Perry, Richie and Bryan think nothing of her audition.