[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
♪ I'VE PAID MY DUES
TIME AFTER TIME ♪
♪ I'VE DONE MY SENTENCE
BUT COMMITTED NO CRIME ♪
♪ AND BAD MISTAKES
I'VE MADE A FEW ♪
♪ I'VE HAD MY SHARE OF SAND
THROWN IN MY FACE BUT I'VE COME THROUGH ♪
♪ WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
MY FRIENDS ♪
♪ AND WE'LL KEEP ON FIGHTING
'TIL THE END ♪
♪ WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS ♪
♪ NO TIME FOR LOSERS
'CAUSE WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD ♪
♪ WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
MY FRIENDS ♪
♪ AND WE'LL KEEP ON FIGHTING
'TIL THE END, OH ♪
♪ WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS ♪
♪ NO TIME FOR LOSERS
'CAUSE WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD ♪
♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪
>> David: WELL DONE, GUYS. CONGRATULATIONS.
WHO IS IT GOING TO BE?
JOHN, BREANNA, OR JAMAL? TONIGHT, A CHAMPION WILL BE
NAMED, BECAUSE THIS IS THE FINALE AND THIS IS
"AMERICAN IDOL."
[ CHEERING ]
♪
>> David: THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WELCOME EVERYONE.
WE ARE LIVE, COAST TO COAST. YOU CAN START VOTING FOR YOUR
TOP THREE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THE BIGGEST NIGHT OF THE
SEASON. GET READY FOR NON-STOP MUSIC AND
SURPRISES. BY THE END OF THE NIGHT, YOUR
NEXT "AMERICAN IDOL" WILL BE CROWNED. I CAN'T WAIT.
WE CAN'T DO A SINGLE THING WITHOUT WELCOMING THE THREE
PEOPLE WHO DISCOVERED THE BEST IN THE NATION, YOUR AMAZING
JUDGES. HERE THEY COME.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
>> WHAT'S UP, BROTHER? LOOKING GOOD! BIG NIGHT TONIGHT.
>> WE GOT THERE.
[ CHEERING ]
♪
>> SAY HELLO TO LUKE BRYAN! LIONEL RICHIE,
AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE VOTING INFO
FOR TONIGHT. JOHN, BREANNA, AND JAMAL ARE
READY TO TAKE THE STAGE AND SING FOR YOUR VOTES LIKE NEVER
BEFORE. AFTER TWO ROUNDS OF MUSIC, WE'LL
TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF THE VOTE AND THE PERSON WITH THE LOWEST
NUMBER OF VOTES WILL BE ELIMINATED.
KEEP ON VOTING ALL SHOW LONG, AND BY THE END, YOUR NEXT
AMERICAN IDOL WILL BE NAMED. WE DID IT, GUYS! WE ARE HERE.
I KNOW YOU ALL ARE EXCITED.
[ CHEERING ]
FOR ROUND ONE TONIGHT, THE TOP THREE WERE MENTORED BY OUR
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE, JELLY ROLL. HE WAS GIVEN A LIST OF EACH OF
THEIR FAVORITE SONGS AND HANDPICKED ONE FOR THEM TO
PERFORM. HERE'S HIS MEET UP WITH 18-YEAR-OLD JOHN FOSTER.
[ CHEERING ]
>> JOHN, CONGRATULATIONS!
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL?
>> THE MINUTE HE SAID MY NAME, I FLASHED BACK TO MY AUDITION.
LITTLE OLD ME BEING SO NERVOUS AND SO UNSURE OF HIMSELF.
AND THEN AMERICA HAVE SHOWN ME TO DO THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THAT
AND HOLD THAT CONFIDENCE. AND I JUST FELT THE MOST IMMENSE
SENSE OF GRATITUDE THAT I'VE EVER FELT IN MY LIFE.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS A NO-BRAINER TO PICK TOBY KEITH "RED WHITE
AND BLUE" BECAUSE THIS IS THE SIN FINALE AND I WANT TO SEE THE
BOY FROM LOUISIANA GO OUT WITH A BIG BANG.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WHAT BETTER THAN TO DO ONE OF
THE BEST SONGS FOR AMERICA AS A WHOLE.
I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF AMERICA BEHIND
ME. THOSE ARE MY PEOPLE AND I'M SINGING FOR MY PEOPLE.
♪ SUNCLE SAM PUTS A NAME AT THE
TOP OF LIST ♪
>> WHEN YOU STARTED SINGING, I FELT IT.
YOU DREW ME RIGHT IN, MAN.
>> THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO REALLY GET ME GOING.
IMAGINE SINGING THIS SONG TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GOT ME HERE.
I COULDN'T -- I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM.
♪ AMERICAN GIRLS
AND AMERICAN GUYS ♪
♪ WE'LL ALWAYS
STAND UP AND SALUTE WE'LL ALWAYS RECOGNIZE ♪
♪ WHEN WE SEE
OLD GLORY FLYIN' THERE'S A LOT OF MEN DEAD ♪
♪ SO WE CAN SLEEP IN PEACE
AT NIGHT WHEN WE LAY DOWN OUR HEAD ♪
♪ MY DADDY SERVED IN
THE ARMY WHERE HE LOST HIS RIGHT EYE ♪
♪ BUT HE FLEW
A FLAG OUT IN OUR YARD 'TIL THE DAY THAT HE DIED ♪
♪ HE WANTED MY MOTHER
MY BROTHER, MY SISTER AND ME ♪
♪ TO GROW UP AND LIVE HAPPY
IN THE LAND OF THE FREE ♪
♪ HEY UNCLE SAM
PUT YOUR NAME AT THE TOP OF HIS LIST ♪
♪ AND THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
STARTED SHAKIN' HER FIST ♪
♪ AND THE EAGLE WILL FLY
AND IT'S GONNA BE HELL ♪
♪ WHEN YOU HEAR
MOTHER FREEDOM START RINGIN' HER BELL ♪
♪ AND IT'LL FEEL LIKE
THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD IS RAININ' DOWN ON YOU ♪
♪ AW BROUGHT TO YOU COURTESY
OF THE RED WHITE AND BLUE ♪
♪ OH JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED
AND THE BATTLE WILL RAGE ♪
♪ THIS OLD DOG WILL FIGHT
WHEN YOU RATTLE HIS CAGE ♪
♪ AND YOU'LL BE SORRY
THAT YOU MESSED WITH
THE U.S. OF A ♪
♪ 'CAUSE WE'LL PUT A
BOOT IN YOUR ASS IT'S THE AMERICAN WAY ♪
♪ BROUGHT TO YOU COURTESY
OF THE RED WHITE AND BLUE ♪
♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> GOD BLESS AMERICA! THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WELL, WELL, NOW, NOW, JOHN, JOHN, NOW, NOW JOHN, THAT'S THE
WAY YOU RUN FOR OFFICE -- I MEAN -- THAT'S THE WAY YOU WORK
IT FOR "AMERICAN IDOL."
>> THANK YOU.
>> PERFECT SONG, MY FRIEND, AND I YOU JUST NAILED IT, NAILED IT,
NAILED IT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ CHEERING ]
>> I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS -- IT'S THE TIME TO PULL OUT
ALL THE STOPS, AND YOU ARE PULLING OUT ALL OF THE STOPS.
I'M SO PROUD OF YOU AND ALL YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGHOUT
THIS WHOLE COMPETITION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I FELT LIKE I WAS AT THE JOHN FOSTER CONCERT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEAH, YOUR GROWTH AND HOW MUCH YOUR WHOLE DISPOSITION HAS
CHANGED.
>> OH, WOW.
>> IS DISPOSITION A WORD?
>> DISPOSITION IS A WORD.
>> THE CONFIDENCE, YOUR VOICE HAS GOTTEN BETTER, AND
EVERYTHING HAS GROWN. AND IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO
WATCH THAT HAPPEN. IT'S BEEN AMAZING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> A YEAR AGO, VALEDICTORIAN OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND HERE YOU ARE
ALMOST A WINNER OF "AMERICAN IDOL." DEDICATING THAT TO YOUR
GRANDFATHERS HERE TONIGHT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THEY'RE OVER HERE.
AND DEDICATED TO ALL ACTIVE MILITARY AND VETERAN, ESPECIALLY
MY GRANDFATHER WHO SERVED THIS GREAT COUNTRY.
>> IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU BOTH WITH US. SO TELL ME, MAN.
A YEAR AGO, HIGH SCHOOL, NOW STANDING HERE, LESS THAN THREE
HOURS FROM NOW, YOU COULD BE THE NEXT AMERICAN IDOL.
>> WOW.
[ CHEERING ]
>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN? HOW DO YOU THINK YOU GET TO BE
THE WINNER TONIGHT?
>> I THINK IT'S ALL GOING TO COME DOWN TO WHAT AMERICA WANTS
TO BE THE NEXT "AMERICAN IDOL," WHAT THEY THINK THE NEXT
"AMERICAN IDOL" IS. IT WOULD BE THE ABSOLUTE HONOR
OF A LIFETIME THAT THEY THINK THIS LIL OL' BOY FROM LOUISIANA
COULD BE THE NEXT "AMERICAN IDOL."
>> IF YOU WANT HIM TO BE THE NEXT "AMERICAN IDOL," YOU CAN DO
IT ONLINE, A LIMIT OF TEN VOTES PER FINALIST PER METHOD.
JOHN FOSTER, EVERYONE.
CHEER.
>>> NEER NEXT, HERE IS ARTIST IN RESIDENCE JELLY ROLL.
>> THINKING ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTERS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE
NEXT "AMERICAN IDOL." WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?
>> I DID THIS FOR THEM. I WANT THEM TO BE IN A PLACE
WHERE THEY CAN BE THEMSELVES AND THEIR LITTLE PERSONALITIES CAN
SHOW. I WANT TO BE THE BEST DAD I POSSIBLY CAN BE.
>> THAT'S PURPOSE, BABY. GOD GAVE YOU A BEAUTIFUL VOICE
AND A PURPOSE. THAT'S WHY I PICKED THE FIRST
TIME. AS SOON AS I SEEN THAT, I HAD A
FLASHBACK OF YOU ON TIKTOK SINGING THIS THING.
♪ FINALLY WE'RE HERE NOW, OOH
♪ I'VE BEEN WAITING ALL MY
LIFE ♪
>> OH, IT'S SO GOOD! ONLY YOU CAN SING AN R&B SONG
AND GET ME TEARY-EYED.
>> THE SONG JUST TALKS TO YOUR HEART.
THIS IS HEARTFELT, AND THAT SONG SPEAKS TO ME.
>> THIS IS YOUR LOVE LETTER TO AMERICA.
I GOT GOOSE BUMPS WHEN YOU SAID FINALLY WE'RE HERE NOW.
I'VE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS.
WE'RE ALL WATCHING A KID THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO DO IT.
IT'S HARD NOT TO CHEER FOR IT. AS A LIFE-LONG FAN OF THIS SHOW,
THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN. THIS IS LIKE FANTASIA, RUBEN,
CARRIE, THAT'S THE BUZZ YOU MAKE ME FEEL WHEN YOU SING.
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪ FINALLY, WE ARE HERE NOW
I'VE BEEN WAITING ALL MY LIFE ♪
♪ EVERY DAY YOU'RE
ALL I THINK ABOUT ♪
♪ MY MIND IS LIKE A RIVER
AND YOU ALWAYS BATHE IN THE WATER ♪
♪ OH I PRAYED FOR YOU
OH I CRIED FOR YOU ♪
♪ I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE
HERE AT LAST ♪
♪ OH I PRAYED FOR YOU
OH I CRIED FOR YOU ♪
♪ I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE
HERE AT LAST ♪
♪ CAN YOU TAKE ME OHHH
TOUCH ME ON MY FACE KISS ME ON MY HAND ♪
♪ TAKE ME TO THE PLACE
WHERE WE FOUND LOVE ♪
♪ SHOW ME WHAT IT MEANS
AND HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO FEEL ♪
♪ YOU GOT ALL I NEED
CAN WE MAKE LOVE LIKE IT'S OUR ♪
♪ FIRST TIME
FIRST TIME
FIRST TIME ♪
♪ OOOOOH
OOOOOH ♪
♪ OOOOOH
OOOOOH ♪
♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> JAMAL, YOU ARE JUST SO TALENTED, AND I FEEL LIKE
TONIGHT LIKE YOU JUST LOOK SO COMFORTABLE AND AT EASE AND THE
WAY YOU'RE WALKING AROUND, INTERACTING WITH EVERYBODY,
LOOKING DOWN THE BARREL OF THE CAMERA, YOU JUST FEEL SO
COMFORTABLE AND SOUND SO COMFORTABLE.
AND IT SOUNDS SO GOOD. CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> WILL YOU TEACH ME HOW TO BE THAT SMOOTH?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> IT IS HOT.
>> IT IS SMOOTH. AND WHEN WE LEAVE THE SET AND I
GO BACK HOME, PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT YOU, AND I'M LIKE, MAN, HE
JUST SO-SO SMOOTH WITH HIS DELIVERY.
YOU'RE ALWAYS LIKE HOOKED UP WITH YOUR LOOK.
I MEAN, THIS LOOK RIGHT HERE IS LIKE, YOU KNOW -- JUST
EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU. EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU IS A STAR.
EVERYTHING.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW, LUKE.
IF YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S WRONG.
THIS BROTHER IS NOT THINKING ABOUT IT.
>> RIGHT.
>> I MEAN, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOU IS THE WAY YOU JUST NAVIGATE THE
STORY, AND IT HAPPENS TO COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH IN BRILLIANT
FORM. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU.
>> LIONEL, EVEN THE OOHS.
>> THE OOHS.
>> THE OOHS AT THE END. I WISH I COULD OOH LIKE THAT.
>> YOU'RE ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JAMAL ROBERTS.
>> WE COULD NEVER, EVER BE THIS COOL.
>> I'M MORE MOO, I DON'T THINK I OOH, I MOO.
>> YOU MOO.
>> HE MOOS.
>> YOU KNOW, LUKE IS RIGHT. PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT YOU.
I MET A GUY IN THE AUDIENCE HERE TONIGHT NAMED MICHAEL WHO SAID I
REALLY WANT JAMAL TO WIN THIS THING.
[ CHEERING ]
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT TO DO TONIGHT TO BE THE WINNER?
>> I THINK I JUST GOT TO KEEP PUTTING ONE FOOT BEFORE THE
OTHER AND KEEP ON MOVING.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO GET HERE, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> I KEEP SEEING YOU SMILE MORE. ARE YOU EXCITED?
>> I'M EXCITED.
>> GOOD! IF JAMAL IS THE GUY YOU VOTE
FOR, RIGHT NOW. REMEMBER, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST
RESULT AFTER THIS NEXT ROUND OF SONGS, SO KEEP VOTING.
JAMAL ROBERTS, GOOD LUCK!
[ CHEERING ]
>> I KNOW. HE USES ALL THAT GOOD STUFF,
RIGHT? SO DO YOU, LIONEL AND CARRIE.
IT'S LUKE AND I THAT HAVE THE PROBLEM.
JELLY IS ON A ROLL WITH HIS SONG PICKS TONIGHT.
HE'S GOT ONE MORE LINED UP FOR BREANNA NIX, AFTER THIS.
LIVE ON "AMERICAN IDOL."
[ CHEERING ]
>>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>>> BACK LIVE ON THE FINALE HERE.
I JUST POPPED INTO OUR CONTROL ROOM HERE IN HOLLYWOOD.
YOU SEE, WHILE YOU'RE ALL AT HOME TRYING TO CHOOSE YOUR NEXT
"AMERICAN IDOL," WE'VE SPENT EACH WEEK KEEPING UP WITH THE
AMERICAN BALD EAGLES LIVE FEED FROM "FRIENDS OF BIG BEAR
VALLEY."
THE PICTURE THERE, THE EAGLETS, RIGHT? IT'S SUNNY AND GIZMO.
WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? OKAY. AND THIS IS FROM EARLIER.
THEY CAUGHT SOME ARCTIC CHAR IT LOOKS LIKE.
BACK IN HERE, I CAN SEE SOMEBODY'S ALREADY STARTED THE
PARTY. THE TEAM, THE ABC BOSS IS HERE.
SO WE'VE WATCHED THEM GROW ALL SEASON LONG, NOT THE BOSS, BUT
THE BIRDS, JUST LIKE YOUR FINALISTS.
NOW, THE EMOTIONAL MENTOR SESSION BETWEEN JELLY ROLL AND
STAND BY, BREANNA NIX! GO!
>> NEXT ROLL.
>> WE'RE HUGE FANS OF "AMERICAN IDOL."
GOING FROM SITTING ON THE COUCH TO BEING ON THE FINALE --
>> AH, THAT'S CRAZY!
>> RIGHT?
>> I CHOSE "IN JESUS NAME" FROM KATIE McCALL FOR YOU BECAUSE
YOUR FAITH IS WHAT ANCHORED YOU INTO THIS SHOW.
>> FOR SURE. THERE IS A LOT OF DARK MOMENTS
OF MY LIFE WHERE MY MIND PLAYED TRICKS ON ME.
♪ I PRAY FOR YOUR HEALING
>> I THINK YOUR VULNERABILITY THIS SEASON HAS HELPED SO MANY
PEOPLE. IT'S BEEN MY SUPERPOWER, AND YOU
EMBODY THAT.
♪
>> I CAN'T QUIT THINKING ABOUT YOUR SON, EMERSON.
WHAT A COOL LITTLE DUDE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HOW MUCH THIS MOMENT COULD CHANGE HIS LIFE FOREVER, HIS
MOTHER BECOMING THE NEXT "AMERICAN IDOL."
>> IT WOULD MEAN THE WORLD ME AND MY FAMILY THERE HAS BEEN A
LOT OF HARD TIMES TRYING TO MAKE THINGS WORK.
THAT'S LIKE WHY I'M HERE. I KEEP PUSHING BECAUSE OF MY
SON, BECAUSE OF HIS FUTURE, AND I KEEP PUSHING FOR MY HUSBAND
AND OUR FAMILY.
>> I KNOW THAT FEELING.
♪ SOMEBODY SAVE ME
♪ ME FROM MYSELF
>> YOU'RE GOING CHANGE YOUR LIFE ANY WAY.
♪ I'VE SPENT SO LONG --
>> REGARDLESS HOW THIS SHAPES OUT.
>> YOU COULD BE THE NEXT "AMERICAN IDOL," BUT AMERICA'S
GOT YOU NO MATTER WHAT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪
♪ I SPEAK THE NAME OF
JESUS OVER YOU ♪
♪ IN YOUR HURTING
IN YOUR SORROW I WILL ASK MY GOD TO MOVE ♪
♪ I SPEAK THE NAME 'CAUSE
IT'S ALL THAT I CAN DO ♪
♪ IN DESPERATION
I'LL SEEK HEAVEN AND PRAY THIS FOR YOU ♪
♪ I PRAY FOR YOUR HEALING
CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD CHANGE ♪
♪ I PRAY THAT THE FEAR
INSIDE WOULD FLEE IN JESUS NAME ♪
♪ I PRAY THAT A BREAKTHROUGH
WOULD HAPPEN TODAY ♪
♪ I PRAY MIRACLES
OVER YOUR LIFE ♪
♪ IN JESUS NAME
IN JESUS NAME ♪
♪ OH COME BELIEVE IT
COME RECEIVE IT ♪
♪ OH THE POWER OF HIS SPIRIT
IS NOW FOREVER YOURS ♪
♪ COME BELIEVE IT
RIGHT NOW RECEIVE IT ♪
♪ THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE ♪
♪ I PRAY FOR YOUR HEALING
CIRCUMSTANCES WILL CHANGE ♪
♪ I PRAY THAT THE FEAR
INSIDE WILL FLEE ♪
♪ IN JESUS NAME
IN JESUS NAME ♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
[ CHEERING ]
>> UM, WHOO!
I THINK THEY'RE SAYING IT FOR ME. THEY'RE SAYING IT FOR ME.
BREANNA, YOU'VE JUST BEEN AMAZINGLY SOLID ALL YEAR.
YOU DELIVER WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT.
AND THAT MOMENT WITH JELLY ROLL, WE DON'T NEED TO BE SHOWING ANY
MORE STUFF LIKE THAT. Y'ALL ABOUT BROKE ME DOWN
WATCHING THAT CONNECTION Y'ALL HAD. BUT YOU HAVE SUCH A SPECIAL
HEART AND THING ABOUT YOU. AND YOU JUST KEEP SINGING THE
MUSIC THAT YOU LOVE AND UPLIFTING, YOU KNOW, JUST THE
UPLIFTING MUSIC THAT YOU ALWAYS GIVE IS YOU'RE AMAZING.
>> THANK YOU, LUKE. THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T -- I DON'T WANT TO TAKE SUCH A REVERENT MOMENT TO
ANNOUNCE WHAT I'M SEEING HERE TONIGHT.
THIS HAS TURNED INTO A SLUGFEST. WHAT I'M SAYING IS EVERY ONE OF
YOU IN YOUR OWN LANE HAS A CAREER FOREVER.
AND YOU --
[ APPLAUSE ]
-- YOU, YOUR FAITH, YOUR BELIEF HAS ALWAYS SHOWN THROUGH.
AND I'M JUST TELLING YOU, STAY ON YOUR PATH. ALL RIGHT? LOVE IT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> YOU JUST REMINDED EVERYBODY WHY WE LOVE YOU.
FROM THE BEGINNING, THIS HAS BEEN A PART OF YOUR JOURNEY.
YOU'VE UNASHAMEDLY SPOKEN THE NAME OF JESUS SO MANY TIMES ON
THIS SHOW. AND THAT'S WHO YOU ARE.
THAT'S IN YOUR HEART. AND WHEN YOU GET UP ON STAGE AND
DO THAT, IT'S SO WARM AND BELIEVABLE BECAUSE THAT IS --
IT'S JUST RADIATING OUT OF YOU. THERE ARE PEOPLE TONIGHT THAT
NEEDED TO HEAR THAT. THEY GOT IT FROM YOU.
THEY GOT IT FROM HIM. GOD BLESS YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ CHEERING ]
>> BREANNA, BREANNA, HI. WE WERE JUST RESTING OVER HERE.
WONDERING FOR YOU SINCE YOU GREW UP SINCE THIS AGE WATCHING THIS
SHOW, WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE STANDING HERE ON FINALE DAY
ABOUT TO POSSIBLY WIN "AMERICAN IDOL"?
>> WELL, IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE.
[ CHEERING ]
>> CAN YOU BELIEVE IT'S HAPPENING?
I MEAN, WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THE END OF THIS THING, AND IT'S BEEN
AN INCREDIBLE RIDE, AND WE HAVE ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT OF THIS
JOURNEY WITH YOU.
>> I DON'T THINK HE'S THAT STRESSED ABOUT IT.
>> I WISH I WAS DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> THAT'S WHAT MOST OF MY FANS ACT LIKE EVERY DAY.
BREANNA'S RELYING ON YOUR VOTES TO BE THE NEXT "AMERICAN IDOL."
SEND THEM IN NOW ONLINE OR VIA LINE OR VOTING.
TEXT VOTING IS AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS OF ALL CARRIERS.
BREANNA NIX, SEE YOU LATER.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR ROUND ONE.
THANKS TO JELLY ROLL FOR THE EXPERT SONG CHOICES AND GUIDANCE.
YOU'LL SEE HIM AGAIN IN JUST A BIT WHEN HE LIGHTS UP THIS VERY
STAGE WITH A PERFORMANCE. NEXT, JOHN FOSTER HEADS HOME TO
THE BAYOU IN ADDIS, LOUISIANA. ROUND TWO STARTS RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
♪
>>> WELCOME BACK LIVE WITH THE SECOND ROUND OF THE FINALE ABOUT
TO BEGIN. THIS WEEK YOUR TOP THREE EACH
WENT BACK TO HOME FOR A LIFE
CHANGING HERO'S WELCOME.
♪ COME
>> NOW, LET'S SEE HOW ADDIS, LOUISIANA WELCOMED HOME THEIR
GUY, JOHN FOSTER.
>> JOHN FOSTER IS IN HIS HOMETOWN.
♪ YOU GET DOWN THE FIDDLE
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
♪ YOU THROW THEM ON THE FLOOR
>> HE HAS CAPTURED AMERICA'S HEARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> HIS PRESENCE HAS UNIFIED THE COMMUNITY.
♪
>> HEY, EVERYBODY!
>> JUST TO BE BACK HOME IS GREAT IN ITSELF.
BUT TO BE BACK HOME FOR THIS REASON, MAYBE CELEBRATED AS A
HOMETOWN HERO, IT'S A TRUE HONOR.
♪ YOU GET DOWN THE FIDDLE AND
GET DOWN THE BOW, KICK OFF THE SHOWS AND PLAY ON THE FLOOR ♪
>> WE'RE SO PROUD OF JOHN FOSTER BEING HERE.
>> I WENT BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL. ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAD SUCH AN
IMPACT, ONE BEING MY BEST FRIEND MAGGIE WHO PASSED AMY SEASON
YEAR.
>> WE GOT TO ONE SPECIAL TEACHER TO COME UP AND TALK, THAT'S MISS
ERIN MARTIN.
>> MUSIC ALLOWS US A WAY TO COMMUNICATE THAT SOMETIMES WE'RE
NOT ABLE TO THROUGH WORDS. TELL THAT ANGEL I LOVE HER WAS A
WAY THAT OUR FAMILY AND AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY WAS ABLE TO
CONNECT AND HEAL. THAT IS THE POWER OF MUSIC.
AND THAT'S YOUR CALLING, J.F. YOU HAVE THAT POWER.
♪ A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK I FOUND
>> "TELL THAT ANGEL I LOVE HER" IS A SONG I WROTE THE DAY I
FOUND OUT MAGGIE HAD PASSED AWAY. WHEN I LOST HER, IT'S LIKE A
WHOLE PART OF ME HAD BEEN TORN OUT.
A MONTH BEFORE SHE PASSED, SHE WROTE ME A VERY INSPIRATIONAL
LETTER.
>> DEAR JOHN FOSTER, YOU ARE SO TALENTED.
YOU HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING VOICE, AND YOU SHOULD LET EVERYONE HEAR
IT.
>> IF IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FOR HER, I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD
BE IN THE POSITION I AM TODAY.
>> BELIEVE YOU CAN AND YOU'RE HALFWAY THERE.
YOUR VOICE IS TOO GOOD TO GO UNHEARD.
>> I KNOW SHE IS ALWAYS WATCHING AND ALWAYS PROUD.
LOVE.
♪ EVERY PHOTOGRAPH IS TAKEN
>> I WAS REALLY HOME SICK AND MISSING EVERYBODY.
THIS HOME TRICK IS ONE BIG RECHARGE FOR ME.
♪
>> THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, TO SEE THE SUPPORT LIVE AND IN
PERSON IS INSANE. HEY, Y'ALL! THANK YOU Y'ALL FOR DOING ALL
THIS.
>> I EXPERIENCED EVERY SINGLE EMOTION UNDER THE SUN TODAY.
♪ HOME SICK
>> NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, THIS WILL FOREVER BE THE GREATEST DAY
OF MY LIFE.
>> THIS GOES OUT TO MY DEAR
FRIEND MAGGIE.
♪ NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE
HOW I TRULY FEEL BUT I HOPE THESE WILL TRY ♪
♪ SURE THE SUN WILL COME UP, BUT
IT WON'T SHINE ON HER SKIN, AND
I'D GIVE ANYTHING --
♪ WON'T YOU TELL MAGGIE I LOVE
HER AS Y'ALL LIVE IN THE STARS ♪
♪
♪ ALMOST HEAVEN
WEST VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS ♪
♪ SHENANDOAH RIVER
LIFE IS OLD THERE OLDER THAN THE TREES ♪
♪ YOUNGER THAN THE MOUNTAINS
BLOWING LIKE A BREEZE COUNTRY ROADS ♪
♪ TAKE ME HOME
TO THE PLACE I BELONG ♪
♪ WEST VIRGINIA
MOUNTAIN MAMA ♪
♪ TAKE ME HOME
COUNTRY ROADS ♪
♪ I HEAR HER VOICE
IN THE MORNIN' HOUR SHE CALLS ME ♪
♪ THE RADIO REMINDS ME OF
MY HOME FAR AWAY ♪
♪ DRIVIN' DOWN THE ROAD
I GET A FEELIN' THAT I SHOULD'VE BEEN HOME YESTERDAY ♪
♪ YESTERDAY
COUNTRY ROADS COME ON, "AMERICAN IDOL,"
TAKE ME HOME ♪
♪ TO THE PLACE
I BELONG WEST VIRGINIA ♪
♪ MOUNTAIN MAMA
TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS ♪
♪ TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY
ROADS TAKE ME HOME
COUNTRY ROADS ♪
♪ OH TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY
ROADS ♪
[ CHEERING ]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I -- I'M JUST GOING TO SAY TWO THINGS.
ONE, I WANT TO SEE YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE ONE MORE TIME.
AND SECONDLY, FOR ALL OF YOU OUT THERE, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE.
[ CHEERING ]
>> AMEN TO THAT. AMEN TO THAT.
>> OF COURSE THE COUNTRY BOY WOULD HAVE AN AMAZING HOMETOWN
WELCOME. THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT THING TO
WATCH, JUST AGAIN REMINDING US OF THE JOURNEY YOU'VE BEEN ON
WITH US. GREAT SONG CHOICE. EVERYBODY AT HOME WAS SINGING.
EVERYBODY IN HERE WAS SINGING.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> THAT HOMETOWN PIECE, WHOO, I CAN'T TAKE THAT.
IT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFULLY DONE. AND HELL, I'VE NEVER SEEN A
CRAWFISH THAT BIG.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I NEED -- CAN THAT THING COME TO TENNESSEE?
>> I'LL SEE IF I CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
>> TALKING ABOUT THE ONE IN THE PARADE? THE FLOAT YOU WERE ON?
>> YEAH.
>> I MEAN, MY HEART BREAKS FOR YOU WHEN I SEE THAT EMOTIONAL
MOMENT. BUT YOU'RE SUCH A FINE MAN AND A
STRONG GUY AND AMAZING TO COME OUT WITH POISE AFTER SEEING THAT
AND SING THAT SONG THE WAY YOU DID TONIGHT. YES, SIR.
VOTE FOR JOHN IF YOU WANT HIM TO BE YOUR NEXT "AMERICAN IDOL."
AMERICANIDOL.COM IS THE PLACE WITH ALL THE VOTING INFO.
THE FIRST RESULT HAPPENS AFTER THIS ROUND OF MUSIC, SO VOTE.
SO AS LIONEL SAID, VOTE! JOHN FOSTER, EVERYONE.
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
[ CHEERING ]
>> WELL, ON THE OTHER SIDE, MORE SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY.
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI STYLE. JAMAL ROBERTS GETS HIS HERO'S
WELCOME. IT'S COMING UP LIVE, RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO "AMERICAN IDOL." GO AHEAD.
DON'T KICK IT. DON'T SHOW THE BRAND.
JUST SHOW THE BOTTLE.
>> RON, RON REFUSES TO HOST AND DRINK CHAMPAGNE.
>> SO THEY'LL BE DRINKING. LET'S SEE HOW IT GOES THE NEXT
TWO AND A HALF HOURS. WE ARE LIVE COAST TO COAST, AND
SO IS THE VOTE WITH YOUR FIRST RESULT COMING AFTER THIS ROUND
OF MUSIC, SO KEEP ON VOTING. NEXT, HE SPENDS HIS DAYS AS AN
EDUCATOR AND A FATHER, BUT THE DREAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO SING.
WATCH WHAT HAPPENED WHEN JAMAL ROBERTS HEADED HOME TO MERIDIAN,
MISSISSIPPI. SIP IT!
>> WHO IS GOING TO BE COMPETING IN THE FINALE?
HERE WE GO, EVERYONE.
>> JAMAL!
♪
>> GUESS WHAT, GUYS? TODAY IS THE BIG DAY THAT WE'RE
GOING TO SHUT THE WHOLE CITY DOWN AND WE'RE GOING TO
CELEBRATE JAMAL ROBERTS DAY.
>> NOT A LOT ON MY MIND. TRYING TO DO THIS COMPETITION.
TRYING TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
TRYING TO BE SOMEBODY MY KIDS CAN LOOK UP TO. GIANNA!
IT'S YOUR DADDY. TOMORROW WE'RE HAVING A PARADE.
THEY'RE THROWING ME A BIG PARTY. I'M SINGING.
>> WHICH ONE?
>> THE PRESENTS.
>> NO, NO, NO.
>> A TEACHER.
>> OF COURSE, WHAT ELEMENTARY HAS A GROUP OF KIDS THAT'S
DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE. AND I'M SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
SURPRISE THESE KIDS WITH A FUN DAY.
>> THIS IS CRAZY.
>> I GOT BOUNCE HOUSES. I GOT WATER BALLOONS.
THE KIDS ARE GOING TO GO CRAZY.
>> GUESS WHO EMBASSY!
[ CHEERING ]
>> I GOT A SURPRISE FOR Y'ALL.
WE'RE HAVING A FUN DAY!
>> THANK YOU JAMAL. HE IS SPEAKING MIND OUT, SPEAK
EVERYTHING OUT I SEE.
♪
>> NOTHING ABOUT DOING IN A MOVIE.
>> THE BIGGEST MAN.
♪ I KNOW MYSELF
>> NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS, I'M STILL GOING TO BE YOUR
COACH, OKAY.
>> GO, GO, GO!
>> I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HOME. I'VE BEEN MISSING Y'ALL.
I DON'T SMELL NO- CUE. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS COOKOUT.
♪
>> TO JESUS TONIGHT, WE GIVE
PRAISE.
♪ THIS NO ORDINARY LIFE
>> WE ARE VERY PROUD THAT HE'S FROM MERIDIAN, AND HE'S SHOWING
OUR CHILDREN THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH THEIR DREAMS.
>> MY DREAM WAS TO BRING PEACE, BRING LOVE, BRING UNITY TO THE
CITY. THE FACT THAT THEY TOOK TIME TO
STAND IN THE PARADE AND WALK ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CITY HALL JUST
FOR ME, THAT'S -- THAT'S LOVE.
>> EVERY TIME COACH DROPS A TEAR OF JOY ON TO MY FACE.
I JUST MISS HIM.
>> ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT COME WHILE DREAMING TO THE TOP.
THIS IS AMAZING.
>> JAMAL ROBERTS!
♪
>> YOU ALL GOT YOUR NOISE? MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI!
♪
>> YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE, OKAY.
BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE HARD WORK.
♪ NO ORDINARY LOVE
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU AMERICA. THANK YOU, LIONEL.
THANK EVERYBODY. I'M SO APPRECIATIVE, SO THANKFUL.
♪
♪ YOUEACH DAY THROUGH MY WINDOW,
I WATCH HER AS SHE PASSES BY ♪
♪ I SAY TO MYSELF
YOU'RE SUCH A LUCKY GUY ♪
♪ TO HAVE A GIRL LIKE HER
IS TOTALLY A DREAM COME TRUE ♪
♪ AND OUT OF ALL THE OTHER
FELLOWS IN THE WORLD, SHE BELONGS TO YOU ♪
♪ AND IT WAS
JUST MY IMAGINATION ♪
♪ ONCE AGAIN YEAH
RUNNIN' AWAY WITH ME ♪
♪ AH YES
♪ IT WAS JUST MY IMAGINATION
RUNNIN' AWAY WITH ME OH ♪
♪ EV'RY NIGHT
ON MY KNEES I PRAY DEAR LORD HEAR MY PLEA ♪
♪ DON'T EVER LET ANOTHER
TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME
OR I WILL SURELY DIE ♪
♪ SURELY DIE
♪ AND IT WAS JUST MY
IMAGINATION, ONCE AGAIN RUNNIN' AWAY WITH ME ♪
♪ AH YEAH
♪ IT WAS JUST MY IMAGINATION
RUNNIN' AWAY WITH ME
RUNNIN' AWAY WITH ME ♪
♪ RUNNIN' AWAY WITH ME
♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> SO YOU, YOU JUST DID SO FAR TONIGHT WHAT YOU HAVE KIND OF
BEEN DOING ALL SEASON LONG. YOU CAN SING THINGS THAT ARE
CONTEMPORARY AND IT FITS. YOU CAN SING THINGS THAT ARE
THROWBACK, AND IT FITS. YOU JUST HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE
ABILITY TO MAKE THINGS YOUR OWN, AND IT ALL SOUNDS FRESH AND NEW
AND FUN.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> WHOO, THIS SHOW IS GETTING ME TONIGHT.
>> I'M TELLING YOU, RIGHT.
>> I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN A SCHOOLROOM TEACHING
KIDS, AND YOU GO FROM THAT TO WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO IN FRONT
OF US. YOU'RE ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING
PEOPLE THAT I'VE EVER SEEN ON THIS SHOW.
[ CHEERING ]
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M -- I'M 200 YEARS OLD, AND I HAVE THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT I
CAN'T SEE ANYTHING NEW, BUT YOU ARE DIVINELY GUIDED, MY FRIEND.
YOU ARE SOMEONE ELSE THAT IS GOING TO ROCK THE WORLD.
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE FOR THIS YOUNG MAN RIGHT HERE.
[ CHEERING ]
>> WE'RE ALMOST THERE. YOU GET A KISS OVER THERE
SOMEWHERE? SOMEONE GAVE YOU A KISS?
>> YEAH.
>> IT'S STILL WITH YOU.
>> IS IT?
>> YEAH. IT'S VERY ENDEARING.
WHO GAVE YOU A KISS OVER THERE?
>> MAMA GAVE ME A KISS.
>> MAMA'S KISS. YOU GOT TO HAVE THAT.
JAMAL NEEDS YOUR VOTES TO CONTINUE ON IN THE HOPES OF
BEING YOUR NEXT "AMERICAN IDOL." YOU CAN VOTE ONLINE, VIA THE APP
OR BY TEXTING YOUR VOTES. DON'T WAIT, DO IT NOW.
JAMAL ROBERTS! ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? ANOTHER HEARTWARMING REUNION ON
THE WAY WHEN BREANNA NIX HEADS HOME TO DENTON, TEXAS.
STAY WITH US. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK HERE ON
"AMERICAN IDOL."
♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> BACK WITH YOU ON THE "AMERICAN IDOL" FINALE.
KEEP SENDING IN YOUR LIVE COAST-TO-COAST VOTES FOR YOUR
WINNER. NOW BREANNA NIX DIDN'T JUST
BEGIN HER "IDOL" JOURNEY BACK HOME. IT ALL STARTED EARLY ON IN
DENTON, TEXAS. WATCH THIS.
>> MY JOURNEY ON "AMERICAN IDOL" HAS BEEN INSANE.
I FEEL LIKE THE PERSON THAT I AM VERSUS THE PERSON THAT I WAS
WHEN I WALKED INTO MY FIRST AUDITION IS A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT PERSON.
>> I'M JUST A STAY-AT-HOME MOM.
>> NEVER SAY I'M JUST A STAY-AT-HOME MOM.
>> "AMERICAN IDOL" IS PROBABLY THE BEST THING THAT'S EVER
HAPPENED TO ME, BESIDES MY SON. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT MY DREAMS
ARE ENDING HERE. I THINK THEY'RE JUST BEGINNING.
>> IT'S YOUR BIG DAY.
>> IT IS MY BIG DAY. YOU READY TO GO SEE EVERYBODY?
>> YEAH!
>> WHAT IS THAT?
>> IT'S A LIMO. OH MY WORD, LOOK, EMERSON! LOOK.
YOU WANT TO GO GET SOME ICE CREAM?
>> YEAH, LET'S GO.
>> DENTON IS PREPARING A HOMECOMING FOR BREANNA NIX, THE
LAST WOMAN STANDING ON "AMERICAN IDOL."
>> I FEEL LIKE A CELEBRITY. WHAT IS HAPPENING!
♪
>> IT'S NOT EVERY DAY HOLLYWOOD COMES TO TEXAS.
>> BRING IT ON, GIRL, BRING IT ON!
>> I AM LITERALLY NO WORDS. MY NAME IS PAINTED ON THE
WINDOWS. THIS IS MY HOME. THESE ARE MY PEOPLE.
>> LET'S GO, BREANNA NIX!
>> IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WATCH HER JOURNEY.
AND BEFORE THAT, WE CREATED YOUR ICE CREAM. HERE IS YOUR NIX FIX.
>> I FEEL LIKE MY HEART IS EXPLODING RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S JUST BEGUN. RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING MY
SISTER'S HOUSE.
>> YAY!
>> THIS HOUSE I REMEMBER DRIVING LATE AT NIGHT, COMING OVER JUST
TO GET A HUG BECAUSE I WAS GOING THROUGH SOME REALLY HARD THINGS.
♪ WHAT YOU GOT IF YOU AIN'T GOT
LOVE ♪
>> THIS IS THE SOME KIND OF PLACE WHERE I WAS BROKEN A LOT.
AND NOW I'M CELEBRATING ONE OF THE BIGGEST MOMENTS IN MY LIFE.
>> YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU, BREANNA,
EVERYTHING. AND IF YOU DON'T WIN "AMERICAN
IDOL," YOU'RE MY AMERICAN IDOL, AND I'M SO VERY PROUD OF YOU.
>> I LOVE YOU, MOM.
>> I LOVE YOU TOO.
>> WHEN I LEFT DENTON, I FELT LIKE A NOBODY.
AND NOW WHEN I COME BACK, THEY'RE SHOWING ME THAT I'M AT
LEAST SOMEONE. IT'S THE GREATEST FEELING EVER.
>> WE'RE HERE WITH THE COLLECTIVE CELEBRATING BREANNA.
AND WE'RE GIVING HER A MOMMY MAKEOVER.
WE HAVE A LOT OF MOMS THAT WORK HERE, AND THEY'RE ALL HERE TO
PAMPER YOU, TAKE CARE OF YOU TODAY, SUPPORT YOU, YEAH.
>> I HOPE SHE KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE SHE IS MAKING FOR
MOMS EVERYWHERE.
>> I FELT THE WAY SHE WALKED IN WHEN SHE WAS IN HER AUDITION,
OH, I'M JUST A STAY-AT-HOME MOM.
>> AND WATCHING.
>> IT'S JUST SO SPECIAL.
>> FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ CHEERING ]
>> SHE'S GOING WIN. I FEEL IT IN MY SOUL.
>> BREANNA! BREANNA!
>> I NEVER THOUGHT IN A MILLION YEARS THAT MY DREAMS WOULD TAKE
ME THIS FAR.
>> BREANNA BECOME HOME, NOW IT'S TIME --
>> STARTING THIS PROCESS OUT, THERE IS SO MUCH DOUBT IN ME.
AM I ABLE TO DO THIS? CAN I SING? AM I GOOD ENOUGH?
>> THE 14th DAY OF MAY, 2025 IS BREANNA NIX DAY IN THE CITY OF
DENTON.
>> NOW I'M HERE, AND I HAVE THIS VOICE IN MY HEAD.
IT'S A VOICE THAT SAYS YOU CAN, AND YOU'RE ENOUGH.
>> I HAVE DREAMED OF THIS MOMENT SINCE I'VE BEEN A LITTLE GIRL.
>> IT'S MADE ME REALIZE THE ONLY PERSON THAT IS STOPPING MYSELF
IS ME, BUT I'M NEVER GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.
>> DENTON, TEXAS, THIS HAS BEEN THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE.
NOW I'M GOING TO GO WIN "AMERICAN IDOL"!
[ CHEERING ]
>> BEST DAY EVER!
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪ I CAN ALMOST SEE IT
THAT DREAM I'M DREAMING BUT THERE'S A VOICE ♪
♪ INSIDE MY HEAD SAYING
YOU'LL NEVER REACH IT EVERY STEP I'M TAKING ♪
♪ EVERY MOVE I MAKE FEELS
LOST WITH NO DIRECTION MY FAITH IS SHAKEN ♪
♪ I
I GOTTA KEEP TRYING GOTTA KEEP MY HEAD ♪
♪ HELD HIGH
THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE ANOTHER MOUNTAIN ♪
♪ I'M ALWAYS GONNA
WANNA MAKE IT MOVE ALWAYS GONNA BE ♪
♪ AN UPHILL BATTLE
SOMETIMES I'M GONNA HAVE TO LOSE ♪
♪ AIN'T ABOUT HOW FAST
I GET THERE AIN'T ABOUT WHAT'S WAITING ♪
♪ ON THE OTHER SIDE
IT'S THE CLIMB
KEEP ON MOVING ♪
♪ KEEP CLIMBING
KEEP THE FAITH KEEP YOUR FAITH ♪
♪ IT'S ALL ABOUT ALL ABOUT
THE CLIMB KEEP ON MOVING, AND CLIMBING,
KEEP THE FAITH SNOTHS
♪
♪ KEEP YOUR FAITH
THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE ANOTHER MOUNTAIN ♪
♪ I'M ALWAYS GONNA
WANNA MAKE IT MOVE ALWAYS GONNA BE ♪
♪ AN UPHILL BATTLE
SOMETIMES I'M GONNA HAVE TO LOSE ♪
♪ AIN'T ABOUT HOW FAST
I GET THERE ♪
♪ AIN'T ABOUT WHAT'S
WAITING ON THE OTHER SIDE
IT'S THE CLIMB ♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
[ CHEERING ]
>> WHAT -- WHAT A PERFECT SONG CHOICE.
TOTALLY -- I FELT LIKE I JUST WATCHED A SIX-MINUTE MOVIE, AND
IT WAS -- YOU JUST TOOK ME ON AN UNBELIEVABLE RIDE.
CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT A FEELING YOU JUST GAVE ME.
AMAZING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, LUKE.
>> PERFECT SONG. PERFECT VOICE, PERFECT
PRESENTATION, AND VERY MOVING. VOTE, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I MEAN, YOU'RE JUST A GORGEOUS, WONDERFUL INSPIRATION
TO SO MANY PEOPLE, AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE STILL HERE.
PEOPLE ARE CONNECTING WITH YOU. AND THERE IS NO WAY THEY COULD
NOT CONNECT WITH YOU AFTER THAT PERFORMANCE.
>> THANK YOU, CARRIE.
>> BREANNA NIX, YOU JUST DELIVER EVERY TIME.
EVERY TIME YOU'RE ON THIS STAGE. THAT LAST NOTE, HOLDING THAT WAS
AWESOME TO WATCH. ALSO, WE SAW IN THAT VIDEO,
EMERSON ASLEEP. HE IS ASLEEP HERE.
HE MUST BE THE WELL RESTED BOY ON THE PLANET.
>> HE USUALLY PARTIES AT MIDNIGHT.
>> OKAY. I HAVEN'T SLEPT THAT WELL SINCE
WE HAD LAND LINES. VOTE FOR BREANNA RIGHT NOW AT
"AMERICAN IDOL".COM OR VIA THE APP IF YOU TEXT YOUR VOTE DATA
AND MESSAGE RATES MAY APPLY. THE TITLE OF THE NEXT
"AMERICAN IDOL" IS ON THE LINE. VOTE. BREANNA, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
YOUR FIRST FINALE RESULT IS HAPPENING AFTER THIS COMMERCIAL
BREAK. VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITES LIKE YOU
NEVER HAVE VOTED BEFORE. WE'RE KICKING OFF THE FINALE
PARTY AFTER THIS WITH SALT-N-PEPA LIVE.
♪
>>> IT'S TIME. WE'RE BACK.
WE HAVE TO KEEP THE SHOW GOING, RIGHT?
YOU'RE LIVE ON THE FINALE HERE. SOME HUGE NEWS RIGHT NOW.
THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, "AMERICAN IDOL" WILL BE
SETTING UP SHOP AT CMA FEST IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
LIVE IN PERSON AUDITIONS. IT'S ALL GOING DOWN ON JUNE 6th
SO COME ON OUT TO MUSIC CITY AND CHASE YOUR "IDOL" DREAM.
YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE BIGGEST COUNTRY STARS ALL WEEKEND LONG.
THEN RELIVE IT ALL WHEN THE ABC SPECIAL AIRS THIS SUMMER.
YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THAT AUDITION ONLINE AT
AMERICANIDOL.COM/AUDITION SO DO IT. THAT'S HOW THEY GOT HERE.
>>> WE'RE KICKING OFF OUR FINALE CELEBRATION WITH A DUO FRESH OFF
THEIR INDUCTION INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME,
SALT-N-PEPPA.
>> ARE YOU READY TO PUSH IT?
♪ OOH BABY BABY BABY BABY
♪ SALT-N-PEPPA'S HERE AND WE'RE
IN EFFECT ♪
♪ WANT YOU TO PUSH IT BET
♪ COOLING BY DAY AND THEN AT
NIGHT WORKING UP A SWEAT ♪
♪ COME ON GIRLS LET'S GO SHOW
THE GUYS WE KNOW ♪
♪ HOW TO BECOME NUMBER ONE IN A
HOT BODY SHOW ♪
♪ PUSH IT PUSH IT REAL GOOD
♪ YEAH I WANNA SHOOP BABY
♪ THROW YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR
AND WAVE THEM LIKE YOU JUST DON'T CARE ♪
♪ IF YOU'RE READY TO ROCK WITH
SALT-N-PEPPA TONIGHT SAY OH YEAH ♪
♪ HERE I GO HERE I GO HERE I GO
AGAIN ♪
♪ GIRLS WHAT'S MY WEAKNESS MEN
♪ CHILLING CHILLING MINDING MY
BUSINESS ♪
♪ THE BROTHER HAD IT GOING ON
SOMETHING KINDA WICKED WICKED ♪
♪ HAD TO KICK IT I'M NOT SHY SO
I ASKED FOR THE DIGITS
♪ FELT IT IN MY HIPS SO I DIPPED
BACK TO MY BAG OF TRICKS ♪
♪ THEN I FLIPPED FOR A TIP
♪ LICK HIM LIKE A LOLLIPOP
SHOULD BE LICKED ♪
♪ CAME TO MY SENSES AND CHILLED
FOR A BIT ♪
♪ DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THE
VOODOO THAT YOU DO SO WELL ♪
♪ THROW MY HANDS IN THE AIR
♪ AND WAVE THEM LIKE YOU JUST
DOINLT CARE SNS
♪ IF YOU'RE READY TO ROCK WITH
SALT-N-PEPPA TONIGHT ♪
♪ SAY OH YEAH
♪ WHAT A MAN WHAT A MAN WHAT A
MIGHTY GOOD MAN ♪
>> THIS IS DEDICATED TO ALL THE MEN.
WE RECOGNIZE YOUR WORTH, FELLAS.
MENTORS, FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS. OUR SOLDIERS.
♪ I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE OR TWO
AND GIVE MUCH RESPECT DUE ♪ SNLT TO THE MAN THAT'S MADE A
DIFFERENCE IN MY WORLD ♪
♪ AND ALTHOUGH MOST MENS ARE
HOES HE FLOWS ON THE DOWN LOW ♪
♪ BECAUSE I NEVER HEARD ABOUT
HIM WITH ANOTHER GIRL ♪
♪ BECAUSE I DON'T SWEAT IT
BECAUSE IT'S JUST PATHETIC ♪
♪ I KNOW THAT AIN'T NOBODY
PERFECT ♪
♪ I GIVE BRAUPS TO THOSE WHO
DESERVE IT ♪
♪ SOMEBODY WHO CAN MAKE ME
LAUGH ♪
♪ YOU SO CRAZY I THINK I WANTA
HAVE YOUR BABY ♪
♪ THAT'S RIGHT, LADIES
♪ SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY
SCREAM ♪
>> LET'S HEAR IT FOR SALT-N-PEPPA AND THE LADIES OF
YOUR TOP 14. ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.
ONE MORE TIME FOR EVERYBODY ON
THE STAGE.
NOW, LET'S BRING OUT ONCE MORE, YOUR TOP THREE.
WE HAVE RESULTS.
JOHN, BREANNA, AND JAMAL.
ONLY TWO OF YOU CONTINUE IN THE HOPES OF BECOMING THE NEXT
AMERICAN IDOL. LET'S FIND OUT WHOSE DREAM LIVES
ON. TOM, DIM THE LIGHTS, AND HERE WE
GO.
GOOD LUCK, Y'ALL.
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, THE
FIRST PERSON TO TAKE A COVETED
SPOT IN YOUR TOP TWO AFTER THE
NATIONWIDE VOTE IS JOHN FOSTER.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THE FINAL PERSON STILL IN THE RUNNING TO BE YOUR AMERICAN IDOL
AFTER THE NATIONWIDE VOTE IS --
JAMAL. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> SO PROUD OF YOU. YOU SANG YOUR HEART OUT.
>> LET'S HEAR IT FOR BREANNA NIX, EVERYONE.
YOU CAN CHECK OUT HER SINGLE "HIGHER."
IT'S AVAILABLE NOW. WHAT A RUN IT'S BEEN.
WE LIVE YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.
THANK YOU. IT'S DOWN TO YOUR TOP TWO,
AMERICA. KEEP ON VOTING ALL SHOW LONG.
OUR FINALE CELEBRATION CONTINUES NEXT WITH PERFORMANCES BY GOOD
CHARLOTTE AND OUR OWN LUKE BRYAN. WE'RE GOING LIVE RIGHT NOW ON
FACEBOOK AND TIKTOK. CHECK US OUT.
WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BREAK.
>>> ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK TO THE FINALE.
WE JUST NAMED YOUR TOP TWO, HERE'S A REFRESHER OF THEIR
VOTING INFO -- KEEP VOTING ALL SHOW LONG FOR
WHO YOU WANT TO BE THE NEXT AMERICAN IDOL."
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME A PAIR OF PLATINUM
SELLING ROCK STARS FEATURING DESMOND ROBERTS.
YOU MIGHT KNOW ONE OF THESE GUYS.
>> ONE OF THEM ASK MY SON-IN-LAW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> NO PRESSURE, JOEL.
>> TOP 14 GUYS ARE COMING AS WELL.
GET LOUD FOR GOOD CHARLOTTE!
[ CHEERING ]
♪
>> HERE WE GO!
♪
♪ IT'S A NEW DAY
BUT IT ALL FEELS OLD ♪
♪ IT'S A GOOD LIFE
THAT'S WHAT I'M TOLD ♪
♪ BUT EVERYTHING
IT ALL JUST FEELS THE SAME ♪
♪ AND MY HIGH SCHOOL
IT FELT MORE TO ME LIKE A JAIL CELL ♪
♪ A PENITENTIARY
MY TIME SPENT THERE IT ONLY MADE ME SEE ♪
♪ THAT I DON'T EVER
WANNA BE LIKE YOU ♪
♪ I DON'T WANNA DO
THE THINGS YOU DO ♪
♪ I'M NEVER GONNA HEAR
THE WORDS YOU SAY ♪
♪ AND I DON'T EVER WANNA
I DON'T EVER WANNA-BE YOU ♪
♪ DON'T WANNA BE
JUST LIKE YOU ♪
♪ OH WHAT I'M SAYING IS
THIS IS THE ANTHEM THROW ALL YOUR HANDS UP ♪
♪ YOU
DON'T WANNA BE YOU ♪
♪
>> WELCOME! MAKE SOME NOISE! WOO!
♪ ALWAYS SEE IT ON TV
OR READ IN THE MAGAZINES ♪
♪ CELEBRITIES
THEY WANT SYMPATHY ♪
♪ ALL THEY DO IS
PISS AND MOAN INSIDE THE ROLLING STONE ♪
♪ TALKIN' ABOUT
HOW HARD LIFE CAN BE ♪
♪ I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM
SPEND A WEEK ♪
♪ LIVIN' LIFE OUT
ON THE STREET ♪
♪ I DON'T THINK
THEY WOULD SURVIVE ♪
♪ BUT THEY COULD SPEND
A DAY OR TWO WALKING IN SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES ♪
♪ I THINK THEY'D STUMBLE
AND THEY'D FALL ♪
♪ THEY WOULD FALL
FALL ♪
♪ LIFESTYLES OF THE
RICH AND THE FAMOUS ♪
♪ THEY'RE ALWAYS COMPLAININ'
ALWAYS COMPLAININ' ♪
♪ IF MONEY IS SUCH A PROBLEM
WELL THEY GOT MANSIONS THINK WE SHOULD ROB THEM ♪
♪ LIFESTYLES OF THE
RICH AND THE FAMOUS ♪
♪ WE'LL TAKE THE CLOTHES
CASH, CARS, AND HOMES JUST STOP COMPLAININ' ♪
♪ LIFESTYLES OF THE
RICH AND FAMOUS ♪
♪ LIFESTYLES OF THE
RICH AND FAMOUS ♪
♪ LIFESTYLES OF THE
RICH AND FAMOUS ♪
♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THE TOP 14 GUYS AND GOOD CHARLOTTE.
THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT. GOOD TO SEE YOU BOYS.
WELL, NOW TAKING THE STAGE IS A GUY WE KNOW AND LOVE WITH A
COUNTRY SONG "CAME ON," IT IS LUKE BRYAN!
[ CHEERING ]
LUKE BRYAN.
♪
♪ ANOTHER LONG
HARD WORKING DAY GONE ♪
♪ TIME TO PACK IT UP
AND HEAD ON HOME ♪
♪ SUN'S GONNA RISE AND
I KNOW I'VE GOTTA DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN ♪
♪ THERE'S ONLY TWO WAYS
THROUGH THIS TOWN ♪
♪ AND I DON'T EVER TAKE
THE OTHER WAY AROUND ♪
♪ I SEE THE LIGHTS
AND I SLOW DOWN IT'S LIKE THEY PULL ME IN ♪
♪ I WAS GONNA DRIVE BY
WASN'T GONNA STOP ♪
♪ THEN MY OLD TRUCK FOUND
A FRONT ROW SPOT ♪
♪ GOING TO DROP IN BUT
I WASN'T GONNA STAY ♪
♪ THEN I HEARD A BARSTOOL
CALLING MY NAME ♪
♪ WASN'T GONNA LET THE
BAR TWIST MY ARM ♪
♪ BUT I'M HELPLESS
IN A HONKY TONK ♪
♪ I WASN'T GOING TO DRINK BUT
THEN A COUNTRY SONG CAME ON ♪ YEAH
♪
♪ I WAS GONNA GET
A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP ♪
♪ AND THEN A
COUNTRY SONG CAME ON ♪
♪ SAVE IT FOR THE
END OF THE WEEK ♪
♪ AND THEN A
COUNTRY SONG CAME ON ♪
♪ I WAS GONNA DRIVE BY
WASN'T GONNA STOP ♪
♪ THEN MY OLD TRUCK FOUND
A FRONT ROW SPOT ♪
♪ WANNA DROP IN BUT
I WASN'T GONNA STAY ♪
♪ THEN I HEARD A BARSTOOL
CALLING MY NAME ♪
♪ WASN'T GONNA LET THE
BAR TWIST MY ARM ♪
♪ BUT I'M HELPLESS
IN A HONKY TONK ♪
♪ SAID I WASN'T GONNA DRINK
AND THEN A COUNTRY SONG CAME ON ♪
♪ I WASN'T GONNA DRINK
THEN A COUNTRY SONG CAME ON ♪
[ CHEERING ]
>> GIVE IT UP FOR JOHN FOSTER, EVERYBODY.
♪
>> THANK Y'ALL.
♪ WELL I'VE HEARD THOSE
CITY SINGERS SINGIN' 'BOUT HOW THEY CAN LOVE ♪
♪ DEEPER THAN THE OCEANS
HIGHER THAN THE STARS ABOVE ♪
♪ WELL I COME FROM THE
COUNTRY AND I KNOW I AIN'T SEEN IT ALL ♪
♪ BUT I HEARD THAT OCEAN'S
SALTY AND THE STARS THEY SOMETIMES FALL ♪
♪ AND THAT WOULD NOT DO
JUSTICE TO THE WAY I FEEL FOR YOU ♪
♪ SO I HAD TO SING THIS SONG
ABOUT ALL THE THINGS I KNEW ♪
♪ MY LOVE IS
DEEPER THAN THE HOLLER STRONGER THAN THE RIVER ♪
♪ HIGHER THAN THE
PINE TREES GROWIN' TALL UPON THE HILL ♪
♪ MY LOVE IS
PURER THAN THE SNOWFLAKES THAT FALL IN LATE DECEMBER ♪
♪ AND HONEST AS A ROBIN ON A
SPRINGTIME WINDOW SILL ♪
♪ AND LONGER THAN THE
SONG OF A WHIPPOORWILL ♪
♪ A WHIPPOORWILL
OF A WHIPPOORWILL ♪
♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
IRV IRVELGTS.
>> HOW ABOUT IT!
JOHN FOSTER, EVERYBODY.
♪
>>> BACK WITH YOU ON THE FINALE OF "IDOL."
JOINED BY A FAMILIAR FACE, 2022
WINNER, NOAH THOMPSON!
YOU LOOK FAMOUS NOW. YOUR EP IS OUT.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. AND CARRIE MENTORED YOU FOR A
LITTLE BIT WHEN YOU WERE HERE. REMEMBER ALL THAT, CARRIE?
>> I DO. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON
EVERYTHING. YOU ARE, OF COURSE, A VERY
BELOVED MEMBER OF OUR "IDOL" FAMILY.
AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE A PART OF ANOTHER AMAZING FAMILY
IN THE GRAND OLE OPRY WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE YOUR DEBUT
PERFORMANCE ON THE OPRY STAGE.
>> THE GRAND OLE OPRY.
>> OH MY GOD. MY MANAGER HAS BEEN HIDING
SOMETHING FROM ME THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
>> WE'VE ALL BEEN KEEPING IT SECRET.
>> IS THERE A SECRET HANDSHAKE IF YOU WIN "IDOL"?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
>> CAN'T TELL YOU.
>> IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> YOU TOO, MAN. CONTINUED SUCCESS.
NOW, PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE AN ARTIST WHO HAS 20 GRAMMYS TO
HIS NAME JOINED BY OUR OWN TEENAGED GOSPEL STAR,
CANAAN JAMES HILL, IT IS THE ONE AND ONLY KIRK FRANKLIN!
>> "IDOL," CAN I GET YOU TO SNAP YOUR FINGERS WITH ME? COME ON.
SNAP YOUR FINGERS.
♪ RAIN DOWN ON ME, RAIN DOWN ON
ME ♪
>> SNAP YOUR FINGER, Y'ALL.
♪ MELODIES FROM HEAVEN
RAIN DOWN ON ME RAIN DOWN ON ME OOOH ♪
>> IT LOOKS SO GOOD.
♪ TAKE ME IF YOUR ARMS
AND HOLD ME CLOSE ♪
♪ RAIN DOWN ON ME
RAIN DOWN ON ME ♪
>> LET ME FILL YOU, COME ON!
♪ FILL ME WITH YOUR
PRECIOUS HOLY GHOST ♪
♪ RAIN DOWN ON ME
RAIN DOWN ON ME ♪
>> EVERYBODY SAY IT.
♪ RAIN DOWN
RAIN DOWN
RAIN DOWN ON ME ♪
♪ "IDOL," GET UP ON YOUR FEET
RIGHT NOW! COME ON, LET'S GO, LET'S GO,
LET'S GO!
♪ HOW CAN IT BE
>> PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER!
♪ THAT YOU LOVE THE MOST
UNLOVABLE PART OF ME OF ME ♪
♪ HOW COULD YOU SEE
>> COME ON, LET'S GO TALK TO HIM.
♪ YOUR LIFE WAS THE ONLY
GIFT I'LL EVER NEED TO BE FREE ♪
♪ IT'S AMAZING WITH YOU
I WIN EVEN IF I LOSE ♪
>> COME ON!
♪ EVERYTHING'S WORKING FOR
MY GOOD FOR ALWAYS ♪
♪ HE SAVED THE DAY
HE WILL COME THROUGH ♪
♪ HE WON'T FAIL
THAT'S NOT WHAT SUPER HEROES DO ♪
♪ NO GREATER LOVE
MAKES MY HEART BEAT ♪
♪ ALL I WANNA DO IS
MAKE YOU PROUD OF ME ♪
♪ HE SAVED THE DAY
HE WILL COME THROUGH ♪
♪ HE WON'T FAIL
THAT'S NOT WHAT SUPER HEROES DO ♪
♪ NO GREATER LOVE
MAKES MY HEART BEAT ♪
♪ ALL I WANNA DO IS
MAKE YOU PROUD OF ME ♪
>> LET'S GO!
♪ I DON'T WANNA LOVE
NOBODY BUT YOU ♪
♪ I DON'T WANNA LOVE
NOBODY BUT YOU ♪
♪ I DON'T WANNA LOVE NOBODY
LOVE NOBODY BUT YOU ♪
>> COME ON, COME ON!
♪ I DON'T WANNA LOVE
NOBODY BUT YOU ♪
♪ I DON'T WANNA LOVE
NOBODY BUT YOU ♪
♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> WHOO!
♪
>>> WE ARE BACK LIVE. WHILE WE SPEND THE FINALE
TOGETHER REFLECTING ON THIS HISTORIC SEASON, CARRIE RECENTLY
WRAPPED UP HER OWN RESIDENCY REFLECTION IN LAS VEGAS, WHICH I
HEARD WAS INCREDIBLE. CONGRATULATIONS.
"CARRIE UNDERWOOD: REFLECTION", IS STREAMING NOW ON DISNEY+ AND
HULU. WE ARE GOING TO WATCH IT EIGHT
TIMES, OVER AND OVER AND OVER. SO CHECK THAT OUT.
CONGRATS ON THAT AS WELL. NOW FOR A BAND WHO HAS SPENT
THEIR CAREER MAKING MULTIPLATINUM HITS WITH THEIR
SONG, WHICH I LOVE SO MUCH, THESE GUYS AND THIS SONG, IT'S
"IRIS" WHICH HAS HIT OVER FIVE BILLION STREAMS.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR GOO GOO DOLLS. WITH MATTIE PRUITT.
♪
♪ AND I GIVE UP FOREVER
TO TOUCH YOU ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU
FEEL ME SOMEHOW ♪
♪ YOU'RE THE CLOSEST TO
HEAVEN THAT I'LL EVER BE ♪
♪ AND I DON'T WANNA
GO HOME RIGHT NOW ♪
♪ AND ALL I CAN TASTE
IS THIS MOMENT ♪
♪ AND ALL I CAN BREATHE
IS YOUR LIFE ♪
♪ AND SOONER OR LATER
IT'S OVER ♪
♪ I JUST DON'T WANNA
MISS YOU TONIGHT ♪
♪ AND I DON'T WANT
THE WORLD TO SEE ME ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK
THAT THEY'D UNDERSTAND ♪
♪ WHEN EVERYTHING'S
MADE TO BE BROKEN ♪
♪ I JUST WANT YOU
TO KNOW WHO I AM ♪
♪
♪ AND YOU CAN'T FIGHT THE
TEARS THAT AIN'T COMING ♪
♪ OR THE MOMENT OF TRUTH
IN YOUR LIES ♪
♪ WHEN EVERYTHING FEELS
LIKE THE MOVIES ♪
♪ YEAH YOU BLEED
JUST TO KNOW YOU'RE ALIVE ♪
♪ AND I DON'T WANT
THE WORLD TO SEE ME ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK
THAT THEY'D UNDERSTAND ♪
♪ WHEN EVERYTHING'S
MADE TO BE BROKEN ♪
♪ I JUST WANT YOU
TO KNOW WHO I AM ♪
♪
♪ AND I DON'T WANT
THE WORLD TO SEE ME ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK
THAT THEY'D UNDERSTAND ♪
♪ WHEN EVERYTHING'S
MADE TO BE BROKEN ♪
♪ I JUST WANT YOU
TO KNOW WHO I AM ♪
♪ I JUST WANT YOU
TO KNOW WHO I AM ♪
♪ I JUST WANT YOU
TO KNOW WHO I AM ♪
♪
[ CHEERING ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> David: GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS. MATTIE PRUITT AND GOO GOO DOLLS,
EVERYONE.
[ CHEERING ]
THEIR COAST-TO-COAST "SUMMER ANTHEM" TOUR WITH
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL STARTS ON JULY 13th, YOU GOTTA GO SEE
THEM.
>>> NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE EVERLASTING IMPRESSION JOHN
FOSTER HAS LEFT ON ALL THE FINALISTS.
>> HOWDY, I'M JOHN FOSTER.
>> I COULDN'T TELL THEM APART.
>> I LOVE THE WAY HE DOES HID LITTLE --
>> JOHN FOSTER ME UP.
>> I'M NOT LEFT-HANDED. I'M RIGHT-HANDED.
IF THERE IS ANYTHING EKNOW I JOHN, HE IS RIGHT-HANDED.
DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW.
>> THE NAME JOHN FOSTER, I LOVE MY MAMA.
♪ I LIVE ON THE BAYOU
♪ NOW IN LOUISIANA
>> A CUTIE PATOOTIE.
>> CUTIE PATOOTIE.
>> LOOK AT YOU, YOU CUTIE PATOOTIE.
>> OH, MY GOSH, THIS WAS ACTUALLY JOHN FOSTER'S? SMELL IT.
IT SMELLS LIKE JOHN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> YOU GOT TO HAVE FUN WHILE YOU'RE DOING THIS.
NEXT, WE'RE BRINGING BACK TO OUR STAGE ONE OF CARRIE'S FAVORITE
ARTISTS. HE'S SHARING THE SPOTLIGHT
TONIGHT WITH BREANNA NIX. BEFORE HEADING OUT ON HIS KING
OF HEARTS TOUR AND HIS NEW SINGLE "DADDY'S DNA."
IT'S MULTI-GRAMMY WINNER BRANDON LAKE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪ I THOUGHT THE WORLD
HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL I WAS MISSING ♪
♪ MY DADDY TOLD ME
NOT TO CHASE IT DIDN'T LISTEN ♪
♪ FELL DOWNHILL
A MILE A MINUTE ♪
♪ BEFORE I KNEW IT
I WAS LIVIN' IN A PIG STY A LONG LONG WAY FROM HOME ♪
♪ I WENT RUNNIN'
LIKE A REBEL ♪
♪ RACKED UP DEBTS
I COULDN'T PAY ♪
♪ I WENT DANCIN'
WITH THE DEVIL WITH ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE ♪
♪ HOW THE HEAVEN
DID I GET HERE WENT AND THREW IT ALL AWAY ♪
♪ ALL I'VE GIVEN YOU
WAS TROUBLE ♪
♪ ALL YOU'VE GIVEN ME
WAS GRACE ♪
♪
♪ WHEN I SOBERED UP AND
CAME BACK TO MY SENSES ♪
♪ I WAS TOO FAR GONE TO
MAKE UP ALL THE DISTANCE ♪
♪ I GAMBLED ALL THAT
I'D BEEN GIVEN ♪
♪ I WAS BROKE
ALONE AND WISHING ♪
♪ THAT I COULD COME AND COME
BACK HOME ♪
♪ WHEN I HEARD THE SOUND OF
FOOTSTEPS DOWN THE ROAD ♪
♪ YOU CAME RUNNIN'
LIKE A REBEL ♪
♪ PAID OFF DEBTS
I COULDN'T PAY ♪
♪ YOU WENT DANCIN'
WITH THE DEVIL ♪
♪ SENT THAT LIAR
TO HIS GRAVE ♪
♪ HOW THE HEAVEN
DID I GET HERE ♪
♪ WHERE EVERY SIN
HAS BEEN ERASED ♪
♪ ALL I'VE GIVEN YOU
WAS TROUBLE ♪
♪ ALL YOU'VE GIVEN ME
IS GRACE ♪
♪
♪ THERE WAS SOMETHING
IN THE MARROW ♪
♪ ALWAYS COURSIN'
THROUGH MY VEINS ♪
♪ BUT BURIED DEEPER
THAN THE RUBBLE
IS MY DADDY'S DNA ♪
>> BREANNA NIX, Y'ALL! THANK YOU JESUS!
[ CHEERING ]
♪ LOOK AT ME
LOOK AT ME ♪
♪ I AM CHANGING
TRYIN' EVERY WAY I CAN ♪
♪ I'M TRYING TO FIND
A WAY TO UNDERSTAND ♪
♪ BUT I NEED YOU
I NEED YOU
I NEED A HAND AHHHH ♪
♪ ALL OF MY LIFE
I BEEN A FOOL ♪
♪ WHO SAID I COULD
DO IT ALL ALONE ♪
♪ HOW MANY GOOD FRIENDS
HAVE I ALREADY LOST ♪
♪ HOW MANY DARK NIGHTS
HAVE I KNOWN ♪
♪ WALKIN' DOWN THAT
WRONG ROAD ♪
♪ THERE WAS NOTHIN'
I COULD FIND ♪
♪ ALL THOSE YEARS
OF DARKNESS CAN MAKE A PERSON BLIND ♪
♪ BUT NOW I CAN SEE
BUT NOW I CAN SEE ♪
♪ BUT NOW I CAN SEE
BUT NOW I CAN SEE ♪
♪ I CAN SEE
♪ I AM CHANGING
I'LL GET MY LIFE TOGETHER NOW ♪
♪ I AM CHANGING
YES I KNOW HOW ♪
♪ I'M GONNA START AGAIN
I'M GONNA LEAVE MY PAST BEHIND ♪
♪ I'LL CHANGE MY LIFE
I'LL MAKE A VOW ♪
♪ AND NOTHING'S GONNA STOP
ME
NOW ♪
♪
>> HEY!
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> GABBY SAMONE AND THE FABULOUS JENNIFER HOLLIDAY.
CHECK HER ALBUM, "LOVE SONGS" LIVE AT THE CATALINA JAZZ CLUB.
>> GABBY, GABBY! NEXT, THESE TWO GENTLEMEN HAVE
BEEN WAITING TO DO THIS SINCE OUR TIME AT AULANI RESORT WHEN
JAMAL DELIVERED A FIREY PERFORMANCE OF THE SONG "LIAR."
HERE TO PERFORM IT AGAIN ALONG WITH "UNPRETTY," GIVE IT UP FOR
JAMAL ROBERTS AND JELLY ROLL.
[ CHEERING ]
♪
♪ BEEN A BROKEN-DOWN CAR
ON A SIDE STREET ♪
♪ DAMN NEAR LOST IT ALL
ON A BAD WEEK HM ♪
♪ I WAS PRAYIN' FOR CHANGE
HOW COULD ONLY TWELVE STEPS FEEL SO FAR AWAY ♪
♪ I HATE THE MAN
I USED TO BE ♪
♪ BUT HE'LL ALWAYS BE
A PART OF ME ♪
♪ RIGHT NOW
LOOKIN' AT MY PAST I KNOW IT'S UNPRETTY ♪
♪ CAN'T HIDE THE PAIN
THAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH ♪
♪ I WEAR MY SCARS
LIKE MY TATTOOS ♪
♪ THE MAN WHO I WAS
WAS WRONG ♪
♪ BUT HE'S THE ONE
WHO BUILT ME ♪
♪ I AM NOTHING WITHOUT MY SINS
♪ I CAN'T PRETEND
I'M NOT UNPRETTY ♪
♪ I HATE THE MAN
I USED TO BE ♪
♪ BUT HE'LL ALWAYS BE
A PART OF ME ♪
♪ RIGHT NOW
LOOKIN' AT MY PAST I KNOW IT'S UNPRETTY ♪
♪
♪ I
I LET YOU DRIVE AROUND MY MIND ♪
♪ I CAN'T COUNT THE TIMES
YOU MADE ME FEEL LIKE I'M NOTHING ♪
♪ PLAYED ME LIKE A FOOL
LIKE A FOOL ♪
♪ SAY DRANK ANOTHER WHISKEY, POP
POP ANOTHER PILL ♪
>> YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER PERSON TO LOVE BECAUSE YOU ARE BROKE ♪
♪ YOU AIN'T NOTHING
BUT A LIAR ♪
♪ YEAH I WALK
RIGHT OUT THE FIRE ♪
♪ YEAH YOU TRY
TO KEEP ME DOWN ♪
♪ TRY TO PUT ME UNDERGROUND
BUT I'M ONLY GOING HIGHER ♪
♪ IF I WAS COOL WITH WHAT YOU
DO, THEN YOU WOULD SWEAR I POISONED YOU ♪
♪ YOU'RE NOTHING
BUT A LIAR ♪
♪ YEAH I WALK
RIGHT OUT THE FIRE ♪
♪ YES, OUT THE FIRE
♪ YEAH YOU TRY
TO KEEP ME DOWN ♪
♪ TRY TO PUT ME UNDERGROUND
BUT I'M ONLY GOING HIGHER ♪
♪ I CAN HEAR YOU
IN MY HEAD IN MY BED WHEN I'M DREAMIN' ♪
♪ YOU TRY TO BE MY FRIEND
BUT YOU'RE BLOWIN' SMOKE ♪
♪ OH AND NOW I AIN'T SCARED
OF TELLIN' YOU
WHERE YOU CAN GO ♪
♪ YOU AIN'T NOTHING BUT A LIAR
♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> JELLY ROLL AND JAMAL. NOW TO HEAR BOTH OF THE CRIES IN
YOUR VOICES AT THE TOP OF THAT PERFORMANCE.
BY THE WAY, THAT'S JELLY ON TOUR THIS SUMMER WITH POST MALONE AND
HEADLINE MUSIC CITY RODEO. WE HAVE MORE STAR-STUDDED
PERFORMANCES HEADING YOUR WAY ON "AMERICAN IDOL."
IT'S THE FINALE, AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
♪
>>> LUKE'S GOT CHAMPAGNE DOWN THERE. HOW MANY FINGERS?
>> YOU'RE HOLDING THEM BEHIND -- FOUR, RYAN.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> AND I JUST ASKED FOR MORE CHAMPAGNE FOR MY TOUR MANAGER
AND IT AUTO CORRECTED TO MORE CHAMPIONS.
>> OKAY. W WELL, WELL GIVE YOU SOME
CHAMPIONS AT THE END BECAUSE THE NEXT "AMERICAN IDOL" IS COMING
UP.
>> DON'T FORGET TO SEND IN YOUR AUDITION FOR NEXT SEASON AT
AMERICANIODL.COM/AUDITIONS. WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME AMAZING
TALENT. WE'VE SEEN SOME AMAZING TALENT.
I JUST WATCHED NATHAN'S AUDITION FROM TALLAHASSEE.
THANK YOU FOR SENDING THAT.
>>> NOW TWO INCREDIBLE VOICES FROM THIS SEASON, THEY'RE JOINED
BY A BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST WHO IS ABOUT TO HEAD OUT ON TOUR THIS
SUMMER WITH ED SHEERAN. WELCOME TO THE "IDOL" STAGE,
CHÉ, FÍLO, AND MYLES SMITH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪
♪ LONELY IN THIS CROWD
I SIT ALONE, OH ♪
♪ ONE MORE DRINK AWAY
FROM HEADING HOME, OH ♪
♪ AND, OH, SHE CAUGHT MY EYE
THROUGH THE LIGHT ♪
♪ THEN SHE CAME RIGHT UP
TO ME SHE SAID, OH, HI NICE TO MEET YOU ♪
♪ TONIGHT MAYBE WE COULD
GO DANCE GET UP OFF OUR FEET ♪
♪ SHE SAID THIS LIFE
AIN'T FOREVER ONE SONG, HERE TOGETHER ♪
♪ THEN LET'S PLAY IT
ON REPEAT ♪
♪ WE COULD DANCE
WE COULD DANCE ALL NIGHT ♪
♪ WE COULD DANCE
'TIL THE MORNING LIGHT ♪
♪ LET'S FORGET ABOUT
OUR WORRIES AND THE WILD WORLD OUTSIDE ♪
♪ SHE SAID, OH, HI
NICE TO MEET YOU ♪
♪ TONIGHT MAYBE WE COULD
GO DANCE GET UP OFF OUR FEET ♪
♪ WE COULD DANCE
WE COULD DANCE ALL NIGHT ♪
♪ WE COULD DANCE
WE COULD DANCE ALL NIGHT ♪
♪ SHE SAID, OH, HI
NICE TO MEET YOU ♪
♪ TONIGHT MAYBE WE COULD
GO DANCE GET UP OFF OUR FEET ♪
♪ SHE SAID THIS LIFE
AIN'T FOREVER ONE SONG, HERE TOGETHER ♪
♪ THEN LET'S PLAY IT
ON REPEAT ♪
♪ WE COULD DANCE
WE COULD DANCE ALL NIGHT ♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪
♪ TIME STOOD STILL
JUST LIKE A PHOTOGRAPH ♪
♪ YOU MADE ME FEEL LIKE
THIS WOULD LAST FOREVER ♪
♪ LOOKING IN YOUR EYES
I SEE MY WHOLE LIFE ♪
♪ OH-OH, OH, OH-OH, OH
THEY SAY YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU KNOW IT ♪
♪ AND I KNOW
OH-OH, OH, OH-OH, OH ♪
♪ PROMISE THAT YOU'LL
HOLD ME CLOSE DON'T LET ME GO, HEY ♪
♪ TAKE MY HEART
DON'T BREAK IT LOVE ME TO MY BONES ♪
♪ ALL THIS TIME I'VE WASTED
YOU WERE RIGHT THERE
ALL ALONG ♪
♪ TAKE MY HEART
DON'T BREAK IT LOVE ME TO MY BONES ♪
♪ ALL THIS TIME I'VE WASTED
YOU WERE RIGHT THERE ALL ALONG ♪
♪ YOU AND I STARGAZING
INTERTWINING SOULS ♪
♪ WE WERE NEVER STRANGERS
YOU WERE RIGHT THERE ALL ALONG ♪
♪ OOH, OOH-OOH, OOH
OOH, OOH-OOH, OOH ♪
♪ TAKE MY HEART
DON'T BREAK IT LOVE ME TO MY BONES ♪
♪ ALL THIS TIME I'VE WASTED
YOU WERE RIGHT THERE ALL ALONG ♪
♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THAT IS SUCH A GREAT SONG RIGHT THERE.
CHE, FILO AND MYLES SMITH, EVERYONE.
>>> NOW SAY HELLO TO YOUR TOP
TWO, JOHN FOSTER AND CAN BEYOND BELIEVE WE'RE ALMOST THERE?
>> NOPE.
>> ANY PLANS FOR AFTER THE SEASON ENDS?
>> YOU HAVE TO STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT.
I'M SURE I'LL BE ON THE ROAD.
>> JAMAL, ANY PLANS?
>> YEAH.
>> YOU'VE MADE SOME PLANS?
>> YEAH.
>> David: YOU'RE NOT GOING THE SHARE THEM WITH US?
>> I GOT THE TAKE A NAP FIRST.
>> David: DON'T MAKE TOO MANY PLANS, GUYS, BECAUSE YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO SAVE THE DATE FOR YOUR TRIP FOR FOUR ON A
DISNEY CRUISELINE VACATION.
[ CHEERING ]
>> ABOARD DISNEY WISH. THIS CRUISE HAS IT ALL.
WORLD CLASS DINING, DISNEY ENTERTAINMENT, AND CHARACTER
EXPERIENCES. EVEN A STAY AT DISNEY'S PRIVATE
ISLAND CALLED CAST AWAY KEY. YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THAT DON'T
GET TOO BUSY.
>> PRETTY COOL.
>> YOU DON'T LIKE TO SLIDE?
>> I LIKE TO BE ON THE BOAT.
>> WE'LL BE ON A BOAT, JUST SLOWLY CRUISE. I LIKE IT.
>> JUST SAIL AWAY.
>> THIS NEXT FINALIST HAD A JAW-DROPPING AUDITION WAY BACK
IN NEW YORK CITY AND THAT TREND CONTINUED INTO YOUR TOP 14.
SHE'S JOINED ON STAGE BY A MULTI-GRAMMY WINNING ARTIST WHO
HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF HER BIGGEST INFLUENCES.
WITH "HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE," IT'S AMANDA BARISE AND
P.J. MORTON.
♪
♪ I KNOW YOUR EYES
IN THE MORNING SUN ♪
♪ I FEEL YOU TOUCH ME
IN THE POURING RAIN ♪
♪ AND THE MOMENT THAT YOU
WANDER FAR FROM ME ♪
♪ I WANT TO FEEL YOU
IN MY ARMS AGAIN ♪
♪ AND YOU COME TO ME
ON A SUMMER BREEZE ♪
♪ KEEP ME WARM IN YOUR LOVE
THEN YOU SOFTLY LEAVE ♪
♪ AND IT'S ME
YOU NEED TO SHOW HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE ♪
♪ I BELIEVE IN YOU
YOU KNOW THE DOOR
TO MY VERY SOUL ♪
♪ YOU'RE THE LIGHT IN MY
DEEPEST, DARKEST HOUR ♪
♪ YOU'RE MY SAVIOR
WHEN I FALL ♪
♪ AND YOU MAY NOT THINK
I CARE FOR YOU ♪
♪ WHEN YOU KNOW DOWN INSIDE
THAT I REALLY DO ♪
♪ AND IT'S ME
YOU NEED TO SHOW ♪
♪ HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE
IS YOUR LOVE ♪
♪ HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE
I REALLY MEAN TO LEARN ♪
♪ 'CAUSE WE'RE LIVING
IN A WORLD OF FOOLS BREAKING US DOWN ♪
♪ WHEN THEY ALL SHOULD
LET US BE WE BELONG TO YOU AND ME ♪
♪ HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE
HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE I REALLY MEAN TO LEARN ♪
♪ 'CAUSE WE'RE LIVING
IN A WORLD OF FOOLS BREAKING US DOWN ♪
♪ WHEN THEY ALL SHOULD
LET US BE
WE BELONG TO YOU AND ME ♪
♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> YEAH, AMANDA BARISE.
>> P.J. MORTON, THANK YOU!
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪
>>> WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DO YOU SING?
>> PATTI LaBELLE FAVORITE SINGER, BABY.
>> PATTI?
>> HELLO?
>> KOLBI, MISS PATTI LaBELLE.
>> OH, MY GOSH! HI, BEAUTIFUL!
>> LOVE YOU, KOLBI.
>> I LOVE YOU TOO!
>> GOOD LUCK.
>> MY DREAM IS TO HAVE THE TWO OF YOU STANDING SIDE BY SIDE.
>> I WOULD LOVE THAT. THAT'S AN ACTUAL DREAM.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A MOMENT. PLEASE WELCOME KOLBI JORDAN AND
THE AMAZING PATTI LaBELLE!
♪
♪ HEY SISTER GO SISTER
SOUL SISTER GO SISTER ♪
♪ HEY SISTER GO SISTER
SOUL SISTER GO SISTER ♪
♪ HE MET MARMALADE
DOWN IN OLD NEW ORLEANS ♪
♪ STRUTTIN' HER STUFF
ON THE STREET SHE SAID ♪
♪ HELLO HEY JOE
YOU WANNA GIVE IT A GO MMM ♪
♪ GITCHI GITCHI YA YA
DA DA GITCHI GITCHI YA YA ♪
♪ HERE
MOCCA CHOCOLATA YA YA ♪
♪ CREOLE LADY MARMALADE
VOULEZ-VOUS COUCHER AVEC MOI CE SOIR ♪
♪ VOULEZ-VOUS COUCHER
AVEC MOI ♪
♪ HE SAVORED HER COOL
WHILE SHE FRESHENED UP ♪
♪ THAT BOY DRANK
ALL THAT MAGNOLIA WINE ON THE BLACK SATIN SHEETS ♪
♪ WHERE HE STARTED TO FREAK
GITCHI GITCHI YA YA DA DA ♪
♪ GITCHI GITCHI YA YA HERE
MOCCA CHOCALATA YA YA ♪
♪ CREOLE LADY MARMALADE
VOULEZ-VOUS COUCHER AVEC MOI CE SOIR ♪
♪ VOULEZ-VOUS COUCHER
AVEC MOI ♪
♪ SEEING HER SKIN
FEELING SILKY SMOOTH COLOR OF CAFE AU LAIT ♪
♪ MADE THE
SAVAGE BEAST INSIDE
ROARING ♪
♪ TILL IT CRIED MORE
MORE MORE ♪
GITCHI GITCHI YA YA DA DA DA ♪
♪ GITCHI GITCHI YA YA HERE
MOCCA CHOCOLATA YA YA ♪
♪ CREOLE LADY MARMALADE
WHOA ♪
♪ WHOA
AHH ♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> DREAMS DO COME TRUE. KOLBI JORDAN AND PATTI LaBELLE.
IF YOU LOVE HER, GO SEE PATTI ON "THE QUEENS TOUR" WITH
CHAKA KHAN, GLADYS KNIGHT, AND STEPHANIE MILLS.
>>> NOW CHECK OUT WHAT THE FINALISTS HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS
GUY OVER HERE, JAMAL ROBERTS.
>> TALK ABOUT JAMAL.
>> OH, LORD. I'M SURE PEOPLE SAYING A LOT
ABOUT HIM!
>> HE IS AN AMAZING GUY.
>> VERY MUCH A FATHER. THAT MAN LOVES HIS KIDS.
>> I THINK I'M AMAZED AT HIS
HATRED OF SHIRTS.
>> SHOWING CHEST AND TRIANGLE.
>> HE'LL PULL OUT A BOTTLE OF BABY OIL.
>> AND RUBS IT ALL OVER HIS CHEST.
>> I SHARE MY CHEST AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, I DON'T GET THE
REACTION HE DOES.
>> WE WENT TO CHURCH ON EASTER, AND HE WAS I DON'T EVER WEAR A
SHIRT WITH THIS SUIT. ARE YOU FOR REAL?
WE'RE GOING TO CHURCH. PUT ON A SHIRT!
>> I'VE SEEN YOU LIKE THAT.
>> NOT GOING TO CHURCH.
>> ALL RIGHT. CARRIE ONCE SAID THAT HE HAS SO
MUCH TALENT, HE COULD HAVE ONE OF THE FINEST VOICES IN COUNTRY
MUSIC.
>> OH, WOW.
>> SHE'S ABOUT TO SHOW HIM HOW THAT'S DONE, WITH "I'M GONNA
LOVE YOU" HERE'S SLATER NALLEY AND THE ONE AND ONLY,
CARRIE UNDERWOOD.
♪
♪ STARS ARE GONNA LIGHT UP
A MIDNIGHT SKY ♪
♪ THE SUN'S GONNA BURN
ON THE FOURTH OF JULY ♪
♪ TIDES ARE GONNA TURN
WITH THE PULL OF THE MOON AND I'M GONNA LOVE YOU ♪
♪ BIRDS'LL FLY SOUTH
WHEN THE WINTER COMES ♪
♪ SNOW'S GONNA FALL
AND RIVERS GONNA RUN ♪
♪ APRIL'S GONNA RAIN
AND FLOWERS GONNA BLOOM
AND I'M GONNA LOVE YOU ♪
♪ SO GOOD THAT IT
ALMOST HURTS ♪
♪ STEADY AND TRUE
AS A BIBLE VERSE ♪
♪ MY HEART SKIPS
JUST THINKIN' OF YOU ♪
♪ GO ON AND BET IT ALL
BABY WE CAN'T LOSE ♪
♪ EARTH'S GONNA SHAKE
EVERY NOW AND THEN ♪
♪ SOME RUNAWAY ROADS
ARE GONNA DEAD END ♪
♪ AND ON THOSE DAYS WHEN
THE WORLD FEELS CRUEL I'M GONNA LOVE YOU ♪
>> ALL RIGHT!
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE
MAKE WELCOME CODY JOHNSON.
♪
♪ OOOOOO
OHHHH ♪
♪ SO GOOD THAT IT
ALMOST HURTS ♪
♪ STEADY AND TRUE
AS A BIBLE VERSE ♪
♪ MY HEART SKIPS
JUST THINKIN' OF YOU ♪
♪ GO ON AND BET IT ALL
BABY WE CAN'T LOSE ♪
>> SING IT, BOY, COME ON.
♪ TIME'S GONNA PUT A FEW
LINES ON OUR FACE ♪
♪ WE CAN COVER IT UP
BUT HAIR'S GONNA GREY ♪
♪ LIFE'S GONNA FLY
AND BE GONE TOO SOON ♪
♪ AND I'M GONNA LOVE YOU
BABY I'M GONNA LOVE YOU ♪
♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> CODY JOHNSON, EVERYBODY!
>> CARRIE UNDERWOOD AND CODY JOHNSON, EVERYBODY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, BROTHER.
>> IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> WELL, THAT WAS A SURPRISE.
>> WHEN RYAN SEACREST KNOCKS YOUR HEAD OFF.
>> YOU KNOW, WE JUST SAW YOUR FACE WHEN HE CAME OUT BETWEEN
THOSE DOORS THERE, AND IT WAS GENUINE THRILL AND SURPRISE.
>> I'M SUCH A BIG FAN. I DID HIS VERSION OF REBA'S SONG
EARLIER ON THE SHOW. BIG FAN.
>> APPRECIATE IT, BROTHER.
>> I LOVE MOMENTS LIKE THAT. CODY ON HIS LEATHER DELUXE TOUR
THROUGH OCTOBER, RIGHT?
>> YES, SIR.
>> PEOPLE CAN CHECK THAT OUT. CARRIE'S DEBUT ALBUM
"SOME HEARTS" IS CELEBRATING 20 YEARS!
THE SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY VINYL IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER TOMORROW.
APPRECIATE YOU COMING.
>> THANKS, GUYS.
>> CONTINUED SUCCESS.
>> THANKS, BROTHER.
>> YOU'LL NEVER FORGET US.
>> NOPE, I WON'T.
>> ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE WAR AND TREATY WITH THUNDERSTROM
ARTIS. PLUS, JOSH KING MAKES HIS COMEBACK WITH JESSICA SIMPSON.
MORE LIVE FINALE COMING AT YOU, IN A FEW.
♪ SO TAKE ME DOWN A ROAD
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT WINDY ♪
♪ TO A PLACE THEY STILL PUT
SUGAR IN THEIR ICED TEA ♪
♪ WHERE THE WOMEN ARE FINE
AND THE LOVE IS FAIR ♪
♪ HEY DRIVER, YOU CAN
DROP ME OFF ANYWHERE ♪
♪ HEY DRIVER, PULL ON OVER
I'M IN A FIGHT WITH GOD ♪
♪ THIS CAROLINA SHOULDER
SEEMS THE PLACE I'M GETTIN' OFF ♪
♪ DADDY ALWAYS TOLD ME
NEVER MAKE A HOME ON THE ROAD ♪
♪ WHILE YOUR LADY'S
SNEAKIN' OUT ♪
♪ AND THE KIDS ARE
GROWIN' OLD ♪
♪ HEY DRIVER
I'VE BEEN RIDIN' THIS LONELY WAY TOO LONG ♪
♪ ALL THE LOVE I'VE HAD
WORTH GIVIN' WAS ALL SPENT ON MY SONGS ♪
♪ HEY DRIVER
THE BOYS ARE GAMBLIN' ♪
♪ WITH MORE THAN JUST
THEIR CARDS ♪
♪ WITH THEIR BOTTLES
AND THEIR DRUGS ♪
♪ AND THEIR BIBLES AND
THEIR HEARTS ♪
♪ SO TAKE ME DOWN A ROAD
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT WINDY ♪
♪ TO A PLACE THEY STILL PUT
SUGAR IN THEIR ICED TEA ♪
♪ WHERE THE WOMEN ARE FINE
AND THE LOVE IS FAIR ♪
♪ HEY DRIVER, YOU CAN
DROP ME OFF ANYWHERE ♪
♪ HEY DRIVER, YOU CAN
DROP ME OFF ANYWHERE ♪
>> MICHAEL, TRY TO GET HERE.
♪ HEY DRIVER, YOU CAN
DROP ME OFF ANYWHERE ♪
♪ HEY DRIVER, YOU CAN
DROP ME OFF ANYWHERE ♪
♪ SO TAKE ME DOWN A ROAD
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT WINDY ♪
♪ TO A PLACE THEY STILL PUT
SUGAR IN THEIR ICED TEA ♪
♪ WHERE THE WOMEN ARE FINE
AND THE LOVE IS FAIR ♪
♪ HEY DRIVER, YOU CAN
DROP ME OFF ANYWHERE ♪
♪ HEY DRIVER, YOU CAN
DROP ME OFF ANYWHERE ♪
♪ HEY DRIVER, YOU CAN
DROP ME OFF ANYWHERE ♪
♪ HEY DRIVER, YOU CAN
DROP ME OFF ANYWHERE ♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
[ CHEERING ]
>> THUNDERSTORM ARTIS AND THE WAR & TREATY.
HOW YOU DOING, SIR? YOU HAVING A GOOD TIME?
CAN I GET YOU ANYTHING? I'M GOOD. LET ME KNOW IF I CAN HELP.
IF YOU WANT MORE, THEY'RE ON THEIR SUMMER TOUR NOW IN SUPPORT
OF THEIR ALBUM "PLUS ONE." IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS
HISTORIC SEASON IS ALMOST OVER. WE'VE WELCOMED ONE OF OUR OWN
BACK HERE AND INVITED NEW MEMBERS INTO THE FAMILY.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
>> DAY ONE, SO EXCITING!
>> HELLO.
>> THIS IS FULL CIRCLE TO HAVE CARRIE COME HOME.
CARRIE, HOW DOES IT LOOK FROM THIS ANGLE?
>> WOW. I THINK ABOUT MY -- I GET
EMOTIONAL. I THINK ABOUT MY JOURNEY ON
"AMERICAN IDOL" ALL THE TIME BECAUSE IT'S SO UNBELIEVABLE.
IF I HADN'T MADE THAT ONE DECISION IN MY LIFE, MY LIFE
WOULD BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
♪ BORROWED TIME, I DON'T WANT TO
LIVE WITHOUT IT ♪
>> THIS AUDITION FEELS LIKE A BIG PINCH ME DREAM MOMENT EVERY
SINGLE PERSON CAN FILL IN THAT MEMORY THAT'S SOMEBODY WITHIN
THEMSELVES.
♪
♪ LAY IT ON ME
>> TELL YOURSELF WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
>> I'M GOING TO HOLLYWOOD!
>> SOME REALLY GREAT PEOPLE.
>> THE FIRST DAY YOU BELIEVE MORE.
♪ I WILL
>> THAT WAS A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE.
>> PUT THE STANK ON THAT.
>> I WANT TO BE A RIGHTEOUS BROTHER. I AM A BIG FAN.
THAT'S WHY I'M IN THE FAMILY.
>> HIT IT!
>> I FEEL LIKE THIS IS WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE.
>> THAT WAS A PERFORMANCE TO BE REMEMBERED ON "AMERICAN IDOL"
FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
>> THEY LOVE YOU!
>> LET'S WIN THIS THING, BABY! LET'S WIN THIS THING.
>> I HONESTLY WAS FIGHTING BACK TEARS JUST SEEING YOU GUYS'
JOURNEY THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE SHOW.
YOU BELONG EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE.
♪ BUT I'LL LEARN
[ CHEERING ]
>> I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME.
IT HAS BEEN SUCH A FUN SEASON. OUR NEXT GUEST IS CELEBRATING
THE SUCCESS OF HER MOST RECENT EP, NATIONAL CANYON PART 1.
PART 2 DROPS THIS SUMMER. IN HER FIRST TELEVISION
APPEARANCE IN 15 YEARS, PLEASE WELCOME JESSICA SIMPSON.
[ CHEERING ]
♪
♪ IF YOU'RE OUT OF REASONS
TO EXPLAIN WHAT WENT WRONG ♪
♪ IF YOU NEED A STORY
TO STICK TO NOW THAT I'M GONE ♪
♪ YOU CAN'T FIND
THE STRENGTH TO TELL THEM THE TRUTH ♪
♪ IF YOUR REPUTATION REALLY
MEANS THAT MUCH TO YOU ♪
♪ GO ON AND BLAME ME
GO ON AND BLAME ME ♪
♪ GO TELL YOUR MAMA
YOUR FRIENDS ALL AT MY EXPENSE ♪
♪ COULDN'T CARE ANY LESS
IF YOU SHAME ME
GO ON BLAME ME ♪
♪ GO ON AND BLAME ME
GO ON AND BLAME ME
GO ON AND BLAME ME ♪
♪
>> COME ON, JOSS.
♪ YOU KEEP SAYIN' YOU
GOT SOMETHIN' FOR ME ♪
♪ WELL OFFICER I DON'T MIND
TO SAY YOU DO ♪
♪ NOW YOU'RE LOOKIN'
RIGHT WHERE I THOUGHT YOU'D BE LOOKING ♪
♪ LEGS COME HANDY WHEN
LAW'S IN FRONT OF YOU ♪
♪ THESE BOOTS ARE
MADE FOR WALKIN' ♪
♪ THAT'S JUST WHAT
THEY'LL DO ♪
♪ ONE OF THESE DAYS
THESE BOOTS ARE GONNA WALK ALL OVER YOU ♪
♪ YOU BELIEVE YOU'VE
STOPPED ME FOR A REASON ♪
♪ NOW I'M PRETENDING MY
BENDINGS JUST FOR FUN ♪
♪ YOU KEEP PLAYIN'
WHERE I GOT YOU PLAYIN' ♪
♪ THESE DOUBLE D INITIALS
WORK TO RUN ♪
♪ THESE BOOTS ARE
MADE FOR WALKIN' ♪
♪ THAT'S JUST WHAT
THEY'LL DO ♪
♪ ONE OF THESE DAYS
THESE BOOTS ARE GONNA WALK ALL OVER YOU ♪
♪ THESE BOOTS ARE
MADE FOR WALKIN' ♪
♪ THAT'S JUST WHAT
THEY'LL DO ♪
♪ ONE OF THESE DAYS
THESE BOOTS ARE GONNA WALK ALL OVER YOU ♪
♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪
♪ STUCK ON YOU
GOT THIS FEELING DOWN DEEP IN MY SOUL ♪
♪ THAT I JUST CAN'T LOSE
GUESS I'M ON MY WAY ♪
♪ NEEDED A FRIEND
AND THE WAY I FEEL NOW ♪
♪ I GUESS I'LL BE WITH YOU
'TIL THE END
♪ GUESS I'M ON MY WAY
MIGHTY GLAD YOU STAYED ♪
♪
♪ I'M STUCK ON YOU
BEEN A FOOL TOO LONG ♪
♪ I GUESS IT'S TIME
FOR ME TO COME ON HOME
GUESS I'M ON MY WAY ♪
♪ SO HARD TO SEE
THAT A WOMAN LIKE YOU ♪
♪ COULD WAIT AROUND
FOR A MAN LIKE ME
GUESS I'M ON MY WAY, WAY MIGHTY GLAD YOU STAYED ♪
♪ MIGHTY MIGHTY GLAD, MIGHTY,
MIGHTY GLAD YOU STAYED ♪ COME ON!
♪ OH I'M LEAVING
ON THAT MIDNIGHT TRAIN TOMORROW ♪
♪ AND I KNOW
JUST WHERE I'M GOING ♪
♪ I'VE PACKED UP
MY TROUBLES ♪
♪ AND I'VE THROWN THEM
ALL AWAY ♪
♪ 'CAUSE THIS TIME
LITTLE DARLING I'M COMING HOME TO STAY ♪
♪ I'M STUCK ON YOU
I'VE GOT THIS FEELING DOWN DEEP IN MY SOUL ♪
♪ THAT I JUST CAN'T LOSE
GUESS I'M ON MY WAY ♪
♪ NEEDED A FRIEND
AND THE WAY I FEEL NOW ♪
♪ I GUESS I'LL BE WITH YOU
'TIL THE END
♪ GUESS I'M ON MY WAY
MIGHTY GLAD YOU STAYED ♪
♪ MIGHTY, MIGHTY GLAD, MIGHTY,
MIGHTY GLAD YOU STAYED ♪
♪ MIGHTY GLAD, MIGHTY GLAD
>> MIGHTY GLAD MY JUDGES JOINED ME. I LOVE YOU GUYS!
>> THANK YOU, ALL.
[ CHEERING ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> LOVE SEEING YOU GUYS DO THAT. CARRIE, LUKE AND LIONEL.
THEY'RE THE BEST. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE JUMPING BACK INTO THE
COMPETITION. YOUR TOP SEVEN HAVE JUST
RELEASED THEIR NEW SINGLES, AND SOME ARE ALREADY CHARTING.
THE TOP TWO ARE TAKING THE STAGE NEXT WITH THEIRS FOR THIS FINAL
ROUND. HIS IS AN ORIGINAL SONG.
HE FIRST STORMED ON OUR "SONGS OF FAITH NIGHT."
BUT FIRST, LET'S RELIVE THE IDOL JOURNEY OF JOHN FOSTER.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> SO THIS IS JOHN.
>> YEAH.
>> CREATIVE TREATS IN THERE.
>> I WANT TO GET A LITTLE TASTE AND STAGING HOSPITALITY.
>> LOUISIANA IS DEFINITELY IN MY BLOOD, AND MY MUSIC.
IT'S THE SIMPLE THINGS THAT MADE ME INTO THE PERSON I AM TODAY.
♪ WORDS WON'T STOP YOU ANY WAY
>> I DON'T KNOW IF VOCALLY IS THERE TO MAKE IT THROUGH MANY,
MANY ROUNDS OF "AMERICAN IDOL."
>> I KNEW I HAD TO BRING MY VERY BEST.
>> THAT WAS A GREAT PERFORMANCE. YOU GOT THE GOODS.
>> THAT BOY KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING!
>> THAT'S A MAN HOLDING THE HOUSE.
>> IT FELT COMFORTABLE. IT FELT GENUINE.
>> THE VERY FACT THAT I'M BEING SENT THROUGH MEANS THAT AMERICA
BELIEVES THAT I CAN DO BETTER, AND THAT PUSHES ME.
>> NO ONE HAS EVER PROVED ME MORE WRONG THAN YOU, AND I'M SO
PROUD FOR YOU FOR THAT.
>> YOU SAID FIND YOUR VOICE, AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON
SINCE DAY ONE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪
♪ NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE
HOW I TRULY FEEL
BUT I HOPE THESE WILL TRY ♪
♪ ‘CAUSE IT'S A FEELING
THAT I CAN'T EXPLAIN ♪
♪ DEEP AND ENDLESS
LIKE THE SKY ♪
♪ AND THOUGH WE MAY NOT
KNOW THE REASON ♪
♪ IT'S NOT FOR US
TO UNDERSTAND ♪
♪ LORD WANT YOU TELL
THAT ANGEL I LOVE HER
AS SOON AS YOU CAN ♪
♪ SURE THE SUN WILL COME UP
BUT IT WON'T SHINE ON HER SKIN ♪
♪ AND I'D GIVE
ANYTHING I HAVE TO TALK TO HER AGAIN ♪
♪ SURE THE SUN WILL COME UP
BUT IT WON'T SHINE ON HER SKIN ♪
♪ AND I'D GIVE
ANYTHING I HAVE
TO TALK TO HER AGAIN ♪
♪ EACH TEAR THAT FALLS
ON MY GUITAR
IS A HUG FROM AFAR ♪
♪ LORD, WANT YOU TELL
THAT ANGEL I LOVE HER ♪
♪
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WELL, WE'RE ALMOST THERE, BUDDY.
JOHN FOSTER WANTS TO BE YOUR NEXT "AMERICAN IDOL."
YOU NEED TO VOTE FOR HIM RIGHT NOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
VOTE NOW ONLINE, VIA THE APP OR BY TEXTING.
YOUR LIVE RESULTS ARE COMING UP AFTER THE NEXT COMMERCIAL BREAK.
JOHN FOSTER.
>> LOVE YOU.
[ CHEERING ]
>>> NEXT, HIS EMOTIONAL SONG THAT LEFT THE STUDIO SPEECHLESS
DURING OUR ICONIC "IDOL" MOMENTS SHOW, BUT FIRST, HERE'S THE
"IDOL" JOURNEY OF JAMAL ROBERTS.
>> I'M JUST A COUNTRY BOY FROM MISSISSIPPI CHASING A DREAM.
I THINK I'M A ROLE MODEL TO MY KIDS.
>> MAN, YOU GOT SOME STUFF IN THERE.
>> I LOVE YOU, DADDY.
>> I GOT HOPE TATTOOED ON MY CHEST.
>> YOU WANT ME TO WIN THE COMPETITION?
>> YES.
>> I WANT IT REAL BAD.
>> JAMAL, YOUR TALENT IS AS SPARKLY AS YOUR OUTFIT.
>> THAT IS FUN TO WATCH GO DOWN RIGHT THERE.
♪ LOVE CAN GO THE DISTANCE
>> GOD HAS ANOINTED YOU WITH SOMETHING SO FANTASTIC.
I AM BLOWN AWAY. EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM, HIS STORY,
HIS LOVE FOR HIS CHILDREN, HIS COMMUNITY. I LOVE HIS VOICE!
I LOVE IT!
♪
♪ TAKE MY MIND
AND TAKE MY PAIN ♪
♪ LIKE AN EMPTY BOTTLE
TAKES THE RAIN ♪
♪ AND HEAL HEAL
HEAL HEAL HEAL ♪
♪ AND TELL ME
SOME THINGS LAST ♪
♪ AND TELL ME SOME THINGS
SOME THINGS LAST ♪
♪ AND TELL ME SOME THINGS
SOME THINGS LAST ♪
♪ BECAUSE SOME THINGS
WE NEED YOU, WE NEED YOU TO HEAL, JESUS ♪
♪ YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN
DO IT, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT
CAN HEAL, SO PLEASE ♪
♪ SO HEAL RIGHT NOW FROM
DEPRESSION, FROM SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, LORD, THE WAY YOU DO ♪
♪ FROM SICKNESS
WE NEED YOU, YEAH ♪
♪ RESTORATION RIGHT NOW
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪ YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN
DO IT ♪
[ CHEERING ]
>> LET'S GET THERE, RIGHT? LET'S JUST GET THERE.
>> EVERYTHING IS RIDING ON THIS VOTE.
IF YOU LOVE JAMAL, VOTE FOR HIM RIGHT NOW ONLINE, VIA THE APP OR
BY TEXTING. THE WINNER WILL BE NAMED IN JUST
A FEW MOMENTS. JAMAL ROBERTS, GOOD LUCK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
[ CHEERING ]
>> WOW. THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL THE
INCREDIBLE ARTISTS WHO JOINED US TONIGHT.
GIVE IT UP AGAIN FOR KRIS POOLEY AND THE BAND BACK HERE.
THE VOTING WINDOW IS ABOUT TO CLOSE DURING THIS COMMERCIAL
BREAK. IT ALL COMES DOWN TO YOU AT HOME
NOW. LOCK IN THOSE VOTES. WE NAME YOUR NEXT
"AMERICAN IDOL," RIGHT AFTER THIS! WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
♪
>>> IT HAS BEEN AN ASTOUNDING GRAND FINALE NIGHT HERE, AND
IT'S THE CULMINATION OF MONTHS OF HARD WORK FOR JOHN FOSTER AND
JAMAL ROBERTS. THEY'VE POURED THEIR HEARTS,
SOULS AND ARTISTRY INTO EVERY SINGLE PERFORMANCE.
THE VOTING CLOSED OVER THE BREAK, AND I HAVE THE RESULTS
RIGHT HERE IN MY HAND. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING
TO EACH OTHER?
>> MAN, IT'S PHENOMENAL TO BE HERE WITH YOU AND JUST TO STAND
ON THIS STAGE AS PART OF THE HONOR. ONWARD WE GO.
ONWARD WE GO.
>> GOOD LUCK, GENTLEMEN. IT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST FINALE
VOTE IN ABC "IDOL" HISTORY. OVER 26 MILLION VOTES.
MORE THAN DOUBLE THAN LAST YEAR'S FINALE.
TOM, DIM THE LIGHTS, AND HERE WE GO!
[ CHEERING ]
THE WINNER OF "AMERICAN IDOL" IS
JAMAL ROBERTS!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
CONGRATULATIONS, JAMAL! CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
JOHN FOSTER, EVERYBODY.
WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF "HER
HEART," JAMAL ROBERTS!
♪
♪ I HAD A HABIT
OF MESSING UP ♪
♪ STAYING OUT LATE
AND GETTING DRUNK ♪
♪ I LET YOU DOWN
A THOUSAND TIMES
BROKEN PROMISES ♪
♪ IT'S LIKE I RAN AWAY
FROM YOU
MY CAREER WAS MY EXCUSE ♪
♪ UNTIL I SAW YOU ABOUT TO
DROWN IN YOUR OWN TEARS ♪
♪ AND AS YOU CRIED
IN MY ARMS ♪
♪ YOU WOKE UP MY HEART
AND I SAW AGAIN WHAT I FOUND IN YOU ♪
♪ 'CAUSE HER HEART
HER HEART WON'T LET ME LOSE HER ♪
♪ NO MATTER HOW I TRY
I JUST CAN'T SAY GOODBYE AND LOSE HER ♪
♪ NO MATTER HOW I TRY
I JUST CAN'T SAY GOODBYE AND LOSE HER YEAH ♪