Some friendly advice. Katy Perry had a hilarious reaction when an American Idol contestant sang a track by her ex-boyfriend John Mayer — and she offered him a tip he could use in the future.
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Jimmie Allen was overcome watching Mike Parker bring his legacy to life.
On Sunday’s “American Idol” Top 24 episode, the country star and mentor watched on as Parker took the stage in Hawai’i to cover his No. 1 hit “Best Shot”.
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“His journey is what inspires millions of people that look like me,” the contestant said of Allen’s place in the music industry.
Parker had actually chosen Allen’s song for his Top 24 performance even before learning that Allen himself would be the episode’s mentor.
“You’re going to sing that terrible song?” Allen joked when he learned what song Parker had picked. “That song, I was the first Black country artist to start off in country and launch a career with a debut No. 1. To have you sing that song right now, bro, is so dope.”
After Parker told him his career had been “life-changing” and that getting the chance to work with him was a “dream come true,” Allen teared up, responding, “Hearing you tell me that I’m an inspiration reminds me of my purpose.”
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Parker evidently did his mentor and inspiration proud onstage as well, as Allen sang along, getting emotional watching the singer perform.
After the performance, Ryan Seacrest turned to Allen, who had tears in his eyes, “For him to tell me that I mean to him what Charley Pride meant to me, it’s more than I could have asked for.”
“Thank you for making me not have to judge!” Luke Perry told him afterward. “I could just enjoy the birth of you as an artist.”
Katy Perry added, “This experience has really helped you arrive…. We
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Katy Perry knows how to commit to an entertaining bit once she gets on board, and that's just what she did on the latest episode of American Idol.MORE: Katy Perry selling stunning $19.5m family home - see insideThe singer started off the episode wading in the waters of Hawaii, hanging onto a surfboard while seemingly drowning.VIDEO: Katy Perry's Prague adventuresShe spoke to a plastic seagull that perched atop her board, telling it there was "no land in sight" in an homage to Tom Hanks' performance in Cast Away."You'll be the judge now," she told the bird as she then implored for it to fly away, comically swatting it off the board and saying: "Goodbye Luke! Goodbye Lionel!"MORE: Katy Perry suffers wardrobe malfunction on latest American Idol episodeIt then cut to her two fellow judges, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie, sitting on a boat as they pulled up to her, revealing that she was only 30 feet from shore, where host Ryan Seacrest lay on a beach chair with a drink in his hand.She then got out of the water and walked back to shore, seemingly embarrassed, revealing that she wore a curve-hugging white swimsuit with a multi-colored pattern during her scene.A post shared by KATY PERRY (@katyperry)Katy channeled Tom Hanks in Cast Away for her pre-show bitKaty expertly riffed on herself in the caption of her post, writing: "And the Oscar for the Most Idiotic [performance] goes to…But tbh you haven't seen REAL drama until America gets to vote.