American Idol returned on Sunday, May 2nd. To kick off the night, the results of the Comeback show were announced. The winner was Arthur Gnn who was last year’s runner up. Then, after the top nine travel to Walt Disney World for a one-on-one session with a celebrity mentor John Stamos and inspiration from the Most Magical Place on Earth, the season’s top 10 contestants, performed a song from the Disney songbook in hopes of securing America’s real-time vote. The top seven finalists were revealed at the end of the episode. Sophia Carson performed ” A Whole New World” with The Top 9 contestants and Jon Batiste performed “It’s Allright” from the Oscar winning animated movie “SOUL”. . At the end of the show DeShawn Goncalves, Cassandra Coleman and Alyssa Wray were eliminated from the competition.Next week the contestants will perform the songs of Coldplay with mentoring by Chris Martin.
Here is the Top 10 Song List:
Song List:
- A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes (from Cinderella)- Alyssa
- Remember Me (from Coco)- Arthur
- Real Gone (from Cars)- Caleb
- When She Loved Me (from Toy Story 2)- Casey
- Go the Distance (from Hercules)- Cassandra
- Baby Mine (from Dumbo) -Chayce
- When You Wish Upon a Star (from Pinocchio) – DeShawn
- Into the Unknown (from Frozen II) – Grace
- You’ll Be In My Heart (from Tarzan) – Hunter
- Circle of Life (from The Lion King)- Willie
Top 7
Chayce Beckham
Casey Bishop
Willie Spence
Hunter Metts
Caleb Kennedy
Grace Kinstler
Arthur Gunn
Eliminated
Deshawn Goncalves
Cassandra Coleman
Alyssa Wray
Here are a few videos from the show.
