‘American Idol’ shocker: Julia Gagnon eliminated during Top 7 night
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The Top 7 artists on “American Idol” Season 22 each performed twice on Sunday, May 5 — a dance song and an Adele song — with audiences voting live coast-to-coast for their favorites. (Read our minute-by-minute recap.) Ultimately, after nearly 19 million votes were cast, host Ryan Seacrest announced that the pair of singers who were eliminated prior to next week’s Top 5 episode were Julia Gagnon and McKenna Faith Breinholt. And fans were shocked!
Throughout the competition, Julia delivered tunes like “Ain’t No Way” (Auditions round), “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” (Showstopper round), “Rumour Has It” (Top 24 round), “I Believe” & “Need a Favor” (Top 20 round), “Run to You” (Top 14 round), “Something in the Orange” (Top 12 round), “Here I Am” (Top 10 round), “Wide Awake” (Top 8 round) and “Roam” & “Set Fire to the Rain” (Top 7 round). The 21-year-old college student from Cumberland, ME made a splash early on “Idol” when she received one of only three platinum tickets in the auditions.
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Following Julia’s Top 7 performance of “Set Fire to the Rain,” judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie had nothing but love for the fan-fave. Lionel likened her to a “superstar” and told her to “drop the mic,” Katy raved about her “strategy choices” and gave her an “A+,” and Luke noted how she looked “free” and “didn’t even worry one second.”
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The five artists who heard good news on Sunday night were, in no particular order: Abi Carter, Jack Blocker, Triston Harper, Will Moseley and Emmy Russell. Next up, each of these Top 5 contestants will perform on Sunday, May 12 in the highly anticipated Disney-themed episode with special mentor Kane Brown.
Since ABC earned the rights to air “American Idol” in 2018, the winners have consisted of Maddie Poppe (Season 16), Laine Hardy (Season 17), Just Sam (Season 18), Chayce Beckham (Season 19), Noah Thompson (Season 20) and Iam Tongi (Season 21). Who will be next singer to join the show’s iconic winners list?
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