‘American Idol’s Colin Stough Reveals He’ll Be A ‘Bit All Over The Place’ With His Finale Performances (Exclusive)

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Colin Stough has had an unthinkable improvement since his American Idol audition. He’s gone from ne'er performing successful beforehand of an assemblage to season 21’s apical 3. Colin volition sing 1 past clip for America’s ballot during the May 21 expansive finale and spoke EXCLUSIVELY with HollywoodLife astir what we tin expect from him.

“I’m decidedly going to beryllium a small spot each implicit the spot with ‘em really,” Colin said. “I’m not truly narrowing it down to 1 genre. I’m conscionable up determination having fun. We each gotta spell location astatine immoderate point.”

The Mississippi autochthonal became a frontrunner aft his game-changing performance of Robyn’s “Dancing On My Own” earlier successful the season. “Going into that song, I was benignant of looking astatine it like, this is going to beryllium a make-or-break infinitesimal for me. It turned retired super, ace good,” the vocalist said.

Colin acknowledged his astonishing maturation since the commencement of the play and admitted that American Idol has taught him however to “be a amended person.” He added, “Being capable to get up and execute successful beforehand of an assemblage and person the self-confidence that I ne'er had, it’s truly helped maine retired a lot. It’s large knowing that I bash person fans that privation to perceive to me.”

The 18-year-old is competing against Iam Tongi and Megan Danielle successful the American Idol play 21 finale. Ahead of the last episode, Colin got to instrumentality a travel location to Mississippi. “I didn’t deliberation I had that galore fans backmost home. It was truly great,” helium told HollywoodLife. “It was conscionable each the emotion and enactment from my hometown. I’m not conscionable truly winning it for me. I’m not truly trying to triumph it for me. I’m trying to triumph for everybody else.”

Like immoderate aspiring artist, the state vocalist would emotion to triumph American Idol and commencement this adjacent section of his career. “Being successful the euphony manufacture is thing I’ve ever dreamed about. I’ve benignant of got a list. I’ve got goals for my beingness similar everybody other does, and I privation to support checking them off,” helium noted.

Colin Stough performing connected ‘American Idol.’ (ABC)

Ahead of the finale, Colin released the azygous “I Still Talk To Jesus.” He revealed to HollywoodLife that helium would emotion to merchandise an medium 1 day. “I’m penning each azygous day. Even if it’s conscionable lines, I’m penning them down and getting them successful my head. I decidedly would emotion to driblet an medium 1 day,” helium said.

As for the archetypal happening he’ll bash erstwhile helium returns location to Mississippi aft Idol ends, Colin said, “I’m astir apt gonna spell location and saddle up the ‘ole equine and conscionable thrust and truly conscionable person maine immoderate maine time.” The 3-hour expansive finale of American Idol will aerial May 21 astatine 8 p.m. connected ABC.

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