Since February 18, ABC has been broadcasting the auditions for the 22nd season of
“
American Idol
”
.
The musical competition, known in France as “New Star”, was relaunched in 2018 by the American broadcaster after fifteen editions offered by Fox.
Nearly 7 million viewers on average followed the previous season won by the Hawaiian phenomenon Iam Tongi who shocked the public.
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The trio of judges remains the same since season 16 with Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie and Katy Perry.
The latter recently announced that it would not go beyond the 22nd chapter of “American Idol” whose auditions recorded last fall have been broadcast for three weeks.
Among the noted artists, the shy
Emmy Russell
from Nashville, in the state of Tennessee, shocked the jurors.
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An audition viewed more than 2.3 million times on YouTube
This 24-year-old young woman who devotes herself to writing confided that she was influenced by country music alongside her very famous maternal grandmother,
Loretta Lynn
.
By revealing this blood tie, Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie and Katy Perry unanimously expressed their surprise.
Star of American country music in the 1970s and 1980s, Loretta Lynn died on October 4, 2022 at the age of 90.
“
I'm here to find my own way and take on this challenge ,
”
said Emmy Russell before performing one of her compositions entitled
Skinny
, accompanying herself on the piano.
A song about eating disorders that moved the jury.
“
You're a great songwriter, you don't need to compare yourself to your grandmother or anyone else
,” Katy Perry told him.
You are totally different and you need to take that pressure off yourself.
»
With three “yes”, the young woman is qualified for the continuation of “American Idol” in Hollywood.
The very moving video of his hearing has been viewed more than 2.3 million times on YouTube.