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(At least Luke was honest about this made-for-TV tactic. You’d think after Funke Lagoke fainted during last week’s Duets Challenge - when she thought Lionel was about to deliver bad news (as it turned out, he was about to tell Funke she’d made it to the next round) - that the judges would be more direct and would quit misleading contestants. Overall, I was annoyed, if hardly surprised, by the way the judges handled Final Judgment. What 'no' can ruin that?” However, he did tell the judges, “I only wish I could have shown you what I had for the next round.” I wish he could have shown it too.
“I wanted to hear a yes, but I also wanted to hear a no if it was honest,” he said. Murphy was clearly disappointed, but he remained his stoic self. Murphy reacts to his bad news on 'American Idol." (Photo: ABC) … In that moment, I know that I’m damaging my eye, hurting it, and I can feel the pain.” The stage lights, they’re so bright, so it’s a lot to take in. And this experience, while wonderful, is trying on that part of my life. I’m expected to lose sight at maybe mid-thirties.
“My right eye is gone and my left eye is going, due to a form of degeneration. “My vision is substantially worse than the average person,” Murphy explained. Bobby probably felt pretty embarrassed when Murphy then mentioned not only his partial blindness, but the specific ocular issues that he’d been dealing with in Hollywood. As he prepared to hopefully win over the doubting panel with another self-penned song about self-love,“Am I Still Mine?,” well-meaning mentor Bobby Bones advised him to make better eye contact with his audience. I thought Murphy - a bookish old soul with a harrowing backstory that involved being born half-blind, losing both his parents at a young age, and busking around the country for three years in an attempt to find himself - was a compelling figure the first time he humbly shuffled into the audition room a few weeks ago, especially when he followed up his Bill Withers cover with his Croce-esque original folk tune, “The Painted Man.” I never quite understood why the judges, especially Katy Perry, were always so on-the-fence about Murphy, when he was clearly one of the most unique artists of the season. And it just so happened to be his 28th birthday. Forty contestants had to be culled before next week’s top 24 round, and one of this week’s first Showstoppers cuts was definitely the deepest - when the show stopped for singer-songwriter Murphy. This time around, the only contestants barred from auditioning again are previous winners of the show.American Idol Season 19’s performance-packed, two-night Showstoppers round commenced Sunday, as Hollywood Week’s 64 remaining hopefuls sang with the show’s in-house live band for the first time and then faced their Final Judgment. In previous seasons, any contestants who have previously finished in the top 10 in the competition have not been able to audition again. There was also a rule change ahead of the new season. Then, Perry responds, “Yeah, let’s go discover the next ‘American Idol.'”Īhead of season 20, “American Idol” also changed some things behind the scenes, bringing in a new showrunner for the first time in over a decade.Īccording to Deadline, Trish Kinane is retiring from “American Idol,” and Megan Michaels Wolflick, who has been an executive producer on the series, will be taking over. Now it’s time to give it to someone else,” Seacrest says. Ryan Seacrest is shown as an emcee at a Bar Mitzvah during the promotion. If Luke Bryan were never discovered, according to the promotion, he’d be working as a bartender, where he’s serving “one margarita, two margarita, three margarita” and shots. Then, Katy Perry is shown singing “Baby, you’re a firework, come on show ’em what you’re worth” while working at a fireworks stand and accidentally setting some fireworks off. The video then cuts to Lionel Richie in a sculpting studio, singing “Hello, is this the class you’re looking for?” to a prospective student. “Have you ever wondered where you’d be if you were never discovered?” Seacrest asked the judges. In the promotion video, the judges talk about wanting to discover talent and then ponder what their lives might have been like if they had never been discovered. A post shared by ABC promotion focuses solely on the judges and Seacrest and does not feature anything from auditions or anything about the contestants.