Hear more from American Idol’s Selena Moreno
Selena Moreno is the 22-year-old from Sacramento, Calif., who auditioned alongside her twin sister. Selena wound up with a unanimous yes for a golden ticket to Hollywood.
Selena Moreno is the 22-year-old from Sacramento, Calif., who auditioned alongside her twin sister. Selena wound up with a unanimous yes for a golden ticket to Hollywood.
Season 13 marks the return of guitars to American Idol. But it isn’t only guys with guitars who are making an early mark on a show a guitar-wielding guy won for five straight years.
One of the most emotional responses to a golden ticket to Hollywood came from Emmanuel Zidor at the San Francisco auditions. Seems he had a seventh-grade teacher who told him he’d never be good enough to be on American Idol.
Briana Oakley is another returning contestant determined to do better in her second try at American Idol. And she got off to a good start at the San Francisco auditions, breezing through to Hollywood on an unanimous “yes.”
Spencer Lloyd got the tag “pretty guy” from Jennifer Lopez the second he stepped into the American Idol audition room in Austin. “The girls are going for this,” she proclaimed.
M.K. Nobilette was part of a montage of three singers shown during American Idol’s Thursday night episode from San Francisco. The 20-year-old resident of that city says he was encouraged to audition by his aunt, who is a big-time fan of the show.
If Megan Miller looked familiar when she showed up on the conclusion of American Idol’s Austin auditions Thursday night, there’s a good reason. Megan was also a featured auditioner in Season 12.
Have you heard the news about American Idol’s ratings for the Season 13 premiere? They were down about 16 percent from last year, from 17.9 million to 15.2 million viewers.
At least three American Idol contestants auditioned with original songs during Wednesday’s Season 13 premiere. But certainly the most touching was offered up by a 15-year-old from Norwich, N.Y.
Troy Durden was quite the jokester during his American Idol audition. And by the time it ended, he was dancing off to Hollywood.
Luck of the Draw
Laci Kaye Booth, Top 5 on American Idol Season 17, recently dropped a new single. And if you somehow missed her 2024 album, "Loneliest Girl in the World," do yourself a favor and check it out!
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