"♪ Don't want to live ♪" "♪ As an untold story ♪" "♪ Rather go out ♪" "♪ In a blaze of glory ♪" "♪ I can't hear you ♪" "♪ I don't fear you now ♪" "♪ Wrapped in your regret ♪" "♪ What a waste of ♪" "♪ Blood and sweat ♪" "♪ Oh-oh-oh ♪" "♪ I want to taste love and pain ♪ Want to feel pride and shame ♪" "♪ I don't want to take my time ♪" "♪ Don't want to waste one line ♪" "♪ I want to live better days ♪" "♪ Could have been me ♪" "♪ It could have been me ♪" "♪ I want to taste love and pain ♪ Want to feel pride and shame ♪" "♪ I don't want to take my time ♪" "♪ Don't want to waste one line ♪" "♪ I want to live better days ♪" "♪ Never look back and say ♪" "♪ Could have been me ♪" "♪ It could have been me ♪" "Farewell season 15." "[cheers and applause]" "♪ We're in Little Rock ♪" "♪ I am auditioning ♪" "♪ I hope you do real well ♪" "♪ Why, thank you ♪ [laughter]" "♪ This is the worst song ♪" "♪ 'Cause I'm making up ♪" "♪ On the spot ♪" "♪ And it's really hard ♪" "♪ 'Cause there are ♪" "♪ Two different people ♪" "♪ Playing the guitar ♪" "Yeah." "Our farewell audition tour is taking us where it's a little country, a little bluegrass, and a little rock." "We're fixing to find a star south of the Mason-Dixon in" "Little Rock, Arkansas." "I came to Little Rock, Arkansas, and I will be the 15th American Idol." "And lending a helping hand is season 8 winner and local boy," "Kris Allen." "I think it's really cool that "Idol"'s in Little Rock." "I think there's a lot of untapped talent here." "That's really good." "I'm here to help the contestants and calm their nerves a little bit." "This is the part right here that is the worst." "There's a lot going on." "You're trying to impress in the really, really small amount of time that you have." "Go show everybody that you made it." "[cheering]" "I really feel for these people right now." "Kris is ready." "Good singers here, man." "And our queen has arrived." "I feel really blessed to have been part of one of the greatest shows ever." "Are you guys excited?" "Bring out the boys." "I'm at the convention center." "Where are you?" "I can't see you anywhere." "What are you wearing?" "I'm wearing all black." "Well, kind of." "Welcome to "American Idol."" "First and last name?" "Cameron Richard." "I'm very excited to meet the judges." "I mean, I've seen Keith Urban in concert twice." "And I love Jennifer Lopez." "And Harry Connick Jr.'s from my state, so he's my homeboy." "We are so excited to hear y'all sing." "Let's get this thing going." "Are y'all ready?" "[cheers and applause]" "All right, cameras, let's roll." "Here we are in Little Rock." "Let's see our first singer." "How y'all doing today?" "Hey, what's up?" "How are you?" "Good, I'm great." "How are y'all?" "Good to see you, man." "Good to see you." "How you doing?" "Great." "Nice to meet all of y'all." "I'm so excited to meet y'all." "I mean, Mr. Connick, he's my homeboy." "Where you from, Louisiana?" "Yes, sir." "I should've brought you home some beignets." "Yeah, man." "And I love" " Is that you how you say it?" "Beignets?" "Have I been--you been saying it wrong or something?" "No--I say beignets, but that--that's real, like" "I'm way down the Bayou." "Pronounce your last name." "Richard." "Yeah, that's what I was about to say." "Now, you got Cajun blood?" "Yes, sir." "That right there is a typical Louisiana accent." "Like, his last name is spelled "Richard," but it's "Richard."" "Yeah, a lot of them say "Richard" over here." "Richard." "And, um, what's cool about me is, when I was born," "I had a cleft palate." "My mom couldn't use a pacifier or even bottle-feed me because it would all go through my nasal cavities." "Aww." "Yeah." "Wow." "All my doctors thought I would never be able to sing, and they thought I would have a lot of speech problems too, but I've never even had speech therapy." "That's amazing." "They did an amazing job on you, man." "I never would've known that." "Did the doctors say to your parents that this is something that might not be a most likely opportunity for you?" "Yes, sir." "My doctor never thought I would be able to speak, much less sing." "That surgery just worked so good, you know?" "It's a miracle." "It's awesome." "I just think it's really cool to show people that no matter what disability or anything that's against you, you can always overcome something." "I'm here 'cause I want to be the next American Idol." "There's nothing else I really want in life other than to accomplish this." "What you gonna sing, man?" "I want to sing "Give Me Love"" "by Ed Sheeran." "Cool." "[relaxed guitar music]" "♪ ♪" "♪ You know I'll fight ♪" "♪ My corner ♪" "♪ Maybe tonight ♪" "♪ I'll call you ♪" "♪ After my blood ♪" "♪ Is drowning in alcohol ♪" "♪ ♪" "♪ No, I just want to hold you ♪" "♪ Give a little time to me ♪" "♪ We'll burn this down ♪" "♪ We'll play hide and seek ♪" "♪ To turn this around ♪" "♪ All I want is the taste ♪" "♪ That your lips allow ♪" "♪ My, my, my, my ♪" "That was nice." "♪ My, my, my, my ♪" "♪ Give me love ♪" "♪ My, my, my, my ♪" "♪ Give me love ♪" "♪ ♪" "♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪" "Thanks, Cameron." "Look at Cameron go." "I really loved your voice." "Thank you so much." "Yeah, and I loved your passion." "Thank you." "You have a lot of passion when you sing." "Yes, ma'am." "Thank you so much." "Felt really good to me." "It's so great to hear that Louisiana accent." "It's just great, you know?" "I tell you, you look like a young Paul McCartney when you sing, to me." "Really?" "That's awesome." "That means a lot to me." "Well, listen, more important than that, you have a wonderful gift, man, a really wonderful gift." "I really, really enjoyed that very much." "So I'ma have to say yes." "I'ma have to say yes." "Yes." "You want to give him a ticket?" "Come on, homeboy." "Really?" "You did it, man." "Thank y'all so much." "Oh, my God." "Thank y'all, thank y'all!" "Laissez les bons temps rouler, cher!" "All right, next time I'm gonna bring you some beignets." "Yeah, baby." "All right, bye, y'all." "All right, thank you." "God, he's excited." "That's awesome." "No, did you see his eyes?" "Oh, that was so cute." "[screaming, cheering]" "He was slinging them notes." "Oh, when he hit that final note too, it was just, like, bulletproof." "It was really good." "♪ ♪" "This is the best thing that's ever happened to me in my life." "[cheers and applause]" "You see people walking down the street, and you make judgment calls about them." "We all do it." "Oh, I'd never pick that from him." "Amazing." "That's one thing I've learned about--from this experience is" "You can't judge people." "You can't judge anybody for anything ever." "Although that's what we're doing, so it's, uh" " I'm in the wrong place." "All day that's our job." "Wow." "Coming up, the city by the bay brings surprises." "I'd like to think that you're the first guy that's ever had four yeses." "I'm done." "[laughs]" "And sorrow." "You so don't seem ready for this at all." "Plus, Little Rock continues to shine." "I'm gonna kick it off with a yes." "I'm gonna have to say yes." "It's a yes all around today." "My favorite auditions." "Loved it." "Man, it's gonna be a hell of a show this year." "See you in Hollywood!" "Oh, I'm testing it, to see if it--it's picking up, you know?" "Do, like, a mic check for me." "Do a count." "Mic check." "One, two, one, two." "Now, put your hands up, people, 'cause I thought we knew." "No." "[clapping]" "♪ Mic check ♪" "♪ One, two, three ♪" "Hello?" "Check, one, two, one, two, one, two." "Mic check, one, two, one, two, when you pass the microphone" "I feel like it called for a rap." "I like to rap, but I'm not a rapper." "Hello?" "Do I need to keep mic checking?" "One, two, three, and-- [vocalizing]" "♪ You aren't ready for that ♪" "♪ Yeah ♪ [chuckles]" "I'm so crazy." "Y'all, I'm crazy." "My name is Daniel Farmer." "I'm 24 years old." "I'm from Memphis, Tennessee, and I'm a student." "Okay, next question." "I can't wait to see the celebrity judges and seduce J.Lo." "You like Jen?" "I love her." "What do you love about her?" "Um, well, she's sexy." "I can just envision it right now, you know, the lights, bam, bam!" "You know, just right there, and come right on the mark and just grind, you know." "You know what grinding is?" "I'm just gonna look into her eyes." "And I'm just gonna, you know, sing to her." "I have charisma." "I have personality." "And the voice--what?" "Say that again." "I'ma call you." "Why you got so many people?" "J.Lo!" "J.Lo!" "J.Lo!" "What are you gonna sing?" "D'Angelo, "How Does It Feel."" "And what's your name?" "Daniel Farmer." "Okay." "Why you so fine?" "[laughter]" "She's so fine, y'all." "Let's go, J.Lo." "I understand we have three judges, but I just want to tell you I love you." "I love you too." "[piano music]" "♪ ♪" "♪ Girl, it's only you ♪" "♪ You can have it your way ♪" "♪ And if you want ♪" "♪ You can decide ♪" "♪ And if you'll have me ♪" "♪ I can provide ♪" "♪ Everything you desire ♪" "♪ When you get a feeling ♪" "♪ A feeling ♪" "♪ That I feel ♪" "♪ Won't you come closer ♪" "♪ To me, baby ♪" "♪ And you already got me ♪" "♪ Right where you want me ♪" "♪ Baby ♪" "Come on." "♪ I, I just want to ♪" "♪ Be your man ♪" "♪ How does it feel?" "♪" "You ready?" "Come on, baby." "[laughter]" "♪ How does it feel?" "♪" "♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪" "Oh, yeah." "♪ How does it feel?" "♪" "♪ Yeah ♪" "Totally." "♪ How does it feel?" "♪" "♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪" "Yeah." "[clapping]" "Hercules, Hercules." "Hercules!" "There you go!" "Hey!" "I can't believe y'all." "That's exactly what it was." "Oh, my God, it was" " I mean, first, your voice," "I really do love your voice." "You do all kinds of things with it that just fit perfect." "That D'Angelo song is so well-known, and we all know all the little things he does in it, and you did it kind of like that, but it still felt like you." "You're funny, and you're sexy." "All the confidence of that kind of goes together." "Hold on." "Okay, okay." "Hold on." "That's very attractive." "It's a very attractive quality you have." "You know, I'm being serious." "And I really like that." "I thought it was a good performance." "All right." "So when you sing your runs or your licks, do you think about them ahead of time?" "I just--whatever comes off the top of the dome." "All I want to say is this, and I'm gonna challenge you." "I respect the effort, but at the end, if you gonna sing them, nail them all." "It's like high risk in a dive." "If you're gonna do the difficult dive, land it." "Yeah, it's a little bit of, like, not letting the chill factor get in the way of fully executing what you're trying to do." "But beautiful voice, man, really good singer." "It's a yes for me." "Me too." "Yes for me too!" "Yeah!" "Lookit, lookit, lookit." "Thank you." "All right, man." "What!" "[screaming]" "Yo!" "She loves me." "J.Lo, you love me." "He's a cutie." "[cheers and applause]" "Well, if she thinks Daniel's cute, she's in luck because a quick check of the Little Rock dating app revealed quite a few of the local bachelors that might just tickle her fancy." "♪ ♪ [singing high notes]" "[chuckles]" "♪ Ain't no sunshine ♪" "♪ When she's gone ♪" "♪ She's always gone so long ♪" "♪ Any time she goes away ♪" "♪ Doo, doo, doo ♪" "♪ ♪" "♪ I can't breathe ♪" "♪ Must believe ♪" "♪ In the truth ♪" "♪ I can't breathe ♪" "Nice." "[singing]" "♪ ♪ [all singing]" "♪ And I'm gonna see ♪" "♪ My baby, baby, baby ♪" "♪ All my love ♪" "♪ All of my kissing ♪" "♪ You don't know what ♪" "♪ You've been missing ♪" "♪ ♪" "Looks like no luck in love in Little Rock." "But maybe Dalton Rapattoni from Dallas will get Jennifer's attention." "What's up?" "You are so cute." "Thank you very much." "Are those flowers on your Docs?" "They are." "These are my dancing shoes." "Cute." "Who are you?" "I am Dalton Rapattoni." "I'm 19 years old." "I'm from Dallas, Texas." "I'm a vocal coach at the School of Rock." "It's an after-school program where kids get to, you know, play in a rock band." "That's cool." "You ready to sing?" "Yeah." "Yeah, we're ready to hear you." "All right." "[relaxed guitar music]" "♪ ♪" "♪ In sleep he sang to me ♪" "♪ In dreams he came ♪" "♪ That voice which calls to me ♪" "♪ And speaks my name ♪" "♪ And do I dream again ♪" "♪ For now I find ♪" "♪ ♪" "♪ The Phantom of the Opera ♪" "♪ Is there ♪" "♪ Inside your mind ♪" "♪ Sing once again with me ♪" "♪ A strange duet ♪" "♪ My power over you ♪" "♪ Grows stronger yet ♪" "♪ The Phantom of the Opera ♪" "♪ Is there ♪" "♪ Inside your mind ♪" "Thanks, Dalton." "Thank you very much." "Listen, so many times people get constricted by the perception of what type of music they should be singing." "Like, I hear it all the time, right?" "Somebody wants to be a country singer." "They could be from Manhattan, and they come in, and they sound like they're trying to imitate Conway Twitty." "They're not able to see the music for what it is." "Yeah." "So you just took this famous Andrew Lloyd Webber song and sang it like you wanted to sing it." "I dug it, man." "Thank you very much." "You have this, like, really interesting mix of, like, soft and hard, like, masculine, but, like, a little feminine with the makeup and the flowers on your shoes and the this" "It's like the rock with the musical." "It's like you're turning everything on its head and mixing it together, and it's making something really unique and beautiful and special." "Thank you." "I like it." "I like it, and I liked your voice very much too." "Thank you very much." "I'm looking for someone that's got an artistic contribution to make to what we're putting together." "And that's what you gave me right now is just your own artistic contribution." "I'm gonna say yes, Dalton." "Thank you." "Me too, Dalton." "Hey, we're on a roll." "Awesome." "Thank you guys so much." "Awesome." "Nice work, man." "Thank you guys so much." "I'll see you guys in Hollywood." "See you then." "Adios." "Yeah!" "I got it!" "See you there!" "Boom!" "Top 12." "Okay." "See, that's actually one of my favorite auditions we've ever done just because he took that song and sang it like he wanted to sing it." "[cheering]" "So no one's in that lane, by the way." "We don't have anybody like that." "Like a Green Day-ish type of thing." "He was pretty too, man." "You see them eyes?" "That guy was pretty." "Yeah." "For 14 seasons, contestant after contestant has stood in this exact spot, sharing a dream realized by only a chosen few." "Carrie Underwood!" "Phillip Phillips!" "Scotty McCreery!" "For everyone else, there was always the possibility of a second chance." "We'll come back next year." "It'll be all right." "I'm ready to come back next year, give it another shot." "I'll get them next year." "I promise." "Until now." "I think since it's the farewell season, the pressure is on." "This opportunity could change everything for me." "So for me to be here today on the show that we've watched forever is just a really crazy experience." "All my life, I've been thinking, "Oh, maybe whenever I get older" "I can audition for 'American Idol.'"" "♪ ♪" "This is truly my last shot." "I told myself that it's all or nothing, and I have to do this once and for all." "♪ ♪" "I think all of us, after a couple years, just seen a lot of stuff, and now we're looking for something special or just can't get through." "Compelling, it's got to be compelling." "People are gonna have to step it up a little bit for us this year." "But not everyone can make the most of their last chance." "We are looking for the best of the best, and the voice that I heard wasn't on that level today." "[sighs]" "I'm gonna have to say no." "I've been in these singing environments myself and been told no, and have often been a really good thing eventually." "On the day, it crushed me." "You know what?" "I thought I was gonna do good." "I know, honey." "I messed up, and I" " It's okay." "♪ ♪" "This moment was really crucial." "♪ ♪" "I feel disappointed in myself, kind of let myself down." "Just goes to show that I got a little more work to do, and..." "This is everything I-- you know, I've ever dreamed of, but it's just not my time." "♪ ♪ [sobbing]" "With the "Idol" door closing forever on so many of her fellow singers, our next contestant hopes it means another will open for her." "♪ ♪" "And who's this?" "This is Nayali." "Nayali Pyor, yeah." "She's so beautiful." "Thank you." "I have a little two-year-old." "Oh, okay." "How's your wife?" "She's amazing." "She is?" "Yeah." "Can I hold her?" "Yeah, you can." "Since I've had a kid, like, everything matters more." "Yeah, it does." "I'm sure it does for you, you know?" "She was my driving force to even come out here and try." "When I'm singing, I feel like I'm not even in this world." "I feel like I'm floating in the Milky Way somewhere." "My bae... can you believe we here?" "Auditioning for "American Idol."" "Are you ready for Mommy to be a superstar?" "My name is La'Porsha Jennings." "I'm 22 years old." "I'm a call representative, and I'm from McComb, Mississippi." "Being here means more than just a competition to me." "I endured a lot of physical abuse." "The abuse got so bad that I had to actually take my daughter and move into a shelter for our safety." "♪ ♪" "My voice and prayer to God is what got me through it." "If I couldn't sing about it, I don't think I would've survived it." "If I couldn't find that song to describe what I was feeling at that moment, I wrote one." "♪ ♪" "My daughter is seven months right now, and she's really brought out some strength and some courage in me that I didn't know I had." "♪ ♪" "Mommy's doing this for you." "Yeah, Mommy's doing this for her little borrowed angel so we can have a better life." "I'm so happy now because I got out." "I survived." "Some women aren't blessed enough to get out of it." "So I thank God every day that I was." "Please be talented." "Please be talented." "Hello." "Hey, hey." "Come on in." "Hey." "Who's cutie pie?" "This is mine." "My name's La'Porsha Renae, and this is Nayali." "Nayali." "Yeah, you can't skip the Y." "Is she used to hearing you sing?" "She actually tries to sing along with me sometimes." "She's cute." "Let's see." "What are you gonna sing?" "I'm gonna sing "Creep"" "by Radiohead." "You mind holding her?" "No, I don't mind holding her." "Give me that." "Give me that!" "There you go." "There's Mommy." "Beautiful." "Hey." "Want me to sing you a song?" "Yes." "Yeah?" "Yeah!" "♪ I don't care if it hurts ♪" "♪ I want to have control ♪" "♪ I want the perfect body ♪" "♪ I want the perfect soul ♪" "♪ I want you to notice, notice ♪" "♪ When I'm not around ♪" "♪ You're so very special ♪" "♪ I wish I was special ♪" "♪ But I'm a creep ♪" "♪ I'm a weirdo ♪" "Wow." "♪ What the hell am I ♪" "♪ Doing here?" "♪" "♪ Whoa ♪" "♪ I don't belong here ♪" "♪ Hey, oh ♪" "♪ Said she runs ♪" "♪ Runs out the door ♪" "♪ Whoa, oh, whoa ♪" "♪ She runs ♪" "♪ The woman runs ♪" "♪ Oh, running, running ♪" "♪ Running ♪ [clapping]" "Very nice." "I love hearing a whole fresh take on a song." "Oh, okay." "Because it--for me, it just gives a whole different perspective on the lyric." "Yes, yes." "I loved it." "Thank you." "I loved it too." "Are you a Zacardi Cortez fan?" "Are you hip to him?" "Uh, no." "You reminded me a little bit of him and he's an assassin with runs, which, clearly, you are too." "Oh, Harry." ""Oh, Harry!"" "No, but I tell people this-- it's, like--it's not-- people say," ""Oh, you don't like runs."" "It's like, I love runs, but when you can't do them, I don't like them." "But you, you set out to do something very specific, and you destroyed it." "Oh, thank you so much." "It was really great." "We loved it." "We loved it a lot." "Here, here, here, here." "Yellow ticket?" "You don't want this one?" "Yellow ticket!" "Yay!" "Oh, my gosh." "We're going to Hollywood." "Yeah?" "Yeah?" "Thank you so--thank you, guys." "See you in Hollywood." "Great singer." "♪ ♪ [cheering]" "Anybody who wants to come and sing runs..." "Right." "Will--she will completely shut them down." "Completely shut them down." "I told you." "It was yours." "I told you." "I knew it." "It's a blessing." "It's a gift from God." "I'm so thankful, so grateful, and I'm so happy." "Tears of joy." "She just had such a command of her gift." "She's gonna give some people a run for their money." "Some vocal runs for their money." "[chuckles]" "I'm going to Hollywood." "I'm going." "Peace!" "[chuckles]" "So I bet if we go in this bathroom, we will catch somebody singing really loudly." "♪ Though God knows ♪" "♪ You have mine ♪" "♪ You say ♪" "♪ I'm crazy ♪" "♪ But ♪" "Both: ♪ When you call ♪" "♪ Me baby ♪" "♪ I know I'm not the only one ♪" "We just had a moment." "Welcome back to Arkansas, where season 8 winner Kris Allen is helping us find that final idol." "But who will make it in front of the celebrity judges?" "[country music]" "♪ ♪ [cheering]" "Oh, it feels amazing." "I've been watching this show since I could hardly even walk." "So I'm really excited." "My name is Maddie McAllister." "I'm 15 years old, and I'm from Ashdown, Arkansas." "I am your typical country girl." "I live on a farm." "I have lambs, chickens, pigs, goats, horses." "They call our farm the zoo of our small town." "♪ ♪" "I think we're on a roll here in Little Rock." "Go, team." "Hi, how are y'all?" "Hi." "What the heck?" "This is a first." "Is that a chicken?" "This is a chicken." "This is my state fair baby, the Arkansas state fair." "You show her?" "I do." "My chickens have the biggest breasts in Arkansas." "Wow." "Check please." "Me and my family, we live on a family farm." "Can we see her?" "I'm so, like" " No one's gonna ask what her name is." "Intrigued and terrified at the same time." "She's a state champion, and she has no name?" "No." "Absolutely." "Just--what do you call her, chicken?" "What kind of chicken is she?" "[screams]" "I got it." "I got it." "Hold on." "Here we go." "She's just a broiler, a chicken house chicken." "Beautiful." "Just hold it." "Come here." "Put your hand right here." "This is what we need a closeup of." "Look, who's got the flyer nails?" "Uh, me." "It's a close call." "My name is Maddie McAllister." "And those are my grand champion babies." "It's fine." "Ow!" "[laughter]" "Okay, yeah." "I think we're good." "What are you gonna sing?" "I'm gonna sing "Cowboy Casanova"" "by Carrie Underwood." "Okay." "♪ You better take it ♪" "♪ From me ♪" "♪ That boy is like a disease ♪" "♪ You're running ♪" "♪ You're trying, you're trying ♪" "♪ To hide and you're wondering ♪" "♪ Why you can't get free ♪" "♪ He's like a curse ♪" "♪ He's like a drug ♪" "♪ You get addicted to his love ♪" "♪ You want to get out ♪" "♪ But he's holding you down ♪" "♪ 'Cause you can't live ♪" "♪ Without one more touch ♪" "Thanks, Maddie." "Um, you're adorable, and the fact that you brought the chicken in is so cool." "You sound so young, and for me, it's the type of voice and the type of presentation that's gonna take a couple more years to come into its own." "I agree." "I think you're adorable, but I think you need a couple more years before you're ready." "But there's the beginnings of a really pretty voice there." "Yeah, exactly." "I feel the same way." "Thank you." "Thanks, Maddie." "Oh, all right." "There you go." "[clucks]" "Looks like Maddie isn't quite ready to leave the roost just yet." "They said that my" " I sounded really young, and my voice needed a few more years." "But are the judges ready to buy the farm in Arkansas?" "Hey, y'all." "I actually live on a farm." "I live in a small ranch." "I live on a cattle farm." "I used to live in a barn." "A functioning barn with animals in it?" "Two dogs, three horses." "12 goats, we have two donkeys, a horse, and" "Why would one have donkeys?" "I don't" " They keep the coyotes away." "Yeah." "We don't have anything in the Bronx." "Jen's like, ♪ Green Acres is the place ♪" "♪ To be ♪" "♪ Farm living is the life ♪" "♪ For me ♪" "♪ Land spreading out ♪" "♪ So far and wide ♪" "♪ Keep Manhattan, just give me ♪" "♪ That countryside ♪" "♪ New York is where I'd-- ♪" "♪ New York ♪ [laughter]" "♪ I get allergic smelling hay ♪" "What's going on?" "Did you bring any critters with you?" "I'm sorry?" "Any critters?" "No chickens." "Thank you." "♪ ♪" "But there's one contestant who knows all about the simple life." "I live on a 400-acre farm." "And we've got about 3 to 3 1/2 hundred heads of cows." "24-year-old Trent Harmon." "At home, it's me, my mom and dad, my younger sister and we have a restaurant that is right on the farm." "That's a thing I hear all the time, restaurants that are farm to table." "That's right." "But this is a literally farm to the table" "It's like yard to the table." "I mean, it's" " What do people love to eat there?" "Steak." "I mean, we have people that-- In order for me to achieve anything of merit in music, you got to leave the farm." "You can sing to cows all you want." "I've been doing it for a long time." "They don't clap." "They don't care." "They don't buy albums." "♪ ♪" "How you doing, man?" "How are y'all guys?" "We're doing real good." "What's your name?" "My name is Trent Harmon." "I'm 24 years old, and I'm from northeast Mississippi." "And what do you do in northeast Mississippi, Trent?" "Well, I live on a farm, Mr. Keith, and we have a restaurant on our farm." "What's the name of the restaurant?" "The Long Horn." "We've been there about 30 years." "I mean, we work hard, you know?" "It's country, but we work hard." "Wow, that sounds nice." "What you gonna sing?" "I'm gonna sing some Allen Stone." "Okay." "So "Unaware."" "Okay." "[relaxed guitar music]" "♪ ♪" "♪ Every day ♪" "♪ The deficit grows ♪" "That is awesome." "Come on." "♪ You spend more ♪" "♪ Than you own ♪" "What the hell?" "Yeah, country." "That's not country." "He's an Ramp;" "B singer." "♪ Land of the free ♪" "What the--I can't even." "♪ As he broke his back ♪" "♪ Trying to make ends meet ♪" "I'm freaking out right now." "♪ Yeah ♪" "♪ You say that you care ♪" "♪ ♪" "♪ I was unaware ♪" "Oh, my God." "♪ Oh, oh ♪" "♪ Ooh, oh ♪ [chuckles]" "Ah, country music" " What is the face afterwards?" "You should be like" " Oh, my God." "The whole time I was freaking out." "So was not expecting that." "Was it okay, man?" "Like, for real?" "Was it okay?" "I mean, I'm not, like, fishing for a compliment." "I'm not that guy." "No, you don't have to fish for a compliment." "I'm gonna give it to you." "That was really surprising because--I don't know, you came in with the restaurant and the farms and, you know, the vegetables and everything." "And then it was like Ramp;" "B singer." "I don't know." "But I'm--I was so blown away." "I'm so--I love the way you sing." "Well, thank you." "You have a lot of soul and a lot of dynamics." "And it was just very your own, and it was like--I don't know." "I loved it." "Bar none, my favorite audition since we've started." "You know, you're just a natural talent, and the competition needs you as much as you need this competition." "Absolutely." "I appreciate it." "I guess what we're saying is-- Come and get your ticket." "Come on over here." "Absolutely." "Good to meet you, man." "Good to meet y'all." "Nice to meet you." "You're beautiful." "You're beautiful." "Thanks, man." "♪ ♪" "I'm just kidding." "I got a golden ticket." "Oh, my God!" "Oh, my gosh, how could you do that to me?" "I just like that guy." "He can sing." "Okay, we can all exhale now." "We have" " We have a competition." "We have a competition." "That's insane." "Mom and Dad, I'm gonna send you a picture of this, and you're gonna see it hopefully later on TV." "[upbeat rock music]" "♪ ♪" "Welcome back to "American Idol," where the auditions have traveled today to San Francisco." "♪ ♪" "Over the past 15 years, "American Idol" has seen more than 1 million of you audition for your chance at the big time." "Good morning, San Francisco!" "[cheering]" "And even though the odds are overwhelming, you still come." "I have been dreaming of auditioning since I was five." ""American Idol"'s the only show that's really given people an opportunity to live out their dreams." "Ladies and gentlemen, season 9 winner, Lee DeWyze!" "Because no matter what you sound like, we believe you deserve a chance to be heard." "♪ ♪" "Good job, buddy." "♪ ♪" "The process is long." "And I told a lot of them that told me that they were tired," "I said, "If you think this is tiring, if you get through, it's gonna be even more tiring."" "But your hard work and determination is well worth the sacrifice." "I'm super excited." "I love Jennifer Lopez so much, so to get to see her is going to be mind blowing." "When I get in front of those judges, I'm gonna wow them." "♪ ♪" "It's "American Idol,"" "the farewell season on FOX." "Let's do it!" "[cheers and applause]" "Welcome to "American Idol."" "Good luck." "Nice to meet you guys." "All right, guys, come on up." "Hi, welcome to "American Idol."" "Who's performing today?" "Me." "You." "My name is Brook Sample." "I was born in Phoenix, and I currently live in Tucson, Arizona." "Right now, for a living, I waitress." "I love--I love--ah, the performing arts." "Sorry, my mind is not here right now." "Okay." "And today" " Crap." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry." "I'm sorry." "Um..." "Wait, cut that." "Sorry." "[groans]" "I'm sorry." "Is that stupid to say an out-of-body experience?" "God, I don't even know." "I'm so sorry." "I feel like an idiot." "Sorry." "Sorry." "Right now, I work as a-- [bleep]" "Sorry." "Sorry." "[groans]" "Ugh, I don't know." "I want to perform with a-- um, sorry." "I don't know." "I'm sorry." "Ah!" "Hi." "Wow, look at you!" "Hi." "Cute." "You look fantastic." "Oh, dear God." "That was the craziest noise." "You guys are real." "Ah!" "Everybody comes in with a different opinion on how they should present themselves." "And, like, first impression, you look fantastic." "Thank you!" "Thank you." "Yeah, what's your name?" "Brook Sample." "Sample?" "Lookit, why the face?" "I have an awful last name." "I'm sorry, Dad." "And you're how old?" "28." "From?" "I'm from Oklahoma, and I live in Tucson." "Okay, what do you do in Tucson right now?" "I waitress." "Do you?" "Yeah." "Got the same look as the last name." "I know." "I'm a waitress." "I go home smelling like ranch all the time and I'm over it." "[laughter]" "Ranch!" "That's classic." "So what are you gonna sing for us?" ""Cold Day in July"" "by the Dixie Chicks." "Okay, cool." "Yes." "Excellent." "Oh, jeez." "[piano music]" "♪ ♪" "I got you." "♪ The moon is full ♪" "♪ My arms are empty ♪" "♪ All night long ♪" "♪ I've pleaded and cried ♪" "♪ You always said ♪" "♪ The day that you ♪" "♪ Would leave me ♪" "♪ Would be a cold day ♪" "♪ In July ♪" "♪ Oh, oh ♪" "♪ Sun's coming up, coming up ♪" "♪ Down on Main Street ♪" "Oh, I love her." "♪ Children shout ♪" "♪ As they're running out ♪" "♪ To play ♪" "♪ Oh, oh ♪" "♪ Here I am standing ♪" "♪ In my bare feet ♪" "It's all good." "♪ Watching you drive away ♪" "♪ Watching you drive away ♪" "♪ Here comes that cold day ♪" "♪ In July ♪" "Oh, I'm sorry." "[laughter]" "The face." "Hey, Brook." "Yeah?" "I got a lot to say, so I'ma say it quickly." "Mm-hmm." "You apologized three times." "You apologized about your name, about being a waitress, and something that happened in the performance, none of which were necessary at all." "Okay." "So just in terms of presenting yourself, I think you owe yourself a little confidence, because you have a fine last name." "I think you should be proud that you're a waitress and I thought you did a really great job." "Thank you." "You have this-- self--obviously, self-deprecating quality about you, but I kind of love it." "I love--I just--there's something I love about you." "Yes, and your voice is very, very beautiful." "I feel like America might love you as much as I do." "I think you're awesome." "Thank you." "You've got a really good voice." "Thank you." "Like, you-- really interesting, unique and it seems to me like, if you really focus that, you could do something with it because it's really special." "Thank you so much." "Good to be humble." "It's a yes from me." "It's a yes for me too." "Definitely yes for me too." "[squeals] Thank you." "You're going to Hollywood." "Oh, my God, I don't want to trip on my dress." "Thank you guys so much." "Nice job, really nice job, Brook." "[screams]" "Baby!" "This is the beginning to my new future, I hope." "Um, I don't know." "I'm so sorry." "I'm so bad at this." "I suck at this stuff." "I'm going to Hollywood!" "[yells]" "I'm so excited!" "Anybody else excited?" "♪ ♪" "I'm all the way from Tucson." "I'm here in San Francisco, and I'm going to Hollywood." "I am so sorry." "Can we redo that?" "How's she look, Mom?" "♪ ♪" "All right." "I'm good to go." "Let's do this thing, yeah." "Hi, I'm Olivia Rox." "I'm 16 years old." "I'm from Agoura Hills, California, and I absolutely love to sing." "♪ ♪" "I'm from a family of entertainers." "My mom used to sing alternative rock, and my dad's a saxophone player, absolutely amazing." "When we had Olivia, we brought her on the road, and then one day" "She just asked to come on stage and sing her favorite song." "♪ Somewhere over ♪" "♪ The rainbow ♪" "♪ Way up high ♪" "My parents are always so supportive of me ever since I was little." "She wrote her own song!" "Yes, I did." "All right." "I want you to hear it." "This is your time to shine on your own, right?" "This is your moment." "I'm, like, about to cry right now." "Aw, honey." "'Cause you guys have, like--you're always there for me, and I love you guys." "I have watched "American Idol"" "since I was a little, tiny whippersnapper." "Like, Kelly Clarkson, when I saw her, I was just like, "No way." "Are you" " Are you kidding me right now?"" "Like, I want to be in her shoes." "And now I actually get that opportunity to, like, pursue that dream." "That's--it's amazing." "Hi, guys." "Hi, sweetie." "Shello." "It's so funny, it's like right there in front of me." "Hi, oh, my gosh." "Like your TV." "You guys look real." "It's got to be weird, you know, because so many people have watched this show for so long, and you're here." "You're doing an audition." "I've literally watched this my entire life." "Is that right?" "Did you have any winner that you identify with?" "I love Kelly Clarkson." "You like Kelly." "I just think she's awesome." "Well, you know we're looking for a good book end to Kelly." "You think you can be that person?" "Hope so." "What are you gonna sing?" "I'm gonna sing "When I Was Your Man"" "by Bruno Mars on keys." "Mm-hmm." "[piano music]" "♪ ♪" "♪ Same bed ♪" "♪ But it feels ♪" "♪ Just a little bit ♪" "♪ Bigger now ♪" "♪ Our song on the radio ♪" "♪ But it don't sound the same ♪" "♪ ♪" "♪ When our friends ♪" "♪ Talk about you ♪" "♪ All it does is just ♪" "♪ Tear me down ♪" "♪ 'Cause my heart breaks ♪" "♪ A little ♪" "♪ When I hear your name ♪" "♪ It all just sounds like ♪" "♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪" "♪ Mmm, too young ♪" "♪ Too dumb to realize ♪" "♪ That I should've ♪" "♪ Bought you flowers ♪" "♪ Held your hand ♪" "♪ Should've gave you ♪" "♪ All my hours ♪" "Extremely talented." "Thanks, Olivia." "Yeah." "Thank you." "I have a question for you." "Yes." "I think I can answer it." "What does your pop think about what you're doing, and does he ever give you any musical advice or tips or?" "He's always been a big fan of teaching me new licks and, like, diminished scale, you know." "He's always like, "Focus on, like, your scales and, you know, try to bring in the jazz influences into it."" "Well, listen, you're an extraordinarily talented kid." "Thank you so much." "Really, kid." "You have a guitar in your hand, which makes me think you probably play that too so..." "I do." "This is very refreshing." "Do you guys want to hear?" "Actually, I don't need to hear anything else." "I think you did really, really beautifully." "I can tell you're extremely talented and somebody that will really add a lot to this competition." "Thanks." "Your voice is really unique." "Thank you so much." "It's really refreshing to hear that." "You're really talented." "Very talented." "Absolutely." "It's a yes, Olivia." "Oh!" "Thank you guys so much!" "Thank you!" "So nice to meet you." "Thank you so much." "And you are so beautiful." "I love, like, the sparkles on you." "You know what?" "I don't even know where they came from." "Came from my dressing room is where it came from." "So nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you too." "Bye, guys!" "You always stealing my damn sparkles." "I know." "I got through!" "[cheers and applause]" "Man, it's gonna be a hell of a show this year." "Gonna be a hell of a show." "♪ ♪" "And the girls are marching into San Francisco to prove Harry right." "[upbeat jazzy music]" "♪ ♪" "I love your outfit." "Thank you." "I love your makeup." "She loves my makeup." "I don't know." "It's a girl thing." "♪ One thing I can tell you ♪" "♪ Is you got to be free ♪" "♪ And come together ♪" "♪ Right now ♪" "♪ Over me ♪" "You have a real nice style to the way you sing." "Yeah?" "Yeah, but you're ready for showtime." "[cheers and applause]" "Those are girls being girls, bro." "They look like they're divas, bro." "You kidding me?" "♪ ♪" "♪ I love you ♪" "♪ But I got to stay true ♪" "♪ My morals got me on my knees ♪" "♪ I'm begging, please ♪" "♪ Stop playing games ♪" "♪ I don't know what this is ♪" "♪ But you got me good ♪" "♪ Just like you knew you would ♪" "She killed it." "Yeah." "What the hell is going on in here?" "You sound great." "That's beautiful, baby." "Thank you so much." "All:" "Yes." "[cheering]" "It's all girls." "It's crazy." "Let's just call it "Girl Idol."" ""American Bridal."" "[laughs]" "♪ Children ♪" "♪ Broadripple is burning ♪" "♪ And the girls are ♪" "♪ Getting sick of huffing glue ♪" "♪ Up in the bathroom ♪" "♪ While their boyfriends ♪" "♪ Pick up chicks ♪" "♪ And darling, I'm lost ♪" "♪ I heard you whispering ♪" "♪ That night in ♪" "♪ Fountain Square ♪" "I like you a lot." "Nice job." "We like it a lot." "Like it a lot." "[cheering]" "The only thing I'm worried about now is, like, make sure we have enough guys." "'Cause, like, we've got five or six girls." "No, it's time a girl won." "[bleep] the guys." "You heard it here first, ladies and gentlemen." "That's the promo." "Straight from J.lo's mouth." "Let's go." "Chamber, light--oh, dude." "[laughter]" "Hi, sweetie." "Hi." "What's your name?" "Melanie Tierce." "You know what?" "You're catching us at a good time." "That is good." "We are normally fighting and bickering and pulling hair." "Yeah, and yawning." "That's what I was expecting." "Yawning is right." "Right. [laughter]" "Okay, your eyes are crazy." "I know, it's like some modeling agency let out early." "Thank you." "So beautiful, your eyes are nuts." "They're, like, piercing." "My mom gave them to me." "Well, how does she see?" "What was that?" "It's all right." "What are you gonna sing?" "Don't--don't get caught up." "Don't get caught up." "What are you gonna sing?" "I'm gonna sing "Rise Up"" "by Andra Day." "Okay." "Okay." "You like that one?" "That one tickled you?" "Just ridiculous." "♪ You're broken down ♪" "♪ And tired ♪" "♪ Of living life ♪" "♪ On a merry-go-round ♪" "I'm done." "I'm done." "Look, you go ahead and sing." "It's a yes for me." "Keep singing." "I need to take a break." "Hey, nice job." "You keep on singing." "It's a yes for me, though." "What the hell's going on in here?" "♪ So I'll rise up ♪" "♪ High like the waves ♪" "♪ I'll rise up ♪" "Yeah." "♪ I'll rise unafraid ♪" "♪ I'll rise up ♪" "Both:" "Wow." "♪ And I'll do it ♪" "♪ A thousand times again ♪" "♪ Yes ♪" "♪ I'll rise up ♪" "♪ High like the waves ♪" "♪ I'll rise up ♪" "♪ In spite of this ache ♪" "♪ I'll rise up ♪" "♪ And I'll do it ♪" "♪ A thousand times again ♪" "♪ Rise, rise ♪" "♪ I'll rise up ♪" "♪ And I'll do it ♪" "♪ A thousand times ♪" "♪ A thousand times again ♪" "Oh, my God." "Jeez." "Beautiful." "Absolute" "Ooh." "That is unbelievably good." "Your voice is so good." "You missed it, Harry!" "No, I didn't!" "No." "Can I--I got to tell you." "That was absolutely stunning." "That's one of the best auditions I've heard" " Period!" "In three years as a judge." "Period!" "People will pay money to buy a ticket..." "I would!" "To sit in an audience and watch that." "I got a ticket." "I got a ticket for her." "You know what?" "You need to go get-- that's the ticket for you." "You need to go get that ticket." "Yeah." "Oh, my goodness." "Thank you." "Thank you so much." "Thank you." "Thank you so much." "You are terrific." "Thank you." "I wish you the best of luck." "And you go out there, and you do that every time you get on the stage-- what the hell you want?" "What the hell you want?" "Thank you." "Thank you, guys." "You're awesome." "Okay." "I hope I didn't scare you when I" " No, it's great." "I just thought, "I'm gonna keep singing, gonna keep going."" "Thank you." "♪ ♪ [cheering]" "It was absolutely unexpected, beyond what I could even hope for." "I'm on cloud nine still, and probably will be until I get to Hollywood." "All right, guys, come on up." "Hi." "Welcome to "American Idol."" "What's your name?" "Malie Delgado." "Where are you guys from?" "Alaska." "Alaska, no way!" "♪ ♪" "Being an Alaska girl, you grow up hunting, camping, fishing." "Everything you can possibly think of, I've probably done it." "♪ ♪" "Last year, I was Miss Alaska 2014." "Congratulations." "This is your new Miss Alaska 2014." "It was so much fun." "I'd never done a pageant before in my life and because I was Miss Alaska, this person had heard about me, and they were hiring for a radio station." "♪ ♪" "What's trending, Malie?" "What have you got in the news for us?" "Well, I've got a couple little Hollywood tidbits for you." "Every morning at 6:00 a.m., you know, I get to go up, and I get to talk to literally all of Alaska, and it's so much fun." "Ryan Seacrest is actually on middays right after us, so I listen to him every single day." "So do you say, "Coming up next, Ryan Seacrest"?" "Yep." "Oh, that's so fun." "Yeah, absolutely." ""On Air with Ryan Seacrest,"" "listen to you every day." "I think Ryan Seacrest is really cute." "Don't tell my boyfriend I said that." "Well, you should be very comfortable if you do live radio in doing this audition." "Hopefully, fingers crossed." "Shout out to the station." "What's up?" "We love you." "Oh, Jesus." "No, it's Harry, but he gets mistaken a lot for that." "Hello, sweetie." "You are so beautiful." "Oh, my gosh." "Thank you so much." "She was talking to Jen there, I think, Harry." "No, both of you, trust me." "Harry, you are like a heartthrob in my house." "Seriously, I'm not even joking." "What kind of house is this?" "It's an amazing house." "What's your name?" "So my name's Malie Delgado." "I'm 20 years old, and I was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska." "Oh, that's cool." "What you got for us today?" "I'm gonna do a little bit of Gretchen Wilson, "Chariot."" "Sweet." "Okay." "♪ Oh, when it's all over ♪" "♪ But the shouting ♪" "♪ When God the Father's ♪" "♪ Done His final accounting ♪" "♪ And I find out that ♪" "♪ I made the cut ♪" "♪ Boys, I'm gonna get me ♪" "♪ A chariot ♪" "♪ Yeah, a big gold eagle ♪" "♪ On the hood ♪" "♪ Trans Am chariot ♪" "♪ Hey ♪" "Now, here's a little story happened long ago." "One day, Ezekiel went out for a stroll." "Walking by the river, lo and behold, down came four angels in a Cadillac gold." "He said, "Swing down, sweet chariot." "Come on and give me a ride."" "So they scooped him up." "The rig was souped up." "Man, it had TVs inside." "♪ We'll paint that ♪" "♪ Number eight ♪" "♪ On the driver's side ♪" "♪ That's how old I was ♪" "♪ When I gave Jesus my life ♪" "Whoo!" "♪ I stepped right up ♪" "♪ And got washed in the blood ♪" "Sorry, I got excited." "It's good." "We're excited too." "That's why we're like, "Stop."" "Thank you." "Okay." "Really good." "That was really good, baby." "Good!" "Really, really great voice." "Thank you." "Super strong and present and--oh, I really liked it." "What'd you guys think?" "Well, I'll tell you what I was thinking." "You know how, like, when you look at a swatch of paint colors and they have different shades of blue?" "Uh-huh." "There are so many blues in this competition." "Mm-hmm." "And you are the prettiest and strongest aquamarine blue..." "Thank you." "Thank you." "That we have." "But it's blue and we have so much blue." "Right." "And I keep--I mean, it just keeps happening over and over and over again." "These ridiculously talented, beautiful, smart, young women are coming in." "If you go through, I hope you're ready for the long haul because it's gonna be a dog fight." "Oh, no, I am so ready for this." "I've been dreaming about this." "In your case, a Husky dog fight." "Like, you gonna have to yell "mush" as loud as you can." "Yes for me." "Me too." "It's a yes for me." "Mush!" "Mush!" "Mush!" "Come get your ticket, blue-tiful." "Holy crap." "Okay, thank you." "Can I hug you?" "Yeah, baby." "Absolutely." "I can't believe this is happening." "Oh, my God, you are so beautiful." "Congratulations." "Thank you so much." "Oh, my God, my mom's gonna freak out." "Tell her I said "hey."" "Tell her Jesus said "hey."" "Okay, okay." "Thank you!" "[squeals]" "Bye!" "You're so beautiful!" "This is crazy, man." "She's a star." "She's excellent." "She's--she really is a star." "[cheering]" "I mean, congratulations!" "Thank you!" "Oh, I can't believe this just happened." "How are you gonna be able to do this if you have a morning show every day?" "Uh, maybe I'll come home with you." "You come home with me?" "[all talking at once]" "My boyfriend is gonna kill me." "That is not what I meant." "I don't really have the microphones at home." "♪ ♪" "It is a shame it's the farewell season." "I'm gonna miss that "Idol"" "contestant spirit." "Remember bikini girl, Katrina Darrell?" "I do." "We're gonna make out when I get my golden ticket." "I think it's against the rules." "Or oh-so-calm Courtney Penry." "[crying, laughing]" "You all right?" "What's wrong?" "I'm just so excited to meet you." "You're not-- you're not crying 'cause you're meeting me." "Really?" "Oh." "Thank you." "♪ ♪" "But I will always have a special place in my heart for Jason Green." "Well, nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you too." "I have a present for you." "Call me, Ryan." "Any time." "I'm serious." "Jason, as much as you may believe what you read, here's the one you should be giving it to." "♪ ♪" "We'll be right back." "Welcome back to "Idol"" "in San Francisco, where the judges and I are taking a five." "♪ I feel the earth move ♪" "♪ Under my feet ♪" "Both: ♪ I feel the sky ♪" "♪ Tumbling down ♪" "♪ Tumbling down ♪" "Both: ♪ I feel my heart ♪" "♪ Start to trembling ♪" "♪ Whenever you're around ♪" "♪ I feel the earth move ♪" "There's nothing bad in my stuff." "There's nothing bad." "It's all good." "It feels good." "♪ ♪" "See?" "They play music, and me and Ryan play makeup." "[laughter]" "It's so perfect." "Yes, yes, yes, yes." "Thank you." "You guys are good." "Yeah, they're so good." "♪ ♪ [laughter] [cheers and applause]" "Yeah, we had to." "Every once in a while, we just-- we got to play something." "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "That's it, man." "Yeah." "All right." "Nice work out there." "You ought to judge one." "Yeah, well, you know." "No, seriously, you've done this long enough." "You've never judged anything?" "I got it." "I got it." "If anybody can judge, you can judge." "Well, you got to ask them a couple questions before they come in." "I got it." "I'm nervous for him." "How are you?" "Hey, what's up, man?" "Good." "So here's the deal." "Ryan is judging for me." "Okay." "So you don't have to deal with me." "So talk about how much you love Atlanta." "You love black labs." "And say, "I heard your sister's getting married, congratulations."" "And you got it." "Do you suck, or are you pretty good?" "I'm all right." "All right." "Get after it." "After you." "Hi." "Hi." "What's your name?" "Brandyn." "Do you think Harry looks different in real life?" "I get younger with each episode." "He told me to tell you I love black labs and congrats on your sister getting married." "Yes, thank you." "Your sister got married?" "Well, she's getting married and I'm the "Man of Honor."" "Aww." "Isn't that cool?" "That's so sweet, yeah." "Instead of the Maid of Honor, I'm the Man of Honor." "The old maid of honor." "So you need to tell me what to do." "You've done this before." "Oh, yes, I've been married many times, but I've never been a Maid of Honor." "No, no, I was, on my sister's wedding." "So you can give me some advice on how to do it." "Yes, yes, I will." "Okay, back to you." "What are you singing?" "I'm gonna sing an original song I wrote called "Lost."" "Okay, "Lost," okay." "[slow piano music]" "♪ ♪" "♪ I know it's easier ♪" "♪ Said than done ♪" "♪ To keep your head up ♪" "♪ When you lose someone ♪" "♪ When the silver lining ♪" "♪ Doesn't shine at all ♪" "♪ I wrote this song ♪" "♪ To help you break the fall ♪" "♪ I can't imagine ♪" "♪ What you're going through ♪" "♪ When what you want ♪" "♪ Isn't right next to you ♪" "♪ When it all feels wrong ♪" "♪ 'Cause love ♪" "♪ Love ain't lost ♪" "♪ No, no ♪" "♪ When you feel like giving up ♪" "♪ Is all you got ♪" "♪ Hanging over you ♪" "♪ I wrote this song for you ♪" "♪ When you're lost ♪" "♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪" "It's perfect." "He's made it better." "[laughter] [applause]" "It's really good." "I had no clue." "I literally, for a split second, thought that was my mom." "He gets that all the time." "How the heck?" "Yeah, he gets that often." "You know why I came up here and did that?" "'Cause I listened to you for a minute, and I liked you." "'Cause if I didn't like you, I wouldn't have jacked with you like that, but I thought that was a really nice job." "Yeah." "And I wanted to see how good of a piano player you were." "Oh." "Pretty good." "Did a pretty good job." "But I want to hear what Ryan says." "I actually really liked you too." "I was impressed." "Okay, you know what?" "We don't need an editorial." "Thank you." "Just a yes or no." "Excuse me, excuse me." "We don't need a freaking story about it." "You know, I would like to tell you, when I was in concert last year--no, I mean, I felt the emotion." "I thought you sang beautifully." "I thought the tone was great." "I really liked that." "The lyrics were great too." "I was impressed." "I mean, that was an easy one to judge for me." "Ready?" "Should we vote?" "You ready to vote already?" "I say yes." "I'd like to think that you're the first guy that's ever had four yeses this season." "Thank you, guys." "Thank you guys so much." "You got it, man." "How is it?" "This is great." "It's so fun." "This is so much fun." "[all talking at once]" "They bring you water." "You a good sport." "You a good sport, bro." "Nice job, man, nice job." "Thank you." "That was awesome, bro." "It's so fun out there." "Isn't it nice?" "It's really fun." "Well, come any time." "All right, see you, guys." "No, I was looking at y'all" " Bye!" "He was good." "It was cute." "When you held him, the lyric was perfect." "Evidently, his mom's got very hairy arms." "Yeah, very." "♪ ♪ [cheering]" "You have no clue what to expect when you walk in there and I had the craziest audition." "To have all four of them in the room during my audition was insane." "This year, to celebrate our farewell season, we've built this "Idol" wall of fame." "It's an amazing testament to the insane accolades these idols have achieved over all these years." "♪ ♪" "I was two years old when this started." "You were two." "David Cook, I saw him live too." "Carrie Underwood, my fav." "I remember, our family was-- everybody was there." "Everybody was voting for Ruben." "Yeah." "Oh, my gosh." "2016, honey, there it is." "There it is." "Got to put your picture up there." "This one's empty." "There it is." "Season 15." "Unbelievable!" "I'm Kyrsti Jewel." "I am 15 years old, and I'm from Arcadia, California." "You're gonna do good." "We're so proud of you." "I'm here with my dad and my mom." "I would say we're the biggest "American Idol" fans ever." "We're obsessed." "[upbeat music]" "♪ ♪" "We have been watching "American Idol" from the beginning." "When they started advertising that "American Idol"" "was coming on, we voted like crazy." "We've taped every show, the old VHS-style kind." "We've collected merchandise galore." "We've been to the finale shows." "We got our daughter, since she was little, to actually meet the American Idols." "We are the biggest fans, honey." "I'll put it--I'll go against anybody." "♪ ♪" "I grew up with this show, and I do feel like" ""American Idol" did give me a love of singing." "I've been singing for as long as I could remember." "When I do sing, it just feels right." "I've been watching all the idols win, and I want that moment." "I want my big break." "Hundreds of idols that made it-- gt;gt;" "What do you guys think of season 9?" "Oh, my God." "Oh, my God, it's him." "I'm gonna have a heart attack." "Oh, my God, how're you doing?" "Look at this, Chrissy!" "We were just looking at your picture." "What were your first thoughts when you went in to see the judges?" "Like, what was you" " You're gonna be super nervous, 100%." "'Cause you get that feeling of, like, "Man, they want to see me screw up."" "They don't." "They want to see you do good." "And you can sing, so you're good." "So don't worry about it." "Just go in there and be like, "All right, I got this."" "Thank you so much." "Yeah, yeah." "Good luck." "Have a good time, all right?" "For a dad, all the times we've seen her sing, all the times she's performed, just for this-- we are just so proud of her." "Because you are such die-hard fans, and you've committed to this show for so long, and now you're auditioning for the show, I'm gonna have you all come in." "Do we get to watch it?" "I want you all to do it." "Come on." "Oh, my gosh." "You get to go in and audition as well, all right?" "Oh, my God." "Honey, I just won the lotto." "Hey, guys." "Hi, baby." "The Chavez family is a very enthusiastic family, and I wanted them to come in with their daughter here just to share that enthusiasm for a second." "Love it." "Feel free." "This is a dream come true." "Just to meet you guys, this is a--Ryan." "I was living, like, vicariously through my daughter." "I'm like, "Tell me all about it."" "Thank you, Ryan." "Thank all of you." "In honor of all the memories that you guys have done for our family." "That's so nice." "That's beautiful." "You made our dreams come true." "So let's let her do her thing, right?" "[all talking at once]" "This is your moment." "Come on, come watch over here." "What's your name?" "My name's Kyrsti Jewel, and I am 15 years old." "From?" "Arcadia, California." "Right on." "What're you gonna sing?" ""Mamma Knows Best"" "by Jessie J." "All right, hit it." "Okay." "♪ Wow ♪" "♪ There is something ♪" "♪ Going down ♪" "♪ Like the storm in the sky ♪" "♪ Yeah ♪" "♪ I ain't gonna be played ♪" "♪ By your behavior ♪" "♪ How can I trust someone ♪" "♪ Who's lying to me ♪" "♪ I said bow, go ♪" "♪ I said bow and leave ♪" "♪ I said take your stuff ♪" "♪ And go ♪" "♪ 'Cause you're no good for me ♪" "♪ No ♪" "♪ Mama knows best when ♪" "♪ Times get hard ♪" "♪ And papa always has to joke ♪" "♪ To make me laugh ♪" "♪ See, mama knows best when ♪" "♪ I feel down ♪" "♪ To bring me up and always ♪" "♪ Keep my feet on the ground ♪ [scatting]" "♪ Yeah ♪" "Whoo!" "Touchdown!" "Oh, my God." "What'd you think?" "Unbelievable, oh, my God." "Watching the two of you is crazy, amazing." "So you have an incredible instrument." "It's clear and loud and energetic." "I really liked it." "We should vote." "Well, I'm not gonna be crazy." "You got mom and dad over there looking at me." "How can I say no?" "Oh, my God." "It's a yes for me." "It's a yes for me." "[screams]" "Thank you, you're so beautiful." "Thank you so much." "Let's go celebrate." "Thank you, everyone." "Thank you, thank you." "Oh, my God!" "What's up?" "All right." "That son of a gun is emotional, that father." "That son of a gun is crazy emotional." "[cheering]" "Kyrsti made it with the help of the people who believed in her most." "You got three yeses." "We waited 15 years." "We're floating right now." "This is the greatest moment in our whole lives other than when she was born." "[hip hop music]" "♪ ♪" "Long day of shooting auditions here in San Francisco." "My job, as the host, is to make sure the judges are well-fueled and fed." "So we're in Chinatown, and I think I recognize this place." "Let's get some grub." "♪ ♪" "How's the food?" "The food is good." "It's been here since 1920." "The food has been here since 1920?" "Thanks, pal." "Good to see you." "Take care, baby." "Okay, let's roll." "[bleep]" "♪ ♪" "I just went down to Chinatown to the Far East Cafe and got y'all a little snack." "Is there a little dumpling in there somewhere?" "There's fortune cookies." "I got you a fortune cookie." ""You will soon embark on a new adventure in Las Vegas."" "No, it did not." "Are you serious?" "Mine says, "Help, I'm stranded in a fortune cookie factory."" "[laughter]" "Though the judges' future seems set, it's the contestants' fates that hang in the balance." "Do you realize that this could change your life right now?" "This is the moment to show the world you were born to do this." "But that doesn't seem to bother some of our more confident contenders." "♪ ♪" "Feeling it?" "You feeling this right now?" "Feel diva-fied and powerful." "And this is the best time of my life." "I'm about to kill it." "♪ ♪" "Dude, I'm about to go in in front of J.Lo, Harry, and Keith right now." "I'm feeling freaking great, man." "Let's do this thing." "Rock and roll, baby." "Let's go!" "Ow!" "It's good to be confident, but being overly confident can not only make you get off your game a little bit, it may not translate very well." "It's mine." "It's my year." "I'm gonna kill it." "♪ ♪" "Hi." "Well, hello." "Hello, how are you?" "I'm amazing." "How are you?" "We're good." "We're giddy." "We're slap-happy." "Giddy, slap-happy, okay, I can do that too." "She has a lot of energy." "Lots of it." "What are you gonna sing?" "I actually--I just" " I love music." "I sing all--pretty much anything." "What are you gonna sing today?" "You want to pick one song?" "I would love to sing "Hero" for you, Bonnie Tyler." "Oh, my God, J.Lo, I'm standing" " Hi, sweetie." "I almost--I'm gonna cry." "Don't cry." "Sing really pretty." "I've got figure." "I got that Marilyn Monroe thing going on, and you really, really helped me out, and I started owning my body and owning that it was my temple, and you're just classy with it." "And Harry, my mom's in love with you." "What about my damn temple?" "You do have a temple." "My mom would love to explore your temple." "So you talking about-- [laughter]" "And Keith Urban, I'm sorry." "I mean, I" " Straight up, I love Nicole." ""I love Nicole."" "No, no, kay" " I love you and Nicole." "Okay, so, um, typically, I don't necessarily sing this, like, you know, rock." "I love country." "I love the attitude that comes with it." "What attitude comes with it?" "Bitchy like you." "I'm sorry?" "What attitude comes with country?" "Are you kidding?" "Have you listened to Miranda Lambert?" "Oh." "All:" "Ohh!" "Carrie Underwood?" "She's getting all feisty." "Okay." "♪ Last night ♪" "♪ I got served ♪" "Sorry, okay." "Let's not do that one." "Anyway, okay, so let's go to the song I was gonna sing" "Might've been this morning you got served, actually." "[laughter]" "All right, ready?" "Yes." "All right." "I'm gonna do this." "Okay." "♪ Where have all ♪" "♪ The good men gone ♪" "♪ And where are all the gods ♪" "Oh, my God, I forgot the lyrics 'cause I'm so nervous." "Holy [bleep], sorry." "Look at what I'm doing!" "I'm star-struck, kind of." "I'm so sorry." "I was so ready for this." "I'm like, "I was born for--"" "You know." "Okay." "[mutters] Where are all the--where are all the gods." "Aww." "Just got to shake it off." "Why can't I think of it?" "Where's the street-wise Hercules, isn't it something" "Thank you, thank you." "Okay." "[chuckles]" "Oh, my God." "Can I just sing another one?" "Because now--I'm sorry." "Okay, I'll sing a little bit of "Invincible."" "Okay." "♪ You know I was broke down ♪" "♪ I had hit the ground ♪" "♪ I was crying out ♪" "♪ Couldn't make no sound ♪" "Sorry." "♪ No one hears ♪" "♪ The silent tears collecting ♪" "♪ You know I got lost hope ♪" "♪ I was all-- ♪" "Oh, my God." "Ah!" "No, don't stop!" "I completely screwed this up, and I don't know why." "Like, I have" " I think it is a tremendous lack of focus going on." "We may be partly responsible for that because we're having fun and goofing around." "It seemed a little frenetic and crazy, but there was enough meat in there to make me think that you're a talented person." "So for me, it's a yes." "I'm blaming us for that frenetic approach because we were really having a lot of fun." "That was ages ago." "I know, I know, but I think it threw the whole thing off." "No, I don't think that at all." "I think the fact that you keep saying that, "I'm not ready,"" "and "Oh, I'm sorry."" "Like, you were the one constantly stopping yourself, saying, "Oh, I'm sorry, I screwed that up." "I messed that up."" "I mean, if you're auditioning, that's probably not a great way to audition." "Right." "I worry." "I worry about you." "You know what I mean?" "Because I feel like it's only gonna be more and more pressure as time goes on." "I'm not sure I heard enough of a voice or that you know how to control it enough, and that worries me about you." "I'm gonna have to say no today from what I saw." "No, I understand." "You have to be ready for this." "You so don't seem ready for this at all." "Every part of this audition, babe, emotionally, physically, mentally, everything was just unstable." "I just can't--I can't say yes." "It's a no." "That is two nos." "I'm sorry." "We have to move on." "I'm sorry, sweetie." "I'm sorry, baby." "Thanks for coming." "I was really listening." "You just didn't give me enough to say yes." "You have to accept it and move on too." "There's other people waiting." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Aw." "♪ ♪" "It was nice, parts of her voice when she would sing two or three notes, and then it would just get super strainy." "She's just so not ready." "It's all good." "It's all good." "Can we go?" "Let's go." "♪ ♪" "Coming up..." "A story of honor, family, and sacrifice." "My mom's not here because she's in the military." "You must miss her so much." "I do." "An "Idol" audition you won't want to miss." "Welcome back to "Idol"" "in Little Rock, Arkansas, where contestants rely on the support of their friends and family to get them through this nerve-racking day, especially good old Mom and Dad." "[gentle music]" "♪ ♪ [cheers and applause]" "When you get in there, those three minutes are yours." "Attitude is everything." "Love you, bud." "Thank you for all that you do for me." "I'll be home in a few hours." "♪ ♪" "I love you too, baby." "I'm so proud of you." "This is awesome, baby." "I'm excited." "My name's Tristan Mclntosh." "I'm 15 years old." "I'm in the tenth grade." "And I'm from Nashville, Tennessee." "Yeah." "She was, like, the whole reason that we kind of got this audition." "Right." "It's been weird with her not here because she's basically the reason I'm the musician I am today." "♪ ♪" "My mom is a Major in the Army." "She was about to retire, but then she got called to serve in the Middle East." "♪ ♪" "Me and my mom are, like, really close, like this." "She kind of knows me better than I know myself." "And it's just a really weird feeling that she's not here for something of this magnitude, something as big as this." "I just want to make my mom proud." "She sacrificed so much." "I just feel like I owe it to her." "Yo." "I've got a good feeling." "When I walk in the room, I feel like my mom's gonna be there in spirit." "Hi." "Hi." "How's it going?" "It's good." "I'm very excited." "What's your name?" "My name's Tristan Mclntosh." "How old are you?" "I'm 15, and-- 15?" "You're 15?" "I'm 15." "Wow, okay." "And I'm here with my family, except my mom's not here because she's in the military." "She's overseas, but I really want to make her proud." "What are you gonna sing?" "I'm gonna sing "Why Baby Why"" "by Mickey Guyton." "All right." "[slow piano music]" "♪ ♪" "♪ I burned all your letters ♪" "♪ I took off your ring ♪" "♪ But what can I do ♪" "♪ With these memories ♪" "♪ Keeping me up till the dawn ♪" "♪ Hanging on like ♪" "♪ You're coming back ♪" "♪ But you ain't coming back ♪" "♪ So tell me why, baby ♪" "♪ Why, baby, why, baby ♪" "♪ Why won't you let me let go ♪" "♪ ♪" "♪ And I try, baby, try, baby ♪" "♪ Try but your love just won't ♪" "♪ Leave me alone ♪" "♪ I can't stop the hurt ♪" "♪ Numb the pain ♪" "♪ Cool the burn, kill the ache ♪" "♪ No matter how hard that I ♪" "♪ Cry, baby, cry ♪" "♪ Why, baby, why ♪" "♪ ♪" "♪ No matter how hard that I ♪" "♪ Cry, baby, cry ♪" "♪ Why, baby ♪" "♪ Why ♪" "♪ ♪" "All right." "That gave me the goosies." "[laughter]" "My legs and on my arm." "I want to tell you something." "[laughs] You go ahead, 'cause I'm bursting." "So hurry up." "I like you a lot." "You really have a lot going on." "Well, this is why I'm bursting, because I see in you something very, very special." "I'm really good friends with Alicia Keys." "I love Alicia Keys." "Yeah." "Not only do you remind me of her just because of how you look but also because of your heart." "It's just beautiful and special, and I think you made your mom so proud today." "I can't wait till she sees this." "Thank you." "I'm gonna say yes." "I also think that you've got so many things that are all coming together as an artist." "And at 15, you have so much talent, Tristan." "Tristan, somebody in your family gave me this, and I want you to listen to it, okay?" "Okay." ""Dear Tristan, just wanted to email you and wish you good luck today with your audition." "You've always called me your big hero, but today, you are my big hero because you are doing something that you've dreamed about since you were ten years old." "Do your best today, and most importantly, have fun."" "Do you know who that's from?" "Who's that from?" "[crying] My mom." "Where is your mom, by the way?" "She's overseas." "Boy, I tell you, my sister's in the military, and I get what it's like to miss somebody." "I feel-- you must miss her so much." "I do." "Well, you wanted to make her proud today, right?" "Yes." "Well, Tristan, she wouldn't miss it." "Oh, she's here?" "♪ ♪ [sobbing]" "Good." "♪ ♪" "She's here!" "[crying]" "♪ ♪ [sobbing]" "I love you." "I love you too." "[sobbing]" "I can't believe you're here." "I'm a mess." "Hey, Mom, you want to do the honors?" "Tristan, you're going to Hollywood!" "Yes, you are." "Yeah!" "You're gonna be giving everybody some serious competition in Hollywood." "Yes." "I'm telling you." "Thank you so much." "Congratulations to you." "Thank you." "We'll see you in Hollywood." "Bye, thank you." "Bye." "That girl's gonna be a little bit of trouble." "She might win." "I'm just saying." "I said it first." "[cheers and applause]" "Just--I really missed her." "It's just very special to me that she could be here." "It was super important for me to be here." "There was no way that I was gonna miss this iconic moment in her life." "I'm really happy." "It may not seem like it, but I'm really happy." "♪ ♪" "That's sweet." "That was sweet." "Good job today, guys." "Good-bye!" "Thanks, everybody." "Little Rock" " Little Rock showed up." "There was some real talent here." "We found some people." "We got a competition." "It's on like Donkey Kong." "♪ ♪" "We got some serious contenders that I think a handful may be there within the last week of the show." "I got a feeling." "I can't wait." "I have no idea where we're going, but I cannot wait." "[horn honks]" "Next week, our farewell season continues as "Idol" heads to the City of Brotherly Love." "But will the judges find harmony in Philadelphia?" "I guess they don't like a good entertainer." "And an old friend drops by to lend a hand." "Let's see what you've got." "That's just my advice, but what do I know?" "I didn't win." "What amazing voices are waiting to be heard?" "Oh, my God, this is a first." "Ah!" "Whoo!" "I love that." "I think you're pretty special." "I'm so happy." "It's a yes!" "Join us next Wednesday, 8/7 Central, on FOX." "All will be revealed." "♪ ♪" "Take it off, take it off, take it off!"