https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6GhlaXrDJ4/?igsh=MWE5ZXdsdnJwaTNweg==   the caption of this post was honestly very hard for me to read. i feel like we do not emphasize how devastating this situation was for Sam and how Idol simply just... ignored them throughout it. Idol completely exploited and capitalized off of their backstory, naivety, and dreams of success just to totally drop them.   i am glad to see they have been able to have a positive and grateful attitude through it all, but it is still just really unsettling. kinda sad they are going back to Idol because they could have probably made a grueling documentary to expose them. 

1. Karen. Actually, it's Sorelle for me and I should have chosen "other," but I decided to vote for Karen anyway.   2. 23 > 25.   3. 25 > 23.

Top 14 Perform/Top 12 Reveal Template Triston Harper - Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley - 5.75 Julia Gagnon - Run To You by Whitney Houston - 8.0 Roman Collins - You're All I Need to Get By by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - 5.5 Kaibrienne - I Hate Myself for Loving You by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - 8.5 Jayna Elise - I Have Nothing by Whitney Houston - 8.75 Mia Matthews - Those Memories of You by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt - 6.75 KAYKO - High and Dry by Radiohead - 5.25 Emmy Russell - I Can’t Make You Love Me by Bonnie Rait - 6.0 Jordan Anthony - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) by Whitney Houston - 4.5 McKenna Faith Breinholt - Hard to Say I’m Sorry by Chicago - 6.5 Jack Blocker - Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right by Bob Dylan - 6.25 Nya - I Say A Little Prayer by Aretha Franklin - 7.25 Will Moseley - Night Moves by Bob Seger - 5.0 Abi Carter - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John - 9.5   Top 12 Perform/Top 10 Reveal Template Abi Carter - All Too Well by Taylor Swift - 5.75 (the bridge is the most iconic/impactful part of this song... and it is unfortunately also where she sounded the worst she has all season) Will Moseley - Starting Over by Chris Stapleton - 4.75 Jayna Elise - Diamonds by Rihanna - 7.0 Mia Matthews - Over You by Miranda Lambert - 6.75 Roman Collins - Roar by Katy Perry - 5.0 Jack Blocker - Blinding Lights by The Weeknd - 5.25 Emmy Russell - Lose You to Love Me by Selena Gomez - 4.75 Triston Harper - Beautiful Crazy by Luke Combs - 4.25 Julia Gagnon - Something in the Orange by Zach Bryan - 8.25 Kaibrienne - Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus - 6.75 McKenna Faith Breinholt - Cardigan by Taylor Swift - 8.25 KAYKO - Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye - 3.5 (even though it was a mess i do want to acknowledge i appreciate the camp value)

Sorty.  It’s going to be hard for me to use the they/them pronouns, but I’ll try.  I hope things are going well for them now.

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