The American Idol judges indicated one of the best stops on the audition trail was in San Francisco. Over two nights this week, we’ll meet the talent they found in this year’s stop in California. During Wednesday’s episode, Idol introduced us to nine Hollywood bound singers, but the judges reserved their highest praise for the…
A number of American Idol contestants earned the judges’ praise after singing original songs in the New Orleans audition episode. But only one is the nephew of Carlos Santana. Or auditioned playing guitar with a broken thumb. That would be Adam Lasher, a 27-year-old songwriter from Danville, Calif. Adam performed an original called “These Shoes”…
Harry Connick Jr. took one look at Ricky Dale Hendricks’ name and figured he was a country singer. He was right, of course. But he might not have expected this 17-year-old to be quite as impressive during his Season 14 American Idol audition in New Orleans. Ricky, from West Monroe, La., expressed awe about the…
Erica Washington was the very last singer we met during American Idol’s Season 14 New Orleans audition episode. But she left one of the biggest impressions on the judges after a rendition of Beyonce’s “Halo” that showed off the power and range in her voice. In fact, Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr. said they…
Jacob Tolliver delivered one of the more unexpected auditions during American Idol’s Minneapolis episode. The 20-year-old from Massachusetts now lives in Las Vegas while he’s the Jerry Lee Lewis understudy in a show called Million Dollar Quartet, featuring the music of Lewis, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins. So for his Idol audition, Jacob…
Grace has released her first music video. And the video is for “I’m So Done,” one of my favorite songs released by a former American Idol contestant in 2014. The video features bad Alexis fighting good Alexis is a battle of wills. You’ll have to watch to see who wins. “I’m so proud to call…
Remember American Idol’s “traveling man,” Kohlton Pascal, a talented singer who auditioned with an original song in Kansas City? Harry Connick Jr. warned him that American Idol might push him out of his comfort zone. Well, not this year. Kohlton told syracuse.com that he decided to turn in his golden ticket and skip the trip…
Several singers got more airtime than Hannah Mrozak during the American Idol auditions in Minneapolis. But she certainly got as good of feedback as any of the contestants on that episode. Hannah auditioned with Etta James’ “Something’s Got a Hold On Me” and wowed the judges from the opening note. And not only did she…
Cindy Jo Schloer might always be remembered as the singer who bagged a bear while bow hunting just days before her American Idol audition. In Season 14, she’s also one of very few contestants who managed to make it to Hollywood despite a “no” vote from Jennifer Lopez. The 26-year-old country singer from North Branch,…
Courtney Guns certainly didn’t seem shy when she appeared before the American Idol judges in Minnesota. In fact, the bartender from Bemidji, Minn., belted out Martina McBride’s “Independence Day” from right in front of the judges’ table. It prompted Keith Urban to jokingly ask if she’d like to sing her next song sitting on Harry…
