McCreery never appeared at the bottom, and Alaina only did once two weeks ago.
Earlier in the evening as each of the three finalists were filmed visiting their hometowns. The show also featured a sizzling live performance by Nicole Scherzinger and 50 Cent and the U. Haley Reinhart made a tearful return to her hometown of Wheeling, Illinois a village 30 miles north of Chicago where she was overwhelmed by the number of fans who came out to see her despite a downpour.
Scotty McCreery returned to his hometown of Garner, North Carolina for an all out concert performance - crying on camera as he was pictured leaving in his limousine. Scotty McCreery sobs as he makes his triumphant return to him hometown.
McReery sobbed as he prepared for an all out concert performance in Garner, North Carolina. But the perhaps the most emotional return was for Southern belle Lauren Alaina returned to Rossville, Georgia to visit her old high-school before taking a tour of the nearby area, which was devastated by recent storms and tornadoes. She wept as she past through the devastated communities meeting with some of the families whose lives had been torn apart by the disaster.
Lauren Alaina returned to Rossville, Georgia to visit her old high-school before taking a tour of the nearby area, which was devastated by recent storms and tornadoes. I'm doing this for you: It will mark the youngest finale matchup in Idol history. Producers lowered the minimum age requirement to 15 years old this season, which allowed Alaina, who's been compared to fourth season Idol winner Carrie Underwood, the chance to audition last year.
The judges are also winners, with a record million votes were recorded after the semi-final show last night. The show featured a sizzling live performance by Nicole Scherzinger, she will co-host the U. Haley vowed that viewers hadn't seen the last of her.
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All five singers advanced to the next round. He was not familiar with the lyrics and forgot them onstage.
Afterward, he said that he did not feel that he deserved to go forward in the competition. The judges decided to give him another chance though, [35] and following a well-received performance of Josh Turner's " Long Black Train ", selected him as one of the twenty-four contestants that would move forward to the voting rounds of the competition.
McCreery did not venture far out of the country genre throughout the competition, [38] [39] [40] although one of his most acclaimed performances was of Carole King 's " You've Got a Friend ". Instead, he went with Montgomery Gentry 's " Gone ", a country song with rap-like cadences. Upon making the Top 3, McCreery and the other remaining finalists earned celebratory hometown visits. He was joined by his guitar teacher, Gary Epperson and Epperson's band, Gavinhart. McCreery entered the finale with fellow country singer Lauren Alaina , [51] with whom he had shared duets several times that season.
If there ever was a couple that the media is willing to be together, it's Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina, who were the last two standing for. In , then-teenagers Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina Lauren underwent vocal cord surgery in , but she stormed back with her.
Alaina was sixteen at the time, and McCreery had turned seventeen since auditioning. They lived in a mansion with the other contestants for a short time, but moved into an apartment of their own before the end of the series. The song entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart at number 32, becoming the highest debut for a debut single since the chart converted to BDS data the week of January 20, A music video for the song, shot on Angels Point near Dodger Stadium, was released on August 9, It was used as the exit song on the eleventh season of American Idol.
McCreery's debut album, titled Clear as Day , was released on October 4, The album sold , on its debut week, and McCreery made history as the first country act to debut at No. Clear as Day has since been certified platinum with over 1 million units shipped. Before the release of his album, a single from this album, " The Trouble with Girls ", was premiered on radio on August 30, , [74] [75] and released onto iTunes on September 1, The tour kicked off on January 12 with tour dates announced for the first quarter of Christmas with Scotty McCreery , was released on October 16, The album includes nine holiday classics and two new holiday songs.
In , McCreery's single " Southern Belle " was released to digital retailers on August 17, and for radio advertisements on August On February 3, , it was confirmed that McCreery had parted ways with Mercury. He went on a book tour.
On June 12, , McCreery released a music video for the single which includes home videos of his life. Jude Children's Research Hospital. McCreery is a professed Christian. He lists his greatest musical influence as Elvis Presley. McCreery is a sports fan. His father grew up in the Boston area and McCreery was raised to love Boston sports. In , McCreery participated in Operation Christmas Child, a program dedicated to donating toys to impoverished children around the world. He was recommended for the award by outgoing governor Pat McCrory and conferred the award by his replacement Roy Cooper.
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