American Idol 2016: Idol Auditions

When his turn finally came, Bourg impressed judges by singing and playing a guitar medley of their compositions.

“They didn’t really critique me all that much”, said Wright.

“I’m convinced that music has healing powers”, Mario Bonds, a 27-year-old from Washington, D.C., who told judges Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick Jr. that he had a degenerative eye condition that robbed him of his sight by age 10, although he had been a typical kid, “riding bikes and getting in fights” beforehand.

The final contestant to receive a golden ticket to Hollywood was Manny Torres, a 20-year-old Chicago-based Puerto Rican singer. As for her voice, she had a huskiness in her essence and a sweet soulfulness that helped carry her through. She does a lovely acoustic version of “One Last Time” by Ariana Grande, and Keith loves her chill, laid-back vibe! But I do think she has potential to have an incredible career.

Another hopeful whose voice didn’t have enough “depth” in it to make it through to Hollywood did give the judges an interesting experience. Next, Lillian Glanton, 15, is a singer-songwriter who lives on a poultry farm in Alabama.

YouTube Maryville native Laurel Wright auditions for the final season of “American Idol”. Urban, however, liked her voice and said yes. And so that’s when I wrote my first song, and…to this day that’s sort of how I cope with any kind of feelings I have. A really good singer with a whole lot of talent, but someone who is going to need to do still a whole lot of work in the event she wants to make it far. Think of him as someone we’d love to see more of. Connick thought that while the performance was flawed in spots, other parts of the performance he found “refreshing”.

Watch his performance on the video below. With only one auditions episode remaining, last night’s broadcast showed moments of triumph for Season 14 contestants looking for a second chance.

When Brooke was eliminated after “the Green Mile”, she took the judges’ final critiques to heart and immediately jumped right back into gigging in her hometown.

Meanwhile, “American Idol” season 15 episode 5 featured talents who auditioned in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Little Rock, Arkansas. However, at the end of Hollywood week, Brooke’s Idol journey ended.

Gianna’s performance which aired on January 13 was good enough for her to advance to the next stage of the competition, which takes place in Hollywood, Calif. He sings Sam Smith’s “I’m Not the Only One” because, let’s face it, he’s a little basic.