Dim the lights, we have a new “American Idol” winner.
Following a a few-hour period finale on May perhaps 21, host Ryan Seacrest introduced Iam Tongi as the winner of the level of competition series, beating out Megan Danielle, as properly as Colin Stough, who was eradicated earlier in the night.
(Megan Danielle, Stough and Tongi were earlier introduced as the ultimate three contestants through Might 14’s “Disney Evening” episode.)
Prior to crowning the new winner, Megan, Stough and Tongi all took to the phase a single previous time to complete.
The year finale also bundled star-studded performances from judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, alongside with previous “American Idol” stars Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard.
Ellie Goulding, James Blunt, Jazmine Sullivan, Jelly Roll, Kevin Cronin from REO Speedwagon, Kylie Minogue, Lainey Wilson, Lauren Daigle, Pitbull and TLC also took the phase to execute in the course of the finale, along with previous “Idol” choose Keith Urban, who also mentored the 3 finalists.
American Idol: The place Are They Now?
In late April, Richie could not aid but gush more than the gifted artists he met this year.
“The top rated 12 are ridiculous, the leading 20 was ridiculous,” he informed E! Information. “Every a person of them can be a quantity one particular artists, with no a question.”
Why? For the Grammy winner, it’s all about style. “Everyone has a diverse twist on their expertise,” he mentioned. “So at this place, I’m so content we’re not voting as the judges.” (Like in past seasons, the public took above voting halfway via the levels of competition.)
“Their voices, their frame of mind…glimpse how substantially they have grown,” he said of this season’s contestants. “From individuals minor shy young ones you noticed at the auditions to now…oh!”
The May well 21 finale arrived just times after it was declared that Idol had been renewed for yet another year, which will be its seventh on ABC and 22 time overall. (The sequence previously aired on Fox prior to shifting to ABC in 2017.)
