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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:03,570 --> 00:00:05,539 Audition day! Whoo! 2 00:00:05,539 --> 00:00:07,341 "American Idol," here we come! 3 00:00:07,341 --> 00:00:08,642 Hey, let's go! 4 00:00:08,642 --> 00:00:09,977 Certainly intimidated because I know 5 00:00:09,977 --> 00:00:11,345 there's gonna be tons of people 6 00:00:11,345 --> 00:00:13,013 with a lot more experience than me. 7 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:15,682 And we're scared and excited. 8 00:00:15,682 --> 00:00:18,285 Um...mostly scared. 9 00:00:18,285 --> 00:00:20,220 ♪ Oh, I'm brave ♪ 10 00:00:20,220 --> 00:00:21,755 Have fun singing! 11 00:00:21,755 --> 00:00:23,924 You're not wearing that to "American Idol." 12 00:00:23,924 --> 00:00:25,492 You got to look like a star. 13 00:00:25,492 --> 00:00:26,760 Goodbye. 14 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:28,061 Bye, Teeny. 15 00:00:28,061 --> 00:00:29,363 Bye, Bartholomew. Hello. 16 00:00:29,363 --> 00:00:30,898 Have a nice swim. 17 00:00:30,898 --> 00:00:32,065 Alright, sit, sit. 18 00:00:32,065 --> 00:00:34,535 You can't go with us! 19 00:00:34,535 --> 00:00:36,303 We're going to "American Idol"! 20 00:00:36,303 --> 00:00:37,437 "Idol"! 21 00:00:37,437 --> 00:00:40,240 Whoo! We're here! 22 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:41,742 We got pulled over on the way here, 23 00:00:41,742 --> 00:00:44,344 but they let us go because I said I was coming here. 24 00:00:44,344 --> 00:00:46,079 ♪ So brave ♪ 25 00:00:46,079 --> 00:00:48,048 I've been wanting to do this for years, 26 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:50,050 and so I'm finally gonna make the jump. 27 00:00:50,050 --> 00:00:51,952 ♪ Oh, I'm brave ♪ 28 00:00:51,952 --> 00:00:54,454 ♪ So brave ♪ 29 00:00:54,454 --> 00:00:55,455 Hi! Welcome to "American Idol." 30 00:00:55,455 --> 00:00:56,456 ♪ I'm brave ♪ 31 00:00:56,456 --> 00:00:59,760 ♪ I'm brave ♪ 32 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:04,731 33 00:01:04,731 --> 00:01:05,732 ♪ People ♪ 34 00:01:07,467 --> 00:01:08,869 ♪ People ♪ 35 00:01:11,271 --> 00:01:13,840 36 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:15,108 Savannah. 37 00:01:15,108 --> 00:01:18,145 Let's get this party started. 38 00:01:18,145 --> 00:01:19,212 39 00:01:19,212 --> 00:01:21,348 I'm not dancing anywhere. 40 00:01:21,348 --> 00:01:23,317 No dancing is taking place. You can't dance! You can't... 41 00:01:23,317 --> 00:01:26,620 ♪ Dancin', dancin' on me ♪ My name is Kimmy Gabriela. 42 00:01:26,620 --> 00:01:29,723 I'm 17 years old, and I'm from Lakeland, Florida. 43 00:01:29,723 --> 00:01:31,391 ♪ ...en esta historia algo que confesar ♪ 44 00:01:31,391 --> 00:01:32,726 From a very young age, 45 00:01:32,726 --> 00:01:35,762 I knew that I wanted to follow in my father's footsteps. 46 00:01:35,762 --> 00:01:37,230 ♪ No me coniciste nunca de verdad ♪ 47 00:01:37,230 --> 00:01:39,766 I grew up listening to him tell all these incredible stories 48 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:40,867 about when he was famous, 49 00:01:40,867 --> 00:01:42,369 and he got to live out his dream, 50 00:01:42,369 --> 00:01:44,204 and it just inspired me from such a young age. 51 00:01:44,204 --> 00:01:46,740 I knew that that's exactly what I wanted to do with my life. 52 00:01:48,275 --> 00:01:49,543 Growing up Hispanic, 53 00:01:49,543 --> 00:01:51,845 music has always been the center of this family. 54 00:01:54,881 --> 00:01:56,383 Hey! Hey! 55 00:01:56,383 --> 00:01:58,852 Okay! Okay! 56 00:01:58,852 --> 00:02:02,489 It's like blood in our veins, like I literally inherited it. 57 00:02:02,489 --> 00:02:03,690 ♪ ...y dejarlo así ♪ 58 00:02:03,690 --> 00:02:05,826 My dad taught me everything I know, 59 00:02:05,826 --> 00:02:08,862 and I think it's our biggest source of bonding. 60 00:02:08,862 --> 00:02:10,497 ♪ Digo que no ♪ 61 00:02:19,506 --> 00:02:21,842 A superstar. 62 00:02:21,842 --> 00:02:23,777 I really want to make him proud. 63 00:02:23,777 --> 00:02:25,312 I just don't want to let the nerves get to me. 64 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:28,015 ♪ échame la culpa ♪ 65 00:02:28,015 --> 00:02:30,017 ♪ Solamente te falta un beso ♪ 66 00:02:30,017 --> 00:02:31,685 Oh. Door's heavy. 67 00:02:31,685 --> 00:02:32,686 Hi. 68 00:02:32,686 --> 00:02:33,754 Hey. 69 00:02:33,754 --> 00:02:36,256 ♪ échame la culpa ♪ Hey! 70 00:02:36,256 --> 00:02:37,524 Hi! What's your name? 71 00:02:37,524 --> 00:02:39,059 My name's Kimmy Gabriela. 72 00:02:39,059 --> 00:02:40,694 Awesome. And where are you from? 73 00:02:40,694 --> 00:02:42,496 I'm from Lakeland, Florida. 74 00:02:42,496 --> 00:02:44,031 How young are you? 75 00:02:44,031 --> 00:02:45,899 I'm 17. Nice. 76 00:02:45,899 --> 00:02:48,502 Who's your biggest inspiration in music? 77 00:02:48,502 --> 00:02:49,536 Uh, my dad. 78 00:02:49,536 --> 00:02:50,837 Oh, cool. Very good. 79 00:02:50,837 --> 00:02:53,040 He was a musician when he was young, and he toured, 80 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:54,708 and he did music videos, and he w‐‐ 81 00:02:54,708 --> 00:02:56,176 Really? Yeah. 82 00:02:56,176 --> 00:02:58,211 So, why is music important to you? 83 00:02:58,211 --> 00:02:59,413 Why "American Idol"? 84 00:02:59,413 --> 00:03:01,481 Well, it connects me to my culture, 85 00:03:01,481 --> 00:03:03,417 considering that I've never actually been 86 00:03:03,417 --> 00:03:05,018 to my origin countries. 87 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:06,420 Where is your culture? 88 00:03:06,420 --> 00:03:08,355 Um, Dominican and Venezuelan. 89 00:03:08,355 --> 00:03:09,456 Wow. Yeah. 90 00:03:09,456 --> 00:03:11,191 What are you gonna sing for us? 91 00:03:11,191 --> 00:03:13,960 I'm gonna sing "Let's Hurt Tonight" by OneRepublic. 92 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,495 Ah. 93 00:03:23,336 --> 00:03:26,840 ♪ When ♪ 94 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,677 ♪ We came home ♪ 95 00:03:30,677 --> 00:03:34,181 ♪ Worn to the bones ♪ 96 00:03:34,181 --> 00:03:40,153 ♪ I told myself, "This can get rough" ♪ 97 00:03:40,153 --> 00:03:48,395 ♪ And, oh, I know you feel insane ♪ 98 00:03:48,395 --> 00:03:57,504 ♪ Tell me something that I can expla‐a‐a‐in ♪ 99 00:03:57,504 --> 00:04:04,377 ♪ I'll hit the lights, and you lock the door ♪ 100 00:04:04,377 --> 00:04:12,185 ♪ Tell me all the things that you couldn't before ♪ 101 00:04:12,185 --> 00:04:18,525 ♪ Don't walk away, don't roll your eyes ♪ 102 00:04:18,525 --> 00:04:22,195 ♪ You say love is pain, then, darlin' ♪ 103 00:04:22,195 --> 00:04:29,202 ♪ Let's hurt toni‐i‐ght ♪ 104 00:04:30,637 --> 00:04:32,205 Oh, my God. 105 00:04:32,205 --> 00:04:34,407 Alright. Do you want to critique, or you want to just judge? 106 00:04:34,407 --> 00:04:35,675 No, no, no, let well, uh, let's j‐‐ 107 00:04:35,675 --> 00:04:37,077 I just want her to stand here for a minute 108 00:04:37,077 --> 00:04:38,445 because I can't believe she walked into 109 00:04:38,445 --> 00:04:39,813 That was so great. 110 00:04:39,813 --> 00:04:41,548 That was so beautiful. That was fabulous, okay? 111 00:04:41,548 --> 00:04:42,582 I'm telling you. 112 00:04:42,582 --> 00:04:44,050 Do you speak Spanish? Fluently. 113 00:04:44,050 --> 00:04:45,051 Fluent? Yes. 114 00:04:45,051 --> 00:04:46,386 Do you sing in Spanish? Yes. 115 00:04:46,386 --> 00:04:47,420 What? 116 00:04:47,420 --> 00:04:48,655 Yeah. 117 00:04:48,655 --> 00:04:50,323 Can you give us a little taste, please? 118 00:04:50,323 --> 00:04:52,025 Ay. Um... 119 00:04:52,025 --> 00:04:57,731 ♪ Alguien sin vida, alguien ♪ 120 00:04:57,731 --> 00:05:01,468 ♪ Hecho pedazos alguien ♪ 121 00:05:01,468 --> 00:05:05,305 ♪ Alguien que amó ♪ 122 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:09,709 ♪ Como te amaba yo ♪ 123 00:05:09,709 --> 00:05:11,778 Sure. 124 00:05:11,778 --> 00:05:13,480 Hey, hey, listen. 125 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,649 Top 10? Oh, my God. 126 00:05:15,649 --> 00:05:18,385 Yeah, she doesn't really miss notes. 127 00:05:18,385 --> 00:05:19,419 No. 128 00:05:19,419 --> 00:05:20,654 No. 129 00:05:20,654 --> 00:05:22,622 You decided to come for "American Idol" real hard, 130 00:05:22,622 --> 00:05:24,257 didn't you? 131 00:05:24,257 --> 00:05:25,592 I really want this. 132 00:05:25,592 --> 00:05:26,593 You think so? 133 00:05:26,593 --> 00:05:27,594 That was great. That was fabulous. 134 00:05:27,594 --> 00:05:28,829 Thank you so much. 135 00:05:28,829 --> 00:05:31,398 I mean, her first note, I was like, "Ye‐e‐p!" 136 00:05:31,398 --> 00:05:32,699 Oh, my God. 137 00:05:32,699 --> 00:05:34,000 You guys... 138 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,068 Yeah. 139 00:05:36,503 --> 00:05:38,538 Just... You've had a really good day. 140 00:05:38,538 --> 00:05:40,774 Yeah, right! 141 00:05:40,774 --> 00:05:41,908 No, no, I, uh... Just take it. 142 00:05:41,908 --> 00:05:43,076 No, no. Just take it! 143 00:05:43,076 --> 00:05:44,511 I‐I want to tell you something. Ooh! 144 00:05:44,511 --> 00:05:45,512 Y'all gonna make me cry. 145 00:05:45,512 --> 00:05:46,813 She was not joking around. 146 00:05:46,813 --> 00:05:48,748 This is some top‐10 material here, okay? Yeah. 147 00:05:48,748 --> 00:05:50,483 Congratulations. Thank you so much. 148 00:05:50,483 --> 00:05:51,818 You're on your way to... 149 00:05:51,818 --> 00:05:53,720 Hollywood! Hollywood! Hollywood! 150 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:55,555 Oh, you guys, thank you so much! 151 00:05:55,555 --> 00:05:57,457 Wow! Thank God for you. 152 00:05:57,457 --> 00:05:59,459 I just wrote down "star," okay? 153 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:02,062 Please, remember that. 154 00:06:02,062 --> 00:06:03,563 I love you guys. Enjoy that ride. 155 00:06:03,563 --> 00:06:05,098 Thank you so much. 156 00:06:05,098 --> 00:06:06,666 Amazing. Congratulations. I look forward to seeing you guys! 157 00:06:06,666 --> 00:06:07,834 You will. 158 00:06:07,834 --> 00:06:10,604 This way to straight to Hollywood. 159 00:06:12,973 --> 00:06:16,176 This is everything I've dreamt of since I was like 5. 160 00:06:17,277 --> 00:06:18,311 Killer. 161 00:06:18,311 --> 00:06:20,313 They said that I'm top 10. 162 00:06:20,313 --> 00:06:21,548 Ah! 163 00:06:21,548 --> 00:06:23,650 Material top‐10 material. 164 00:06:23,650 --> 00:06:26,553 Top‐10 material, and those words are just gonna ring in my head 165 00:06:26,553 --> 00:06:27,888 for literally the rest of my life. 166 00:06:27,888 --> 00:06:30,223 Hey! We got it! 167 00:06:30,223 --> 00:06:33,260 Boy, she's a big singer. 168 00:06:33,260 --> 00:06:34,694 ‐Ha ha! ‐We got it. 169 00:06:34,694 --> 00:06:36,263 Yes! ♪ To heaven ♪ 170 00:06:36,263 --> 00:06:37,998 Tonight... 171 00:06:37,998 --> 00:06:39,833 ...our search for a superstar... 172 00:06:39,833 --> 00:06:41,434 I'm gonna play y'all a song that I wrote 173 00:06:41,434 --> 00:06:43,303 hopefully gonna be on the next Luke Bryan album. 174 00:06:43,303 --> 00:06:45,372 ...pulls out all the stops... 175 00:06:45,372 --> 00:06:48,441 We need talent! It's an emergency! 176 00:06:49,676 --> 00:06:50,911 No more yodeling! 177 00:06:50,911 --> 00:06:52,545 No. No way. 178 00:06:52,545 --> 00:06:53,780 Aah! Aah! No! 179 00:06:55,148 --> 00:06:56,850 Is your toupee still on? Wow, wow. 180 00:06:56,850 --> 00:06:58,752 ...and uncovers unbelievable voices. 181 00:06:58,752 --> 00:07:00,620 I love it! 182 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:03,089 We gettin' some talent up in here, huh? 183 00:07:03,089 --> 00:07:05,325 This room is blessed! 184 00:07:05,325 --> 00:07:07,160 Alright, well, this is a first. 185 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:08,561 Are we being punked? We being punked? 186 00:07:08,561 --> 00:07:11,131 Don't go away. More "Idol" in 60. 187 00:07:16,369 --> 00:07:18,471 Welcome back to Los Angeles, 188 00:07:18,471 --> 00:07:21,808 a city that has a special place in one of our judges' hearts. 189 00:07:21,808 --> 00:07:24,978 Look! You can even see the Hollywood sign over there! 190 00:07:24,978 --> 00:07:26,246 Wow. 191 00:07:26,246 --> 00:07:28,214 This is a view! That's a good omen! 192 00:07:28,214 --> 00:07:30,150 ♪ It's a beautiful night ♪ 193 00:07:30,150 --> 00:07:32,385 This actual rooftop... Yeah? 194 00:07:32,385 --> 00:07:36,189 This is where Orlando and I got engaged. 195 00:07:36,189 --> 00:07:37,457 Ah! No! 196 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:38,525 Yes. No! 197 00:07:38,525 --> 00:07:40,860 He asked me to marry him in a helicopter. 198 00:07:40,860 --> 00:07:44,097 And we landed the helicopter actually on this rooftop. 199 00:07:44,097 --> 00:07:45,165 ♪ Or is it this dancing juice? ♪ 200 00:07:45,165 --> 00:07:47,100 And can you believe that "American Idol" 201 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:48,601 decided to pick this building? 202 00:07:48,601 --> 00:07:50,337 I just am feeling all the feelings. 203 00:07:50,337 --> 00:07:51,638 I like that. 204 00:07:51,638 --> 00:07:53,540 ♪ Just say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 205 00:07:53,540 --> 00:07:55,008 Oh, my God! 206 00:07:55,008 --> 00:07:56,376 I remember this awning. 207 00:07:56,376 --> 00:07:58,845 We were all out here, my whole family and friends. 208 00:07:58,845 --> 00:08:00,146 He had surprised me. 209 00:08:00,146 --> 00:08:02,415 Everyone was wearing, like, matching, like, sweaters. 210 00:08:02,415 --> 00:08:04,284 It was really sweet. It was so beautiful. 211 00:08:04,284 --> 00:08:05,318 All in this room. 212 00:08:05,318 --> 00:08:06,653 Really? This room? This room? 213 00:08:06,653 --> 00:08:07,887 It's here! I'm happy to celebrate it again. 214 00:08:07,887 --> 00:08:09,322 Wow. Here we go. 215 00:08:09,322 --> 00:08:12,826 As auditions continue, our next contestants are hoping 216 00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:14,995 to take advantage of Katy's good mood 217 00:08:14,995 --> 00:08:17,297 and give her something else to remember. 218 00:08:17,297 --> 00:08:21,368 ♪ Yesterday ♪ 219 00:08:21,368 --> 00:08:24,971 ♪ Love was such an easy game to play ♪ 220 00:08:24,971 --> 00:08:27,007 Thank you. 221 00:08:27,007 --> 00:08:28,274 There you go. Thank you. 222 00:08:28,274 --> 00:08:29,442 There you go. 223 00:08:29,442 --> 00:08:34,147 ♪ Now I need a place to hide away ♪ 224 00:08:34,147 --> 00:08:38,518 ♪ Oh, I believe ♪ 225 00:08:38,518 --> 00:08:40,787 ♪ In yesterday ♪ 226 00:08:40,787 --> 00:08:42,055 You're a dream. Yeah. 227 00:08:42,055 --> 00:08:43,690 Oh, my God. It's a yes from me. 228 00:08:43,690 --> 00:08:45,191 You're giddy today, Katy. I... 229 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:46,393 Me? I'm not giddy! 230 00:08:46,393 --> 00:08:47,694 Oh! I mean, I'm happy. 231 00:08:47,694 --> 00:08:50,530 This is like sweet memories here in this room. 232 00:08:50,530 --> 00:08:52,365 ♪ Tears don't mean you're losing ♪ 233 00:08:52,365 --> 00:08:54,034 ♪ Everybody's bruising ♪ 234 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:57,270 ♪ Just be true to who you are ♪ 235 00:08:57,270 --> 00:08:58,638 I don't like it. 236 00:08:59,806 --> 00:09:01,074 I love it! 237 00:09:01,074 --> 00:09:02,108 Oh, my God! 238 00:09:02,108 --> 00:09:04,444 Y'all had me freaked out for a minute. 239 00:09:04,444 --> 00:09:06,413 You're going to Hollywood! 240 00:09:06,413 --> 00:09:08,948 Whoo! Come on down. 241 00:09:08,948 --> 00:09:11,718 Whoo! Thank you so much. 242 00:09:11,718 --> 00:09:15,321 ♪ However far away ♪ 243 00:09:15,321 --> 00:09:18,058 ♪ I will always love you ♪ 244 00:09:18,058 --> 00:09:20,393 Do you mind if I bring Leaira in here? 245 00:09:20,393 --> 00:09:22,128 ♪ However long I stay ♪ 246 00:09:22,128 --> 00:09:24,097 She's probably the greatest person that has ever been made. 247 00:09:24,097 --> 00:09:27,000 Oh. ♪ I will always love you ♪ 248 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,970 ♪ Whatever words I say ♪ 249 00:09:30,970 --> 00:09:34,641 ♪ I will always love you ♪ 250 00:09:34,641 --> 00:09:37,310 We want you both to celebrate together. 251 00:09:37,310 --> 00:09:39,779 You're going to Hollywood! You're going to Hollywood! You're going to Hollywood! 252 00:09:39,779 --> 00:09:41,181 Oh, my gosh! 253 00:09:41,181 --> 00:09:42,782 Actually, I have one more thing, too. 254 00:09:42,782 --> 00:09:44,050 What? What? 255 00:09:44,050 --> 00:09:45,852 Um, you know I love you, right? 256 00:09:45,852 --> 00:09:47,020 Oh, my God. 257 00:09:47,020 --> 00:09:48,721 Ha ha! 258 00:09:48,721 --> 00:09:50,190 No. No way. Oh. 259 00:09:50,190 --> 00:09:51,524 Will you marry me? Yes! 260 00:09:51,524 --> 00:09:53,026 Are you kidding me? 261 00:09:53,026 --> 00:09:54,060 Oh, my God! Yes! 262 00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:55,695 Jordan, you old dog. Baby. 263 00:09:55,695 --> 00:09:57,130 I love it! 264 00:09:57,130 --> 00:09:58,498 Wait. What? 265 00:09:58,498 --> 00:09:59,699 Are you kidding me? 266 00:09:59,699 --> 00:10:00,767 Oh, my God! Wait. I know! 267 00:10:00,767 --> 00:10:02,635 Let me see this. Oh, my God. 268 00:10:02,635 --> 00:10:04,003 Wait. This is a This is a big deal, babe. Oh, my God! 269 00:10:04,003 --> 00:10:06,339 It's the hugest ring I've ever seen! 270 00:10:06,339 --> 00:10:08,541 Come on. I love this. 271 00:10:08,541 --> 00:10:10,009 Congratulations. Oh, congratulations. 272 00:10:10,009 --> 00:10:11,411 Thank you! I mean... here's this. 273 00:10:11,411 --> 00:10:12,779 Thank you so much. 274 00:10:12,779 --> 00:10:13,947 Oh, my gosh. 275 00:10:13,947 --> 00:10:16,116 Killed it, man. Enjoy the ride out here, okay? 276 00:10:16,116 --> 00:10:17,717 White house, picket fence. 277 00:10:17,717 --> 00:10:19,385 Buy a picket fence. 278 00:10:19,385 --> 00:10:22,722 This room is blessed! 279 00:10:22,722 --> 00:10:26,025 This is a union! This room is love! 280 00:10:26,025 --> 00:10:29,162 I'm gonna be pretty lovey‐dovey for the next couple days. 281 00:10:29,162 --> 00:10:30,797 Yeah, right. 282 00:10:32,031 --> 00:10:34,067 Back to reality. Let's go. 283 00:10:34,067 --> 00:10:35,702 Bring 'em in. 284 00:10:35,702 --> 00:10:36,870 Alright. Here we go. 285 00:10:36,870 --> 00:10:38,171 How are you? Hi! 286 00:10:38,171 --> 00:10:39,839 Doing well. How are you? 287 00:10:39,839 --> 00:10:41,441 We're good, we're good. 288 00:10:41,441 --> 00:10:43,209 I know your partner there. 289 00:10:43,209 --> 00:10:44,310 Yeah. 290 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:46,179 Howdy, howdy. How you doing? 291 00:10:46,179 --> 00:10:47,614 How you doing, Shawn? 292 00:10:47,614 --> 00:10:49,482 No way! Really, huh? Doing all right. 293 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:51,184 Is he a big deal? 294 00:10:51,184 --> 00:10:52,719 He's a badass. 295 00:10:54,354 --> 00:10:56,256 Really, huh? I concur with that. 296 00:10:56,256 --> 00:10:57,423 There we go. Yeah, so, uh 297 00:10:57,423 --> 00:10:59,292 I'm just a guitar picker, man. 298 00:10:59,292 --> 00:11:01,261 Oh! Please. 299 00:11:01,261 --> 00:11:02,795 Uh, my name's Lauren Mascitti, 300 00:11:02,795 --> 00:11:05,865 and, uh, I brought my fiancé here, Shawn Camp, with me. 301 00:11:05,865 --> 00:11:06,966 Alright. 302 00:11:06,966 --> 00:11:09,169 Whoo! Your fiancé! 303 00:11:09,169 --> 00:11:11,070 I got one, too! We fancy and fresh! 304 00:11:11,070 --> 00:11:12,438 I know you do. I know. 305 00:11:12,438 --> 00:11:13,940 I heard. Congratulations, by the way. 306 00:11:13,940 --> 00:11:16,009 Thank you. Now we just have to make it down the aisle. 307 00:11:16,009 --> 00:11:17,143 Ah. Yes. 308 00:11:17,143 --> 00:11:18,178 Oh, that's easy. Absolutely. 309 00:11:18,178 --> 00:11:20,046 Get to the aisle. Just get to it. 310 00:11:20,046 --> 00:11:22,682 Get to Just get to the Any aisle, get to it. 311 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:23,883 Yeah. 312 00:11:23,883 --> 00:11:25,685 Very true. Y'all know Shawn. 313 00:11:25,685 --> 00:11:27,620 He's He's an incredible songwriter. 314 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:29,222 He's written a lot of great stuff 315 00:11:29,222 --> 00:11:30,890 "Two Piña Coladas" for Garth Brooks, 316 00:11:30,890 --> 00:11:32,525 "How Long Gone" for Brooks & Dunn... 317 00:11:32,525 --> 00:11:33,993 That's exactly right. 318 00:11:33,993 --> 00:11:35,395 ..."Would You Go With Me" for Josh Turner and... 319 00:11:35,395 --> 00:11:37,397 Okay, but what about you? 320 00:11:37,397 --> 00:11:40,667 Well, I grew up singing gospel music in church, 321 00:11:40,667 --> 00:11:44,837 and, uh, I was, uh, raised and adopted by my grandparents. 322 00:11:44,837 --> 00:11:47,373 Nana and Papaw were really encouraging 323 00:11:47,373 --> 00:11:50,944 of my my desire to do music. 324 00:11:50,944 --> 00:11:53,913 325 00:11:53,913 --> 00:11:55,915 I grew up in Lewisville, Ohio. 326 00:11:55,915 --> 00:11:58,551 It was a very small, little farm community. 327 00:11:58,551 --> 00:12:02,755 Whenever I was little, I knew I wanted to be a songwriter. 328 00:12:02,755 --> 00:12:03,856 Oh, Nana! 329 00:12:06,859 --> 00:12:09,195 There you go! There, you got it! 330 00:12:09,195 --> 00:12:13,066 My nana and papaw knew that I wanted to move to Nashville 331 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:15,268 to do music and be a songwriter. 332 00:12:15,268 --> 00:12:16,569 ♪ Call it dumb luck ♪ 333 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:18,671 They said, "Well, we'll move to Nashville with you, 334 00:12:18,671 --> 00:12:20,073 but you got to get a degree first." 335 00:12:20,073 --> 00:12:23,176 I went to nursing school in Ohio and and I got 336 00:12:23,176 --> 00:12:25,845 my first nursing job when we moved to Nashville. 337 00:12:25,845 --> 00:12:27,914 Discharging tomorrow, maybe? Hopefully. 338 00:12:27,914 --> 00:12:30,283 I love my work as a nurse, and everything I do, 339 00:12:30,283 --> 00:12:33,553 I want it to help people and inspire people, 340 00:12:33,553 --> 00:12:35,555 and and I've gotten a lot of inspiration 341 00:12:35,555 --> 00:12:37,523 from my nursing career for my music, 342 00:12:37,523 --> 00:12:39,759 so it's taught me a lot. 343 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:43,529 My biggest fan when it comes to my music is definitely Nana. 344 00:12:43,529 --> 00:12:47,900 Um, but maybe closely ties with Shawn. 345 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:50,903 They're both, like, my number‐one fans. 346 00:12:50,903 --> 00:12:51,904 ♪ When the bones are good, the rest don't matter ♪ 347 00:12:51,904 --> 00:12:54,007 How you feeling? I'm feeling alright. 348 00:12:54,007 --> 00:12:55,541 Well, you're the best I ever heard, 349 00:12:55,541 --> 00:12:58,211 so I believe you're gonna knock it out of the park. 350 00:12:59,345 --> 00:13:01,614 He's such an incredible musician, 351 00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:03,650 and Shawn is very much Nana‐approved. 352 00:13:03,650 --> 00:13:05,218 I told Shawn 353 00:13:05,218 --> 00:13:08,087 my maid of honor is gonna have to be Nana. 354 00:13:08,087 --> 00:13:09,689 Just go out there and be yourself. 355 00:13:09,689 --> 00:13:10,690 Thank you, baby. 356 00:13:10,690 --> 00:13:12,191 Having Shawn in the room with me 357 00:13:12,191 --> 00:13:14,694 I know will ease the tension a little bit. 358 00:13:14,694 --> 00:13:16,663 The mission is to make it to Hollywood 359 00:13:16,663 --> 00:13:18,431 and Nana's gonna go to Hollywood. 360 00:13:18,431 --> 00:13:20,233 Very good. Well, good deal. Let's hear it. 361 00:13:20,233 --> 00:13:22,368 Let's hear it. Uh, this is a song I wrote 362 00:13:22,368 --> 00:13:24,003 with a friend of mine, Renée Martin. 363 00:13:24,003 --> 00:13:26,306 It's called "If I Can Lose You." 364 00:13:32,845 --> 00:13:36,015 ♪ I love you so much ♪ 365 00:13:36,015 --> 00:13:39,819 ♪ But I'm so afraid ♪ 366 00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:45,658 ♪ Lately, I feel like you're pullin' away ♪ 367 00:13:45,658 --> 00:13:52,565 ♪ I give and I give, but all you ever do ♪ 368 00:13:52,565 --> 00:13:55,868 ♪ Is take ♪ 369 00:13:55,868 --> 00:14:01,841 ♪ And if you can leave me ♪ 370 00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:08,815 ♪ That's how it should be ♪ 371 00:14:08,815 --> 00:14:15,154 ♪ If you can stand to let go of my hand ♪ 372 00:14:15,154 --> 00:14:21,627 ♪ Then just walk away ♪ 373 00:14:21,627 --> 00:14:27,033 ♪ I want to love you ♪ 374 00:14:27,033 --> 00:14:33,373 ♪ Like nobody's loved you ♪ 375 00:14:33,373 --> 00:14:39,946 ♪ But if I can lose you ♪ 376 00:14:39,946 --> 00:14:47,620 ♪ I think I need to ♪ 377 00:14:47,620 --> 00:14:50,790 Wow. 378 00:14:52,992 --> 00:14:54,794 Great song. Great song, you guys. 379 00:14:54,794 --> 00:14:56,262 Thank you. That was very moving. 380 00:14:56,262 --> 00:15:00,233 I love the feeling and emotion in your voice. 381 00:15:00,233 --> 00:15:01,601 Thank you. Mm. 382 00:15:01,601 --> 00:15:04,303 I'm a sucker for a good songwriter. 383 00:15:04,303 --> 00:15:05,805 I think what I love the most 384 00:15:05,805 --> 00:15:09,475 is that you have this silky quality of a storyteller, 385 00:15:09,475 --> 00:15:11,544 and that's the part I‐I really fell in love with. 386 00:15:11,544 --> 00:15:13,146 Thank you. 387 00:15:13,146 --> 00:15:16,149 You know, we had Laci Kaye Booth last year... Right, right, right. 388 00:15:16,149 --> 00:15:18,418 ...who was kind of smoky and... Right. 389 00:15:18,418 --> 00:15:22,188 But she even had a little bit lower voice than you did. Yeah. 390 00:15:22,188 --> 00:15:24,624 But she did so well because it was so... 391 00:15:24,624 --> 00:15:25,758 her thing. 392 00:15:25,758 --> 00:15:26,959 Authentic. Yeah. 393 00:15:26,959 --> 00:15:29,362 Like I said, are you gonna go stand beside 394 00:15:29,362 --> 00:15:31,697 some Kelly Clarkson belter? 395 00:15:31,697 --> 00:15:34,700 No, but are you gonna be able to walk out there 396 00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:36,335 and really hold a room with your style? 397 00:15:36,335 --> 00:15:37,837 Potentially yes. 398 00:15:37,837 --> 00:15:39,505 Best storyteller wins. 399 00:15:39,505 --> 00:15:40,673 Yes. 400 00:15:40,673 --> 00:15:41,674 That's true. So... 401 00:15:41,674 --> 00:15:43,109 Bang. Right there. 402 00:15:43,109 --> 00:15:44,944 ...if you tell a story and we believe you through and through, 403 00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:46,179 we're gonna subscribe. 404 00:15:46,179 --> 00:15:47,547 Yeah, we will be butter. Thank you. 405 00:15:47,547 --> 00:15:48,915 We will melt. You know? 406 00:15:48,915 --> 00:15:50,917 Yes. Make us melt. Let's take a vote. 407 00:15:50,917 --> 00:15:52,985 Let's take a vote. I'm a big‐time yes. 408 00:15:52,985 --> 00:15:54,187 Aww. 409 00:15:54,187 --> 00:15:55,721 I'm a yes. 410 00:15:55,721 --> 00:15:58,024 And And I've melted already. 411 00:15:59,058 --> 00:16:01,327 And I'm a yes for sure so... 412 00:16:01,327 --> 00:16:02,662 Yes, yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. You going to Hollywood, sweetheart. Come on. 413 00:16:02,662 --> 00:16:04,363 Thank you so much! Alright! 414 00:16:04,363 --> 00:16:05,832 Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. 415 00:16:05,832 --> 00:16:07,066 Aww! Thank you so much. 416 00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:08,100 Congrats. God bless you. 417 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:10,303 Hollywood! It's gonna be really real. 418 00:16:10,303 --> 00:16:12,238 You got it. We're gonna put her through it, so keep the line open. 419 00:16:12,238 --> 00:16:13,673 That's okay. 420 00:16:13,673 --> 00:16:15,508 I'm country. I'm tough. I can take it. 421 00:16:15,508 --> 00:16:16,509 You can. I see those boots. 422 00:16:16,509 --> 00:16:17,510 Thank y'all. Take care. 423 00:16:17,510 --> 00:16:19,479 There's some good news. 424 00:16:19,479 --> 00:16:21,147 Congratulations! 425 00:16:21,147 --> 00:16:22,482 Thank you so much! 426 00:16:22,482 --> 00:16:25,017 It means everything to be able to go home 427 00:16:25,017 --> 00:16:28,287 and bring back this golden ticket to my nana and my papaw. 428 00:16:28,287 --> 00:16:32,692 They have sacrificed so much for me to be able to do music. 429 00:16:32,692 --> 00:16:35,928 I know they're gonna be super excited, 430 00:16:35,928 --> 00:16:39,899 and, uh, I‐I'm just I can't wait to tell them. 431 00:16:39,899 --> 00:16:44,637 ♪ Thank God that my life's already good ♪ 432 00:16:47,473 --> 00:16:49,342 Hello, and welcome to 433 00:16:49,342 --> 00:16:50,810 another episode of "Country Fried," 434 00:16:50,810 --> 00:16:53,079 bringing you the best country‐music conversations. 435 00:16:53,079 --> 00:16:55,381 My name's Ryan Harmon, and it is my pleasure 436 00:16:55,381 --> 00:16:57,717 to be able to bring arguably the king of Nashville 437 00:16:57,717 --> 00:16:59,752 to the show, Mr. Bobby Bones. 438 00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:02,822 And very arguably. 439 00:17:02,822 --> 00:17:04,056 Very, very arguably. 440 00:17:04,056 --> 00:17:05,758 I‐I know we have a limited time here, 441 00:17:05,758 --> 00:17:07,159 but I really want to get into 442 00:17:07,159 --> 00:17:08,528 where you are and how you got there. 443 00:17:08,528 --> 00:17:11,931 I grew up in a small town called Mountain Pine, Arkansas. 444 00:17:11,931 --> 00:17:13,866 At 5 years old, they asked us 445 00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:15,935 what we wanted to be when we grew up 446 00:17:15,935 --> 00:17:17,637 and my grandmother saved it 447 00:17:17,637 --> 00:17:21,073 and I said I wanted to be a comedian, a radio host, 448 00:17:21,073 --> 00:17:23,242 and I wanted to be in a band. 449 00:17:23,242 --> 00:17:25,978 Um, from an early age, I'd kind of set my goals 450 00:17:25,978 --> 00:17:28,481 to get out of the situation that I grew up in. 451 00:17:28,481 --> 00:17:30,449 And it wasn't the best home situation, 452 00:17:30,449 --> 00:17:32,752 so that was kind of the path out. 453 00:17:32,752 --> 00:17:34,253 Kind of changing subjects here. 454 00:17:34,253 --> 00:17:36,289 This is all hypothetical. Okay, go ahead. 455 00:17:36,289 --> 00:17:37,690 So, say that I knew somebody 456 00:17:37,690 --> 00:17:39,625 who was auditioning for "American Idol"? Mm‐hmm. 457 00:17:39,625 --> 00:17:41,661 Hypothetical, what would they need to know 458 00:17:41,661 --> 00:17:42,995 before they go in there? 459 00:17:42,995 --> 00:17:44,764 Before you walk in the room, you know, 460 00:17:44,764 --> 00:17:47,400 you got to come to the realization that you deserve to be here. 461 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:48,834 Maybe you get the golden ticket, maybe you don't. 462 00:17:48,834 --> 00:17:50,436 Maybe you learn something from the experience 463 00:17:50,436 --> 00:17:51,804 that takes you down a different path. 464 00:17:51,804 --> 00:17:53,172 But before you walk in, you got to know 465 00:17:53,172 --> 00:17:54,774 that you have earned your spot to be here today. 466 00:17:54,774 --> 00:17:56,842 I appreciate that. That's why I'll say hypothetically. 467 00:17:56,842 --> 00:17:58,477 Hypo‐‐ I know we got a little specifically hypothetical. 468 00:17:58,477 --> 00:18:00,313 Hypothetically. But hypothetically. 469 00:18:00,313 --> 00:18:01,981 Welcome to "American Idol." Hey. 470 00:18:01,981 --> 00:18:04,850 On a scale of 9 to 10, how do I look? 471 00:18:07,153 --> 00:18:09,288 My name's Ryan Harmon. I'm 24 years old. 472 00:18:09,288 --> 00:18:11,757 Come from a little town called Lamar, Arkansas. 473 00:18:11,757 --> 00:18:14,260 ♪ Nobody knows I'm Elvis ♪ 474 00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:16,729 ♪ Nobody knows this is me ♪ 475 00:18:16,729 --> 00:18:19,498 We've got a big ol' power plant in Russellville, Arkansas. 476 00:18:19,498 --> 00:18:21,534 My dad works there, my brother works there, 477 00:18:21,534 --> 00:18:23,803 my sister‐in‐law works there, my aunt works there, 478 00:18:23,803 --> 00:18:25,071 my uncle works there. 479 00:18:25,071 --> 00:18:26,672 I didn't quite make the cut. 480 00:18:26,672 --> 00:18:28,908 ♪ Nobody knows I'm Elvis ♪ 481 00:18:28,908 --> 00:18:30,209 You press one wrong button, 482 00:18:30,209 --> 00:18:31,777 and the whole thing just goes away, 483 00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:33,479 so I better just stick with the guitar. 484 00:18:33,479 --> 00:18:36,115 485 00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:38,718 We're either getting golden ticket or Golden Corral tonight. 486 00:18:38,718 --> 00:18:40,720 I don't care which one it is. 487 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,723 ♪ I want to show you Graceland, baby ♪ 488 00:18:43,723 --> 00:18:44,991 You know, I'm one of those guys 489 00:18:44,991 --> 00:18:46,592 that's been in country music all my put‐together, 490 00:18:46,592 --> 00:18:47,593 so let's get it done. 491 00:18:47,593 --> 00:18:49,362 Howdy. How y'all doing? 492 00:18:49,362 --> 00:18:50,763 What's up? Hey, now. 493 00:18:50,763 --> 00:18:53,366 You have been waiting a very long time. 494 00:18:53,366 --> 00:18:56,135 I sure have, but, dadgummit, it's worth it. 495 00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:57,269 Oh! Great. 496 00:18:57,269 --> 00:18:58,371 Dadgummit. 497 00:18:58,371 --> 00:18:59,805 He He does a better "dadgummit" than me. 498 00:18:59,805 --> 00:19:01,173 I was gonna say. 499 00:19:01,173 --> 00:19:03,042 That's how we do it in Arkansas. What can I say? 500 00:19:03,042 --> 00:19:04,243 Aw, I love it. 501 00:19:04,243 --> 00:19:05,845 Oh, my gosh. You have a little whistle, too. 502 00:19:05,845 --> 00:19:08,314 Perfection takes time. I just... 503 00:19:08,314 --> 00:19:10,316 Can you say "shooey"? 504 00:19:10,316 --> 00:19:12,218 Shooey! That is like... 505 00:19:12,218 --> 00:19:13,986 There you go. That needs to be a ringtone. 506 00:19:13,986 --> 00:19:15,621 Now, if my voice gets blown out after that, 507 00:19:15,621 --> 00:19:16,689 can I blame it on you or...? 508 00:19:16,689 --> 00:19:18,157 You were born to say "shooey." 509 00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:19,892 I'm sure you got a million "shooeys" in you there. 510 00:19:19,892 --> 00:19:21,327 I got plenty. 511 00:19:21,327 --> 00:19:23,663 Well, tell us who you are, where you're from. 512 00:19:23,663 --> 00:19:25,431 I'm Ryan Harmon, 24 years old, 513 00:19:25,431 --> 00:19:27,633 from Lamar by golly Arkansas, 514 00:19:27,633 --> 00:19:29,268 and just tickled to be here. 515 00:19:29,268 --> 00:19:30,636 "Back alley" Arkansas? 516 00:19:30,636 --> 00:19:31,937 "By golly, Arkansas." 517 00:19:31,937 --> 00:19:33,239 "By golly, Arkansas." 518 00:19:33,239 --> 00:19:34,473 Oh, "by golly"? "By golly." 519 00:19:34,473 --> 00:19:35,975 No, it's Golly, Arkansas. 520 00:19:35,975 --> 00:19:37,209 You understand where I'm going? 521 00:19:37,209 --> 00:19:38,778 He just lives right by Golly, Ar‐‐ Never mind. 522 00:19:38,778 --> 00:19:40,246 Oh, is it by Golly? No. 523 00:19:40,246 --> 00:19:41,580 Oh, so, what do you do for a living? 524 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:42,915 Come on, help me out here a little bit, Ryan. 525 00:19:42,915 --> 00:19:45,151 Well, I work at the local PBS station there 526 00:19:45,151 --> 00:19:46,485 in Conway, Arkansas, 527 00:19:46,485 --> 00:19:48,988 and just started a new podcast called "Country Fried"... 528 00:19:48,988 --> 00:19:50,823 What? ...all about country music. 529 00:19:50,823 --> 00:19:52,425 So we're gonna get you on there. 530 00:19:52,425 --> 00:19:54,760 There you go. Don't fry me too bad, baby. 531 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:55,961 Who do you listen to? 532 00:19:55,961 --> 00:19:57,229 I mean, who are your 533 00:19:57,229 --> 00:19:58,831 who are your people that you follow? 534 00:19:58,831 --> 00:20:00,166 Sure. Musically? Musically. 535 00:20:00,166 --> 00:20:02,435 Well one of the guys you just saw, Shawn Camp. 536 00:20:02,435 --> 00:20:04,704 How 'bout that? Right? Pass him in the hallway? 537 00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:05,938 One of my favorites. Yeah. 538 00:20:05,938 --> 00:20:07,606 Well, what are you gonna do for us today? 539 00:20:07,606 --> 00:20:09,608 I'm gonna play y'all a song that I wrote, 540 00:20:09,608 --> 00:20:12,511 uh, that's, uh, hopefully gonna be on the next Luke Bryan album. 541 00:20:12,511 --> 00:20:14,380 Sell that stuff! 542 00:20:14,380 --> 00:20:15,614 Hey, I hope it is. 543 00:20:15,614 --> 00:20:17,283 I hope it is. 544 00:20:17,283 --> 00:20:18,718 Name it and claim it. Ah! 545 00:20:18,718 --> 00:20:20,019 Let us hear it, man. 546 00:20:20,019 --> 00:20:22,054 It's called "I Knew This Would Happen." 547 00:20:25,391 --> 00:20:28,761 ♪ Here we sit ♪ 548 00:20:28,761 --> 00:20:32,732 ♪ All alone ♪ 549 00:20:32,732 --> 00:20:36,302 ♪ Without a single word to say ♪ 550 00:20:39,371 --> 00:20:42,675 ♪ There was a time when that's how we'd want to be ♪ 551 00:20:45,111 --> 00:20:48,948 ♪ Slow‐dancin' while the music played ♪ 552 00:20:51,584 --> 00:20:54,920 ♪ Darlin', won't you tell me ♪ 553 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:58,591 ♪ What could it be ♪ 554 00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:04,630 ♪ Yours must be too hard to find ♪ 555 00:21:04,630 --> 00:21:07,266 ♪ Everybody goes through this ♪ 556 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:11,170 ♪ Something you just can't fix ♪ 557 00:21:11,170 --> 00:21:15,841 ♪ We're just a‐wasting precious time ♪ 558 00:21:15,841 --> 00:21:18,778 ♪ So if you're gonna leave me now ♪ 559 00:21:18,778 --> 00:21:21,313 ♪ Tell me, is it worth the pain ♪ 560 00:21:21,313 --> 00:21:25,417 ♪ Tell me, do your tears fall like rain ♪ 561 00:21:28,554 --> 00:21:30,856 ♪ If we're goin' through with this ♪ 562 00:21:30,856 --> 00:21:34,727 ♪ Can we settle for one last kiss? ♪ 563 00:21:34,727 --> 00:21:41,200 ♪ Well, honey, I saw it comin', but that don't make it right ♪ 564 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:45,871 ♪ I knew this would happen ♪ 565 00:21:45,871 --> 00:21:49,975 ♪ Just didn't know it'd be tonight ♪ 566 00:21:53,546 --> 00:21:54,880 Alright, alright. 567 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,048 Nice. 568 00:21:56,048 --> 00:21:59,118 Are you writing these in Arkansas by yourself? 569 00:21:59,118 --> 00:22:00,219 Yes, sir. 570 00:22:00,219 --> 00:22:01,921 You got a band? Are you gigging some? 571 00:22:01,921 --> 00:22:04,523 I just play solo every chance I get. 572 00:22:04,523 --> 00:22:06,392 I love it. You're 24? 573 00:22:06,392 --> 00:22:08,494 Yes, sir. Have you ever considered moving to Nashville? 574 00:22:08,494 --> 00:22:10,563 Yes, sir, I sure have considered it. 575 00:22:10,563 --> 00:22:11,697 What's holding you up? 576 00:22:11,697 --> 00:22:13,265 I put the dream aside. Mm‐hmm. 577 00:22:13,265 --> 00:22:14,533 And I focused on a real job 578 00:22:14,533 --> 00:22:15,901 and didn't really give myself a chance. 579 00:22:15,901 --> 00:22:17,002 Mm‐hmm. Mm‐hmm. 580 00:22:17,002 --> 00:22:19,004 Whether I fell flat on my face or not, 581 00:22:19,004 --> 00:22:21,841 just to at least not go out of this world wondering, 582 00:22:21,841 --> 00:22:23,342 "Well, what if?" 583 00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:24,376 Yeah. 584 00:22:24,376 --> 00:22:25,511 Well, you're 24, 585 00:22:25,511 --> 00:22:27,580 and when I was 24, I had a real job. 586 00:22:27,580 --> 00:22:29,849 Right. And then, when I turned 25, 587 00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:31,383 I got tired of having a real job 588 00:22:31,383 --> 00:22:32,985 and moved to Nashville. 589 00:22:32,985 --> 00:22:37,423 To be writing good‐quality songs by yourself 590 00:22:37,423 --> 00:22:40,226 down in Arkansas is a tough thing to do. 591 00:22:40,226 --> 00:22:43,095 In Nashville, the competition will up your game. 592 00:22:43,095 --> 00:22:46,065 I think you ought to really consider that one day. 593 00:22:46,065 --> 00:22:48,801 Your voice is pretty dang good. 594 00:22:48,801 --> 00:22:49,935 Thank you. 595 00:22:49,935 --> 00:22:51,770 I‐I just trying to wrap my head around, 596 00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:53,539 "Is it 'American Idol' stuff?" 597 00:22:53,539 --> 00:22:54,673 Right. 598 00:22:54,673 --> 00:22:57,076 Ryan, I think you have something to build on. 599 00:22:57,076 --> 00:22:58,177 You have a great voice. 600 00:22:58,177 --> 00:22:59,311 Well, thank you. 601 00:22:59,311 --> 00:23:00,980 And I think you got so much personality. 602 00:23:00,980 --> 00:23:02,982 I just think you need to keep carving it out. 603 00:23:02,982 --> 00:23:04,550 I think you're a couple years away 604 00:23:04,550 --> 00:23:08,487 from really being able to work that magic dust, you know? 605 00:23:08,487 --> 00:23:10,789 Right. Let me just say this to you. 606 00:23:10,789 --> 00:23:12,458 Trust yourself to go to Nashville 607 00:23:12,458 --> 00:23:13,792 and get in the business. 608 00:23:13,792 --> 00:23:16,562 You can circle the pond. 609 00:23:16,562 --> 00:23:18,697 One day, you got to jump in the water. 610 00:23:18,697 --> 00:23:19,765 Yeah. 611 00:23:19,765 --> 00:23:21,100 You want to take a vote, guys? 612 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:22,668 I'm gonna say no for this trip, 613 00:23:22,668 --> 00:23:24,570 but an optimistic no... Yep. 614 00:23:24,570 --> 00:23:25,938 ...because you got it. 615 00:23:25,938 --> 00:23:27,573 Thank you. I'm an optimistic no, as well. 616 00:23:27,573 --> 00:23:29,008 Luke? 617 00:23:29,008 --> 00:23:33,112 Nashville needs good, ol' country guys like you. 618 00:23:33,112 --> 00:23:35,080 I think that you got a little place there. 619 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:36,215 Yeah, play the game. 620 00:23:36,215 --> 00:23:37,616 Well, thank you. Very good. 621 00:23:37,616 --> 00:23:39,618 Yeah, but, uh, I'm a very optimistic no, too, 622 00:23:39,618 --> 00:23:41,320 but I want to encourage you to, man 623 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,522 you know, don't let people tell you stuff 624 00:23:43,522 --> 00:23:45,791 and let time pass you by. Right. 625 00:23:45,791 --> 00:23:48,994 Man, that's that that's the best no I've ever heard. 626 00:23:50,095 --> 00:23:52,064 It really is a pleasure to meet y'all. 627 00:23:52,064 --> 00:23:53,265 No, man, you No, we mean that, though. 628 00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:54,266 We mean it, though. Seriously. Thank you so much. 629 00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:55,367 Nice to meet you, Ryan. Alright? 630 00:23:55,367 --> 00:23:56,535 Good to meet you. Thank y'all. You take care. 631 00:23:56,535 --> 00:23:58,203 Well, a lot of times, we just go, "No." 632 00:24:01,173 --> 00:24:02,975 Ryan? They hated me! 633 00:24:02,975 --> 00:24:04,810 No. No! That's impossible. 634 00:24:04,810 --> 00:24:06,145 No, it was You know what? 635 00:24:06,145 --> 00:24:07,279 That was the best 636 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:09,148 probably the best thing I've ever heard. 637 00:24:09,148 --> 00:24:10,783 He's a Grand Ole Opry host. Yeah? 638 00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:13,185 He could sit there and host the Grand Ole Opry right now. 639 00:24:13,185 --> 00:24:14,353 Oh, absolutely. 640 00:24:14,353 --> 00:24:15,854 They said it was an optimistic no 641 00:24:15,854 --> 00:24:17,589 because they want me to go to Nashville. 642 00:24:17,589 --> 00:24:19,525 Really? Yeah. 643 00:24:19,525 --> 00:24:21,660 They said, "That's where you belong." 644 00:24:21,660 --> 00:24:22,728 That's awesome. Yay! 645 00:24:22,728 --> 00:24:24,029 All three of them. So not Hollywood? 646 00:24:24,029 --> 00:24:25,097 No, not not Hollywood. 647 00:24:25,097 --> 00:24:26,498 But to Nashville? But to Nashville. 648 00:24:26,498 --> 00:24:28,534 ♪ Count your blessings and your stars ♪ 649 00:24:28,534 --> 00:24:31,503 I certainly hope it's not the last that you see of me. 650 00:24:31,503 --> 00:24:33,672 I‐If it is, it's been fun. 651 00:24:33,672 --> 00:24:35,674 But I certainly hope it isn't. 652 00:24:35,674 --> 00:24:37,009 I think this is just the beginning. 653 00:24:37,009 --> 00:24:38,978 ♪ While you still can ♪ 654 00:24:38,978 --> 00:24:40,980 Shooey! 655 00:24:44,683 --> 00:24:46,485 Are you ready? Yeah. 656 00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:48,053 Okay, Courtney. Do we have a number? 657 00:24:48,053 --> 00:24:49,221 You don't have a number. 658 00:24:49,221 --> 00:24:50,289 Oh. It's okay. 659 00:24:50,289 --> 00:24:51,890 I'm number one. 660 00:24:51,890 --> 00:24:52,891 Number one? 661 00:24:52,891 --> 00:24:54,893 Alright. Well, this is a first. 662 00:24:54,893 --> 00:24:57,296 So, let me introduce you to the judges. 663 00:24:57,296 --> 00:24:58,497 Judges, this is Courtney. 664 00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:00,132 Hi, Courtney. Hi, Courtney. How are you? 665 00:25:00,132 --> 00:25:01,900 Hi. I was walking down the street, 666 00:25:01,900 --> 00:25:03,302 and Courtney was at the corner, 667 00:25:03,302 --> 00:25:04,803 and she was sitting there, and she looked very sad, 668 00:25:04,803 --> 00:25:06,038 and I said, "What's going on?" 669 00:25:06,038 --> 00:25:07,606 She said, "Well, I showed up to audition, 670 00:25:07,606 --> 00:25:08,974 but I think I missed the deadline. 671 00:25:08,974 --> 00:25:10,142 But this is my dream, 672 00:25:10,142 --> 00:25:12,044 and I've wanted to do this all my life." 673 00:25:12,044 --> 00:25:14,613 And so I grabbed her and brought her up the elevator. 674 00:25:14,613 --> 00:25:17,316 I've been sitting out here since, uh, 8:00 this morning. 675 00:25:17,316 --> 00:25:18,484 8:00 this morning? 676 00:25:18,484 --> 00:25:20,185 Mm‐hmm. Just sitting all day. Really? 677 00:25:20,185 --> 00:25:22,021 Yeah. I was gonna wait for, like, however long it took. 678 00:25:22,021 --> 00:25:23,422 Like, I do not care. 679 00:25:23,422 --> 00:25:24,823 Oh, so you're literally just waiting for everybody to leave? 680 00:25:24,823 --> 00:25:26,525 Yeah. I was over there, and then I was over there. 681 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:27,659 Then I was over here. 682 00:25:27,659 --> 00:25:29,895 The problem is, 683 00:25:29,895 --> 00:25:32,231 the producers have started the auditions with the judges... 684 00:25:32,231 --> 00:25:33,532 Right. 685 00:25:33,532 --> 00:25:35,000 ...and I don't know if they're signing anybody else up. 686 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,668 Right. That's the problem. 687 00:25:36,668 --> 00:25:38,103 Mm. Okay. 688 00:25:38,103 --> 00:25:40,439 But the solution to that problem is me just taking you up there 689 00:25:40,439 --> 00:25:41,640 and seeing if they let you go. 690 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,142 Okay. I can't I can't promise you, 691 00:25:43,142 --> 00:25:44,943 'cause I haven't asked them, but... Sure. 692 00:25:44,943 --> 00:25:46,145 At least if we get up there, 693 00:25:46,145 --> 00:25:47,546 they have to say no to your face, 694 00:25:47,546 --> 00:25:48,680 which is probably harder. 695 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:49,848 Right? 696 00:25:49,848 --> 00:25:51,683 Okay. So you want to go up? 697 00:25:51,683 --> 00:25:52,985 Definitely. 698 00:25:52,985 --> 00:25:55,054 No one has heard her. 699 00:25:55,054 --> 00:25:56,722 We don't have any idea what she sounds like. 700 00:25:56,722 --> 00:25:57,823 Are you kidding me? 701 00:25:57,823 --> 00:25:59,625 This is a This is a first. 702 00:25:59,625 --> 00:26:01,026 Okay, you're on. Go ahead. 703 00:26:01,026 --> 00:26:02,628 It's all you. 704 00:26:02,628 --> 00:26:05,464 705 00:26:05,464 --> 00:26:07,833 Hi! 706 00:26:07,833 --> 00:26:09,034 Welcome to the big show! 707 00:26:09,034 --> 00:26:11,303 Ah. You really skipped the steps. 708 00:26:11,303 --> 00:26:12,304 I definitely did. 709 00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:16,075 So, what's your name? Courtney Timmons. 710 00:26:16,075 --> 00:26:17,109 Where are you from? 711 00:26:17,109 --> 00:26:18,444 It's called Harris Neck, Georgia. 712 00:26:18,444 --> 00:26:19,845 Harrison Ache, Georgia? 713 00:26:19,845 --> 00:26:21,580 It's in the woods. Hair Snake? 714 00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:25,184 Harris Neck, like neck. Harris Neck. 715 00:26:25,184 --> 00:26:27,152 And how young are you? 716 00:26:27,152 --> 00:26:28,420 I'm 22 years old. 717 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:29,855 What do you do for work? 718 00:26:29,855 --> 00:26:31,256 Uh, I'm a security guard. 719 00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:33,859 So, because of your security‐guard background, 720 00:26:33,859 --> 00:26:36,361 were you able to manipulate our security guards? 721 00:26:36,361 --> 00:26:37,796 Seems so. Ah! 722 00:26:37,796 --> 00:26:39,431 Well, there's several of them locked in a closet. 723 00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:41,033 But, um... 724 00:26:41,033 --> 00:26:43,936 So, did you hear that "American Idol" was filming? 725 00:26:43,936 --> 00:26:46,238 Actually, I didn't hear about it until last minute. 726 00:26:46,238 --> 00:26:47,239 Yeah? Right. 727 00:26:47,239 --> 00:26:48,574 So I was like, 728 00:26:48,574 --> 00:26:50,509 "Well, I'll just sit outside until I can't anymore." 729 00:26:50,509 --> 00:26:52,244 You mean to tell me you were there 730 00:26:52,244 --> 00:26:54,079 because you wanted just to be heard? 731 00:26:54,079 --> 00:26:55,481 That's all. That's all. 732 00:26:55,481 --> 00:26:57,349 That is all. Alright, well, you know what? 733 00:26:57,349 --> 00:26:59,351 We love curveballs at "American Idol." 734 00:26:59,351 --> 00:27:01,620 Sometimes they turn into American Idols. 735 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:03,822 So, Courtney... 736 00:27:03,822 --> 00:27:04,857 Yes, ma'am. 737 00:27:04,857 --> 00:27:06,024 Now's your chance. 738 00:27:06,024 --> 00:27:07,426 Now's your time. That's so great. 739 00:27:07,426 --> 00:27:12,664 ♪ You're broken down and tired ♪ 740 00:27:12,664 --> 00:27:16,502 ♪ Of living life on a merry‐go‐round ♪ 741 00:27:16,502 --> 00:27:20,973 ♪ And you can't find the fighter ♪ 742 00:27:20,973 --> 00:27:24,810 ♪ But I see it in you, so we're gonna walk it out ♪ 743 00:27:24,810 --> 00:27:30,449 ♪ And mo‐o‐o‐ve ♪ 744 00:27:30,449 --> 00:27:32,651 ♪ Mountains ♪ 745 00:27:32,651 --> 00:27:34,186 ♪ We gonna walk it out ♪ 746 00:27:34,186 --> 00:27:39,024 ♪ And mo‐o‐o‐o‐ve ♪ 747 00:27:39,024 --> 00:27:41,360 ♪ Mountains ♪ 748 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:44,363 ♪ And we'll rise up ♪ 749 00:27:44,363 --> 00:27:46,865 ♪ We'll rise like the day ♪ 750 00:27:46,865 --> 00:27:48,867 ♪ We'll rise up ♪ 751 00:27:48,867 --> 00:27:51,170 ♪ Rise unafraid ♪ 752 00:27:51,170 --> 00:27:52,704 ♪ Arise up ♪ 753 00:27:52,704 --> 00:28:00,012 ♪ And I'll do it a thousand times again ♪ 754 00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:04,216 ♪ For you ♪ 755 00:28:04,216 --> 00:28:09,488 ♪ For you ♪ 756 00:28:09,488 --> 00:28:12,991 ♪ For you ♪ 757 00:28:12,991 --> 00:28:18,630 ♪ For you ♪ 758 00:28:20,165 --> 00:28:21,466 Hold on. 759 00:28:21,466 --> 00:28:22,734 Are we being... 760 00:28:22,734 --> 00:28:24,169 Yeah, are we being punked? We being punked? 761 00:28:24,169 --> 00:28:25,504 Yeah. Hold on. 762 00:28:25,504 --> 00:28:26,805 Before this show started, 763 00:28:26,805 --> 00:28:29,808 I saw her sitting outside on the sidewalk. 764 00:28:29,808 --> 00:28:32,344 I thought you were just kind of a fan of the show. 765 00:28:32,344 --> 00:28:34,046 You can sing. 766 00:28:34,046 --> 00:28:35,814 No, no, no, you can "sang." 767 00:28:36,882 --> 00:28:37,983 Really? 768 00:28:37,983 --> 00:28:40,185 It's a difference between singin' and sangin'. 769 00:28:40,185 --> 00:28:41,987 You are a bird, girl. 770 00:28:41,987 --> 00:28:43,488 Yeah, I did not think I would get the chance 771 00:28:43,488 --> 00:28:44,790 to come up here in front of you guys. 772 00:28:44,790 --> 00:28:45,824 Do you want to be a star? 773 00:28:45,824 --> 00:28:47,159 Do you want to be an American Idol? 774 00:28:47,159 --> 00:28:48,860 I do. I want to be a singer more than anything. 775 00:28:48,860 --> 00:28:51,029 And then, when they said this wasn't an open call, 776 00:28:51,029 --> 00:28:52,531 I was a little discouraged. 777 00:28:52,531 --> 00:28:55,634 But I'm gonna tell y'all, I was gonna sit all day. 778 00:28:55,634 --> 00:28:57,703 She was just by herself like 779 00:28:57,703 --> 00:28:59,071 No, I saw her outside. 780 00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:00,739 She said, "Hey, Katy." I was like, "Hey, girl." 781 00:29:01,873 --> 00:29:03,942 At least I saw you, so that was enough. 782 00:29:03,942 --> 00:29:05,277 Uh, n‐‐ Hold on. 783 00:29:05,277 --> 00:29:07,246 At least you saw us? Yeah. 784 00:29:07,246 --> 00:29:09,581 You're one of the best singers we've had today. Exactly. 785 00:29:09,581 --> 00:29:11,116 Really? Oh, my gosh! 786 00:29:11,116 --> 00:29:13,585 You're probably the best singer we've seen today. 787 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:14,586 Absolutely correct. 788 00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:15,921 Thank you. 789 00:29:15,921 --> 00:29:17,022 Courtney Timmons. 790 00:29:17,022 --> 00:29:19,458 Yes. Security guard from Georgia. 791 00:29:19,458 --> 00:29:21,660 This is really magical. 792 00:29:21,660 --> 00:29:23,028 This is a magical moment. 793 00:29:24,529 --> 00:29:25,897 We're gonna send you to Hollywood. 794 00:29:25,897 --> 00:29:28,333 ♪ I will never stop marching ♪ Oh, my God! 795 00:29:28,333 --> 00:29:29,901 You've got to be kidding me! 796 00:29:29,901 --> 00:29:32,304 I came for you. 797 00:29:32,304 --> 00:29:33,872 Would you do me a favor, Ryan? 798 00:29:33,872 --> 00:29:36,541 Would you do me a favor? I know! 799 00:29:36,541 --> 00:29:37,976 Go over there where she is. 800 00:29:37,976 --> 00:29:39,678 Yes, sir. 801 00:29:39,678 --> 00:29:40,912 Sorry, I'm like a parent. 802 00:29:40,912 --> 00:29:42,214 I'm crying. You're crying? 803 00:29:42,214 --> 00:29:44,182 Yeah. Gang, come right here. 804 00:29:44,182 --> 00:29:45,717 Here goes Katy! 805 00:29:45,717 --> 00:29:47,085 Come right here. 806 00:29:47,085 --> 00:29:48,186 Here, Katy. 807 00:29:48,186 --> 00:29:49,888 Alright. Drip on this. 808 00:29:49,888 --> 00:29:51,356 Stand right here. Stand right here. 809 00:29:51,356 --> 00:29:53,191 I literally saw her sitting on the sidewalk. I know, I know. 810 00:29:53,191 --> 00:29:54,660 Alright, now... That was Oof! 811 00:29:54,660 --> 00:29:55,894 ...would you take the golden walk, please? 812 00:29:55,894 --> 00:29:57,529 Yes, yes, yes, yes! 813 00:29:57,529 --> 00:29:59,364 ♪ I'mma take the walk ♪ 814 00:29:59,364 --> 00:30:00,866 ♪ I'mma take the walk ♪ 815 00:30:01,867 --> 00:30:02,901 Congratulations. 816 00:30:02,901 --> 00:30:04,136 Thank you so much! 817 00:30:04,136 --> 00:30:06,004 Hey, we didn't we didn't seal the deal for you. 818 00:30:06,004 --> 00:30:07,939 You ready? Oh, my God! 819 00:30:07,939 --> 00:30:08,940 1, 2, 3... 820 00:30:08,940 --> 00:30:11,143 You're going to Hollywood! 821 00:30:11,143 --> 00:30:12,878 Oh, my God! 822 00:30:12,878 --> 00:30:16,481 That is what you call determination. 823 00:30:16,481 --> 00:30:18,317 Unbelievable. I was. I was determined. 824 00:30:18,317 --> 00:30:20,719 You came in here so confident. 825 00:30:20,719 --> 00:30:22,020 Yeah. 826 00:30:22,020 --> 00:30:23,021 And two of us have emotion and hearts. Ah! 827 00:30:23,021 --> 00:30:24,389 Oh, well, actually, us two, 828 00:30:24,389 --> 00:30:25,791 we probably don't have any emotion, 829 00:30:25,791 --> 00:30:27,559 but when you get us, you really get us. But I‐I... 830 00:30:27,559 --> 00:30:29,995 Yeah. 831 00:30:29,995 --> 00:30:31,096 Hold on, Courtney. You know what? 832 00:30:31,096 --> 00:30:33,198 You are what "American Idol" is. 833 00:30:33,198 --> 00:30:34,232 Thank you. Aww. 834 00:30:34,232 --> 00:30:35,701 You're the new definition. So amazing. 835 00:30:35,701 --> 00:30:37,903 Alright, well, let's go get everything sorted. Okay. 836 00:30:37,903 --> 00:30:38,937 Okay, thanks guys. Appreciate it. Thank you! 837 00:30:38,937 --> 00:30:40,005 Thank you! Thank you! 838 00:30:40,005 --> 00:30:41,673 Congratulations, Courtney. Thank you. 839 00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:44,142 Great story. 840 00:30:44,142 --> 00:30:45,243 What a great... 841 00:30:45,243 --> 00:30:47,112 Katy needs attention! 842 00:30:47,112 --> 00:30:48,480 Makeup, please. 843 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,350 And here's your official "American Idol" number. 844 00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:53,652 Something like this, it's a miracle. 845 00:30:53,652 --> 00:30:55,420 It doesn't happen just for anybody, 846 00:30:55,420 --> 00:30:57,222 and it means everything to me. 847 00:30:57,222 --> 00:31:00,325 Daddy. Oh, my gosh. 848 00:31:00,325 --> 00:31:02,227 I sung for them, and they told me, like, 849 00:31:02,227 --> 00:31:04,463 I'm one of the best people they'd seen all day. 850 00:31:04,463 --> 00:31:05,931 What?! Yes! 851 00:31:05,931 --> 00:31:08,533 And guess who's going to Hollywood! 852 00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:09,735 Are you serious? 853 00:31:09,735 --> 00:31:11,737 I'm so serious right now! 854 00:31:11,737 --> 00:31:13,739 I can't breathe. I might pass out. 855 00:31:13,739 --> 00:31:15,207 Hallelujah! 856 00:31:16,608 --> 00:31:17,909 I need makeup! 857 00:31:17,909 --> 00:31:19,378 ♪ Oh, I will rescue you ♪ 858 00:31:19,378 --> 00:31:20,912 You're looking great. 859 00:31:20,912 --> 00:31:24,649 860 00:31:27,586 --> 00:31:29,755 ♪ What about us? ♪ 861 00:31:29,755 --> 00:31:33,392 ♪ What about all the times you said you had the answers? ♪ 862 00:31:33,392 --> 00:31:34,760 My name is Lauren. 863 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,929 I am 16 years old, and I'm from Vancouver Island, Canada. 864 00:31:37,929 --> 00:31:41,900 ♪ What about all the broken happy‐ever‐afters? ♪ 865 00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:45,237 Vancouver Island is not too big of an island, 866 00:31:45,237 --> 00:31:46,872 not that many people. 867 00:31:46,872 --> 00:31:48,340 ♪ Sticks and stones, they may break these bones ♪ 868 00:31:48,340 --> 00:31:51,376 I feel like I'm a very little girl with, like, a huge dream 869 00:31:51,376 --> 00:31:53,378 and that, like, "American Idol" will help me, like, 870 00:31:53,378 --> 00:31:55,647 achieve that dream in so many different ways. 871 00:31:55,647 --> 00:31:58,617 ♪ It's the start of us waking up, come on ♪ 872 00:31:58,617 --> 00:32:00,685 ♪ I'll be ready ♪ 873 00:32:00,685 --> 00:32:02,554 ♪ Are you ready? ♪ 874 00:32:02,554 --> 00:32:05,023 ♪ I don't want control ♪ 875 00:32:05,023 --> 00:32:11,129 ♪ I want to let go‐o‐o ♪ 876 00:32:11,129 --> 00:32:17,269 ♪ But now it's time to let them know ♪ 877 00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:21,440 ♪ So what about us? ♪ 878 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:27,579 ♪ What about all the plans that ended in disaster? ♪ 879 00:32:27,579 --> 00:32:30,015 ♪ Said what about love ♪ 880 00:32:30,015 --> 00:32:32,217 ♪ What about trust? ♪ 881 00:32:32,217 --> 00:32:34,686 ♪ What about us? ♪ 882 00:32:34,686 --> 00:32:36,321 Wow. Wow. 883 00:32:36,321 --> 00:32:37,489 Very good. Very good. 884 00:32:37,489 --> 00:32:38,890 Very good. 885 00:32:38,890 --> 00:32:39,991 That was... 886 00:32:39,991 --> 00:32:41,193 Pbht! 887 00:32:41,193 --> 00:32:42,527 Wow, I'm kind of I can't talk. 888 00:32:42,527 --> 00:32:43,929 Uh, Lionel, what you got? 889 00:32:43,929 --> 00:32:46,398 Yeah, I'm sitting over here thinking we're under full attack. 890 00:32:47,566 --> 00:32:51,036 15‐, 16‐year‐olds are coming strong this trip, boy. 891 00:32:51,036 --> 00:32:52,871 You are wise 892 00:32:52,871 --> 00:32:56,208 and and gifted well beyond your age, okay? 893 00:32:56,208 --> 00:32:58,543 I had to close my eyes for a minute and go, 894 00:32:58,543 --> 00:33:00,245 "Who am I listening to?" 895 00:33:00,245 --> 00:33:01,913 Amazing control. 896 00:33:01,913 --> 00:33:02,981 Thank you. 897 00:33:02,981 --> 00:33:04,649 And as much as I want to critique, 898 00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:06,017 I just think you just did a great job. 899 00:33:06,017 --> 00:33:07,052 Thank you. 900 00:33:07,052 --> 00:33:08,119 Uh, honest to goodness, 901 00:33:08,119 --> 00:33:09,554 you just continue going down that road, 902 00:33:09,554 --> 00:33:12,390 and you could make something happen on this show. 903 00:33:12,390 --> 00:33:14,559 I really must tell you, I‐I really love what you just did. 904 00:33:14,559 --> 00:33:15,794 Thank you. Thank you. 905 00:33:15,794 --> 00:33:19,498 I think your voice is super interesting. 906 00:33:19,498 --> 00:33:21,533 You have this tone 907 00:33:21,533 --> 00:33:25,003 that is making us very intrigued by you. Intrigued. 908 00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:27,305 Thank you. Thank you. 909 00:33:27,305 --> 00:33:31,276 Lauren, I think you have such a God‐given gift. 910 00:33:31,276 --> 00:33:34,045 You may be 16, but that voice is a thousand years old. 911 00:33:34,045 --> 00:33:35,413 Exactly. 912 00:33:35,413 --> 00:33:38,350 You have a little bit of, like, a Leona Lewis vibe... 913 00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:39,417 Yeah. 914 00:33:39,417 --> 00:33:43,221 ...to your voice, but it is very much you. 915 00:33:43,221 --> 00:33:44,422 Mm‐hmm. 916 00:33:44,422 --> 00:33:45,957 I think you have so much to work with, 917 00:33:45,957 --> 00:33:47,492 and I think we can help you 918 00:33:47,492 --> 00:33:49,928 carve out who you want to be as an artist, 919 00:33:49,928 --> 00:33:52,864 what kind of music you want to do if you want. 920 00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:54,466 Yes, I do want. 921 00:33:54,466 --> 00:33:56,868 Alright. Let's vote. You sing circles around me. 922 00:33:58,003 --> 00:34:00,205 I'm a big, big yes. 923 00:34:00,205 --> 00:34:02,073 I'm a yes. 924 00:34:02,073 --> 00:34:03,074 ♪ And run ♪ 925 00:34:03,074 --> 00:34:04,476 I am a yes. 926 00:34:04,476 --> 00:34:06,678 You are going to Hollywood, my dear. 927 00:34:06,678 --> 00:34:08,513 Are you serious? Oh, please. 928 00:34:08,513 --> 00:34:10,215 Are you kidding me? ♪ Only the young ♪ 929 00:34:10,215 --> 00:34:11,650 Set that island... Thank you. 930 00:34:11,650 --> 00:34:13,418 Set that island on its on its end. 931 00:34:13,418 --> 00:34:14,452 Congratulations. Okay? Thank you. 932 00:34:14,452 --> 00:34:15,453 ♪ Only the young ♪ 933 00:34:15,453 --> 00:34:17,022 I'm going to Hollywood! 934 00:34:17,022 --> 00:34:18,023 ♪ Only the young ♪ 935 00:34:18,023 --> 00:34:19,991 I am so excited. 936 00:34:19,991 --> 00:34:21,493 Like, surreal moment. 937 00:34:21,493 --> 00:34:25,530 Like, did I just sing for those three amazing, famous people? 938 00:34:25,530 --> 00:34:27,532 Young'un. Young'un. 939 00:34:27,532 --> 00:34:29,601 Just their mentoring and their wisdom is gonna help me, like, 940 00:34:29,601 --> 00:34:30,869 shape the artist that I want to be 941 00:34:30,869 --> 00:34:32,137 and help me become something 942 00:34:32,137 --> 00:34:34,072 that I've been dreaming of my whole life. 943 00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:35,607 Whoo! Whoo! 944 00:34:35,607 --> 00:34:38,376 While 16‐year‐old Lauren may seem like an old soul, 945 00:34:38,376 --> 00:34:41,846 it was our next Oregon hopeful who helped remind us 946 00:34:41,846 --> 00:34:44,215 how important it is to be young at heart. 947 00:34:45,884 --> 00:34:46,952 Yeah! Oh, yeah! 948 00:34:48,019 --> 00:34:49,220 Lionel Richie? 949 00:34:49,220 --> 00:34:51,289 Boo‐yah. 950 00:34:51,289 --> 00:34:53,792 Only thing he need right now is The Commodores. 951 00:34:53,792 --> 00:34:55,493 And that'd make my night! 952 00:34:57,362 --> 00:34:59,331 My name is DeWayne Crocker Jr. 953 00:34:59,331 --> 00:35:02,000 I'm 23, and I'm from Pensacola, Florida. 954 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,134 ♪ Ow, she's a brick ♪ 955 00:35:03,134 --> 00:35:04,803 I'm here with my great‐grandmother. 956 00:35:04,803 --> 00:35:05,804 ♪ House ♪ 957 00:35:05,804 --> 00:35:07,439 She's 78 years old. 958 00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:10,609 She has on 6‐inch heels, a bad dress, 959 00:35:10,609 --> 00:35:13,945 and I'm so excited that she's here 'cause she's so lit. 960 00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:15,213 ♪ House ♪ 961 00:35:19,651 --> 00:35:21,586 ♪ House ♪ 962 00:35:21,586 --> 00:35:24,022 I'm hoping that Lionel Richie will like me, period. 963 00:35:25,056 --> 00:35:27,626 Mr. Richie! Wow! 964 00:35:27,626 --> 00:35:31,162 I just want to touch him like when we're teenagers. 965 00:35:31,162 --> 00:35:33,031 If I got a ticket to Hollywood, 966 00:35:33,031 --> 00:35:35,200 I would be so happy, man. 967 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:38,503 I've practiced a lot, and I believe I'm ready. 968 00:35:41,806 --> 00:35:44,909 969 00:35:44,909 --> 00:35:46,344 What's up? Hey, now. 970 00:35:46,344 --> 00:35:47,445 What's up, what's up, what's up? 971 00:35:47,445 --> 00:35:49,147 Who are you? Where are you from? 972 00:35:49,147 --> 00:35:50,749 How young are you? 973 00:35:50,749 --> 00:35:52,784 I'm DeWayne Crocker Jr. from Pensacola, Florida, 974 00:35:52,784 --> 00:35:54,819 and I'm 23 years old. 975 00:35:54,819 --> 00:35:56,388 DeWayne Crocker Jr. Crocker Jr. 976 00:35:56,388 --> 00:35:58,390 Alright, tell me a little bit about your life singing, 977 00:35:58,390 --> 00:36:00,025 growing up, and... 978 00:36:00,025 --> 00:36:01,826 Well, I think we have a lot in common. 979 00:36:01,826 --> 00:36:03,728 I grew up as a PK, so, um, I'm a worship leader now. 980 00:36:03,728 --> 00:36:05,497 Yep. 981 00:36:05,497 --> 00:36:08,933 And I just I love God, I love what I do at my church, 982 00:36:08,933 --> 00:36:10,001 and I love singing, 983 00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:12,037 so I'm excited to showcase that today. 984 00:36:12,037 --> 00:36:14,973 Awesome. Alright. Well, what are you gonna share with us? 985 00:36:14,973 --> 00:36:18,176 Bobby McFerrin, "Don't Worry Be Happy." 986 00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:19,944 Interesting. Yeah. Cool choice. 987 00:36:19,944 --> 00:36:22,147 Alright, DeWayne. Let's do it. 988 00:36:26,951 --> 00:36:30,422 ♪ Here's a little song Bob wrote ♪ 989 00:36:30,422 --> 00:36:34,192 ♪ You might want to sing it note for note ♪ 990 00:36:34,192 --> 00:36:38,430 ♪ Don't worry ♪ 991 00:36:38,430 --> 00:36:43,902 ♪ But be happy ♪ 992 00:36:43,902 --> 00:36:48,673 ♪ In every life, we have some trouble ♪ 993 00:36:48,673 --> 00:36:52,110 ♪ When you worry, you make it double ♪ 994 00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:55,513 ♪ Don't worry ♪ 995 00:36:55,513 --> 00:37:00,752 ♪ But be happy ♪ 996 00:37:00,752 --> 00:37:03,988 ♪ Eeh, eeh, eeh, eeh‐eeh ♪ 997 00:37:03,988 --> 00:37:06,391 ♪ Eeh, eeh, eeh, eeh, eeh ♪ 998 00:37:07,992 --> 00:37:10,929 ♪ Eeh, eeh, eeh, eeh, eeh, eeh, eeh, eeh ♪ 999 00:37:10,929 --> 00:37:15,400 ♪ Eeh, eeh, eeh, eeh, eeh ♪ 1000 00:37:17,102 --> 00:37:20,138 ♪ Eeh, eeh, eeh, eeh‐eeh ♪ 1001 00:37:20,138 --> 00:37:22,841 ♪ Eeh, eeh, eeh, eeh, eeh ♪ 1002 00:37:22,841 --> 00:37:26,277 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 1003 00:37:26,277 --> 00:37:27,912 ♪ Oh, oh ♪ 1004 00:37:27,912 --> 00:37:34,619 ♪ Be happy‐y‐y ♪ 1005 00:37:37,555 --> 00:37:38,857 Nice one. 1006 00:37:38,857 --> 00:37:40,692 I've never heard that rendition. 1007 00:37:40,692 --> 00:37:41,860 Thank you. 1008 00:37:41,860 --> 00:37:44,395 I think that I like the timbre of your voice. 1009 00:37:44,395 --> 00:37:45,463 Yes, sir. 1010 00:37:45,463 --> 00:37:48,133 You really just have to think emotional. 1011 00:37:48,133 --> 00:37:49,167 Yes, sir. 1012 00:37:49,167 --> 00:37:50,835 But at the same time, your presentation, 1013 00:37:50,835 --> 00:37:52,704 you've got to think show business. 1014 00:37:52,704 --> 00:37:54,072 I think you've got the goods. 1015 00:37:54,072 --> 00:37:56,407 Yeah, DeWayne, you know, if this is your range, 1016 00:37:56,407 --> 00:37:58,042 you got the lows, the highs 1017 00:37:58,042 --> 00:37:59,711 when you get to that 3/4 range, 1018 00:37:59,711 --> 00:38:01,246 you're really, really great. 1019 00:38:01,246 --> 00:38:02,280 Thank you. 1020 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:03,948 But you're a little unsure 1021 00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:05,517 when you get in the lower registers. 1022 00:38:05,517 --> 00:38:07,485 Yes, sir. 1023 00:38:07,485 --> 00:38:10,155 It was an interesting take on "Don't Worry Be Happy." 1024 00:38:10,155 --> 00:38:11,823 I think that you were showing off your range, 1025 00:38:11,823 --> 00:38:14,492 especially with turning that whistle part into your falsetto, 1026 00:38:14,492 --> 00:38:15,827 and that was ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 1027 00:38:15,827 --> 00:38:17,195 That was smart. That was very smart. Uh... 1028 00:38:17,195 --> 00:38:18,763 I can't whistle, y'all. 1029 00:38:18,763 --> 00:38:20,331 I've tried since I was a kid. 1030 00:38:20,331 --> 00:38:22,967 It's okay, but I really want to tear down that wall 1031 00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:24,869 and really emotionally connect. 1032 00:38:24,869 --> 00:38:26,704 You know? Yeah. Yeah. 1033 00:38:26,704 --> 00:38:28,873 Less tricksy and more connected. 1034 00:38:28,873 --> 00:38:30,175 Yes, yes. Thank you. 1035 00:38:30,175 --> 00:38:31,609 Alright. Let's take a vote. 1036 00:38:31,609 --> 00:38:32,844 Let's see. I'll start first. 1037 00:38:32,844 --> 00:38:34,412 It's gonna be a yes for me. 1038 00:38:34,412 --> 00:38:36,815 Wow. Wow. Wow. 1039 00:38:36,815 --> 00:38:39,617 Yes! Yes! 1040 00:38:39,617 --> 00:38:41,152 Wow, wow. Wow, wow! 1041 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:43,655 It's a "roll the dice" for me. 1042 00:38:43,655 --> 00:38:44,689 Wow. 1043 00:38:44,689 --> 00:38:47,225 I hope to connect with you more. 1044 00:38:47,225 --> 00:38:49,427 It looks like you're going to Hollywood, though. 1045 00:38:49,427 --> 00:38:51,029 Wow! Congratulations, man. 1046 00:38:51,029 --> 00:38:53,998 Wow! Wow, wow. 1047 00:38:53,998 --> 00:38:55,967 ♪ Go ahead and tell everybody ♪ 1048 00:38:55,967 --> 00:38:57,735 Thank you so much. Thank you. 1049 00:38:57,735 --> 00:38:58,736 Thank you. Man. I'll see y'all in Hollywood. 1050 00:38:58,736 --> 00:38:59,871 I'll see you in Hollywood. Alright, yeah. 1051 00:38:59,871 --> 00:39:01,239 I'll see you. I have a great‐grandmother. 1052 00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:03,007 She's 78, and she loves you. 1053 00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:04,809 Oh, goodness! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 1054 00:39:04,809 --> 00:39:06,744 Oh...my...goddess. 1055 00:39:06,744 --> 00:39:08,012 Wait. Give me that dress! 1056 00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:09,013 He tells me... 1057 00:39:09,013 --> 00:39:10,381 What was that number? 78? 1058 00:39:10,381 --> 00:39:11,382 Whoo! Wait, no. 1059 00:39:11,382 --> 00:39:12,717 You just calm yourself down now. 1060 00:39:12,717 --> 00:39:14,118 Security. 1061 00:39:14,118 --> 00:39:15,553 I need security over here. 1062 00:39:15,553 --> 00:39:17,422 You just stay there. 1063 00:39:19,257 --> 00:39:20,258 Hey, darling. 1064 00:39:20,258 --> 00:39:21,292 How are you? 1065 00:39:21,292 --> 00:39:22,694 Ooh! I'm so blessed. 1066 00:39:22,694 --> 00:39:24,162 Oh, my God! Ah! 1067 00:39:24,162 --> 00:39:25,930 Mr. Richie. Let me tell you something. 1068 00:39:25,930 --> 00:39:27,632 Wait, wait, now. You don't even know this. 1069 00:39:27,632 --> 00:39:28,633 What? 1070 00:39:28,633 --> 00:39:31,736 My husband and I met on "Lady." 1071 00:39:31,736 --> 00:39:33,938 No way! Yes, sir. Yes, sir. 1072 00:39:33,938 --> 00:39:36,140 We would dance to "Lady." 1073 00:39:36,140 --> 00:39:39,143 And when we got married, we walked down the aisle... 1074 00:39:39,143 --> 00:39:40,211 With "Lady." ...with "Lady." 1075 00:39:40,211 --> 00:39:41,246 Ah. 1076 00:39:41,246 --> 00:39:42,247 I had to see you. 1077 00:39:42,247 --> 00:39:43,615 Oh, I had to see you! 1078 00:39:43,615 --> 00:39:45,316 Aw, wait. Because if it hadn't have been for you, 1079 00:39:45,316 --> 00:39:46,417 they wouldn't have been here. 1080 00:39:48,453 --> 00:39:49,554 You understand! 1081 00:39:49,554 --> 00:39:51,489 That's a great way to go into Hollywood! 1082 00:39:51,489 --> 00:39:53,725 You understand I take I take credit here. 1083 00:39:53,725 --> 00:39:56,127 Alright, Lionel. I take credit. 1084 00:39:56,127 --> 00:39:58,663 What a sweetheart of a great‐grandmother. Oh, my goodness! 1085 00:39:58,663 --> 00:39:59,964 Mr. Richie! Oh, my God. 1086 00:39:59,964 --> 00:40:01,032 ♪ Lady ♪ 1087 00:40:01,032 --> 00:40:03,201 Oh, yes. May I? 1088 00:40:03,201 --> 00:40:06,671 ♪ I'm your knight in shining armor ♪ 1089 00:40:06,671 --> 00:40:10,174 ♪ And I love you ♪ 1090 00:40:10,174 --> 00:40:13,945 ♪ You have made me what I am ♪ 1091 00:40:13,945 --> 00:40:16,848 ♪ And I am yours ♪ 1092 00:40:16,848 --> 00:40:17,849 Ahh! 1093 00:40:17,849 --> 00:40:19,183 Mm! 1094 00:40:19,183 --> 00:40:20,885 You are a treasure. 1095 00:40:20,885 --> 00:40:22,387 Thank you. 1096 00:40:22,387 --> 00:40:25,256 Thank you for coming to us. And thank you very much. 1097 00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:27,325 She called me Mr. Richie. Mr. Richie and The Commodores... 1098 00:40:27,325 --> 00:40:28,726 Call me Call me Lionel for God's sake. 1099 00:40:28,726 --> 00:40:30,995 ...at The California Club. What?! 1100 00:40:30,995 --> 00:40:32,897 What do you know about The Cal‐‐ 1101 00:40:32,897 --> 00:40:34,165 What? 1102 00:40:34,165 --> 00:40:35,533 No way! Way! 1103 00:40:35,533 --> 00:40:36,834 No. 1104 00:40:36,834 --> 00:40:38,803 This is my club days. 1105 00:40:39,704 --> 00:40:41,272 Love you, my dear. Thank you very much. 1106 00:40:41,272 --> 00:40:42,373 Love you, love you. 1107 00:40:42,373 --> 00:40:44,275 And thank you, Ms. Perry. Love you. 1108 00:40:44,275 --> 00:40:46,010 Ms. Perry! 1109 00:40:46,010 --> 00:40:47,812 Whoo! 1110 00:40:47,812 --> 00:40:49,981 Whoo! 1111 00:40:49,981 --> 00:40:51,916 ♪ Oh, what a feelin' ♪ 1112 00:40:51,916 --> 00:40:53,751 Whoo! 1113 00:40:53,751 --> 00:40:55,687 ♪ When we're dancin' on the ceiling ♪ 1114 00:40:55,687 --> 00:40:58,156 I'm starting to believe all the things you say now. 1115 00:40:58,156 --> 00:40:59,824 The California Club? The Commodores? 1116 00:40:59,824 --> 00:41:01,125 The California C‐‐ 1117 00:41:01,125 --> 00:41:02,827 I mean, these stories are all real! 1118 00:41:02,827 --> 00:41:04,862 By the way, The California Club is this big. 1119 00:41:04,862 --> 00:41:07,131 I mean, we did five shows a night. 1120 00:41:07,131 --> 00:41:09,334 Well, she obviously came to some of them. And she was right there. 1121 00:41:09,334 --> 00:41:10,635 I am so proud of you! Yes. 1122 00:41:10,635 --> 00:41:12,603 Whoo! I want to cry, babe. 1123 00:41:12,603 --> 00:41:14,005 ♪ When you're dancin'... ♪ 1124 00:41:14,005 --> 00:41:17,342 I'm going to Hollywood! Hollywood! 1125 00:41:20,111 --> 00:41:21,179 1126 00:41:21,179 --> 00:41:22,580 Six or seven years ago, 1127 00:41:22,580 --> 00:41:24,349 I started sliding off the deep end, 1128 00:41:24,349 --> 00:41:26,451 found myself on the street. 1129 00:41:26,451 --> 00:41:28,753 I remember that face! 1130 00:41:28,753 --> 00:41:31,556 I had no motivation to sing whatsoever. 1131 00:41:31,556 --> 00:41:33,091 My passion was gone for a while, 1132 00:41:33,091 --> 00:41:34,525 and my voice was gone for a while. 1133 00:41:34,525 --> 00:41:35,927 ♪ I‐I'm... ♪ 1134 00:41:35,927 --> 00:41:37,695 You're a preacher, for sure. I‐I'll go to the church. 1135 00:41:37,695 --> 00:41:39,797 I just felt that song through and through. 1136 00:41:40,932 --> 00:41:43,134 I just couldn't stop watching you. 1137 00:41:43,134 --> 00:41:46,004 We're getting some talent up in here. 1138 00:41:46,004 --> 00:41:48,072 I ain't letting any more people go through 1139 00:41:48,072 --> 00:41:50,508 unless they're as good as that. 1140 00:41:53,077 --> 00:41:55,546 ♪ There's a place in the world for the angry young man ♪ 1141 00:41:55,546 --> 00:41:56,881 ♪ With his working‐class ties and his radical plans ♪ 1142 00:41:56,881 --> 00:41:59,183 ♪ He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl ♪ 1143 00:41:59,183 --> 00:42:02,020 ♪ He's always at home with his back to the wall ♪ 1144 00:42:02,020 --> 00:42:04,689 ♪ And he's proud of the scars and the battles he's lost ♪ 1145 00:42:04,689 --> 00:42:07,225 ♪ And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross ♪ 1146 00:42:07,225 --> 00:42:12,330 ♪ And he likes to be known as the angry young man ♪ 1147 00:42:12,330 --> 00:42:16,000 ♪ Whoa, whoa ♪ 1148 00:42:17,001 --> 00:42:18,269 That's what I came for. 1149 00:42:28,479 --> 00:42:30,581 How do you do that?! 1150 00:42:38,790 --> 00:42:40,992 Oh, one hand behind your back! 1151 00:42:40,992 --> 00:42:42,894 You think you're cool! 1152 00:42:45,329 --> 00:42:47,098 This is Katy Perry with the moves, y'all. 1153 00:42:49,967 --> 00:42:52,036 Little Billy Joel for you all. 1154 00:42:53,204 --> 00:42:55,473 You're extremely talented, 1155 00:42:55,473 --> 00:42:59,077 but you're still not singing really, really believable. 1156 00:42:59,077 --> 00:43:01,712 Yeah. I'm trying to discover you. 1157 00:43:01,712 --> 00:43:05,516 Think you need to hone in on your skills just a bit more. 1158 00:43:05,516 --> 00:43:07,852 It's gonna be a no this time. 1159 00:43:07,852 --> 00:43:09,654 Yeah, it's a no for me for this time. 1160 00:43:09,654 --> 00:43:11,823 Man, it's a no for me. 1161 00:43:11,823 --> 00:43:12,957 Thank you. Thank y'all so much. 1162 00:43:12,957 --> 00:43:14,292 Thank you very much. I appreciate it. 1163 00:43:14,292 --> 00:43:15,593 Thank you. Thank you. That really sounds great. 1164 00:43:15,593 --> 00:43:16,727 Thank you. 1165 00:43:16,727 --> 00:43:17,728 1166 00:43:17,728 --> 00:43:19,163 Hey! No. 1167 00:43:19,163 --> 00:43:20,531 No? No. 1168 00:43:20,531 --> 00:43:21,632 Aww! It's all good. 1169 00:43:21,632 --> 00:43:23,334 That song wasn't necessarily great, 1170 00:43:23,334 --> 00:43:24,702 but I appreciated what he was trying to do. 1171 00:43:24,702 --> 00:43:25,703 Mm‐hmm. Yeah, I did, yeah. 1172 00:43:25,703 --> 00:43:26,704 Same here. 1173 00:43:26,704 --> 00:43:30,842 1174 00:43:30,842 --> 00:43:31,909 Hey, hey. 1175 00:43:31,909 --> 00:43:33,177 Hey, how you guys doing? 1176 00:43:33,177 --> 00:43:34,178 What's your name? 1177 00:43:34,178 --> 00:43:35,546 My name is Dillon James. 1178 00:43:35,546 --> 00:43:36,814 How young are you? 1179 00:43:36,814 --> 00:43:38,716 I'm 26 years old, actually. 1180 00:43:38,716 --> 00:43:41,419 And you have a massive chest tattoo. 1181 00:43:41,419 --> 00:43:44,122 Yes, I do have my full torso tattooed, yeah. 1182 00:43:44,122 --> 00:43:46,224 I mean...show us a little bit more if you want. 1183 00:43:46,224 --> 00:43:47,291 Is that a dragon? 1184 00:43:47,291 --> 00:43:48,659 No, it's it's actually Jesus Christ. 1185 00:43:48,659 --> 00:43:49,827 Jesus Christ? Really, huh? 1186 00:43:49,827 --> 00:43:51,162 Yeah, let me see if I can lift this up. 1187 00:43:51,162 --> 00:43:52,296 Wow! 1188 00:43:52,296 --> 00:43:53,664 Wow! Ooh! 1189 00:43:53,664 --> 00:43:55,166 Oh, my gosh! 1190 00:43:55,166 --> 00:43:56,701 Yeah. A lot of tattoos. 1191 00:43:56,701 --> 00:43:58,402 They're just, uh, things that I've picked up over the years. 1192 00:43:58,402 --> 00:43:59,637 Very cool. 1193 00:43:59,637 --> 00:44:00,972 Tell us about your life growing up. 1194 00:44:00,972 --> 00:44:02,373 Uh, it was pretty good. 1195 00:44:02,373 --> 00:44:04,475 I had a good home life, and, uh, kind of, as I got older, 1196 00:44:04,475 --> 00:44:07,578 I met my trials and tribulations through drugs and alcohol, 1197 00:44:07,578 --> 00:44:09,413 and just a lot of things happened to me 1198 00:44:09,413 --> 00:44:11,983 that made me turn into the man I am today, 1199 00:44:11,983 --> 00:44:14,819 trying to do better than what I was doing before, and so... 1200 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:19,157 1201 00:44:19,157 --> 00:44:21,526 Growing up in Bakersfield, I mean, 1202 00:44:21,526 --> 00:44:24,862 it was a lot of industrial work and a lot of agricultural work. 1203 00:44:24,862 --> 00:44:26,364 Okay, we're good to go. 1204 00:44:26,364 --> 00:44:28,499 Currently, I'm working with my dad. 1205 00:44:28,499 --> 00:44:29,967 Can I put these on there? 1206 00:44:29,967 --> 00:44:31,335 Yep. Hook up the chains. 1207 00:44:31,335 --> 00:44:33,171 He owns an asphalt company, 1208 00:44:33,171 --> 00:44:35,072 and we're out there paving roads and stuff. 1209 00:44:36,574 --> 00:44:39,544 I've been lucky enough to be able to do that with my dad 1210 00:44:39,544 --> 00:44:41,145 and be able to still play music. 1211 00:44:41,145 --> 00:44:44,348 ♪ I'm just a man, but I'm know that I'm damned ♪ 1212 00:44:44,348 --> 00:44:46,184 I fell in love with music at a young age, 1213 00:44:46,184 --> 00:44:48,319 and I never fell out of love with it. 1214 00:44:48,319 --> 00:44:51,122 It just kind of became like a friend you never lose. 1215 00:44:51,122 --> 00:44:53,457 It's kind of helped me through a lot so... 1216 00:44:53,457 --> 00:44:56,394 Six or seven years ago, 1217 00:44:56,394 --> 00:44:59,197 I started sliding off the the deep end. 1218 00:44:59,197 --> 00:45:02,800 Just started using drugs and drinking all the time. 1219 00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:06,470 When I was at my worst, I lost pretty much everything 1220 00:45:06,470 --> 00:45:09,640 and found myself on the streets no money. 1221 00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:12,944 I found like a like a big old parking structure, 1222 00:45:12,944 --> 00:45:16,280 and so I'm like, "I might as well sleep up there." 1223 00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:18,216 I would put my arm and my leg 1224 00:45:18,216 --> 00:45:20,918 off the edge of the parking structure, 1225 00:45:20,918 --> 00:45:22,987 and so I said, "I'm gonna sleep like this. 1226 00:45:22,987 --> 00:45:24,355 If I fall off, I fall off. 1227 00:45:24,355 --> 00:45:26,190 I mean, at least I won't have to think about it 1228 00:45:26,190 --> 00:45:27,191 'cause I'll be asleep. 1229 00:45:27,191 --> 00:45:29,860 ♪ I'm goin' away for a long time ♪ 1230 00:45:29,860 --> 00:45:31,462 I was so fed up with life. 1231 00:45:31,462 --> 00:45:35,199 Everything I thought that I was was nothing of what I could be, 1232 00:45:35,199 --> 00:45:37,435 'cause it was nothing I that I could be proud of. 1233 00:45:37,435 --> 00:45:39,604 Did you guys already get the job done today? Yeah. 1234 00:45:39,604 --> 00:45:42,039 My family, as soon as I told them, 1235 00:45:42,039 --> 00:45:43,674 "This is what I'm dealing with 1236 00:45:43,674 --> 00:45:46,277 and if you can accept me, you know... 1237 00:45:46,277 --> 00:45:47,878 I want to be your son. 1238 00:45:47,878 --> 00:45:49,580 I want to be your brother. 1239 00:45:49,580 --> 00:45:52,416 I don't want to just give up on you guys." 1240 00:45:52,416 --> 00:45:53,884 So that's what I did. 1241 00:45:53,884 --> 00:45:55,386 ♪ Die if I must, let my bones turn to dust ♪ 1242 00:45:55,386 --> 00:45:57,054 Sorry. 1243 00:45:57,054 --> 00:45:58,656 ♪ I'm the lord of the lake, and I don't want to leave ♪ 1244 00:45:58,656 --> 00:46:01,225 Yeah. I don't talk about this a lot. 1245 00:46:01,225 --> 00:46:05,563 Every day was a battle, and he wanted to do better. 1246 00:46:05,563 --> 00:46:08,099 My family gave me all that unconditional love. 1247 00:46:08,099 --> 00:46:10,868 Now that I‐I realize what I was getting at the time, 1248 00:46:10,868 --> 00:46:13,204 all I have now is the rest of my life to pay them back. 1249 00:46:13,204 --> 00:46:18,109 I love him like I almost lost him, and I have him back. 1250 00:46:18,109 --> 00:46:20,578 And I'm not letting go. 1251 00:46:20,578 --> 00:46:21,812 ♪ Die if I must, let my bones turn to dust ♪ 1252 00:46:21,812 --> 00:46:23,814 Now it's been two years, 1253 00:46:23,814 --> 00:46:26,751 and no drips of alcohol and no drugs. 1254 00:46:27,818 --> 00:46:29,520 With all that I've gone through, 1255 00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:31,222 with everything that I've learned, 1256 00:46:31,222 --> 00:46:35,026 that way that I feel when I play and I can connect and feel it, 1257 00:46:35,026 --> 00:46:37,895 is true to me, is true to my story. 1258 00:46:37,895 --> 00:46:41,132 And so if I feel it, hopefully these people could feel it, too. 1259 00:46:41,132 --> 00:46:45,102 1260 00:46:45,102 --> 00:46:46,370 Wow. 1261 00:46:46,370 --> 00:46:47,605 Yeah. 1262 00:46:47,605 --> 00:46:49,340 Dillon, what are you gonna sing for us today? 1263 00:46:49,340 --> 00:46:51,575 I have, uh, "Make You Feel My Love" by Bob Dylan. 1264 00:46:51,575 --> 00:46:52,576 Sure. 1265 00:46:52,576 --> 00:46:54,211 Interesting choice. 1266 00:46:54,211 --> 00:47:02,820 ♪ When the rain is blowing in your face ♪ 1267 00:47:02,820 --> 00:47:09,827 ♪ And the whole world is on your case ♪ 1268 00:47:09,827 --> 00:47:17,134 ♪ I could offer you a warm embrace ♪ 1269 00:47:17,134 --> 00:47:21,505 ♪ To make you feel my love ♪ 1270 00:47:24,475 --> 00:47:32,149 ♪ When the evening shadows and the stars appear ♪ 1271 00:47:32,149 --> 00:47:39,757 ♪ And there is no one there to dry your tears ♪ 1272 00:47:39,757 --> 00:47:46,430 ♪ Oh, I could hold you for a million years ♪ 1273 00:47:46,430 --> 00:47:51,769 ♪ To make you feel my love ♪ 1274 00:47:51,769 --> 00:47:54,004 Nice. 1275 00:47:54,004 --> 00:48:01,612 ♪ I know you haven't made your mind up yet ♪ 1276 00:48:01,612 --> 00:48:05,683 ♪ But I could never do you wrong ♪ 1277 00:48:08,652 --> 00:48:15,493 ♪ I've known it from the moment that we met ♪ 1278 00:48:15,493 --> 00:48:21,198 ♪ No doubt in my mind where you belong ♪ 1279 00:48:23,567 --> 00:48:29,039 ♪ Well, I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue ♪ 1280 00:48:31,208 --> 00:48:38,315 ♪ Well, I'd go crawling down the avenue ♪ 1281 00:48:38,315 --> 00:48:45,022 ♪ Oh, there ain't nothing that I wouldn't do ♪ 1282 00:48:45,022 --> 00:48:50,194 ♪ To make you feel my love ♪ 1283 00:48:50,194 --> 00:48:51,962 Alright, man. That was awesome. 1284 00:48:51,962 --> 00:48:53,297 Thank you. 1285 00:48:53,297 --> 00:48:54,732 You know, it's really hard for some people to come in 1286 00:48:54,732 --> 00:48:55,933 and just do 1287 00:48:55,933 --> 00:48:57,134 Oh, man. I'm so nervous. 1288 00:48:57,134 --> 00:48:58,869 You seem so cool! 1289 00:48:58,869 --> 00:49:00,137 Seemed so calm. I'm trying. 1290 00:49:00,137 --> 00:49:02,940 Uh, you know, I'm I‐I think, um, 1291 00:49:02,940 --> 00:49:05,676 it was really just done with feeling and and honesty. 1292 00:49:05,676 --> 00:49:07,278 Thank you. You know what? 1293 00:49:07,278 --> 00:49:10,381 And your voice is a little not what I expect. 1294 00:49:10,381 --> 00:49:11,415 Yeah. Yeah, it's unusual. 1295 00:49:11,415 --> 00:49:12,817 Yeah. 1296 00:49:12,817 --> 00:49:15,219 It's almost, like, got this Chris Isaak thing going on. 1297 00:49:15,219 --> 00:49:16,320 Yeah. Mm. 1298 00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:17,788 Mm‐hmm. Yeah, yeah. 1299 00:49:17,788 --> 00:49:20,124 Um, I'm I'm a I'm in all the way. 1300 00:49:20,124 --> 00:49:21,492 Wow, okay. Okay. 1301 00:49:21,492 --> 00:49:23,828 Well, I'm gonna throw my Valentino 1302 00:49:23,828 --> 00:49:25,362 in the in the pot, too. 1303 00:49:25,362 --> 00:49:27,131 I can't think of... 1304 00:49:27,131 --> 00:49:28,499 Don't have a cowboy hat. 1305 00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:31,368 You know, you gave us this story of surrender. 1306 00:49:31,368 --> 00:49:33,137 Whatever you were doing was the wrong direction, 1307 00:49:33,137 --> 00:49:35,172 and you stopped and turned around. 1308 00:49:35,172 --> 00:49:37,341 For you to interpret a song like that 1309 00:49:37,341 --> 00:49:40,277 and make us feel like that's your song is everything. 1310 00:49:40,277 --> 00:49:42,112 Thank you. You're a preacher, for sure. 1311 00:49:42,112 --> 00:49:43,347 I‐I'll go to the church. No doubt about it. 1312 00:49:43,347 --> 00:49:45,316 Thank you. 1313 00:49:45,316 --> 00:49:48,352 Um, Dillon, you are mysterious. 1314 00:49:48,352 --> 00:49:49,720 Thank you. I'm intrigued. 1315 00:49:49,720 --> 00:49:51,522 I mean, you have this kind of, like, 1316 00:49:51,522 --> 00:49:53,424 you know, interesting presence. 1317 00:49:53,424 --> 00:49:55,893 It's a bit like country Post Malone. 1318 00:49:57,328 --> 00:50:00,364 But what happens if you come to the City of Lost Angels? 1319 00:50:00,364 --> 00:50:02,533 What are you gonna do to give yourself some help 1320 00:50:02,533 --> 00:50:04,034 so that you don't spiral? 1321 00:50:04,034 --> 00:50:07,705 Well, I‐I think, uh, it would be almost an impossibility to me 1322 00:50:07,705 --> 00:50:11,075 to try and go back, and I think I need to lead by exam‐‐ 1323 00:50:11,075 --> 00:50:13,277 The devil works harder. I know, I know, 1324 00:50:13,277 --> 00:50:15,346 but I have a loving family that keeps me grounded, 1325 00:50:15,346 --> 00:50:17,848 and, uh, I have meditation to help me out 1326 00:50:17,848 --> 00:50:20,551 when I think I'm getting a little blurry. 1327 00:50:20,551 --> 00:50:23,020 Yes. I love a spiritual cowboy. 1328 00:50:24,255 --> 00:50:26,557 Let's take a vote. Yes. 1329 00:50:26,557 --> 00:50:28,092 Yes. 1330 00:50:28,092 --> 00:50:29,560 No‐brainer. Yes. 1331 00:50:29,560 --> 00:50:30,995 You're going to Hollywood. You're going to Hollywood. 1332 00:50:30,995 --> 00:50:33,063 ♪ Whoa, shine a light on ♪ 1333 00:50:33,063 --> 00:50:34,932 Come up here and pick this thing up, my brother. 1334 00:50:34,932 --> 00:50:36,600 Here's your second chance. Alright? 1335 00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:38,068 Thank you very much. Hey, thank you very much. 1336 00:50:38,068 --> 00:50:39,670 Thank you so much. I appreciate you guys. 1337 00:50:39,670 --> 00:50:40,905 Oh, you shaking? You're shaking? Thank you. 1338 00:50:40,905 --> 00:50:41,939 I'm shaking. 1339 00:50:41,939 --> 00:50:43,040 Alright. You guys have a good one. 1340 00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:45,109 Take care. Dillon James. 1341 00:50:45,109 --> 00:50:47,678 Sounds like he was named for it. 1342 00:50:47,678 --> 00:50:49,446 Aah! Whoo! 1343 00:50:51,382 --> 00:50:54,151 The last few years for me have been pretty rough. 1344 00:50:54,151 --> 00:50:56,587 So it feels very good to have this golden ticket. 1345 00:50:56,587 --> 00:50:58,756 I almost had a heart attack in there. Oh, my God! 1346 00:50:58,756 --> 00:50:59,990 It means everything to me. 1347 00:50:59,990 --> 00:51:01,692 It means, uh, maybe the start 1348 00:51:01,692 --> 00:51:03,861 of something more than what I am right now, so... 1349 00:51:03,861 --> 00:51:05,195 Congratulations. Give me another hug. 1350 00:51:05,195 --> 00:51:06,764 I'm just so proud of him. 1351 00:51:06,764 --> 00:51:08,299 And he's been through so much, 1352 00:51:08,299 --> 00:51:09,700 and he's overcome so much. 1353 00:51:09,700 --> 00:51:11,001 ♪ Oh ♪ 1354 00:51:11,001 --> 00:51:13,203 ♪ Shine a light on ♪ 1355 00:51:13,203 --> 00:51:17,474 ♪ Shine a light on me ♪ 1356 00:51:20,711 --> 00:51:23,080 Unh‐unh! You give me some of that before you make it gross. 1357 00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:25,115 Are you, like, so excited to meet Katy Perry? 1358 00:51:25,115 --> 00:51:27,718 Yeah, it's like weird, but, like, she's weird, 1359 00:51:27,718 --> 00:51:29,486 so, like, maybe we'll both be quirky. 1360 00:51:29,486 --> 00:51:31,522 You're wearing an iridescent bucket hat so... 1361 00:51:31,522 --> 00:51:32,856 I'm Geena Fontanella. 1362 00:51:32,856 --> 00:51:35,759 I'm 27 years old, from Los Angeles, California. 1363 00:51:35,759 --> 00:51:37,094 ♪ You make me feel like I'm living a ♪ 1364 00:51:37,094 --> 00:51:39,363 I have loved Katy Perry since, like, the beginning. 1365 00:51:39,363 --> 00:51:41,599 Like, I've been to all of her shows. 1366 00:51:41,599 --> 00:51:45,336 And she was one of, like, my major influences as a kid. 1367 00:51:45,336 --> 00:51:46,670 And I started, like, 1368 00:51:46,670 --> 00:51:48,138 watching all of her videos on YouTube and being like, 1369 00:51:48,138 --> 00:51:49,540 "How is she playing them?" 1370 00:51:49,540 --> 00:51:52,376 Now I'm at "American Idol," and I'm just really excited 1371 00:51:52,376 --> 00:51:54,111 to just play a song in front of her 1372 00:51:54,111 --> 00:51:56,113 and and see what she, you know, thinks. 1373 00:51:56,113 --> 00:51:57,881 ♪ Don't ever look back ♪ 1374 00:51:57,881 --> 00:51:59,116 ♪ Don't ever look back ♪ 1375 00:51:59,116 --> 00:52:00,551 Love the look! 1376 00:52:00,551 --> 00:52:02,086 Thanks! 1377 00:52:02,086 --> 00:52:03,354 It's a little loud, 1378 00:52:03,354 --> 00:52:05,122 but, you know, draw attention to yourself. 1379 00:52:05,122 --> 00:52:07,091 Aw, no such thing as too loud in this company. 1380 00:52:07,091 --> 00:52:08,392 Right, that's true. 1381 00:52:08,392 --> 00:52:10,060 I'm following after Katy, for sure. There you go. 1382 00:52:10,060 --> 00:52:11,495 There we go. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1383 00:52:11,495 --> 00:52:12,997 The ch‐‐ The chandelier, the hamburger, the 1384 00:52:12,997 --> 00:52:14,465 I put the "T" back in sub‐tle. 1385 00:52:14,465 --> 00:52:16,100 There you go. 1386 00:52:16,100 --> 00:52:17,534 That's how loud I am. 1387 00:52:17,534 --> 00:52:18,836 Right. Exactly. 1388 00:52:18,836 --> 00:52:21,372 So, uh, tell us who you are and where you're from. 1389 00:52:21,372 --> 00:52:23,073 Yeah, so my name's Geena Fontanella. 1390 00:52:23,073 --> 00:52:24,208 I'm from here originally, 1391 00:52:24,208 --> 00:52:26,677 and I started music in the church, 1392 00:52:26,677 --> 00:52:28,746 very again, very similar to you. 1393 00:52:28,746 --> 00:52:31,081 Actually, I saw you at Spirit West Coast. 1394 00:52:31,081 --> 00:52:32,683 Whoa! Whoa! 1395 00:52:32,683 --> 00:52:34,518 Whoa! Throwback, right? Yeah. No way! 1396 00:52:34,518 --> 00:52:36,053 "Faith Won't Fail" all day. 1397 00:52:36,053 --> 00:52:38,355 Well, we're excited to hear what you got. 1398 00:52:38,355 --> 00:52:39,890 Uh, what are you gonna sing today? Yeah. 1399 00:52:39,890 --> 00:52:42,092 I'm gonna sing an original called "Don't Want You Back." 1400 00:52:42,092 --> 00:52:43,761 Ooh. Very good. Yeah. 1401 00:52:49,033 --> 00:52:52,369 ♪ You broke it off, and I'll admit how much I hated it ♪ 1402 00:52:52,369 --> 00:52:54,972 ♪ Tried to make it my fault ♪ 1403 00:52:54,972 --> 00:52:58,208 ♪ I convinced myself I'd never get over it ♪ 1404 00:52:58,208 --> 00:52:59,743 ♪ Well, I guess I was wrong ♪ 1405 00:52:59,743 --> 00:53:02,980 ♪ When I was yours, I didn't care one bit ♪ 1406 00:53:02,980 --> 00:53:06,150 ♪ Now that I'm gone, it's like you won't admit ♪ 1407 00:53:06,150 --> 00:53:10,020 ♪ Unh, that you regretted every day that you ended it ♪ 1408 00:53:10,020 --> 00:53:12,790 ♪ But now I moved on ♪ 1409 00:53:14,324 --> 00:53:17,828 ♪ You hate I don't want you back ♪ 1410 00:53:17,828 --> 00:53:20,531 ♪ Hate that I don't want you back ♪ 1411 00:53:20,531 --> 00:53:21,632 ♪ Unh ♪ 1412 00:53:21,632 --> 00:53:23,867 ♪ Hey, I don't want you back ♪ 1413 00:53:23,867 --> 00:53:26,336 ♪ Hate that I don't want you back ♪ 1414 00:53:26,336 --> 00:53:29,339 ♪ You don't need to call or tell me your case ♪ 1415 00:53:29,339 --> 00:53:32,242 ♪ I've been doing just fine since you left me ♪ 1416 00:53:32,242 --> 00:53:35,679 ♪ You hate I don't want you back ♪ 1417 00:53:35,679 --> 00:53:38,015 ♪ Hate that I don't want you back ♪ 1418 00:53:39,049 --> 00:53:41,552 Okay, so are you guys willing to help me on a part? 1419 00:53:41,552 --> 00:53:42,586 It's pretty simple. 1420 00:53:42,586 --> 00:53:43,787 Alright. 1421 00:53:43,787 --> 00:53:45,222 Yeah. Alright. 1422 00:53:45,222 --> 00:53:47,891 ♪ Hey, I don't want you back ♪ 1423 00:53:47,891 --> 00:53:49,893 ♪ Hate that I don't want you back ♪ 1424 00:53:49,893 --> 00:53:51,228 Okay, here we go. 1425 00:53:51,228 --> 00:53:53,564 ♪ Hey, I don't want you back ♪ 1426 00:53:53,564 --> 00:53:54,798 ♪ Hate that I don't want you back ♪ 1427 00:53:54,798 --> 00:53:57,034 Whoo! Okay. Hey, one more time. 1428 00:53:57,034 --> 00:53:58,736 ♪ Hey, I don't want you back ♪ 1429 00:53:58,736 --> 00:54:01,338 ♪ Hate that I don't want you back ♪ 1430 00:54:01,338 --> 00:54:02,940 Yeah! 1431 00:54:02,940 --> 00:54:05,542 ♪ Hey, I don't want you back ♪ 1432 00:54:05,542 --> 00:54:07,711 ♪ Hate that I don't want you back ♪ 1433 00:54:07,711 --> 00:54:08,846 Whoo! 1434 00:54:08,846 --> 00:54:11,381 ♪ You hate I don't want you back ♪ 1435 00:54:11,381 --> 00:54:13,751 ♪ Hate that I don't want you back ♪ 1436 00:54:13,751 --> 00:54:17,688 ♪ Hey, I don't want you back ♪ 1437 00:54:17,688 --> 00:54:20,724 ♪ Hate that I don't want you back ♪ 1438 00:54:20,724 --> 00:54:21,859 Very good. Very good, very good. 1439 00:54:21,859 --> 00:54:22,659 Wow. Thank you. 1440 00:54:22,659 --> 00:54:24,394 Very good. 1441 00:54:24,394 --> 00:54:25,429 Very good. 1442 00:54:25,429 --> 00:54:28,065 Can I see what you look like? 1443 00:54:28,065 --> 00:54:29,333 Just 'cause I like What, without the hat? 1444 00:54:29,333 --> 00:54:30,768 I don't know if you want to see that. 1445 00:54:30,768 --> 00:54:31,969 Let me see it. I like literally The hat hair? 1446 00:54:31,969 --> 00:54:34,705 I don't care. I literally can't tell your fa‐‐ 1447 00:54:34,705 --> 00:54:37,074 Okay, cool. Awesome. 1448 00:54:37,074 --> 00:54:38,208 Thank you, thank you. No, you're great. 1449 00:54:38,208 --> 00:54:39,343 Thanks. 1450 00:54:39,343 --> 00:54:41,278 I think you're very personable. Thanks. 1451 00:54:41,278 --> 00:54:43,347 Um, I think you have a good voice. 1452 00:54:43,347 --> 00:54:45,682 I think that, when you go 1453 00:54:45,682 --> 00:54:46,917 ♪ You don't need to ♪ 1454 00:54:46,917 --> 00:54:48,352 You know, and you go into that part? Yeah. 1455 00:54:48,352 --> 00:54:49,453 It's really appealing, 1456 00:54:49,453 --> 00:54:50,521 and I like what your voice sounds like 1457 00:54:50,521 --> 00:54:52,089 when it's in that register. 1458 00:54:52,089 --> 00:54:54,191 Yeah. I just want it to get a little bit more interesting 1459 00:54:54,191 --> 00:54:55,392 before it goes there. You know? 1460 00:54:55,392 --> 00:54:56,927 Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. 1461 00:54:56,927 --> 00:54:58,462 I think, in the verses, 1462 00:54:58,462 --> 00:55:00,330 you had a really, really cool sound. 1463 00:55:00,330 --> 00:55:03,267 Um, some of the stuff in the chorus was a little safe, 1464 00:55:03,267 --> 00:55:04,234 in my opinion. 1465 00:55:04,234 --> 00:55:07,304 Maybe just... dig in a little more. 1466 00:55:07,304 --> 00:55:08,505 Yeah. 1467 00:55:08,505 --> 00:55:09,907 I love the character. 1468 00:55:09,907 --> 00:55:11,308 Thanks. You walk out onstage, 1469 00:55:11,308 --> 00:55:13,310 and we want to know you immediately. 1470 00:55:13,310 --> 00:55:14,478 Thank you. 1471 00:55:14,478 --> 00:55:15,979 And then you open your mouth, and you have a hook. 1472 00:55:15,979 --> 00:55:18,048 Yeah. And we know it. 1473 00:55:18,048 --> 00:55:19,483 When you say, "Come on, sing along," 1474 00:55:19,483 --> 00:55:20,951 we can sing it back to you. 1475 00:55:20,951 --> 00:55:22,352 That's the test of a song. 1476 00:55:22,352 --> 00:55:23,353 Yeah. Good. Okay? 1477 00:55:23,353 --> 00:55:24,488 Awesome. Let's vote. 1478 00:55:24,488 --> 00:55:25,689 Katy? 1479 00:55:25,689 --> 00:55:27,124 I'm gonna put this back on. 1480 00:55:27,124 --> 00:55:28,492 Yeah. 1481 00:55:29,860 --> 00:55:31,061 Geena, it's a yes. 1482 00:55:31,061 --> 00:55:32,162 Okay, cool. Lionel? 1483 00:55:32,162 --> 00:55:33,397 I like what I saw. 1484 00:55:33,397 --> 00:55:35,032 You got a yes from me. 1485 00:55:35,032 --> 00:55:37,301 Sweet. Yes from me. 1486 00:55:37,301 --> 00:55:39,203 You're going to Hollywood. Ah. 1487 00:55:39,203 --> 00:55:41,338 ♪ California girls ♪ Whoo! 1488 00:55:41,338 --> 00:55:42,372 Thank you so much. I appreciate it. 1489 00:55:42,372 --> 00:55:43,373 Thank you. Appreciate it. 1490 00:55:43,373 --> 00:55:45,108 Good luck! So nice to meet you. 1491 00:55:45,108 --> 00:55:46,910 Opens the door with force! 1492 00:55:46,910 --> 00:55:48,345 It went so good! 1493 00:55:48,345 --> 00:55:50,681 I mean, those people have sold out stadiums, 1494 00:55:50,681 --> 00:55:52,516 and then they're singing my song. 1495 00:55:52,516 --> 00:55:55,118 That's so weird! Aah! That's so crazy. 1496 00:55:55,118 --> 00:55:56,887 Whoo! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! 1497 00:55:56,887 --> 00:55:58,956 I think Katy was, like, a little bit on the fence. 1498 00:55:58,956 --> 00:56:00,457 But I got three yeses. 1499 00:56:00,457 --> 00:56:02,059 That's all that matters. 1500 00:56:02,059 --> 00:56:03,727 Whoo! 1501 00:56:03,727 --> 00:56:06,897 Hollywood, let's go! 1502 00:56:06,897 --> 00:56:09,032 ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ 1503 00:56:09,032 --> 00:56:12,636 Hollywood, which is basically right next door 1504 00:56:12,636 --> 00:56:15,305 to us here in Los Angeles, 1505 00:56:15,305 --> 00:56:18,475 where celebrity sightings of movie stars and rock stars 1506 00:56:18,475 --> 00:56:20,377 are almost a daily occurrence. 1507 00:56:20,377 --> 00:56:22,145 So it was no surprise 1508 00:56:22,145 --> 00:56:24,314 when the next contestant walked in the room. 1509 00:56:24,314 --> 00:56:25,916 ♪ Lost in the City of Angels ♪ 1510 00:56:25,916 --> 00:56:27,618 Oh! Hey, guys. 1511 00:56:27,618 --> 00:56:29,286 How's it going? What's up? 1512 00:56:29,286 --> 00:56:30,687 We're here. Good to see you! 1513 00:56:30,687 --> 00:56:33,323 Hey, tell us who you are and where you're from. 1514 00:56:33,323 --> 00:56:35,859 So my name is Jared Lettow the other Jared Lettow... 1515 00:56:37,294 --> 00:56:39,029 ...and I'm from Santa Barbara, California, 1516 00:56:39,029 --> 00:56:41,231 originally from Des Moines, Iowa. 1517 00:56:41,231 --> 00:56:46,503 Do you get annoyed explaining your Jared Leto‐ness? 1518 00:56:46,503 --> 00:56:48,639 I mean, I kind of like the attention, and it's a good icebreaker. 1519 00:56:48,639 --> 00:56:51,041 So people are like, "Oh, my gosh, you're Jared Leto?" Exactly. 1520 00:56:51,041 --> 00:56:52,276 I'm like, "Yeah, I'm Jared Leto." 1521 00:56:52,276 --> 00:56:53,410 Ha ha! So ha ha. 1522 00:56:53,410 --> 00:56:54,745 Do you think you'll have to change your name? 1523 00:56:54,745 --> 00:56:55,946 I don't know. I thought about that. 1524 00:56:55,946 --> 00:56:57,648 It's like, "Hmm, I don't know if I should." 1525 00:56:57,648 --> 00:56:58,682 What's your middle name? 1526 00:56:58,682 --> 00:57:00,651 Nels. Jared N‐‐ Jared Nels. 1527 00:57:00,651 --> 00:57:02,352 No, you're Jared "Nails"! 1528 00:57:02,352 --> 00:57:04,655 I guess I'm Jared "Nails" because I'm gonna nail the audition. 1529 00:57:04,655 --> 00:57:06,223 Oh! I like him. 1530 00:57:06,223 --> 00:57:08,325 Do you have any special singing talents? 1531 00:57:08,325 --> 00:57:10,460 I do. I'm a yodeler. Ooh! 1532 00:57:10,460 --> 00:57:11,795 Okay. Oh, yeah. Let's hear it. 1533 00:57:11,795 --> 00:57:12,996 Here we go. Yeah. 1534 00:57:12,996 --> 00:57:14,064 Sing Sing You got this. 1535 00:57:14,064 --> 00:57:15,332 You're You're the 1536 00:57:15,332 --> 00:57:18,135 You're Jared Lettow the yodeler. 1537 00:57:18,135 --> 00:57:19,469 Jared Lettow the yodeler. I like it. 1538 00:57:19,469 --> 00:57:21,004 There's only one of you. 1539 00:57:21,004 --> 00:57:22,606 Alright. 1540 00:57:29,446 --> 00:57:30,981 ♪ Rollin' down the highway ♪ 1541 00:57:30,981 --> 00:57:32,983 ♪ California sun ♪ 1542 00:57:32,983 --> 00:57:36,353 ♪ Takin' in the air on the 101 ♪ 1543 00:57:36,353 --> 00:57:38,155 ♪ Moved here from the heartland ♪ 1544 00:57:38,155 --> 00:57:39,690 ♪ And lovin' every day ♪ 1545 00:57:39,690 --> 00:57:43,527 ♪ I'm a California yodeler, and I think I'm here to stay ♪ 1546 00:58:04,614 --> 00:58:07,084 1547 00:58:07,084 --> 00:58:09,820 ♪ I'm a California yodeler ♪ 1548 00:58:09,820 --> 00:58:12,055 ♪ And I think I'm here to stay ♪ 1549 00:58:12,055 --> 00:58:13,223 ♪ Hey ♪ 1550 00:58:30,707 --> 00:58:32,476 Stop! 1551 00:58:34,277 --> 00:58:35,512 No more yodeling! 1552 00:58:35,512 --> 00:58:37,080 ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ I hit That is 1553 00:58:37,080 --> 00:58:40,250 Yep, I've hit my yodeling quota for the for the year. 1554 00:58:40,250 --> 00:58:41,752 That is That's ama‐‐ That's 1555 00:58:41,752 --> 00:58:43,053 Thank you. 1556 00:58:43,053 --> 00:58:44,521 Um, who who taught you who taught you how to do that? 1557 00:58:44,521 --> 00:58:45,756 Self‐taught. 1558 00:58:45,756 --> 00:58:47,357 Do girls walk up to you and they're like... 1559 00:58:47,357 --> 00:58:49,359 "I saw you yodel"? 1560 00:58:50,660 --> 00:58:52,029 Maybe after this they will. 1561 00:58:52,029 --> 00:58:54,931 I would love to kn‐‐ be able to yodel. 1562 00:58:54,931 --> 00:58:56,400 You want to give it a shot? 1563 00:58:56,400 --> 00:58:58,101 Sure. 1564 00:58:58,101 --> 00:59:00,270 Alright, alright. So repeat after me. 1565 00:59:07,644 --> 00:59:10,047 Whoa! That's pretty good! That's really 1566 00:59:13,383 --> 00:59:15,919 Hey, you got you got the tongue going, man. 1567 00:59:15,919 --> 00:59:17,387 We'll do the second part. 1568 00:59:23,160 --> 00:59:25,262 That was good, though. Was close, was close. 1569 00:59:27,464 --> 00:59:29,733 It's that look on her face that I'm loving most. 1570 00:59:29,733 --> 00:59:31,735 You get a cramp in the neck muscle? 1571 00:59:31,735 --> 00:59:33,670 I'm fine. I don't need to yodel. 1572 00:59:33,670 --> 00:59:34,871 My business manager. Alright. 1573 00:59:34,871 --> 00:59:37,074 Jared Lettow. 1574 00:59:37,074 --> 00:59:39,376 I think you definitely have 1575 00:59:39,376 --> 00:59:41,945 one of the coolest party tricks I've ever heard. 1576 00:59:43,313 --> 00:59:45,382 But I just don't think it's right for "American Idol." 1577 00:59:45,382 --> 00:59:47,851 Jared Lettow... it's a "no‐del." 1578 00:59:47,851 --> 00:59:49,286 Aw. 1579 00:59:49,286 --> 00:59:51,121 No. It's gonna have to be a no for me. 1580 00:59:51,121 --> 00:59:52,355 Okay. Thank you. 1581 00:59:52,355 --> 00:59:54,591 Jared, thank you, man. It's a no from me, bud. 1582 00:59:54,591 --> 00:59:57,194 Thank you, guys. But I will see you at the bar in Santa Barbara, 1583 00:59:57,194 --> 00:59:58,995 and we will yodel together. 1584 00:59:58,995 --> 00:59:59,963 Oh, yeah! Yes, you will. Thank you, man. 1585 00:59:59,963 --> 01:00:01,331 Wednesday nights. 1586 01:00:01,331 --> 01:00:02,365 See you, man. 1587 01:00:02,365 --> 01:00:03,667 Thank you, guys. Appreciate it. 1588 01:00:03,667 --> 01:00:05,502 They gave me a no‐del... 'cause I yodeled. 1589 01:00:07,904 --> 01:00:10,674 Here's the thing I might have gotten a no, 1590 01:00:10,674 --> 01:00:12,242 but I'm not gonna stop yodeling. 1591 01:00:15,912 --> 01:00:18,515 I've seen a lot of episodes of "American Idol," 1592 01:00:18,515 --> 01:00:21,618 and I'm gonna show them something that is special. 1593 01:00:21,618 --> 01:00:23,153 You have an amazing delivery package, okay? 1594 01:00:23,153 --> 01:00:25,956 This is why I keep coming back to this show. 1595 01:00:25,956 --> 01:00:27,624 Boy, that is a hell of a workout. 1596 01:00:29,059 --> 01:00:31,128 It is probably the greatest yes of the day. 1597 01:00:31,128 --> 01:00:34,364 1598 01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:39,236 Welcome back to "Idol" in Savannah, 1599 01:00:39,236 --> 01:00:42,272 where contestants hope they have all the right tools 1600 01:00:42,272 --> 01:00:44,441 for the biggest audition of their lives. 1601 01:00:44,441 --> 01:00:45,775 Hello, hello! 1602 01:00:45,775 --> 01:00:47,077 Hello. How are you? 1603 01:00:47,077 --> 01:00:48,545 ‐But some... ‐Hi. 1604 01:00:48,545 --> 01:00:50,413 ...weren't exactly... Okay. 1605 01:00:50,413 --> 01:00:52,516 ...tapping in to their potential. 1606 01:00:54,084 --> 01:00:55,719 Oh, Nelly! 1607 01:00:55,719 --> 01:00:57,954 Aah! Aah! Aah! 1608 01:00:57,954 --> 01:01:01,124 Ah. Ah. 1609 01:01:01,124 --> 01:01:04,227 Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 1610 01:01:04,227 --> 01:01:08,632 ♪ Every night in my dreams ♪ 1611 01:01:08,632 --> 01:01:13,003 ♪ I see you, I feel you ♪ 1612 01:01:13,003 --> 01:01:18,608 ♪ It must have been cold there in my ♪ 1613 01:01:18,608 --> 01:01:25,482 ♪ Sha‐a‐a‐a‐a‐a‐a‐a‐a‐dow ♪ 1614 01:01:25,482 --> 01:01:27,083 Oh, my God. 1615 01:01:27,083 --> 01:01:33,456 ♪ I feel ali‐i‐i‐i‐ive ♪ 1616 01:01:33,456 --> 01:01:40,263 ♪ I feel ali‐i‐i‐i‐ive ♪ 1617 01:01:40,263 --> 01:01:44,401 ♪ And you're here in my heart ♪ 1618 01:01:44,401 --> 01:01:48,205 ♪ My heart will go on ♪ 1619 01:01:48,205 --> 01:01:53,210 ♪ And o‐o‐o‐n ♪ 1620 01:01:53,210 --> 01:01:55,345 Wow. Is your toupee still on? 1621 01:01:55,345 --> 01:01:56,913 Wow, wow. 1622 01:01:56,913 --> 01:01:58,882 Your notes were sour. 1623 01:01:58,882 --> 01:02:01,117 You're kind of out there on your own planet. 1624 01:02:01,117 --> 01:02:04,187 I‐I just know where it fits into the "American Idol" mold. 1625 01:02:04,187 --> 01:02:06,523 You're not what we're looking for. 1626 01:02:06,523 --> 01:02:08,291 Thank you, it's a no for me. 1627 01:02:08,291 --> 01:02:09,492 I'm saying no. 1628 01:02:09,492 --> 01:02:11,595 This is just not your...stage. 1629 01:02:11,595 --> 01:02:14,631 ♪ In the end, we shall achieve in time ♪ Thank you. 1630 01:02:14,631 --> 01:02:17,300 ♪ The thing they call divine ♪ I don't know. I'm giving up hope, America. 1631 01:02:17,300 --> 01:02:19,102 ♪ And all the stars will shine for me ♪ It's been a little slow today. 1632 01:02:19,102 --> 01:02:20,170 They are over there. 1633 01:02:20,170 --> 01:02:22,038 We could go tell them to get better. 1634 01:02:22,038 --> 01:02:24,040 Between there and here, get a lot more talented? 1635 01:02:24,040 --> 01:02:26,476 ♪ Living in the meantime, wait and see ♪ Does anyone have a megaphone? 1636 01:02:26,476 --> 01:02:28,511 ♪ Yeah ♪ 1637 01:02:28,511 --> 01:02:31,381 ♪ We love the all, the all of you ♪ 1638 01:02:33,650 --> 01:02:37,287 ♪ Where lands are green and the skies are blue ♪ 1639 01:02:37,287 --> 01:02:40,056 We need talent! It's an emergency! 1640 01:02:40,056 --> 01:02:41,658 ♪ When all in all, we're just like you ♪ 1641 01:02:41,658 --> 01:02:43,627 We don't have a whole lot of time left in the day, 1642 01:02:43,627 --> 01:02:47,030 so you better give it all you got in the first one, please. 1643 01:02:47,030 --> 01:02:48,565 Love y'all. Peace. 1644 01:02:51,668 --> 01:02:53,403 Lionel's stuck in the bathroom. 1645 01:02:53,403 --> 01:02:56,106 Ohh! 1646 01:02:56,106 --> 01:02:58,308 With Katy and Luke off to find Lionel, 1647 01:02:58,308 --> 01:03:01,144 I'm sitting down with our next contestant. 1648 01:03:01,144 --> 01:03:03,046 1649 01:03:03,046 --> 01:03:04,347 My name's Shannon Gibbons. 1650 01:03:04,347 --> 01:03:06,283 I'm 20 years old, and I'm from Bellport, New York. 1651 01:03:06,283 --> 01:03:07,817 Great to have you. You're from New York? Yeah. 1652 01:03:07,817 --> 01:03:09,052 What do you do in New York? 1653 01:03:09,052 --> 01:03:10,520 I'm the lead singer in a band now, 1654 01:03:10,520 --> 01:03:13,423 and we gig a lot in the summer out east, on Long Island. 1655 01:03:13,423 --> 01:03:16,192 And do you think that by by gigging 1656 01:03:16,192 --> 01:03:18,128 and playing in front of people, that kind of puts you at ease 1657 01:03:18,128 --> 01:03:20,030 for standing in front of the judges in this room? 1658 01:03:20,030 --> 01:03:21,898 Absolutely. Um, I think 1659 01:03:21,898 --> 01:03:24,634 I'm actually ready to be in that room now. 1660 01:03:24,634 --> 01:03:25,869 When did you start singing? 1661 01:03:25,869 --> 01:03:28,371 4 or 5 years old. 1662 01:03:28,371 --> 01:03:31,341 Growing up, my whole family would watch "American Idol," 1663 01:03:31,341 --> 01:03:32,942 and we would sit around the TV and, like, 1664 01:03:32,942 --> 01:03:34,077 you know, have dinner or whatever. 1665 01:03:34,077 --> 01:03:36,479 And I would get up on the coffee table 1666 01:03:36,479 --> 01:03:40,884 and, like, start performing, like, for my family. 1667 01:03:40,884 --> 01:03:43,019 I'm happy. I'm so thankful for you guys. 1668 01:03:43,019 --> 01:03:44,220 Thanks for coming. 1669 01:03:44,220 --> 01:03:45,388 Don't cry, don't cry. 1670 01:03:46,956 --> 01:03:48,458 I get so emotional. Good job. 1671 01:03:48,458 --> 01:03:50,226 You did a great job. Thanks. 1672 01:03:50,226 --> 01:03:53,229 It's clear to me now that, when I was younger, 1673 01:03:53,229 --> 01:03:55,165 I dealt with a lot of mental‐health issues. 1674 01:03:55,165 --> 01:03:59,402 ♪ Eyes burn like a torch in the winter ♪ 1675 01:03:59,402 --> 01:04:02,038 Not to be too candid here, 1676 01:04:02,038 --> 01:04:04,541 but I remember being 4 years old, 1677 01:04:04,541 --> 01:04:07,844 before going to kindergarten, 1678 01:04:07,844 --> 01:04:11,848 and literally having suicidal thoughts every single morning. 1679 01:04:11,848 --> 01:04:15,385 ♪ All the days of the danger, believer ♪ And... 1680 01:04:15,385 --> 01:04:16,619 I'm sorry. 1681 01:04:16,619 --> 01:04:17,954 Um... 1682 01:04:17,954 --> 01:04:20,256 ♪ You're my safe and sound ♪ 1683 01:04:20,256 --> 01:04:22,258 Depression has been something 1684 01:04:22,258 --> 01:04:23,927 that's been in my life for a long time, 1685 01:04:23,927 --> 01:04:25,929 and I've tried my best to, 1686 01:04:25,929 --> 01:04:27,597 you know, always handle it myself. 1687 01:04:27,597 --> 01:04:29,232 Music got my mind off it. 1688 01:04:29,232 --> 01:04:32,902 ♪ Sunrise by your side ♪ 1689 01:04:32,902 --> 01:04:35,839 I was chasing a dream, but, also, every single day, 1690 01:04:35,839 --> 01:04:36,973 I was having thoughts about 1691 01:04:36,973 --> 01:04:38,575 not even being there tomorrow. 1692 01:04:38,575 --> 01:04:42,245 ♪ We'll find our own heights ♪ 1693 01:04:42,245 --> 01:04:43,813 My family helped me so much. 1694 01:04:43,813 --> 01:04:46,383 They were the ones who pushed me to actually go get help 1695 01:04:46,383 --> 01:04:48,184 and see somebody and go to a therapist 1696 01:04:48,184 --> 01:04:50,153 and go to a psychiatrist. 1697 01:04:50,153 --> 01:04:53,256 Once I did that, my world opened up. 1698 01:04:53,256 --> 01:04:55,759 ♪ I'm singing for my age ♪ 1699 01:04:55,759 --> 01:04:57,260 Everything that I've worked hard for, 1700 01:04:57,260 --> 01:04:59,662 it's all coming together, and I feel great now, 1701 01:04:59,662 --> 01:05:01,264 and I feel like I'm where I'm supposed to be. 1702 01:05:01,264 --> 01:05:02,599 ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪ 1703 01:05:02,599 --> 01:05:04,334 And it's just because I didn't give up. 1704 01:05:04,334 --> 01:05:06,369 Love you, guys. 1705 01:05:09,072 --> 01:05:10,740 I want the judges to see my soul 1706 01:05:10,740 --> 01:05:14,744 and how much I really do feel what I'm singing. 1707 01:05:14,744 --> 01:05:17,981 I've been through 20 years of craziness, 1708 01:05:17,981 --> 01:05:20,850 and I feel like now I've actually found my way. 1709 01:05:20,850 --> 01:05:24,053 ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪ 1710 01:05:24,053 --> 01:05:25,555 Hello. How are you? 1711 01:05:25,555 --> 01:05:26,623 Ah! 1712 01:05:26,623 --> 01:05:28,425 How are you? I'm good. How are you? 1713 01:05:28,425 --> 01:05:30,493 Well, I can recognize you by the colors, alright? 1714 01:05:30,493 --> 01:05:33,563 Yeah. Tell us who you are, where you're from. 1715 01:05:33,563 --> 01:05:34,831 My name is Shannon Gibbons. 1716 01:05:34,831 --> 01:05:36,166 I'm from Long Island, New York, 1717 01:05:36,166 --> 01:05:37,767 and I'm 20 years old. 1718 01:05:37,767 --> 01:05:39,068 How long you been singing? 1719 01:05:39,068 --> 01:05:41,070 I've been singing since I was 4 years old. 1720 01:05:41,070 --> 01:05:43,273 Do you gig out? Have you performed before? 1721 01:05:43,273 --> 01:05:47,143 Yeah, I, uh, joined a band of, like, middle‐aged men 1722 01:05:47,143 --> 01:05:49,913 about two and a half years ago, met them at church, 1723 01:05:49,913 --> 01:05:52,849 and took off from there. Of course. 1724 01:05:52,849 --> 01:05:56,319 I love the guys I play with, and we're called The Omen. 1725 01:05:56,319 --> 01:05:59,489 So we're all pretty spiritual, and it's just fun. 1726 01:05:59,489 --> 01:06:00,757 So, what are you gonna do for us? 1727 01:06:00,757 --> 01:06:02,525 I'm gonna sing "I'd Rather Go Blind" by Etta James. 1728 01:06:02,525 --> 01:06:03,760 Oh, my God. 1729 01:06:03,760 --> 01:06:05,195 Alright. That's a tall order. 1730 01:06:05,195 --> 01:06:10,767 1731 01:06:17,607 --> 01:06:19,809 ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ 1732 01:06:19,809 --> 01:06:21,878 ♪ Ohh ♪ 1733 01:06:25,315 --> 01:06:33,156 ♪ Something told me it was over ♪ 1734 01:06:33,156 --> 01:06:35,091 ♪ Mm ♪ 1735 01:06:35,091 --> 01:06:43,900 ♪ When I saw you and her talking ♪ 1736 01:06:43,900 --> 01:06:52,876 ♪ Something deep down in my soul said, "Cry, girl" ♪ 1737 01:06:52,876 --> 01:06:59,849 ♪ When I saw you and her walking 'round ♪ 1738 01:06:59,849 --> 01:07:02,352 ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ 1739 01:07:02,352 --> 01:07:10,994 ♪ I would rather, I would rather go blind, boy ♪ 1740 01:07:10,994 --> 01:07:19,636 ♪ Than to see you walk away from me, child, and all ♪ 1741 01:07:19,636 --> 01:07:23,673 ♪ And baby, baby, baby ♪ 1742 01:07:23,673 --> 01:07:28,344 ♪ I'd rather go blind, boy ♪ 1743 01:07:28,344 --> 01:07:35,184 ♪ Than to see you walk away from me ♪ 1744 01:07:35,184 --> 01:07:39,322 1745 01:07:39,322 --> 01:07:42,725 Okay. This is why I keep coming back to this show, Shannon. 1746 01:07:42,725 --> 01:07:44,594 Wow. 1747 01:07:44,594 --> 01:07:48,598 What we have now is a‐‐ an opportunity 1748 01:07:48,598 --> 01:07:51,000 to step on your confidence... 1749 01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:52,135 and go up. 1750 01:07:52,135 --> 01:07:53,836 Mm‐hmm. Okay? 1751 01:07:53,836 --> 01:07:56,172 That's where you have to think of yourself. 1752 01:07:56,172 --> 01:07:58,908 Yes. Now, if you came in this calm, 1753 01:07:58,908 --> 01:08:01,945 obviously someone possessed your body. 1754 01:08:01,945 --> 01:08:04,447 Okay, but I don't know who you are inside, 1755 01:08:04,447 --> 01:08:06,683 but just take this to the next level, okay? 1756 01:08:06,683 --> 01:08:09,986 Yeah, I got you. I ain't letting any more people go through 1757 01:08:09,986 --> 01:08:11,754 unless they're as good as Shannon. 1758 01:08:11,754 --> 01:08:14,023 I think... I'm sorry, I'm just not gonna do it. 1759 01:08:14,023 --> 01:08:17,160 it's our new barometer. 1760 01:08:17,160 --> 01:08:18,461 It's... Standard. 1761 01:08:18,461 --> 01:08:19,662 ♪ My salvation ♪ You're the standard. 1762 01:08:19,662 --> 01:08:20,697 Shannon Standard. 1763 01:08:20,697 --> 01:08:21,798 Thank you. Alright? 1764 01:08:21,798 --> 01:08:23,533 ♪ My, my ♪ I say we just do it. 1765 01:08:23,533 --> 01:08:24,901 I just say we do it. 1766 01:08:24,901 --> 01:08:26,569 You're going to Hollywood! 1767 01:08:26,569 --> 01:08:27,637 ♪ Ohh whoa ♪ 1768 01:08:27,637 --> 01:08:29,672 Oh, my God. 1769 01:08:29,672 --> 01:08:31,841 Hollywood. Pick this up right now 1770 01:08:31,841 --> 01:08:33,242 before before it Oh, my God. I can't I can't 1771 01:08:33,242 --> 01:08:34,310 It's about to fall, it's about to fall. 1772 01:08:34,310 --> 01:08:35,578 I can't even walk forward right now. 1773 01:08:35,578 --> 01:08:36,946 Watch out. Come on, come on. Right here. 1774 01:08:36,946 --> 01:08:38,581 Oh, my God. You got it here. 1775 01:08:38,581 --> 01:08:41,184 Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Good job. 1776 01:08:41,184 --> 01:08:42,986 I From the bottom of my heart. Thank you, yeah. 1777 01:08:42,986 --> 01:08:44,554 Really, really, I've been dreaming about this forever. We're watching you. 1778 01:08:44,554 --> 01:08:45,521 We're watching you. Thank you so much. 1779 01:08:45,521 --> 01:08:47,890 ‐It's real. ‐Yeah! 1780 01:08:47,890 --> 01:08:49,892 Look at my big ol' family! 1781 01:08:49,892 --> 01:08:52,328 Oh, my God! Tears everywhere! 1782 01:08:52,328 --> 01:08:55,264 What in the world is this? 1783 01:08:55,264 --> 01:08:57,533 ‐Yes! ‐Whoo! 1784 01:08:57,533 --> 01:08:59,068 ‐Whoo! 1785 01:08:59,068 --> 01:09:00,770 Getting this golden ticket today, 1786 01:09:00,770 --> 01:09:06,009 like, I feel like there's a weight lifted off my chest. 1787 01:09:06,009 --> 01:09:09,045 ♪ My salvation ♪ Going to Hollywood! 1788 01:09:09,045 --> 01:09:10,713 I never thought I'd see this in real life. 1789 01:09:10,713 --> 01:09:12,181 ♪ My, my ♪ 1790 01:09:12,181 --> 01:09:14,584 I'm just so happy. 1791 01:09:14,584 --> 01:09:18,755 ♪ My salvation ♪ 1792 01:09:18,755 --> 01:09:22,425 ♪ My, my ♪ 1793 01:09:22,425 --> 01:09:25,795 1794 01:09:29,699 --> 01:09:31,668 Oh, that's fun. 1795 01:09:43,713 --> 01:09:48,284 ♪ It's like a bolt of lightnin' hits me in my chest ♪ 1796 01:09:48,284 --> 01:09:50,586 ♪ Right outta the blue ♪ 1797 01:09:50,586 --> 01:09:53,456 ♪ Every time I see you ♪ 1798 01:09:53,456 --> 01:09:54,891 You guys got some energy. 1799 01:09:54,891 --> 01:09:57,160 ♪ Every time I see you ♪ 1800 01:09:57,160 --> 01:10:00,296 ♪ This is what we do when we wait on Katy ♪ 1801 01:10:00,296 --> 01:10:02,131 1802 01:10:02,131 --> 01:10:04,734 You on vinyl, too, baby. You started out on it. 1803 01:10:04,734 --> 01:10:07,136 Vinyl Lionel. 1804 01:10:09,972 --> 01:10:12,742 ♪ Spent a night in L. A. ♪ 1805 01:10:12,742 --> 01:10:16,946 ♪ Just another chance to see you ♪ 1806 01:10:16,946 --> 01:10:20,583 ♪ Lord, I know she's waiting ♪ 1807 01:10:20,583 --> 01:10:23,219 ♪ Just anticipating ♪ 1808 01:10:23,219 --> 01:10:25,888 ♪ All my love ♪ 1809 01:10:25,888 --> 01:10:27,990 Katy, thank you for being late. 1810 01:10:29,625 --> 01:10:32,195 As Katy finished putting her face on, 1811 01:10:32,195 --> 01:10:35,198 we found someone with a face that was ready to go. 1812 01:10:35,198 --> 01:10:36,666 My name is Isaiah Grass. 1813 01:10:36,666 --> 01:10:38,201 I'm 29 years old. 1814 01:10:38,201 --> 01:10:39,802 like off record real quick? 1815 01:10:39,802 --> 01:10:43,072 So, if I'm speaking right now, the takes that are not good, 1816 01:10:43,072 --> 01:10:45,308 are they the ones that are used, or do you guys, like, 1817 01:10:45,308 --> 01:10:47,110 do the ones that are like like, right now, 1818 01:10:47,110 --> 01:10:49,412 when I'm talking, would this be considered a take? 1819 01:10:49,412 --> 01:10:50,613 Oh, okay. 1820 01:10:51,681 --> 01:10:53,683 I would consider myself a performer. 1821 01:10:53,683 --> 01:10:55,017 I do modeling and acting, 1822 01:10:55,017 --> 01:10:56,819 and I'm also a social‐media influencer. 1823 01:10:59,155 --> 01:11:00,356 ♪ I'm the man ♪ 1824 01:11:00,356 --> 01:11:01,858 I like your efficiency because you're already 1825 01:11:01,858 --> 01:11:03,793 traveling with your representation... Thank you. 1826 01:11:03,793 --> 01:11:05,161 ...your your agent. I am, yeah. Yeah. 1827 01:11:05,161 --> 01:11:06,829 You've got the package already sorted out here. Yes. 1828 01:11:06,829 --> 01:11:08,164 ♪ I'm the man ♪ 1829 01:11:08,164 --> 01:11:09,398 I feel like, in the modeling industry, the way 1830 01:11:09,398 --> 01:11:11,434 that I'm portrayed on camera 1831 01:11:11,434 --> 01:11:14,971 sometimes makes me come across a little uneasy, 1832 01:11:14,971 --> 01:11:16,639 like, "He looks really serious." 1833 01:11:16,639 --> 01:11:18,207 Which is my better side? 1834 01:11:18,207 --> 01:11:20,843 This side? Right? This side? 1835 01:11:20,843 --> 01:11:23,312 1836 01:11:23,312 --> 01:11:25,181 ♪ I'm the man ♪ 1837 01:11:25,181 --> 01:11:28,718 I want to show people I'm more than just a s‐‐ a photo. 1838 01:11:28,718 --> 01:11:30,853 I'm the type of person where, if you want to go to, like, 1839 01:11:30,853 --> 01:11:34,123 TGI Fridays together or even, like, go on the beach 1840 01:11:34,123 --> 01:11:36,159 and throw a Frisbee, I'm that type of person. 1841 01:11:36,159 --> 01:11:37,960 ♪ I got news for you, baby ♪ Your Your clothing line 1842 01:11:37,960 --> 01:11:39,462 is really good, by the way. Thank you. 1843 01:11:39,462 --> 01:11:41,397 Yeah. I appreciate it. Now, I didn't make that but... 1844 01:11:41,397 --> 01:11:44,033 ♪ Who's the man? ♪ I've seen a lot of episodes 1845 01:11:44,033 --> 01:11:45,034 of "American Idol," and I've seen 1846 01:11:45,034 --> 01:11:47,003 how people audition for the show. 1847 01:11:47,003 --> 01:11:49,739 And I'm confident that when I go in there, 1848 01:11:49,739 --> 01:11:52,742 I'm gonna show them something that is special. 1849 01:11:52,742 --> 01:11:55,011 Oh, yes. Okay, here we go. 1850 01:11:55,011 --> 01:11:56,579 Hello, Katy. Hello, Lionel. 1851 01:11:56,579 --> 01:11:57,814 Hello, Luke. How are you? 1852 01:11:57,814 --> 01:11:59,482 Hello. My name is Isaiah Grass. 1853 01:11:59,482 --> 01:12:01,350 It is wonderful to meet you guys. 1854 01:12:01,350 --> 01:12:04,620 How have you kept that outfit white all day? 1855 01:12:04,620 --> 01:12:06,589 Actually, fun fact. 1856 01:12:06,589 --> 01:12:08,357 I have never worn this jacket before. 1857 01:12:08,357 --> 01:12:11,828 When I first auditioned, this black material right here, 1858 01:12:11,828 --> 01:12:13,296 it actually all ripped off, 1859 01:12:13,296 --> 01:12:16,199 so my manager actually sewed everything back on. 1860 01:12:16,199 --> 01:12:17,333 Manager? You're kidding. 1861 01:12:17,333 --> 01:12:18,467 You have a manager? 1862 01:12:18,467 --> 01:12:20,570 Well, actually manager/agent/best friend. 1863 01:12:20,570 --> 01:12:22,638 The "best friend" thing will fade. 1864 01:12:22,638 --> 01:12:24,340 When there's money involved... 1865 01:12:26,008 --> 01:12:28,311 Aw, you know, I just love this wonderful 1866 01:12:28,311 --> 01:12:30,012 optimistic group I'm with. 1867 01:12:30,012 --> 01:12:31,647 First of all, where you are from? 1868 01:12:31,647 --> 01:12:33,049 Tell us the whole thing, your story. 1869 01:12:33,049 --> 01:12:35,885 Sure. Absolutely. So I was born in North Carolina, 1870 01:12:35,885 --> 01:12:37,420 raised in South Carolina, 1871 01:12:37,420 --> 01:12:40,289 and I've been living in Chicago now for about seven years. 1872 01:12:40,289 --> 01:12:42,158 Ah. I sang in a church choir. 1873 01:12:42,158 --> 01:12:45,161 I graduated from a performing‐arts high school. Ahh. 1874 01:12:45,161 --> 01:12:49,265 And I'm also a model, a singer, and a social‐media influencer. 1875 01:12:49,265 --> 01:12:52,134 Wow. Very good. What do you influence on social media? 1876 01:12:52,134 --> 01:12:54,770 Well, I have different brands that reach out to me, so 1877 01:12:54,770 --> 01:12:58,007 Really? I have companies that provide me shoes. 1878 01:12:58,007 --> 01:13:01,410 I have people that send me jackets and necklaces, 1879 01:13:01,410 --> 01:13:04,947 and I've actually been paid actually to endorse drinks. 1880 01:13:04,947 --> 01:13:07,516 You have a full life, my friend. 1881 01:13:07,516 --> 01:13:09,385 Let us hear what you're gonna do. 1882 01:13:09,385 --> 01:13:11,687 So the song that I'm gonna be singing for you today 1883 01:13:11,687 --> 01:13:13,556 is "Take on Me" by a‐ha. 1884 01:13:13,556 --> 01:13:14,991 Aha! Aha! It is an acoustic version. 1885 01:13:14,991 --> 01:13:16,392 Yes. Very good. Aha. 1886 01:13:16,392 --> 01:13:17,593 Would you guys like me to do it? 1887 01:13:17,593 --> 01:13:19,061 Yeah, absolutely. 1888 01:13:29,005 --> 01:13:35,878 1889 01:13:35,878 --> 01:13:39,548 ♪ Talkin' away ♪ 1890 01:13:39,548 --> 01:13:43,085 ♪ I don't know what I'm to say ♪ 1891 01:13:43,085 --> 01:13:46,656 ♪ I'll say it anyway ♪ 1892 01:13:46,656 --> 01:13:50,559 ♪ Today's another day to find you ♪ 1893 01:13:50,559 --> 01:13:54,563 ♪ Shying away ♪ 1894 01:13:54,563 --> 01:13:57,767 ♪ I'll be coming for your love, okay? ♪ 1895 01:13:57,767 --> 01:14:03,406 ♪ Take on me ♪ 1896 01:14:03,406 --> 01:14:05,207 ♪ Take on me ♪ 1897 01:14:05,207 --> 01:14:10,780 ♪ Take on me ♪ 1898 01:14:10,780 --> 01:14:13,015 ♪ Take on me ♪ 1899 01:14:13,015 --> 01:14:18,554 ♪ Take me on ♪ 1900 01:14:18,554 --> 01:14:20,456 ♪ Take me on ♪ 1901 01:14:20,456 --> 01:14:26,929 ♪ I'll be gone ♪ 1902 01:14:26,929 --> 01:14:35,338 ♪ In a da‐a‐a‐a‐a‐y ♪ 1903 01:14:35,338 --> 01:14:41,110 ♪ Take on me ♪ 1904 01:14:41,110 --> 01:14:43,312 ♪ Take on me ♪ 1905 01:14:43,312 --> 01:14:53,322 ♪ Take me o‐o‐o‐n ♪ 1906 01:14:55,124 --> 01:14:56,559 That... 1907 01:14:56,559 --> 01:14:58,828 Was something. ...was a journey. 1908 01:14:58,828 --> 01:15:00,162 That was It was a journey. 1909 01:15:00,162 --> 01:15:02,431 Did you see Luke Bryan flying away? 1910 01:15:02,431 --> 01:15:04,467 Boy, that is a hell of a workout. He just... 1911 01:15:06,235 --> 01:15:07,903 Okay. Isaiah, listen. 1912 01:15:07,903 --> 01:15:10,506 You have a lot of range. 1913 01:15:10,506 --> 01:15:12,274 It's true, you can sing. 1914 01:15:12,274 --> 01:15:16,178 I think that you are more of a musical‐theater star 1915 01:15:16,178 --> 01:15:19,548 than possibly an "American Idol" star. 1916 01:15:19,548 --> 01:15:20,983 I think you've got the goods 1917 01:15:20,983 --> 01:15:23,786 to be on Broadway and musical theater. 1918 01:15:23,786 --> 01:15:25,721 May I interject for a second? Go ahead. 1919 01:15:25,721 --> 01:15:28,591 So I do Jimi Hendrix, Animals' "House of the Rising Sun." 1920 01:15:28,591 --> 01:15:31,394 Do you want me to do that? 30 seconds, a cappella. 1921 01:15:31,394 --> 01:15:33,462 Be serious. 1922 01:15:33,462 --> 01:15:41,203 ♪ There is a house in New Orleans ♪ 1923 01:15:41,203 --> 01:15:44,707 ♪ They call the ri... ♪ 1924 01:15:44,707 --> 01:15:45,975 Alright. 1925 01:15:45,975 --> 01:15:48,978 Man, I just think you're theater all the way through. 1926 01:15:48,978 --> 01:15:50,346 You have a big, big voice. 1927 01:15:50,346 --> 01:15:51,580 You can sing from 1928 01:15:51,580 --> 01:15:54,216 ♪ Down there ♪ 1929 01:15:54,216 --> 01:15:55,351 To Show him. 1930 01:15:55,351 --> 01:15:56,352 To 1931 01:15:57,486 --> 01:15:58,888 Don't try 1932 01:15:58,888 --> 01:16:01,357 You're gonna blow your head off. Anyway... 1933 01:16:01,357 --> 01:16:03,259 The second song just kiboshed it completely. 1934 01:16:03,259 --> 01:16:05,261 I, um Oh, God. 1935 01:16:05,261 --> 01:16:07,630 What is it that you guys are looking for? No, no, no. No, no. 1936 01:16:07,630 --> 01:16:10,399 You have an amazing delivery package, okay? 1937 01:16:10,399 --> 01:16:12,201 Thank you. I think you just need an arena 1938 01:16:12,201 --> 01:16:15,404 that capitalizes on your talents of all of your range, 1939 01:16:15,404 --> 01:16:17,306 because this is "American Idol," 1940 01:16:17,306 --> 01:16:19,408 the pop version of the world of music. 1941 01:16:19,408 --> 01:16:22,711 Sure, of course. And so it's it's going to have to stay in that region. 1942 01:16:22,711 --> 01:16:24,713 Let's vote, guys. 1943 01:16:24,713 --> 01:16:26,715 I'm sorry. It's a no for me. 1944 01:16:26,715 --> 01:16:30,152 I think your stage is a theatrical stage, 1945 01:16:30,152 --> 01:16:31,520 so it's a no for me, Isaiah. 1946 01:16:31,520 --> 01:16:33,322 Okay. You mesmerized me. 1947 01:16:33,322 --> 01:16:35,458 You brought me right into your story. It's 1948 01:16:35,458 --> 01:16:37,693 That's what being an artist is all about. I understand. 1949 01:16:37,693 --> 01:16:39,295 When you guys perform, you know that's what it's about. 1950 01:16:39,295 --> 01:16:41,230 I agree with you, and I'm probably gonna regret this 1951 01:16:41,230 --> 01:16:44,200 in times going on, but, for now, it's gonna be a no for me. 1952 01:16:44,200 --> 01:16:45,601 Okay. Thank you, Isaiah. 1953 01:16:45,601 --> 01:16:47,103 Thank you so much for your time. Thank you very, very much. 1954 01:16:47,103 --> 01:16:48,704 I hope if I ever get the opportunity 1955 01:16:48,704 --> 01:16:50,439 again to meet you guys... Yeah. 1956 01:16:50,439 --> 01:16:52,541 ...that I get to sing for you again. 1957 01:16:52,541 --> 01:16:53,642 Thank you so much. Very good. 1958 01:16:53,642 --> 01:16:55,344 Thank you. 1959 01:16:55,344 --> 01:16:58,380 The judges told me that I was not right for Hollywood. 1960 01:16:58,380 --> 01:16:59,748 That's totally okay, though. 1961 01:16:59,748 --> 01:17:01,417 Have a great day. Thank you. You too. You too. 1962 01:17:01,417 --> 01:17:03,452 I already have other photo shoots being booked right now. 1963 01:17:03,452 --> 01:17:05,554 I've just gotten booked for other TV performances. 1964 01:17:05,554 --> 01:17:07,356 I have other brands that reached out to me, 1965 01:17:07,356 --> 01:17:09,158 so I'm not worried about it. 1966 01:17:09,158 --> 01:17:12,128 It was just another opportunity to be on camera, 1967 01:17:12,128 --> 01:17:13,662 to meet more producers. 1968 01:17:13,662 --> 01:17:15,731 Maybe I'm gonna get scouted by a record label! 1969 01:17:15,731 --> 01:17:17,099 You never know! 1970 01:17:21,203 --> 01:17:22,538 ♪ I'm the man ♪ 1971 01:17:22,538 --> 01:17:25,274 ♪ Ah ♪ 1972 01:17:28,010 --> 01:17:31,013 Where are we? We're at "American Idol"! 1973 01:17:31,013 --> 01:17:32,414 Welcome back. 1974 01:17:32,414 --> 01:17:34,483 As the sun shines its spotlight 1975 01:17:34,483 --> 01:17:36,085 on the Milwaukee auditions... 1976 01:17:36,085 --> 01:17:39,155 ‐Everybody, you there? ‐You're so grown up. 1977 01:17:39,155 --> 01:17:40,723 This is just such a great opportunity, 1978 01:17:40,723 --> 01:17:42,825 and I'm so glad that every single one of you are here. 1979 01:17:42,825 --> 01:17:45,394 Alright. Okay. I'm a little nervous. 1980 01:17:45,394 --> 01:17:50,633 ...it's our familiar faces that help give life its glimmer. 1981 01:17:52,268 --> 01:17:54,436 I remember that face! 1982 01:17:54,436 --> 01:17:56,505 Oh, you do?! 1983 01:17:56,505 --> 01:17:59,008 I remember you. You auditioned in Nashville. 1984 01:17:59,008 --> 01:18:01,343 Yes, I did. You remember me! 1985 01:18:01,343 --> 01:18:02,511 Really? Huh? Good. 1986 01:18:02,511 --> 01:18:05,214 Steel trap. Yay! 1987 01:18:05,214 --> 01:18:07,416 Good memory. Didn't score good on the SAT, though, 1988 01:18:07,416 --> 01:18:09,151 but can remember... 1989 01:18:09,151 --> 01:18:11,220 So, tell us who you are. 1990 01:18:11,220 --> 01:18:14,123 My name is Genavieve Linkowski. I am 20 years old, 1991 01:18:14,123 --> 01:18:15,724 and I'm from Goodrich, Michigan. Oh, I remember, yes. 1992 01:18:15,724 --> 01:18:18,460 And you made it through to Hollywood week, right? Yes, yeah. 1993 01:18:18,460 --> 01:18:21,530 But we love when you go back and you still do your music 1994 01:18:21,530 --> 01:18:23,566 and you get better and better and come back. Right. 1995 01:18:23,566 --> 01:18:24,733 Look what happened to Laine 1996 01:18:24,733 --> 01:18:26,035 I mean Laine Hardy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1997 01:18:26,035 --> 01:18:27,503 Seriously! Yeah. She took a year off. 1998 01:18:27,503 --> 01:18:29,405 She's even two years better! I did. 1999 01:18:29,405 --> 01:18:30,706 I did. 2000 01:18:30,706 --> 01:18:33,642 And what have you been doing since you last auditioned? 2001 01:18:33,642 --> 01:18:35,211 A lot has been going on in my life. 2002 01:18:35,211 --> 01:18:36,478 ‐Oh, really? ‐Yes. 2003 01:18:36,478 --> 01:18:37,746 Actually, it's not 2004 01:18:37,746 --> 01:18:39,882 It's not very happy news, but, um... 2005 01:18:39,882 --> 01:18:40,883 What happened? 2006 01:18:40,883 --> 01:18:42,785 My sister, um... 2007 01:18:42,785 --> 01:18:44,186 yeah, she was 18 years old. 2008 01:18:44,186 --> 01:18:46,021 She ended up passing away in a car accident. 2009 01:18:46,021 --> 01:18:47,323 Ohh, baby! Ohh! 2010 01:18:47,323 --> 01:18:48,624 Ugh. 2011 01:18:51,360 --> 01:18:54,463 What to say? 2012 01:18:54,463 --> 01:18:56,298 I'm just gonna start talking. 2013 01:18:56,298 --> 01:19:00,236 My sister, Corinn, got in a bad car accident last month. 2014 01:19:00,236 --> 01:19:02,738 ♪ I find shelter ♪ 2015 01:19:02,738 --> 01:19:05,975 She went home to be with God. 2016 01:19:05,975 --> 01:19:09,812 And so I just wanted to come here 2017 01:19:09,812 --> 01:19:11,914 and and tell you guys that. 2018 01:19:11,914 --> 01:19:13,649 ♪ Under cover, hide away ♪ 2019 01:19:13,649 --> 01:19:15,684 I should be at home, 2020 01:19:15,684 --> 01:19:18,120 but for me to just be here supporting you, 2021 01:19:18,120 --> 01:19:19,822 it means a lot. 2022 01:19:21,557 --> 01:19:24,827 Big announcement! "Gen" is gonna be on "American Idol"! 2023 01:19:24,827 --> 01:19:26,262 Yay! 2024 01:19:26,262 --> 01:19:28,497 My sister, Corinn, we were like two peas in a pod. 2025 01:19:28,497 --> 01:19:30,933 We just did everything together like everything. 2026 01:19:30,933 --> 01:19:33,235 We loved to sing together. 2027 01:19:33,235 --> 01:19:35,037 I don't know how we learned how to harmonize, 2028 01:19:35,037 --> 01:19:36,472 but we knew how to harmonize. 2029 01:19:36,472 --> 01:19:39,141 ♪ My baby's already got all my love ♪ 2030 01:19:39,141 --> 01:19:41,910 ♪ Can I be ♪ Hey! 2031 01:19:41,910 --> 01:19:43,512 Those moments singing with her 2032 01:19:43,512 --> 01:19:45,481 is something I miss the most. 2033 01:19:45,481 --> 01:19:47,416 I just wish she could be here. 2034 01:19:47,416 --> 01:19:48,817 I miss her so much. 2035 01:19:48,817 --> 01:19:51,020 I know Corinn's just watching over you, 2036 01:19:51,020 --> 01:19:53,389 and she's singing with angels. 2037 01:19:53,389 --> 01:19:54,957 ♪ Ooh ♪ 2038 01:19:54,957 --> 01:19:56,558 After she passed, I really didn't know 2039 01:19:56,558 --> 01:19:58,494 what I was gonna do. 2040 01:19:58,494 --> 01:20:00,329 I felt really lost. 2041 01:20:00,329 --> 01:20:02,931 I had no motivation to sing whatsoever. 2042 01:20:02,931 --> 01:20:04,533 My passion was gone for a while, 2043 01:20:04,533 --> 01:20:06,235 and my voice was gone for a while. 2044 01:20:06,235 --> 01:20:09,038 I just I just didn't know how to do life without her, 2045 01:20:09,038 --> 01:20:11,440 because I always did life with her. 2046 01:20:11,440 --> 01:20:15,077 But I know that Corinn would still want me to push forward 2047 01:20:15,077 --> 01:20:19,081 with this, and, um, definitely when I sit down at that piano, 2048 01:20:19,081 --> 01:20:21,517 she will be in my mind the whole entire time. 2049 01:20:21,517 --> 01:20:30,859 ♪ Tell me how am I supposed to live without you ♪ 2050 01:20:30,859 --> 01:20:38,233 ♪ Now that I've been lovin' you so long ♪ 2051 01:20:38,233 --> 01:20:45,641 ♪ And how am I supposed to live without you? ♪ 2052 01:20:45,641 --> 01:20:51,714 ♪ And how am I supposed to carry on? ♪ 2053 01:20:51,714 --> 01:20:53,549 ♪ No, no ♪ 2054 01:20:53,549 --> 01:21:01,056 ♪ How am I supposed to live without you? ♪ 2055 01:21:01,056 --> 01:21:06,995 ♪ Now that I've been loving so long ♪ 2056 01:21:06,995 --> 01:21:08,731 ♪ No, no ♪ 2057 01:21:08,731 --> 01:21:15,771 ♪ How am I supposed to live without you? ♪ 2058 01:21:15,771 --> 01:21:23,579 ♪ And how am I supposed to carry on? ♪ 2059 01:21:23,579 --> 01:21:29,518 ♪ When all that I've been living for is ♪ 2060 01:21:29,518 --> 01:21:36,692 ♪ Go‐o‐o‐o‐ne ♪ 2061 01:21:36,692 --> 01:21:39,027 ♪ Whoa, whoa ♪ 2062 01:21:39,027 --> 01:21:41,029 Wow. Mm. 2063 01:21:41,029 --> 01:21:42,197 Whoo! 2064 01:21:42,197 --> 01:21:43,332 Thank you, guys. 2065 01:21:43,332 --> 01:21:46,001 Wow. That was good. 2066 01:21:46,001 --> 01:21:47,436 That was good. Great job. 2067 01:21:47,436 --> 01:21:48,437 Thank you. 2068 01:21:48,437 --> 01:21:49,972 Great job. Genavieve... 2069 01:21:49,972 --> 01:21:52,541 I just felt that song through and through. 2070 01:21:52,541 --> 01:21:55,077 Phew! I mean, you were singing that song 2071 01:21:55,077 --> 01:21:58,614 from your pain that you've been through. 2072 01:21:58,614 --> 01:22:01,016 Tragedy can either destroy you... 2073 01:22:01,016 --> 01:22:02,451 or make you stronger. 2074 01:22:02,451 --> 01:22:04,586 You have actually grown. 2075 01:22:04,586 --> 01:22:07,156 You're no longer singing. 2076 01:22:07,156 --> 01:22:09,491 You're performing... 2077 01:22:09,491 --> 01:22:12,995 to the point where I just couldn't stop watching you. 2078 01:22:12,995 --> 01:22:15,664 Took a lot of guts to come back and stand up, 2079 01:22:15,664 --> 01:22:19,168 but I really must tell you I loved that performance. 2080 01:22:19,168 --> 01:22:20,569 Thank you so much. 2081 01:22:20,569 --> 01:22:23,138 And I look for you to go much further 2082 01:22:23,138 --> 01:22:24,907 than last time. 2083 01:22:24,907 --> 01:22:27,242 So, I think we can vote. 2084 01:22:27,242 --> 01:22:30,546 It is probably the greatest yes of the day. 2085 01:22:30,546 --> 01:22:31,580 Good to see you back. 2086 01:22:31,580 --> 01:22:33,148 Thank you so much. 2087 01:22:33,148 --> 01:22:34,082 What's her name? 2088 01:22:34,082 --> 01:22:35,517 Corinn Linkowski. 2089 01:22:35,517 --> 01:22:37,252 ‐Corinn? ‐Corinn. 2090 01:22:37,252 --> 01:22:39,421 ‐This one's for Corinn. ‐Yes! 2091 01:22:39,421 --> 01:22:40,489 It's a yes. 2092 01:22:40,489 --> 01:22:42,224 To Corinn, yes. 2093 01:22:42,224 --> 01:22:44,092 My gosh, you guys. I literally... 2094 01:22:44,092 --> 01:22:45,494 Can we say it? 2095 01:22:45,494 --> 01:22:47,262 You're going to Hollywood. 2096 01:22:47,262 --> 01:22:49,598 ♪ Somebody to heal, somebody to know ♪ Thank you guys so much! 2097 01:22:49,598 --> 01:22:52,000 Thank you! You guys have no idea. 2098 01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:53,502 ♪ Somebody to have, somebody to hold ♪ Thank you so much. 2099 01:22:53,502 --> 01:22:55,304 No, thank you. So good to see you guys again. 2100 01:22:55,304 --> 01:22:56,939 Good to see you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you so much. 2101 01:22:56,939 --> 01:23:00,342 ♪ It's easy to say, but it's never the same ♪ Love you guys. Bye. 2102 01:23:00,342 --> 01:23:02,144 ♪ I guess I kinda liked the way you numbed all the pain ♪ 2103 01:23:02,144 --> 01:23:04,980 Yo, we gettin' some talent up in here, huh? 2104 01:23:06,315 --> 01:23:08,717 ♪ Now the days bleeds into nightfall ♪ 2105 01:23:08,717 --> 01:23:12,955 ♪ And you're not here to get me through it all ♪ 2106 01:23:12,955 --> 01:23:15,691 Doing "Idol" again without my sister, 2107 01:23:15,691 --> 01:23:17,559 I think she would be super proud of me. 2108 01:23:17,559 --> 01:23:18,861 ♪ I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved ♪ 2109 01:23:18,861 --> 01:23:20,496 It's just nice to see something 2110 01:23:20,496 --> 01:23:22,464 so beautiful happen today because 2111 01:23:22,464 --> 01:23:26,401 it's been a very, very hard year. 2112 01:23:26,401 --> 01:23:33,342 ♪ I was getting kind of used to being someone you loved ♪ 2113 01:23:33,342 --> 01:23:38,447 2114 01:23:40,616 --> 01:23:43,886 Next time... ♪ Hey ♪ 2115 01:23:43,886 --> 01:23:45,020 Wow! ...they are breaking legs... 2116 01:23:45,020 --> 01:23:46,355 Uh‐oh. ...and breaking hearts. 2117 01:23:46,355 --> 01:23:48,023 We may have to break up the love fest. 2118 01:23:48,023 --> 01:23:49,491 Can you stop holding hands?! 2119 01:23:49,491 --> 01:23:51,293 Forget everything you know about "Idol." 2120 01:23:51,293 --> 01:23:53,161 You have no idea who we are? 2121 01:23:53,161 --> 01:23:54,830 I'm...stumped. 2122 01:23:54,830 --> 01:23:57,833 Because the unbelievable talent we uncover... 2123 01:23:57,833 --> 01:24:01,670 You're the most original person this season so far. 2124 01:24:01,670 --> 01:24:02,738 ‐Thank you. ‐What's happening? 2125 01:24:02,738 --> 01:24:03,739 ...will surprise you. Ooh. 2126 01:24:03,739 --> 01:24:05,140 Boo! Aah! 2127 01:24:05,140 --> 01:24:06,975 ♪ Whoa, oh ♪ You could be sitting around top 10.145139