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Khloe Grace poses with her golden ticket, and with American Idol judges Lionel Richie and Carrie Underwood. (ABC Photo)

Jesse Findling and Khloe Grace scored the most popular auditions from the American Idol premiere based on YouTube views.

Jesse is the 19-year-old from Long Island who stutters when he speaks, but not when he sings. He dazzled the judges with a rendition of “In the Stars” by Benson Boone.

The YouTube video of his audition has been viewed more than 3.6 million times, a number no doubt helped by the fact that Idol posted it six days early to promote the season premiere.

Khloe is the 15-year-old from Jacksonville, Fla., who sang an original song called “Forever 13.”

The song was written as an anti-bullying message and a tribute to Aubreigh Wyatt, who committed suicide because of bullying at age 13.

The video of Khloe’s audition has been viewed more than 470,000 times on YouTube, more than any other contestant whose audition was posted immediately after the show aired.

Her original song has also seen a jump of nearly 100,000 streams on Spotify.

Kyndal Inskeep has also seen a nice jump in Spotify streams. Kyndal auditioned with one of her originals, “Prayer of a Trying Daughter.” Lainey Grace auditioned with another Kyndal original, “Honest.” That song is up to more than 17.7 million streams on Spotify.

The YouTube views for each contestants audition appear below. The numbers are as of 1 p.m. Sunday.

Auditions continue Monday night. You can follow the links below for profiles of American Idol Season 24 contestants, including those who earned golden tickets last week. Those contestants have an asterisk by their name.

The names in bold are the singers we’re likely to see this week. Seven of those have already released music and the profiles include information on that music.

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Idol Chatter’s recap of the Week 1 audition with picks for best performances

YOUTUBE VIEWS FOR WEEK 1 AUDITIONS

* Jesse Findling, 3,860,000
Khloe Grace, 470,000
Brooks Rosser, 448,000
** Lainey Grace, 395,000 (featuring Kyndal Inskeep)
Keyla Richardson, 261,000
Lucas Leon, 233,000
Jayson Arendt, 171,000
Kyndal Inskeep, 151,000
Bryant Thomas, 143,000
** Tate Emmons, 82,000
Daniel Stallworth, 79,000
Genevieve Heyward, 69,000

* Posted Jan. 20 to promote Jan. 26 premiere
** Did not receive a golden ticket

Jesse Findling with his family after receiving a golden ticket on American Idol. (ABC Photo)

CONTESTANT PROFILES

Alex Kanaday
Amelia Eisenhauer
Angelina Remondino
Anna Hurd
Bartly
Ben Woods
Brantley Brown
Brenna Brigman
Brett Carlisle
Brianna Yancey *

Brooks Rosser *
Bryant Thomas *
Carmen Lorell
Chanel Michelle
Daniel Stallworth *
Eli Epps
Eva Luna Smith
Genevieve Heyward *
Haley Bundy
Hannah Harper

Jacquie *
Jade Flores
Jakob Stobaugh
Jasmine Zeigler
Jayson Arendt *
Jayson Garner
Jesse Findling *
Josiah Dyer
Julian Kalel
Julianne Post

Justin Koolik
Kainoa Tiger
Kamryn Palmer
Keyla Richardson *
Khloe Grace *
Kyndal *
Landon Hughes
Luke Colombo
Madison Moon
Marissa Luna

Matthew Holliday
Michael Garner
Mor Ilderton
Pierangela
Ricky Boyce
Savannah Swatland
Seth Witcher
Sheldon Riley
Sophie Dorsten

Sophia Zamani
Talon Cardon *
Tate Emmons
Tinayeshe Manyika
Trace Casanova
Trew the Star
Uzziah Hutchinson
Vincent Fondale

* Earned golden ticket on season premiere
Bold: Likely to be featured on Monday’s episode