Top 8 — I Like It
Top 8 — I’m So Excited (with Hollie Cavanagh)
Top 9 — Sometimes I Cry
Top 10 — Only the Good Die Young
Top 11/12 — Endless Love
Top 13 — Master Blaster
Wild Card — Georgia on My Mind
Semifinals — Reason
Deandre Brackensick was just 16 last year when he made it all the way to the Vegas round on American Idol.
Now he’s back, having received a golden ticket during the Aspen audition, though we got just a glimpse of him celebrating and didn’t get to hear him sing.
He said he auditioned again to prove to himself that he can do better.
“Last year just wasn’t what I wanted,” he says in his golden ticket interview. “I wasn’t ready. This year, I’m ready.”
Deandre is from San Jose, Calif., but has a Hawaiian background and plays lots of traditional Hawaiian music, not to mention a mean ukulele.
In last year’s Hollywood video, he listed Al Green and Smoky Robinson as his major influences. And he says he has a higher range than most male singers.
He recalls performing his first solo at age 3 in church.
“Nervous as heck,” he recalls, “but i loved it. I always love singing.”
Deandre didn’t get a ton of screen time last year on Idol, but was among the featured young contestants who were part of The Minors on group night.
The group was portrayed as getting too much input from their mothers, but Deandre survived and now calls it his most memorable Idol moment.
Here are some of Deandre’s non-Idol performances.
“Turn Your Lights Down Low”
“Sometimes I Cry”
24 Comments
Go Dre!!
i think i love this kid….
We are very proud of you and will be cheering you on once again.
I am SOOOOOOOOOO Happy that they put Deandre on the show. This guys vocals are the best I’ve heard. I’ll do my part to see him through to the end…
Pick the right songs Deandre…