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From the infinitesimal helium auditioned, Iam Tongi’s dependable captivated America. Week aft week, the 18-year-old has shown wherefore he’s music’s adjacent large thing. His American Idol performances are heartfelt, emotional, and ever authentic. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Iam astir making it to American Idol’s apical 3.
“I’m nervous, scared, due to the fact that past week was a scare, but I’m conscionable trying to signifier and beryllium ready,” helium said astir however he’s feeling starring up to the May 21 expansive finale. “I’m conscionable going to springiness it my all.”
Iam volition execute during the expansive finale on with his chap apical 3 contestants, Megan Danielle and Colin Stough. Even though they’re competitors, the enslaved betwixt the apical 3 is simply a beardown one. “We’ve been adjacent since the beginning, each of us. Now that it gets smaller and smaller, we’re conscionable getting person and person due to the fact that we request to get our minds disconnected to competition. It’s conscionable going to marque america nervous, truthful we conscionable ace jokes a lot, laugh, and bent retired a lot,” Iam admitted.
The 18-year-old has evolved truthful overmuch arsenic an creator since that archetypal audition, and he’ll beryllium the archetypal to admit however overmuch the amusement has made him judge successful himself more. “I’ve conscionable go much assured due to the fact that I’m proceeding the judges accidental I’m good, which has helped my self-confidence,” Iam told HollywoodLife. “It doesn’t substance what everyone other says due to the fact that my music’s not for everyone, but erstwhile the judges were saying that it was truly bringing up my confidence.”
Every clip Iam performs connected American Idol, the assemblage erupts into cheers. He’s already amassed a ample societal media pursuing with implicit 500,000 Instagram followers. His audition has been viewed connected YouTube implicit 16 cardinal times.
“It’s a brainsick feeling. I conscionable started this happening arsenic a kid that got priced retired of paradise, surviving successful Washington, and scared. Now that radical perceive to my music, it’s crazy,” Iam said.
Iam Tongi performing connected ‘American Idol.’ (ABC)
Between Iam, Megan, and Colin, lone 1 volition locomotion distant the victor of American Idol play 21. Iam revealed what winning American Idol would mean to him. “If it happens, it would beryllium amazing,” helium said. “I made it to apical 3 and that’s crazy. I didn’t expect to marque it to the auditions, but present that I’m present successful the apical 3, and if I marque it to apical 1 that would beryllium insane. Dreams tin travel true.”
Regardless of the results successful the expansive finale, Iam is already readying for the future. “I conscionable privation to play concerts and unrecorded performances due to the fact that I truly emotion performing live,” helium told HollywoodLife. “It conscionable feels bully erstwhile I’m connected that signifier and the lights and I conscionable adjacent my eyes and get into that feel. When different radical witnesser that and besides tin link to it’s conscionable crazy.” The 3-hour expansive finale of American Idol volition aerial May 21 astatine 8 p.m. connected ABC.
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