
'I could be fat, I could be ugly but one thing you can not say is that I cannot sing.' 'Music was a thing that I did that I just knew that I could have self-esteem in,' Lucy said in a confessional.

'You are exactly what we look for, what we pray for,' Luke said.Ĭlassic song: Lucy Love, 28, from Holly Grove, Arkansas, Marvin Gaye's Heard It Through The Grapevine 'You sang notes and runs that I haven't felt in my body in a long time,' Katy said. Let me tell you that the performance was spot on perfection!' 'Well, we flipped the switch now,' Lionel said.
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'I mean, one of his very first concerts was Lionel Richie and then he was inspired by you and then that's where he learned how to sing from his heart and tell stories,' Tyson's mother said. When he finished, Lionel told him that it was amazing and to bring his mother in. He sat down at a piano for his audition and performed the Billy Joel song New York State Of Mind and gave the judges goosebumps.ĭuring his performance, the judges all talked to each other and pointed at the platinum ticket. Tyson, from Vancouver, Canada, told the judges that he had speech delay growing up and that music helped him come out of his shell. 'Give me some validation, who is this guy?' 'He's claiming to be 17 years old, but he's performing like a 45 year old,' Lionel said. The judges were later blown away by 17-year-old Tyson Venegas and awarded him with the Platinum Ticket that gives him a pass during Hollywood Week. Season premiere: Katy Perry surprised her fellow judges on Sunday's season premiere of American Idol when she came out dressed as a showgirl during auditions in Las Vegas
