Tessa Kate wound up being the very last singer we met during American Idol’s audition episodes. And her version of Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” certainly ended the auditions on a bright note, and not just because of the multi-colored dress she donned for the occasion.
Andrina Brogden has a simple goal: To put North Dakota on the map. At least American Idol’s map.
Quaid Edwards wants to follow in his mother’s footsteps and rekindle her dream. But not in exactly the same fashion.
Tyler Marshall is one of the Season 13 contestants who is a longtime fan of American Idol. “I’ve been watching this show for years,” says the 25-year-old from Omaha. “I’ve always sat in front of TV and said, ‘If I was in front of the judges, I’d sing this. Or I’d do this.’”
For several long moments in the Omaha audition episode, it didn’t appear Tyler Gurwicz would be Hollywood bound. He’d gotten a yes to advance from Jennifer Lopez, but had heard “no” from Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr.
Alyssa Siebken got her victory selfie with Ryan Seacrest. The 20-year-old from Fremont, Neb., made the American Idol host promise to pose for a photo with her if she earned a golden ticket to Hollywood.
Casey McQuillen turned in one of the best vocals we heard from anyone in the Omaha audition episode on American Idol. She sang Demi Lovato’s “Skyscraper.” And, in a year when nearly everyone has been lugging guitars into the audition room, the fact that she performed a cappella was even more impressive.
