[Lil Nas X's "STAR WALKIN'"]
♪ ♪
- You know, Hollywood Week
is a pressure cooker.
That's what it is,
and they either sink or swim.
♪ ♪
- It's about seizing the moment.
You've got to walk
out there and deliver.
- ♪ Don't ever say it's over
if I'm breathin' ♪
- This competition is
crazy fierce because people
are singing for their lives.
- ♪ Ready to go far,
I'm star walkin' ♪
♪ Don't ever say it's over
if I'm breathin' ♪
♪ Racin' to the moonlight
and I'm speedin' ♪
♪ I'm headed to the stars,
ready to go far ♪
♪ I'm star walkin' ♪
- Hold on. Stop!
- [bleep].
- I'm gonna need you to step up.
- If one goes down,
then the duet fails.
- Relax.
- I just wanna [bleep]
sound good.
And it doesn't right now.
- [vocalizing]
- Oh!
- [vocalizing]
- We've never had more fun
watching a duet.
- Ah!
[both vocalizing]
- Yeah!
- Both of you are going
to the next round.
- It's the end of the line
for you right now.
- [crying]
- I have to leave.
I'm sorry.
I'm... I'm really sorry.
[Summer Kennedy's
"Where It All Begins"]
- ♪ This could be the moment,
we've been waiting for it ♪
♪ The chance to feel alive ♪
- Welcome
to the Hollywood Duets,
where last night, the most
buzzed-about finalists
in "Idol" history
were tasked with
picking their duet partners.
- Choose the partner
that's gonna
make you look really good.
- If someone is better than
you, they can bring you up,
but they can also
leave you in the dust.
- The four platinum ticket
holders get first choice
and can even pick each other.
- All right.
Up first, Elijah.
Who are you picking?
- So the person that I chose,
Ms. Lucy Love.
- Yeah!
Yeah!
Come on down.
- Go to your platinum partner.
- All right, yeah!
- There you go.
There you go! There you go!
[laughs]
- I picked Lucy because her
stage presence is amazing.
Both:
♪ Without my girl ♪
- She's high energy.
Both: ♪ My girl ♪
- That's different for me
because I'm normally
standing still.
- You better sing, Elijah.
- I really couldn't even
imagine myself being
in the position that I am now.
When I was in the hospital...
- ♪ People say I'm foolish ♪
♪ People say I'm
blinded by fame ♪
- I flatlined nine times.
I had to learn to walk again,
talk again, sing again.
- ♪ I can make it
through this ♪
- I mean, to have a
second chance at life,
I'm just grateful to be here.
[both vocalizing]
- I just simply love him.
He just needs to get that
good feel back
in his body
like he used to have.
Yeah, it's gonna be good.
- And if we have fun,
they'll have fun.
I feel like... there we go.
- You have a strong voice,
and when you perform,
you really put it out there.
- I was grateful.
A platinum ticket
winner picked me?
That's already a
win right there.
You know, one thing
I've always wanted to do
was leave something
that my kids can
have that can inspire them.
And I'm always
thinking, like, well,
I don't have enough money.
I don't have material things.
[sighs]
- Take your time.
- But when my babies
see me, whether I'm here
or whether I'm not, when they
see their mama on a platform
like "American Idol,"
there will not
be anything that can
discourage my kids
from chasing their dreams.
And if this is all I ever
have to leave behind,
I'm satisfied.
- ♪ I'm gonna do it my way ♪
- Please welcome
the Dunamis Duo.
- Oh!
- Wow.
- The Dunamis...
Dunamis?
This is such an exciting duo
to start the duets day off!
- Whoo, let's go.
- And you are the...
Both: Dunamis Duo.
- I don't know what the
word "dunamis" means.
- "Dunamis" is a Greek
word for powerful.
- Whoa, OK.
- Ah.
Like that.
- Teach.
You better teach Greek.
- OK.
- All right, guys.
Well, what are you
gonna share with us?
- We're gonna sing
"My Girl" by The Temptations.
- Whoa.
- All right, power.
- OK.
- Let's get it.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- [vocalizing]
- [vocalizing]
♪ Whoa, I've got sunshine ♪
♪ On a cloudy day ♪
both:
♪ When it's cold outside ♪
- ♪ I, I got the month
of May, oh ♪
- ♪ Whoa ♪
- both: ♪ I guess you'd say ♪
♪ What can make
me feel this way ♪
- ♪ My girl ♪
- ♪ My girl ♪
- ♪ My girl ♪
both: ♪ Talkin' 'bout
my girl, my girl ♪
- ♪ I don't need no money ♪
- Wow!
- ♪ Fortune or fame ♪
- ♪ Why you don't, girl ♪
♪ Why you don't ♪
- ♪ 'Cause I got all
the riches, baby ♪
- [laughs]
- ♪ One man could claim ♪
- Ah!
- [laughs]
both:
♪ Oh, I guess you'd say ♪
♪ What can make
me feel this way ♪
♪ My girl ♪
♪ Talkin' 'bout my girl ♪
♪ My girl ♪
♪ My girl ♪
- Wow.
Wow.
And that's how you do it.
- Great start.
- That's crazy.
- Wow.
- OK.
Well, way to scare everybody.
I have never heard
"My Girl" like that.
That was more like...
- That was...
- "My Woman."
- [laughs]
- You were having fun.
I mean, you were dancing,
really in the vibe.
I'm so grateful to have
both of you on this show.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
- All right, let's do a little
talking behind your back.
[Aloe Blacc's "My Way"]
- ♪ Hey, 'cause the harder
that we grind ♪
♪ Then the sweeter
is the glory ♪
- All right, let's turn back
around and just do it.
- [laughs]
- We didn't have
much to say besides...
- Yeah, didn't have
to talk about it.
- You guys are going to
the next round.
[cheers and applause]
Oh, my God.
Way to teach that
simplicity also has power.
- I do feel like my life is
changing right before my eyes.
I prayed for this moment.
I've worked hard
for this moment,
shed blood, sweat, and tears.
- Incredible.
- I plan on calling my
babies with great news.
Mama made it.
- ♪ Gonna do it my way,
hey, hey ♪
- I didn't even get my
worries out right now.
I'm so excited!
Oh, man.
- [screams]
- We just got in.
- I'm proud of Elijah, because
you came out of your shell.
And you danced.
This what you was doing.
- [laughs]
- Like a little old man.
Tch-tch, tch-tch-tch, tch-tch.
We going to Showstoppers, baby.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- After an amazing start,
powerhouse vocalists
Carina and Nutsa are hoping
for a similar result.
- We met in Vegas,
and we've been friends since.
And we just kind of
bumped into each other,
and we're partners.
We take turns and then
maybe do a harmony.
- Harmony for sure.
- Yeah.
I think that we get along,
and we have good chemistry,
so that also makes
a good duet partner.
- While Nutsa and Carina
started off in harmony,
those were famous last words,
as Carina was quickly
left singing a different tune.
- My partner went to bed early.
I wanted to keep working
for a couple more hours,
and she was adamant that
she wanted to just put
it together in the morning.
I wouldn't leave this ballroom
until it was complete and done
and my throat hurts.
- So it hurts my feelings
when somebody doesn't
take it as seriously as I do.
We have to go into the vocal
room with the vocal
coach tonight.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
I'm a little frustrated.
Hollywood Week is not a joke.
It's like "Hunger Games"
or something.
It takes a lot to
piss me off, and I'm
a little pissed off right now.
I wanna turn the
energy around, so I'm...
Here, let me unfold my arms.
Yeah, let me unfold my
arms, get de-pissed.
OK, I'm fine.
It's fine.
[dramatic music]
- Carina phoned me to
come down from my room.
I went to bed because I thought
that our day was finished.
- I didn't wanna stop working...
- Mm-hmm.
- Tonight.
I wanted to keep working
until this was done.
- I know the song,
but Carina doesn't
really know too, too well.
♪ Oh, oh-oh-oh ♪
Do something like this.
- Um, OK.
- This round is a
really challenging one.
[both vocalizing]
- OK, this...
- Is it high, yeah?
- I don't know if it's
high or if it's just ugly.
- I can encourage myself,
I can motivate myself,
but now I have a partner,
and my partner is quite
panicking about the situation.
We have to stick together
and make this together work.
- Yeah.
- 'Cause it's 3:00 a. m.
It's hard for everyone.
Everyone is nervous.
But you have to do
it again and try
it again and make it perfect.
So let's do it.
- Right.
- Right?
- So let's...
- Right?
- So yeah, let's try it
again until it's perfect.
[soft piano music]
- ♪ Put a spell on you, ooh ♪
- I feel like the
rendition was put
together completely by her.
It goes into the part
where it totally shows off
all of her bells and
whistles and stuff,
and then it's like
kind of, like, not
really leaving me with a lot.
- Good job.
- Fantastic.
- All right.
- Do you like it?
- No.
Um, not at all.
- She doesn't like it.
- I don't know.
I don't have any, like, parts
that are, like, interesting
or sound good.
I don't...
- How can we figure this out?
- It's 3:20 in the morning.
You've had the whole
night to prepare.
So I think now you should
go back to your rooms
and work it out
amongst yourselves.
- OK.
- Yeah.
- OK.
- OK.
- I thought everything
was fine and we
were able to work through
this, and now it's like,
I'm so upset
'cause I'm not happy
with the rendition,
and she's happy with
what she's doing.
And it's just not...
It's not good.
The key sounds like [bleep].
The ending sounds like [bleep].
I just wanna [bleep] sound good,
and it doesn't right now.
You know?
I don't wanna go home.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
- Just believe in yourself.
- Mm-hmm. OK.
I'm so upset
'cause I'm not happy
with the rendition,
and she's happy with
what she's doing.
And it's not good.
The key sounds like [bleep].
The ending sounds like [bleep].
And I just wanna [bleep]
sound good,
and it doesn't right now.
I don't wanna go home.
- All right, back.
Go back, go back, go back.
- Right now, everything
feels a little bit weird.
- What was the root?
What was at the root
of the most emotion?
- Uh, everything.
- Hollywood Week.
- I'm also worried about
the style differences,
like how it's gonna look onstage
that we are so different.
- I didn't get the memo.
- She said to me she
would wear stars, correct?
- I didn't say
that indefinitely.
- Yes!
- Did I say that?
- You said you would wear...
I would love to see you with
stars and like, just grab it.
- You want me to go change?
- Why not?
- [chuckles]
- I think we have time for it.
- I don't think it matters.
- I have to feel confident
with the outfits.
- I feel confident
by overpracticing,
and I think that
some people don't
really like that very much.
- So this is how it went.
- Yeah.
- Tell me how this
marriage happened
between the two of you, OK?
- I've loved Nutsa
since I met her.
We had a couple of
issues last night.
- OK, hold on.
What were the issues?
I wanna know the issues.
- Our styles of time
management were a little bit,
um, different.
- What do you mean
by time management?
- Well, some people wanted
to sleep instead of working.
- Wait, she went to sleep
while you were rehearsing?
- Yes.
- OK.
Maybe we should let 'em sing.
- Let's let 'em sing.
How about that?
Phew.
That was rough.
- Let's do it.
- Let's do it.
[applause]
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I put a spell ♪
♪ On you ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Because ♪
♪ You are mine ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I hope you get
what you do ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You know I ain't lyin' ♪
♪ I ain't lyin' ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ You know I can't stand it ♪
♪ You're running around ♪
♪ You know better, Daddy ♪
♪ And I can't stand it 'cause
you're putting me down ♪
♪ Oh, no, no, no ♪
♪ I, I put a spell on you ♪
both:
♪ You ♪
- ♪ Put a spell on me ♪
♪ ♪
both:
♪ You know I love you ♪
♪ I love you ♪
♪ I love you ♪
- ♪ Anyhow ♪
- ♪ I don't care if
you don't want me ♪
- ♪ I'm here right now ♪
- ♪ I put a spell on you ♪
- ♪ I put a spell on you ♪
♪ Because ♪
- ♪ Because ♪
- ♪ You're mine ♪
- Yes, yes, yes, yes.
- Wow.
[cheers and applause]
[choral music]
♪ ♪
- You have absolutely two
completely different styles.
I saw a little tension.
We felt the tension.
I must admit it
was a little, um...
- Underwhelming.
- Underwhelming.
Thank you.
- I just think the energy was
broken between both of you.
And so I think that you just...
You couldn't give each other
the energy that you
both needed, that you
both deserved,
and I think you're
better than that performance.
- Let's talk.
- ♪ You betrayed me ♪
♪ And I know that you'll
never feel sorry ♪
- I think she's
definitely here to win.
- Oh, yeah.
You can see that.
- You can see that right away.
- Yeah, she didn't wanna
even coordinate the outfit.
- We gotta start cutting, guys.
- Yeah. I know.
That was tough.
We have two powerhouse voices.
You weren't looking
for that train wreck.
It just happened
right in front of you.
Watching the dynamics
between the two,
one was shining a little
bit more than the other.
Carina...
this is the end of the line,
but thank you so much
for coming and joining.
And, Nutsa, based on your
performance tonight,
I know what you're sh**ting for.
It just didn't click.
But you have a quality in
your voice and a style,
and we came together
as a judging panel
to take you to the next level.
♪ ♪
- Thank you so much.
- And, Nutsa, don't
forget about grace.
More grace.
- Thank you, ladies.
We love you.
- ♪ You betrayed me ♪
♪ 'Cause I know that
you'll never feel sorry ♪
♪ For the way I hurt, yeah ♪
- I guess, you know, some
people aren't meant to be
paired up to sing together.
You know?
I don't know.
- ♪ But that didn't matter ♪
- I really wanted
to have connection,
but it didn't happen.
I swear to God, I
wanted this to work out.
- ♪ You're still a traitor ♪
- It's heartbreaking
for me, but I'm
really thankful that judges
really saw my potential
and they gave me
a second chance.
And I'm just gonna
do 100% to prove it.
- Finding the right partner
can make or break a duet.
[both screaming]
- Who do I choose?
- For some finalists looking
to make a winning pair...
- How did you two get together?
- It appears the "eyes" have it.
- When we picked each other, we
kind of just made eye contact.
- Make eye contact.
- Made eye contact.
- She was the first
one I looked for.
- I just looked
up, and I was like,
uh, "Can you sing something?"
[music winds down]
- He had me audition for him.
[laughter]
- She's actually one
of our best singers.
- ♪ You are the best thing ♪
[soft music]
- ♪ There goes my heart
beating ♪
♪ You are the reason ♪
♪ I'm losing my sleep ♪
♪ Please come back now ♪
- He's... [laughs]
- ♪ There goes my mind racing ♪
♪ You are the reason ♪
♪ That I'm still breathing ♪
♪ I'm hopeless now ♪
- ♪ I'd climb every mountain ♪
- ♪ Swim every ocean ♪
- ♪ Just to be with you ♪
♪ And fix what I've broken ♪
- ♪ Oh ♪
both: ♪ 'Cause I need you
to see ♪
- Wow.
Both: ♪ That you are
the reason ♪
- ♪ You are the reason ♪
♪ My heart keeps bleeding ♪
♪ I need you now ♪
- ♪ 'Cause you are the reason ♪
- ♪ I don't wanna fight
no more ♪
♪ I don't wanna hide no more ♪
- ♪ I don't wanna cry
no more ♪
- ♪ You are the reason ♪
- ♪ Fight no more ♪
♪ ♪
- Mm.
Both: ♪ 'Cause I need you ♪
♪ To see ♪
- Mm.
Both: ♪ That you are ♪
♪ The reason ♪
[applause]
- ♪ I can see the future
painted ♪
- Wow.
- Wow.
- Matt Wilson.
- Oh.
- I'm shaking, y'all.
- Matt, man.
I don't know.
I mean, you're one
of my favorite voices
that I've heard since
I've been in this chair.
It's just so
welcoming and smooth.
- Yes, and now he is
singing because he
believes it himself.
- Right.
- So there's a confidence
that you're singing with.
You're just soaring.
You're soaring now.
- Elise, you know, your tones,
too, at 18 are just so...
- Crazy.
- So pro-level.
- Crazy.
Guess you could tell we
kind of liked the performance.
- Yeah, we liked it.
- That means good news...
for both of you.
Both of you are going
through to the next round.
- ♪ This is where
we come alive ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Way to go!
- Yes!
- Yes!
Yes, yes!
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
- Freakin' beast.
- Yeah.
Ow, that kind of hurt.
- Sorry.
- I love that boy's voice.
His language and just the way...
- His shoulders are up now.
- It's just...
- He owns it.
- See you at Showstoppers,
baby, let's go!
- Whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo!
- What's your greatest concern?
- The pressure is high.
Competition is fierce.
- We'll have more after this.
- I'm actually terrified.
- I'm really sorry.
- What's going on here?
- My harmony sucks.
- You got it, bro. You got it.
- [crying] [both vocalizing]
- I really, really want this.
It could change my whole life.
- Make it work no matter what!
- Hold on. Stop!
- We are now eliminating
great talent.
[dramatic music]
- ♪ What it is that ♪
both: ♪ Won't let me go ♪
- Welcome back to "Idol."
Our next duet singers,
Warren Peay
and Hannah Nicolaisen,
have chosen an intimate song
to perform,
despite having just met,
and are impressing Luke.
Both: ♪ Right through me ♪
- It's certainly
a passionate song.
I mean, when you
just meet somebody,
then you're singing, "It's
Your Love," and gazing into...
- I know.
- You know.
- I feel like if we can find
a way to make sure that we're
connecting, I think
that's what we're
probably gonna work on.
[soft music]
- ♪ Dancing in the dark ♪
♪ Middle of the night ♪
♪ Taking your heart ♪
♪ And holding it tight ♪
♪ Oh, it's a ♪
both: ♪ Beautiful thing ♪
♪ Don't think I can
keep it all in ♪
- ♪ Just gotta let you know ♪
- ♪ Just gotta let you know ♪
- ♪ What it is that ♪
both: ♪ Won't let me go ♪
- ♪ Better than I was ♪
♪ And more than I am ♪
♪ And all of this happened ♪
♪ By taking your hand ♪
- ♪ Oh, and who I am now ♪
♪ Is who I wanted to be ♪
♪ Now that we're together,
I'm stronger than ever ♪
both: ♪ I'm happy, I'm free ♪
- ♪ Oh, it's a ♪
both: ♪ Beautiful thing ♪
♪ Don't think I can
keep it all in ♪
- ♪ Just gotta let you know ♪
- ♪ Just gotta let you know ♪
- ♪ What it is that ♪
both: ♪ Won't let me go ♪
- ♪ It's your ♪
both: ♪ Love ♪
- ♪ Just does ♪
both: ♪ Something to me ♪
- ♪ Sends a shot
right through me ♪
- [laughs]
- ♪ I can't get enough ♪
♪ Oh, and if you wonder ♪
♪ About the spell I'm under ♪
- ♪ Oh ♪
both: ♪ It's your love ♪
- ♪ It's your love ♪
both: ♪ It's your love ♪
- Great.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Yeah, I wish time
would tick a little slower ♪
♪ Sometimes it feels like
a blink, and then it's over ♪
♪ Better soak it in ♪
- When I saw you do it
and I was standing
a foot from y'all,
I felt like there
was a lot of magic in there.
And I was praying
that it would translate
in the big room.
And it massively translated.
- Praise God.
- You took a country
music classic,
and you really made it your own.
I mean, I just thought
it was a great moment.
A great moment.
I felt it earlier today.
We felt it now.
They felt it.
And I hope my fellow
judges felt it.
Should we convene?
- ♪ Like it's your last 'cause
you can't get 'em back ♪
♪ The good times
go by too fast ♪
♪ Yeah, I wish time ♪
- Now y'all turn around once.
Turn around.
There we go.
You're going through to the
next round, both of you.
- There you go, right there.
- Thank you.
- Great job.
- Great job.
- Her voice is sneaky.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- It's sneaky.
- I'm feeling incredibly
proud of what we just did.
I think we did everything
we wanted to do.
- And then she just started...
- She found herself.
She found herself.
- Let's go.
- It's good, man.
[laughter]
Congratulations.
[horn honking]
[upbeat music]
- Next onstage, it's Mississippi
hamburger cook Zachariah
and Hollywood street busker
Isaac.
- Please welcome
the Body Roll Boys.
- What?
- What?
- Body Roll, huh?
- Yeah.
- [laughs]
- OK.
- Let's roll the body, then.
- OK.
- Zachariah, I don't see
you doing no body roll.
- I'm gonna try.
[laughter]
- Oh, no, he can body roll.
He can body roll.
Go, Zach. Go, Zach. Go, Zach.
- Go, Isaac.
- We're definitely gonna
be using some choreography.
That's really the
reason why we ended up
up collaborating, 'cause I saw
him in his solo performance.
He was getting it. He was
the only person that danced.
He danced before I did
in the competition.
- It's kind of stepping
out of my comfort zone,
'cause I don't exactly know
how to get jiggy with it.
- We gonna get you jiggy.
- So I'm learning from the best.
- ♪ Your blood like winter,
but it freezes like ice ♪
We picked "Still Standing"
because we thought we knew
the hook, but I kind of
forgot my words
because it's 3:00
in the morning.
I'm just very sleepy.
But our sound check is in,
what, like, four hours, maybe?
♪ You can never know
what it's like ♪
- I think we need
to be at our best,
'cause nobody just wants
to hear...
[vocalizing weakly]
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- No matter how tired we are,
we're gonna keep on working,
and we're gonna get it right.
- We can't go to sleep until
these words are finished.
- After a long night rehearsing,
they're still struggling.
- ♪ I'm still standin' ♪
♪ Better than I ever did ♪
- ♪ Looking like a... ♪
- ♪ Forgot my line ♪
- Did you know
this song going in?
- Um, the hook, kind of.
- When you get a
little overly busy,
you can get yourself in
a little bit of trouble.
Just make sure you stay
hitting the right stuff
at the right time.
- Still trying to
remember the lyrics.
I think it was a little
bit harder of a song
than we imagined.
I don't know if we realized
how hard it was, honestly.
♪ I'm still standin'
more than I ever did ♪
- You guys were leaning on
your phones quite a bit.
In order to be able to even
execute the choreography,
which I think is really
cool, by the way,
you gotta be singing, right?
- Yeah.
- Um, I'm feeling
nervous, but I want this.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- There's a lot on
the line with this.
It's... it's a lot, so...
- I really, really, want this.
It could... it could
change my whole life.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Hold on. Stop!
Hold on. Stop!
Stop!
- What's going on here?
- You got a call to make?
- No, ma'am.
- No, um, I need to use
my phone for the lyrics.
- We're gonna have a problem.
- Just sing.
♪ ♪
- What is going on here?
- You got a call to make?
- No, ma'am.
- No, um, I need to use
my phone for the lyrics. I...
- We keep losing it, and it
goes right out of our minds.
It's not something that
I wanna stay glued to,
but it'll help me keep on going.
- Do you wanna just
trust in yourself?
- You got it.
- You got it.
[cheers and applause]
- Give us the vibe. Come on.
- Let's go.
[upbeat music]
- Whoo!
- Come on!
- Yeah!
- Whoa!
- ♪ Baby, don't you know,
can you see ♪
♪ Baby, look into my eyes ♪
♪ Don't you know that you
look at me so fire ♪
♪ ♪
You got it.
- ♪ Did you think that
a fool could win ♪
♪ Starin' here and lookin'
at me, seein' a sin ♪
- Come on!
- [scatting]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Wait, but don't you know
that I'm still standin' ♪
♪ Every day I look at you ♪
- Yeah!
- ♪ Feelin' like a stupid kid ♪
♪ Comin' home from
stupid school, whoa ♪
- ♪ I'm still standin'
after all this time ♪
- Come on!
- ♪ Pickin' up all my life ♪
- Yeah!
- ♪ Gettin' you
out of my mind ♪
- ♪ Why, I'm still standin' ♪
both: ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- Come on.
Both: ♪ I'm still standin' ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- ♪ Hey ♪
♪ Baby, don't you know,
can you see ♪
♪ I really like
some Elton John ♪
[laughter]
♪ I'm tryin' to get ♪
♪ Through this whole song ♪
♪ Come on, yeah ♪
- ♪ And I think it's OK
if mistakes are made ♪
♪ It doesn't matter how
the show is played ♪
♪ As long as you enjoy,
that's all that matters ♪
both: ♪ Yeah ♪
- ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Babe, you know that
I'm still standin' ♪
♪ Every time I look at you,
ah ♪
♪ Baby, you'd be
coming through, hey ♪
♪ Girl, you know
what to do, yeah ♪
- ♪ And I'm still standin'
after all this time ♪
♪ Forgettin' all my lines ♪
♪ But we got it
right on time, oh ♪
- Wait, wait, wait.
- ♪ I'm still standin' ♪
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- Come on!
- ♪ I'm still standin',
standin', standin', yeah ♪
- ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
- ♪ I'm still standin' ♪
- [vocalizing]
both:
♪ We're still standin' ♪
[applause and laughter]
- Yeah, buddy.
- It's all right.
It's all right.
[cheers and applause]
- Yeah.
- It's all right.
- Yeah.
- Let's go! Let's go!
- First of all,
you know, we would have
loved better execution
and more preparation certainly,
but I think if you guys would
have held those cell phones,
we would not have gotten
what you guys gave us.
- That's exactly right.
- Gosh, I wish we
could have had a chance
to have heard that song.
- All right, let's focus.
- ♪ You started out there
with fire down in your bones ♪
- They were both out
of their comfort zones.
- I think Zachariah's
an incredible singer.
- Mm-hmm.
- ♪ Keep you close ♪
- Keep 'em or cut 'em?
All right, I think we all agree.
We are now eliminating
great talent.
Isaac, it was a moment
where your energy
was outperforming your vocals.
Zach, you were really
sharp even though you
were mumbling your behind off.
Your vocals were right on point.
- ♪ There's no give up,
give up ♪
- It is our vote...
- ♪ Give up in us ♪
- That we let you
both go through.
- ♪ We got spirit ♪
♪ And I know you feel it ♪
- That was a classic
case of teamwork.
- Zachariah, I think you have
one of the most interesting
voices in the competition.
Next time you sing, bring the
vocals unlike any other time.
- Yes, ma'am.
- Congrats on surviving.
- There you go.
- Thank you so much.
[applause]
That's a blessing right there.
I really thought we was
going home for real.
- ♪ And I know you hear it ♪
♪ There's no give up,
give up ♪
- I just gotta thank
God for that one.
- Zachariah and Isaac are
on to the next round.
The next platinum ticket
winner to pick their partner
is 16-year-old Tyson Venegas.
- Going into Hollywood Week,
there were a lot of eyes on
me, but I really loved
how I got to watch everyone.
And I wanted to
pick a duet partner
that had a really
good personality,
someone I can vibe with.
- Tyson, who do you
pick as your partner?
- There's just so many
talented people here.
It's crazy.
I pick Kaylin.
- Ah.
- Kaylin, do you take
this man as your partner?
- Yeah.
- Yes?
- Yeah, Tyson's cool.
- A platinum and a platinum.
That's pretty wild.
- We knocked that out.
Two in one.
- ♪ The rumble of voices ♪
- Tell me about how
this came together.
- I just thought Kaylin was
just, like, the right fit.
We had a great vibe.
- We got along really well.
Well, I'm excited.
I'm excited.
- She's just, like,
such an amazing
and, like, humble person.
And yeah, I can't wait.
- Hi.
- Hello.
- Two platinums.
- Two platinums. Double plat.
- I gotta tell you, this is
gonna be pretty interesting.
Now, tell us what
song you're gonna do.
- We are gonna be do-oing...
I'm, like, stuttering.
We are gonna be doing
"Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen.
- Oh, OK.
- Yeah.
- All right, well,
let's hear it.
I'm excited.
Let's do it.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Tonight ♪
I'm gonna have myself ♪
♪ A real good time ♪
- [laughs]
- ♪ I'll feel alive ♪
both: ♪ And the world ♪
♪ Is turning inside out, yeah ♪
♪ I'm floating around ♪
♪ In ecstasy ♪
- [laughs]
- ♪ Don't stop me now ♪
- ♪ Don't stop me ♪
♪ Now ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm ♪
both: ♪ Having a good time,
having a good time ♪
- ♪ I'm a sh**ting star heading
through the sky like a tiger ♪
♪ Oh, I'm defying
the laws of gravity ♪
- ♪ I'm a racing car
passing through ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
both: ♪ I gotta go, go, go ♪
- ♪ No one's stopping me ♪
♪ Burning through the sky,
yeah, 200 degrees ♪
- ♪ That's why they call me
Mr. Set on Fire ♪
both: ♪ I'm traveling at
the speed of light ♪
♪ I wanna make a
supersonic man out of you ♪
♪ Don't stop ♪
♪ Me ♪
♪ Now ♪
- Wow.
- Whoo, whoo.
Whoo. Whoo.
- Whoo!
- ♪ Haven't always
been this way ♪
- They did it!
- I had no idea.
The two of you together
complemented each other
perfectly
and giving us amazing vocals.
Katy has given us
chills on her leg.
That's what you see
over in the corner.
- Literally he had
to get his phone out
'cause he had to do a video.
I had full-body chills.
- It was full-on amazing.
- Thank you so much.
- Anybody wanna say anything?
'cause I think...
- I'm good.
- Good?
- ♪ A book
with all the rules ♪
♪ The little that I know
I'll tell to you ♪
- She just hit that level too.
I'm not ready to
bail on her yet.
- OK, but she didn't
have enough control.
- You did so good.
- You too.
♪ ♪
- So we have decided...
you're both going through.
- ♪ You threw your head back,
and you spit in the wind ♪
- Whoo!
- I just wanna say
that you k*lled it,
and you are the best
partner that I could
have ever asked for, like.
- Literally, the same.
Like, she's so talented.
And I'm just super
glad that you said yes.
- I'm glad you asked me.
Both:
We're going to Showstoppers!
Whoo!
- ♪ That's all I know so far ♪
♪ That's all I know,
that's all I know so far ♪
- Welcome back to the
Hollywood Week Duets,
where our next duo
has been a match made in camo.
- Camo Cousins.
- Camel Cousins? Oh.
- Camo.
All right, well, tell us
how you formed this bond.
- We started forming
this bond in New Orleans.
- I got you.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, even got the
same tattoo as me, so...
- You guys are
legit friends now.
- We are. We keep in touch.
- Yeah.
- ♪ Thank you for
being a friend ♪
- No surprise here.
He's ready.
- ♪ Traveled down a road
and back again ♪
- I'm Preston Duffee.
- I'm Jon Wayne.
We're Camo Cousins.
- Move, this is my moment.
- OK.
- Get out of here.
♪ ♪
Got our tats.
I always wanted this one
'cause I was born in 2001,
and I saw his, and
I was like, yeah,
might as well get that one.
- Before the duet partnership,
you got this tattoo.
- Yeah, in New Orleans.
Both: Matching
tattoos guarantees
you make it through duet rounds.
- Oh, you can look at me.
- Back in the auditions,
they won over the judges
with their raw emotions
and powerful originals.
- ♪ I could help you move on ♪
- So authentic, so beautiful.
- ♪ Then he showed
me another truth ♪
- Job well done, my friend.
- Thank y'all so much.
- What song are you gonna do?
- We're doing "Buy Dirt" by
Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan.
- [laughs]
- Aw, shucks.
Here we go.
- He's a little
worried because he
thinks it's risky that
we're doing a judge's song.
- It's nerve-racking,
because if you mess up once,
the guy who sings the dang
song is right in front of us.
Both:
♪ But you can buy dirt ♪
- We're paying homage.
I don't think it's risky.
I think it's...
I think it shows
that we love Luke.
- It's a two-way street.
It could pay off,
or it could go terribly bad.
- I don't think it's
gonna go terribly bad.
Don't even say that.
- Oh, no.
- Don't even say it.
- No.
- Let's go.
Love to hear it.
- [laughs] So good.
- ♪ Few days
before he turned 80 ♪
♪ He was sitting
out back in the rocker ♪
♪ Said, what you
been up to lately ♪
♪ I told him, chasing dollars ♪
- ♪ But in between
sips of coffee ♪
♪ He poured this wisdom out ♪
- ♪ Find you a few
things that matter ♪
both: ♪ That you can lay
a fence around ♪
♪ And then he laid it out ♪
- ♪ Buy dirt ♪
- Come on!
- Come on!
Both: ♪ Find the one you
can't live without ♪
- Come on, guys.
Both: ♪ Buy a ring ♪
♪ Let your feet
hit the ground ♪
♪ Do what you love
and call it work ♪
♪ Throw a little money
on the plate at church ♪
♪ Send your prayers up
and your roots down deep ♪
♪ Add a few limbs
to your family tree ♪
♪ Watch their
pencil marks ♪
♪ And the grass of the yard
all grow up ♪
- ♪ The truth about it is ♪
- ♪ It all goes by real quick ♪
- ♪ You can't buy happiness ♪
- ♪ But you can buy dirt ♪
- Yeah.
♪ You can buy dirt ♪
♪ Thank the good Lord for it ♪
- ♪ 'Cause he ain't making
any more of it ♪
both: ♪ So buy dirt ♪
[applause]
- You know, I was about
to go, more, more, more
when Katy did it, you know.
'Cause I think what's funny is,
once she yelled,
y'all were like, oh, God, and
then you actually gave more.
- I'm gonna come
with a cattle prod next.
- Yeah.
- All right, let's see
what my judges think.
- ♪ We've been swingin'
and missin' ♪
- Yeah.
- Their voices are
so close together.
- They're so close together.
- I couldn't quite
figure out who was who.
- Strangely, I think the
other one has a better voice.
- Yeah.
- But I love that
kid's demeanor.
- OK, good, good,
good, good, good.
- All right, Camo Cousins.
I mean, this is obviously
my sixth year in this chair,
and I've never seen a
stronger male country group.
I mean we've got rock
and country, raw country,
songwriter, originality country,
but it all points to
having to thin it down.
This is not an easy decision,
but...
♪ ♪
Jon Wayne, it's the end
of the line for you right now.
- ♪ We're caught in between
a rock and a hard place ♪
- Preston, you're going
through to the next round.
- ♪ Rolling down your face ♪
- I know that's
tough for you guys,
but lift each other up,
get through, stay buddies.
- I don't know that I
deserved to be chosen,
but I got chosen,
so I'm sorry, but...
- Buddy, don't
you dare be sorry.
- It's like Ford or Chevy.
- I know. I love both of them.
- I know it.
- You are an amazing artist.
You're an amazing person.
And I wish you
nothing but the best.
- Thanks, bro.
- Seriously.
- And this is definitely
not the end of us.
- [laughs] The fact
that you even think
that you have to say that.
- Nashville mug shots
coming to you soon.
[indistinct chatter]
- Next up is a pair who share
an emotional connection
to their songs and inspirations.
- We met in the holding room
upstairs a couple days ago
and really just kind of really
hit it off, like, just vibing.
You wanna switch to that one?
- Yeah, dude.
Let's switch to that one.
Let's switch to that one.
- We just realized that we had
a lot of the same influences.
We both kind of were started
on our musical journey
by our dads.
If it wasn't for
my dad, I wouldn't
be the musician that I am.
I'm sure you'll probably...
- Yeah.
- Say... yeah.
I think we're both
trying to honor them.
- My dad passed away, like,
a couple of months ago.
Singing without my dad
is just not the same,
but I made a promise
to myself that I
was gonna use my dad's
guitar every performance.
With the guitar,
I feel confident.
- ♪ We will carry on ♪
- ♪ Take me back
'cause I wanna stay ♪
- Despite having
his father's guitar,
Iam is anxious about singing
a duet with a new partner.
- Oh, the harmony, it sucks.
- Yeah, well, my dad
always took the harmony.
If it wasn't for you, I would
be freaking out right now.
- No, listen.
You're awesome.
You're incredibly talented.
But look at me, look at me.
You have to believe that
you are capable of this.
Otherwise, you won't
be able to do it.
I believe in you.
You gotta believe in
yourself, though, OK?
- I got it.
- You got it now?
- Let's go.
- All right.
- Right before the performance,
Iam's guitar breaks.
[dramatic music]
- I wanted to use
the guitar, like,
through all my
performances 'cause my dad
gave me the guitar, you know.
But it's not working.
♪ ♪
- Without my dad's guitar, I'm
not feeling, like, confident.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- Being under pressure
to get the song down,
get the lyrics down,
and also the guitar...
Like, I can't use it anymore...
I'm nervous.
I'm not ready to go home.
- Oliver and Iam.
I mean, you guys are two
powerhouses in your own,
and put them together, whoo!
- It's gonna be exciting.
Iam, what's the deal
with your guitar?
- Um, my guitar is
kind of...[clicks tongue]
- His preamp is busted
inside the guitar.
- I'm good.
♪ ♪
Um...
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
- Iam, what's the
deal with your guitar?
♪ ♪
- Um, I'm good.
Um...
♪ ♪
- We're with you.
Come on.
We're all family.
- You got me right here
with you. It's all right.
- Um...
♪ ♪
- Take your time.
- My dad spent...
When I was a kid, I
wanted to play the guitar,
and we didn't really have
much money,
growing up poor, you know.
It was expensive.
And my dad spent
his holiday paycheck
to buy me that guitar.
I made a promise
that I was gonna
use it at every performance.
It's kind of busted up, so...
- Well, we'll have it working
as quick as this show can,
I promise you.
- Yeah, I promise.
I promise.
[applause]
- You got this.
- You got this.
- Yeah.
- Right here.
- [chuckles]
[gentle music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I saw you dancing
in a crowded room ♪
♪ You look so happy
when I'm not with you ♪
♪ Then you saw me,
caught me by surprise ♪
♪ Single teardrop
falling from your eye ♪
both: ♪ I don't know why ♪
♪ I run away ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ I make you cry
when I run away ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
- ♪ Take me back
'cause I wanna stay ♪
both: ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh,
ooh, ooh ♪
- ♪ Save your tears
for another day ♪
- Yeah.
Both: ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh,
ooh, ooh ♪
- ♪ I met you under
a Pisces moon ♪
♪ I kept my distance
'cause I know that you ♪
♪ Don't like it
when I'm by my side ♪
♪ I couldn't help it,
I put you through hell ♪
- ♪ I make you cry ♪
- ♪ I don't know why ♪
both: ♪ I run away ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ I make you cry
when I run away ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
- ♪ Take me back
'cause I want stay ♪
both: ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh,
ooh, ooh ♪
- ♪ Save those tears ♪
both: ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh,
ooh, ooh ♪
- ♪ Save your tears ♪
both: ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh,
ooh, ooh ♪
- Yeah, man.
Yeah, man.
Yeah, man.
Yeah, man. Yeah, man!
[cheers and applause]
Yeah, man!
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
Yeah, man.
Yeah, man.
- Iam, you wouldn't
have happened to have been
reading any of
those lyrics off your guitar,
were you?
[laughter]
- Never change.
Never change.
- It was cute.
But I love what you
guys bring to the table.
You guys bring an innocent soul.
You don't have to sparkle it up.
You can just lay it in there,
lay it in that pocket,
make it feel good,
and people are gonna...
- It's butter.
- It's butter. It's butter.
It's so butter.
- It's butter.
Great job.
[cheers and applause]
- Shall we deliberate?
- We've deliberated.
- We've deliberated.
- We've deliberated.
- No need for deliberation.
Y'all can deliberate yourself
through to the next round,
all right?
- ♪ All the things
you believe in ♪
♪ Fall so many times
that you don't even feel it ♪
- Obviously, they don't save
their tears for another day.
- [laughs]
- I got stressed out when they
said I can't use the guitar,
and I started, like,
tearing up backstage.
But Oliver, though,
he was there for me,
so love that guy.
- Get it.
- Thanks to you, man.
Like, honestly, thank you
for all the support, bro.
- Thank you, man.
Thank you.
- Love you, bro.
- You did it.
I told you you could
do it, and you did it.
- ♪ I'll be there ♪
♪ ♪
- It's your decision to pick
your duet partner this time.
[indistinct chatter]
[dramatic music]
- This is terrifying for me,
people picking
partners and stuff.
♪ Listen, friend,
I'm anxious about this ♪
Like, throughout
my life, whenever
I've tried to do that,
I've always been left out.
- We're chilling, though.
- Here we are, partners.
We are partners.
- We're chilling.
- I get serious social anxiety.
I need to process this 'cause
I don't know what to do.
I... [sighs]
- We first met 22-year-old
Adin in Las Vegas,
where his musical abilities
impressed the judges.
- When I was two years old,
I was diagnosed with autism.
Music has always
been easy for me.
It's the other things in
life that are not easy.
- You got this.
You can do it.
- I don't know how
this works, and I don't
know what I'm doing, but yeah.
- No, I get you, I get you.
I really love your voice, and
I think you're super talented,
and thank you for my song.
But like, literally,
five minutes ago,
I just paired up with Harrison.
- Oh, no, that's OK.
- So sorry, man.
- Totally fine.
- I'm sorry.
- Totally fine. No worries.
- You're good.
You're cool.
- I felt like I was
just floating down
into a pit of nothingness.
[crying]
- You're OK.
- I lost sight of the fact
that I was on "American Idol."
♪ ♪
And I had to take a break.
♪ ♪
It is so important
that people see
this side of my disability.
The sort of thing I
have to go through.
♪ ♪
- Who does not
have a partner yet?
Please come up to the front.
♪ ♪
- He's coming.
♪ ♪
- We have an odd number.
♪ ♪
So that means that we
will have one trio.
♪ ♪
- Yeah, we'll take him.
- There.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- We are The Trio.
- The Trio.
- The Trio.
[laughter]
- After an agonizing
wait, Adin was
embraced by college
student Summer Joy
and rock singer Jayna Elise.
- When I raised my hand, I
just saw that it was Adin,
and I was like, oh, my God, I
would love to work with him.
- I feel absolutely included
now with Summer and Jayna.
I just... I feel safe.
I feel completely safe.
All:
♪ I'm still standin' ♪
- We've chosen "I'm Still
Standing" by Elton John.
All:
♪ Like a true survivor ♪
- The more people you have,
you know, the more chances
someone's gonna mess up.
- Some of the harmonies
are not really
completely locked in yet,
so work on the starts
and the finishes
of each of those harmonies.
- What's your greatest concern?
- I think, for all of us,
the pressure is high.
The competition is fierce.
- You sound like the host.
[laughter]
- Coming for your job.
I'm just kidding.
- The competition is fierce,
the pressure is intense,
and we'll have more after this.
[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
- Whoo!
- Oh, three.
Three.
- Yeah.
- What are you gonna do for us?
- We are going to sing...
both: "I'm Still Standing."
- "I'm Still Standing."
- [laughs] Give it to us.
- All right.
Here we go. Enjoy.
- ♪ You could never
know what it's like ♪
♪ Your blood freezes, winter,
just like ice ♪
♪ There's a cold and lonely
light that shines from you ♪
♪ You'll wind up like
that wreck you hide ♪
♪ Behind that mask you use ♪
- ♪ Did you think this
fool would ever win ♪
♪ Well, look at me,
I'm coming back again ♪
♪ I got a taste of love
in a special way ♪
♪ And if you need to know
why I'm still standin' ♪
♪ You just fade away ♪
- ♪ You know that
I'm still standin' ♪
♪ Better than I ♪
all: ♪ Ever did ♪
- ♪ Looking like a ♪
all: ♪ True survivor ♪
- ♪ Feeling like a little kid ♪
both: ♪ Oh, oh ♪
- ♪ You know that ♪
all: ♪ I'm still standin' ♪
- ♪ After all this time ♪
♪ Putting up the ♪
all: ♪ Pieces of my life
without you ♪
♪ On my ♪
♪ Mind ♪
[applause]
♪ I'm still standin',
yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- Whoo!
- Come on.
All: ♪ I'm still standin',
yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- ♪ Oh ♪
- Come on.
All: ♪ I'm still standin',
yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- ♪ Whoo ♪
all: ♪ I'm still standin' ♪
- ♪ Oh, yeah, oh ♪
both: ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
all: ♪ I'm still standin' ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
- Ah!
[cheers and applause]
[light music]
- That was... what just happened?
What...
- ♪ I'm still standin' ♪
- What just happened?
- The Trio!
- That was...
- Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
The Holy Trinity.
- I mean...
- OK, all right.
- That was more confidence
than I've ever seen in my life
sitting in front of us.
That was wonderful.
- I owe it all to
these two right here.
- There was a difference in
demeanor from all of you.
- Exactly right.
- You know, compared
to what we've seen,
there's a team vibe
that you can feel.
- ♪ I've been hiding
in the shadows ♪
- That kind of approach, it
serves every performance.
- ♪ Wondering if I'm
on the right road ♪
- Let's do it.
[clears throat]
- ♪ Is this
how it all begins ♪
- ♪ While my heart's thumping,
boom-boom ♪
- [clears throat] That was a
interesting discussion.
Adin, your dynamics are
in your fingers,
and we need more
dynamics in your vocal.
- Noted.
Thank you.
- Jayna, we need more from you.
Having said that,
what we are very proud of
and happy about
is that the angels
showed up to save the
terrified and struggling Adin.
And together, it was something
that needs to be rewarded.
Our decision is to let
you all go through.
- Yes!
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Oh, rise, rise ♪
♪ Oh, rise, yeah ♪
- Whoo!
- Yeah!
- Oh, my gosh.
- Hey!
Showstopper time!
Showstopper time!
- We did it!
- We done did it!
Whoo!
I'm just happy to be here, and I
feel like one of the luckiest
people in the world right now.
- ♪ You're gonna see me rise ♪
- Welcome back to
Hollywood Week.
All of our duet
pairings were asked
to create a name for their
duo, which was easier for some
than others.
- ♪ They call me hell ♪
- Can I Have a Water, Please?
- Shake & Bake, baby.
- Shake & Bake.
- Give it up for Buttered Rolls.
- How on Earth did you
come up with that name?
- If we're being
honest, it was kind
of, like, a 2:00 a. m. thing.
- What about, um...
- ♪ That's not my name ♪
- Peanut Butter and Jelly.
- 'Cause that's how
well we go together.
- We're Biggle... big and little.
- I think it's
reverse psychology.
- Hot & Cold.
I'm cold. You're hot.
Or not like that.
- Oh, wow.
- Not like that.
- Don't put that in.
- ♪ They call me hell,
they call me Stacey ♪
- I'm PJAE.
- I'm Wé.
And we are The Cryptics.
- The Cryptics, yes.
- It's a cryptic name.
Why so cryptic?
- I feel like Lionel's criticism
sometimes is a little cryptic.
- It's kind of deep.
I understand.
- OK, what are you guys
gonna sing?
- We're going to be
singing "Hit 'Em Up Style"...
both: With a twist.
- A cryptic twist.
- Yeah.
And we hope you guys enjoy it.
Really.
This is an honor and a blessing.
- Yes.
- It's an honor and
blessing to sing with you.
- Same. I love you.
- I love you.
- We're partners!
- ♪ It's about damn time ♪
- We gotta go.
- Let's go.
- Our first thought when
we picked each other
was, what's something that
we know that the judges
were really gonna want?
And we figured a show.
- ♪ There goes the
dreams we used to say ♪
- ♪ There goes the
time we spent away ♪
- ♪ There goes the love I had,
but you ♪
both: ♪ Cheated on me,
and that's for that now ♪
- ♪ There goes the
house we made a home ♪
- ♪ There goes
you'll never leave me alone ♪
- ♪ For all the lies you told ♪
both:
♪ This is what you're owed ♪
♪ Hey, ladies, when your man
wanna get buck wild ♪
♪ Just go ahead
and hit 'em up style ♪
♪ Put your hands on his cash
and ♪
- ♪ Spend it to the last dime ♪
both:
♪ For all the hard times, oh ♪
- ♪ When you go, then ♪
both: ♪ Everything goes ♪
♪ From the crib to the ride
and the clothes ♪
- ♪ So you better
let him know that ♪
- ♪ If he mess up,
you gotta hit 'em up ♪
- ♪ All of the dreams
you sold ♪
♪ Left me out in the cold ♪
- ♪ So cold ♪
- ♪ What happened to the days
we used to trust each other ♪
- ♪ And all of the things
I sold ♪
♪ Will last until you get old ♪
♪ To get 'em back without me ♪
both: ♪ It might be better
than money, you'll see ♪
- [vocalizing]
- ♪ Put your hands
on his cash and spend it ♪
♪ To the last dime for
all the hard times, oh ♪
♪ When you go,
then everything goes ♪
♪ From the crib to the ride
and the clothes ♪
both: ♪ You better let 'em
know who's here ♪
- ♪ PJAE ♪
- ♪ And Wé Ani ♪
♪ Judges
[scatting]
♪ ♪
- [scatting]
- What else?
- [scatting]
♪ ♪
- ♪ If he mess up ♪
both: ♪ You gotta hit 'em up ♪
- Wow!
- Oh, my God!
What?
- Awesome.
- We've never had more
fun watching a duet.
- Oh, my God.
- If this whole
winning "American Idol"
thing doesn't work out,
please just be a duo.
- A duo, right?
- OK, you guys,
that was so in sync.
You were one.
You were so complementary
to each other.
There were so many parts.
I don't even know how
you had that much time.
- We didn't. We didn't.
- We did not.
- Well, you must have been,
like, telepathically,
like, communicating
in your sleep,
the sleep that you did have.
- It kind of felt
like that, honestly.
- It was so tight.
It's like you've rehearsed this
and performed this for years.
We should have been
paying money to see that.
- Really, that's
ticket-selling right there.
- It's not too late.
- OK.
- Oh, my gosh.
I told you. I told you.
Crazy.
- Can we just turn back around?
- Yeah.
Forget about 'em.
We'll be done.
- Wé...
- Yes.
- PJAE, there's
no questions here.
You're going to the next round.
- ♪ I think you should know
you saved my life, whoa ♪
- Yeah!
- [crying]
- I was like, you don't have
anything to worry about.
- You did, you did, you did.
- Even if I was, like,
a little worried.
- Oh.
- No, I'm joking, I'm joking.
- ♪ I think you should
know you saved my life ♪
[soft music]
- Next up, our final
platinum ticket winner, Cam...
- ♪ Hallelujah ♪
- Who we first met
in New Orleans, had
an important choice to make.
- I'm so excited about it.
I wanna see what they got.
When I'm looking
for a duet partner,
it's not just about the voice.
Gotta be able to bond with
that person, I believe.
Just have some sort of
connection, you know?
- Cam, who are you
gonna choose, man?
- I chose this person
because of the heart
that this person has,
all the love they
put in the music.
I'm gonna go with J.
♪ ♪
- Oh!
- Wow.
- Wow!
- That's so cool.
That's so cool.
- It is.
- Being picked out like...
It's... I'm so honored.
But also, I'm really scared.
- J also auditioned
in New Orleans...
- This is your shot, J.
- Where they shared the
struggles they endured
to pursue their dreams.
- I moved out to LA.
Starving artist.
My housing situation
is unstable.
Staying on friends' couches,
sleeping on the street
some nights.
I'm very hopeful
that "American Idol"
will be the catalyst
of change for my life.
- I chose J.
J's been through hard
times, hard struggles,
and I can relate to that.
My family was in foster
care before, so we're
both fighting for something.
- Being here is
extremely important
because it gives me
a chance to not worry
about financial insecurity.
So the stakes are
extremely high,
and I feel like I am
under a lot of pressure.
Oh, my gosh.
This is too much.
- With so much at stake,
an overwhelmed J
suddenly decides to pack
up and leave rehearsals.
Later on, Cam receives
news that will change
the course of his night.
- I just got a text message
from my partner, J.
I think they're withdrawing
from the competition.
- Have you seen them at all?
- No, I haven't.
- OK.
- Honestly, I didn't expect it.
J is awesome, but I don't
know what this is about.
- Hello, you've reached
the voice mail of 949...
- It's past 2:00 a. m. now,
so I'm just gonna continue
as a solo and do my thing.
This is a competition, so
I have to keep my head up.
I'm not gonna
sleep until I get it.
♪ ♪
- After a sleepless
night, Cam struggled
to rehearse when his partner, J,
pulled out of the competition.
But as the sun comes up on
the day of the performance,
J has had a change of heart.
- So last night, I
just kind of shut down.
I pulled out of the competition.
[dramatic music]
Right now, I am feeling
all over the place.
I'm really sorry
about last night.
- Mm-hmm.
- I have to convince Cam
that last night really
had nothing to do with him.
I still want to do the duet
with you if you'll have me.
♪ ♪
- We've got a lot
of work to do right now.
- Yup.
- Like, now.
- Yeah.
- I don't know how to
take it yet, honestly,
but I'm just gonna
try and get as much as we
can in before we go onstage.
- With time running
out, Cam and J
are finally able to rehearse.
Both: ♪ Whoa, whoa,
listen to the music ♪
- One more time.
- But the lack of
preparation is obvious...
- ♪ Don't you feel it growing ♪
- As they struggle to
make it through their song.
- Oh, that was me.
[bleep].
- Pick it up.
♪ ♪
- I just don't wanna mess up.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Hello.
- Hi, guys.
- How you feeling?
- [sighs] It's interesting.
All that matters is
the music, and I'm
learning that more every day.
- I'm actually terrified, but...
- Cam, remember this, you're
a platinum ticket winner.
- That's right.
- Yes.
- Remember that.
- All right, let's
listen to the music.
Take us home.
- Lets go, let's go, let's go.
[upbeat music]
- ♪ Whoa, no, yeah ♪
- Come on.
♪ ♪
- Come on!
- Come on, Cam.
♪ ♪
- Make it up, Cam!
- ♪ Don't you feel it growing ♪
♪ Day by day ♪
- Come on, Cam.
- ♪ Yeah ♪
♪ And we gotta let
the music play, hey, yeah ♪
♪ Hey, yeah ♪
- ♪ What the people need is
a way to make them smile ♪
♪ It ain't so hard to
do if you know how ♪
♪ Got to get a message,
get it on through, whoa ♪
♪ Don't ask me why ♪
both: ♪ Whoa, whoa,
listen to the music ♪
- Come on, Cam.
Both: ♪ Whoa, whoa,
listen to the music ♪
♪ All the time ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪
- ♪ For the people ♪
- ♪ For the people ♪
- ♪ For you, you, you,
you, you, you, you ♪
both: ♪ For the people ♪
- Wow.
[cheers and applause]
[dramatic music]
- [laughs] Got through it.
♪ ♪
- You both didn't know how much
you needed each other, did you?
- ♪ We got a good thing,
babe ♪
♪ Whenever life is hard ♪
♪ We'll never lose our way ♪
- ♪ Who knows about tomorrow ♪
♪ We don't know
what's in the stars ♪
- J, you were a leader.
You're going through
to the next round.
♪ ♪
Cam, that was a struggle.
It was a little rocky.
But you showed J
so much compassion.
We know you can sing.
We know that you have the
platinum ticket for a reason,
and we're about grace and
compassion on this show
as well as talent.
And you've got all three.
You're going on to the next one.
- ♪ We will never break ♪
♪ We will never break ♪
♪ Build on a foundation
stronger than the pain ♪
- [yells]
- I'm super excited.
- I am...
- [laughs]
- I'm grateful.
I'm grateful for you.
- I feel like this was honestly
the best choice I could
have made was choosing J.
It's a blessing.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Been swimming
through shadows ♪
- We're pairing up.
Both: No.
[laughter]
- We just met 30 seconds
ago, and I'm excited.
- But you know what?
You're here and I'm
here for a reason.
- Yes.
I trust the whole process.
- I have not heard a
single person in this group
that I didn't like,
so I'm totally fine with that.
- I'm excited.
- While it may be their first
time meeting each other,
we saw them both
back in Nashville.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Oh, wait.
The backup musician is who?
- 22-year-old Kaya Stewart
was accompanied by her dad...
- My dad was in a group
called the Eurythmics.
His name is Dave Stewart.
- And wowed the judges
with her original song.
- I love the tone of your voice.
And you're an artist.
- Thank you.
All:
You're going to Hollywood.
- ♪ Chasing the light ♪
- Aha!
- Hi.
- And 23-year-old
Fire made the most
of her second chance
from the judges
after sharing her story.
- I was in and out
of foster care.
I didn't have parents
to take care of me.
I just feel like I've been
fighting my whole life.
- I'm excited to see what kind
of butterfly you turn into.
It's a yes from me.
- Thank you.
Thank you so much.
I need to do this for me.
I need to do this
for my daughter.
- ♪ Chasing the light ♪
- ♪ What do you want from me ♪
both:
♪ What do you want from me ♪
- - We are gonna be singing
"What Do you Want From Me"
from Adam Lambert.
Ever since we
introduced ourselves,
we've been on the same
page about everything,
and it's so nice.
Look how quick we learned
the words, though.
- I honestly did not think
it was gonna be that easy.
We're young women who
both have really big goals
and really big voices,
and you'll find that
out in a second when we sing.
- Oh.
- Ooh, that was
really confident.
- Yeah.
- Yeah!
Girl, we're good.
We're so good.
We're gonna be fine.
- Fine.
- After a great
start, overnight,
things took a sudden turn
for the worse for Kaya.
- It's duet day right now.
I'm really sick, so
it was a long night.
- ♪ Just don't give up ♪
- What is that line?
- "I'm working it out."
- Everything originally
was amazing
when Kaya and I were
rehearsing this morning
and kind of just
going through things
and figuring out our plan.
Then throughout the day,
she just kind of started
getting kind of
sicker and sicker
and started to get a fever,
and she couldn't remember
the words or anything.
It was less and less progress.
We were going in the
opposite direction.
♪ Hey, slow down ♪
♪ What do you want from me ♪
- I'm just like... I feel bad.
I don't know it well
enough 'cause I haven't
been running it at all.
And, like, 'cause I've been,
like, basically, like, dying,
I just...
I'm so nervous about
getting up and doing it.
I always wanna
give my best, and I'm
not giving my best here.
And I don't think it's a
fair representation of myself
to do that or for Fire either.
I don't think it's fair on
her for me to not give 100%
when she's giving 100%.
- You did all this work
to get here.
You guys, like... this is
overnight.
- I mean, of course I wanna,
you know, continue in the show,
but I needed to
take a break today.
I mean, it's definitely
not an easy decision.
- Right.
♪ ♪
- I just put, like,
everything into it,
and, you know,
I felt so confident.
And like... [sighs]
Oh, God, I'm out of breath.
Um...
I don't know what's
gonna happen.
I want to know if you feel
comfortable
going onstage or not.
- Um...
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
Hi, everybody.
I have a little
announcement to make.
- OK.
- I got sick at the
beginning of Hollywood Week.
- Yes.
- And I have been trying to
push myself and keep going,
and during this performance,
I got to work with Fire,
and it was such a
great experience.
She's so talented
and so incredible,
and we bonded so much.
But I realized that I
wasn't able to give 100%,
so I've decided to not perform.
- Oh.
- But Fire is going to perform,
and I'm really grateful that I
got to be here.
And thank you guys.
But I'm not gonna be performing.
- Does that mean
that you have decided
to leave the competition?
- Yeah, so me not performing
today means
I'm no longer gonna
be in the competition.
♪ ♪
I have to leave.
I'm sorry.
I'm... I'm really sorry.
♪ ♪
- She tried.
- It's tough.
- [sighs]
- Fire, how do you feel about
her not singing with you?
- I'm gonna start crying.
Sorry.
It's been really stressful.
You know, it was a
lot of stress on me
to learn a different arrangement
and then just come out
here, so yeah, I'm sorry.
- ♪ You are not hopeless ♪
- Who wants to sing "What Do
You Want From Me" with Fire?
- ♪ Though you have been
broken, your innocence ♪
- Who wants to sing "What Do
You Want From Me" with Fire?
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I will send out an army ♪
- Fire, you got this.
- ♪ Find you in the middle
of the darkness ♪
♪ Night, it's true ♪
♪ Oh, I will ♪
- You got this.
You got this.
♪ ♪
- Listen, Fire.
You're not gonna
be abandoned anymore.
- Absolutely not.
[cheers and applause]
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Yeah, slow it down ♪
- Come on.
- Come on.
- ♪ What do you want from me ♪
♪ What do you want from me ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
- Come on, girl.
- ♪ I'm afraid ♪
both:
♪ What do you want from me ♪
♪ What do you want from me ♪
- Come on!
- ♪ There might have been
a time ♪
♪ When I gave myself away ♪
♪ I wouldn't ♪
- Come on.
- ♪ I didn't give a damn ♪
- ♪ But now, here I am ♪
- Come on, girl.
Both:
♪ What do you want from me ♪
- Come on, Fire!
Both:
♪ What do you want from me ♪
♪ What do you want from me ♪
♪ What do you want
from me ♪
♪ ♪
- Yeah.
Come on!
- ♪ There might have been a
time when I gave myself away ♪
♪ I know it ♪
- ♪ I shouldn't give a damn ♪
both: ♪ Here we are ♪
♪ What do you want from me ♪
[cheers and applause]
- [groans]
- Thank you.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Whew.
[sniffles, sighs]
[dramatic music]
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- ♪ So the rain comes down ♪
- Proud of you.
You're growing
little by little.
You can't control a lot,
but you can control yourself.
And you can control your future.
- ♪ Rain keeps coming ♪
- Thank you for standing up
here and continuing to try.
Thank you for swinging.
- ♪ I'm not running ♪
- Thank you for not forfeiting.
Thank you for fighting.
- ♪ I'm not running ♪
- And in this moment,
we get to control
a little bit of your future.
You're going forward, Fire.
- What?
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
Thank you.
♪ ♪
- We love you.
- ♪ I will be there,
I'll be there ♪
♪ Ships will sink,
and castles, they will fall ♪
- I made it.
♪ ♪
- That [bleep] me up.
[laughter]
♪ ♪
I can't take this.
- Thank you.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
I'm so proud that I didn't quit,
because I think a
lot of people would.
- I know what it
feels like to be alone...
- Yeah.
- And not have anybody, so...
- Thank you.
- I just had to
do that, but yeah.
- Thank you.
- You're amazing.
- This round has definitely
been a roller coaster for me,
but I'm just gonna keep
fighting for my spot here.
- ♪ I'll surround you ♪
- It's a journey.
- And it's never over!
- And it's never over.
- This is the
Showstoppers, baby.
- And I'm ready to
kick some butt.
- This is our best season yet.
- We have outstanding singers.
- Everybody is bringing
the house down.
- We hate having to
make choices like this,
and the gloves have to come off.
♪ ♪
- You're not gonna be
in our top 24.
- Oh, God.
- We are so proud to
have you in our top 24.
♪ ♪
- That's what I've
wanted for so long,
to be seen for who I really am.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Been swimming
through shadows ♪
- We're pairing up.
Both: No.
[laughter]
- We just met 30 seconds
ago, and I'm excited.
- But you know what?
You're here and I'm
here for a reason.
- Yes.
I trust the whole process.
- I have not heard a
single person in this group
that I didn't like,
so I'm totally fine with that.
- I'm excited.
- While it may be their first
time meeting each other,
we saw them both
back in Nashville.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Oh, wait.
The backup musician is who?
- 22-year-old Kaya Stewart
was accompanied by her dad...
- My dad was in a group
called the Eurythmics.
His name is Dave Stewart.
- And wowed the judges
with her original song.
- I love the tone of your voice.
And you're an artist.
- Thank you.
All:
You're going to Hollywood.
- ♪ Chasing the light ♪
- Aha!
- Hi.
- And 23-year-old
Fire made the most
of her second chance
from the judges
after sharing her story.
- I was in and out
of foster care.
I didn't have parents
to take care of me.
I just feel like I've been
fighting my whole life.
- I'm excited to see what kind
of butterfly you turn into.
It's a yes from me.
- Thank you.
Thank you so much.
I need to do this for me.
I need to do this
for my daughter.
- ♪ Chasing the light ♪
- ♪ What do you want from me ♪
both:
♪ What do you want from me ♪
- - We are gonna be singing
"What Do you Want From Me"
from Adam Lambert.
Ever since we
introduced ourselves,
we've been on the same
page about everything,
and it's so nice.
Look how quick we learned
the words, though.
- I honestly did not think
it was gonna be that easy.
We're young women who
both have really big goals
and really big voices,
and you'll find that
out in a second when we sing.
- Oh.
- Ooh, that was
really confident.
- Yeah.
- Yeah!
Girl, we're good.
We're so good.
We're gonna be fine.
- Fine.
- After a great
start, overnight,
things took a sudden turn
for the worse for Kaya.
- It's duet day right now.
I'm really sick, so
it was a long night.
- ♪ Just don't give up ♪
- What is that line?
- "I'm working it out."
- Everything originally
was amazing
when Kaya and I were
rehearsing this morning
and kind of just
going through things
and figuring out our plan.
Then throughout the day,
she just kind of started
getting kind of
sicker and sicker
and started to get a fever,
and she couldn't remember
the words or anything.
It was less and less progress.
We were going in the
opposite direction.
♪ Hey, slow down ♪
♪ What do you want from me ♪
- I'm just like... I feel bad.
I don't know it well
enough 'cause I haven't
been running it at all.
And, like, 'cause I've been,
like, basically, like, dying,
I just...
I'm so nervous about
getting up and doing it.
I always wanna
give my best, and I'm
not giving my best here.
And I don't think it's a
fair representation of myself
to do that or for Fire either.
I don't think it's fair on
her for me to not give 100%
when she's giving 100%.
- You did all this work
to get here.
You guys, like... this is
overnight.
- I mean, of course I wanna,
you know, continue in the show,
but I needed to
take a break today.
I mean, it's definitely
not an easy decision.
- Right.
♪ ♪
- I just put, like,
everything into it,
and, you know,
I felt so confident.
And like... [sighs]
Oh, God, I'm out of breath.
Um...
I don't know what's
gonna happen.
I want to know if you feel
comfortable
going onstage or not.
- Um...
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
Hi, everybody.
I have a little
announcement to make.
- OK.
- I got sick at the
beginning of Hollywood Week.
- Yes.
- And I have been trying to
push myself and keep going,
and during this performance,
I got to work with Fire,
and it was such a
great experience.
She's so talented
and so incredible,
and we bonded so much.
But I realized that I
wasn't able to give 100%,
so I've decided to not perform.
- Oh.
- But Fire is going to perform,
and I'm really grateful that I
got to be here.
And thank you guys.
But I'm not gonna be performing.
- Does that mean
that you have decided
to leave the competition?
- Yeah, so me not performing
today means
I'm no longer gonna
be in the competition.
♪ ♪
I have to leave.
I'm sorry.
I'm... I'm really sorry.
♪ ♪
- She tried.
- It's tough.
- [sighs]
- Fire, how do you feel about
her not singing with you?
- I'm gonna start crying.
Sorry.
It's been really stressful.
You know, it was a
lot of stress on me
to learn a different arrangement
and then just come out
here, so yeah, I'm sorry.
- ♪ You are not hopeless ♪
- Who wants to sing "What Do
You Want From Me" with Fire?
- ♪ Though you have been
broken, your innocence ♪
- Who wants to sing "What Do
You Want From Me" with Fire?
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I will send out an army ♪
- Fire, you got this.
- ♪ Find you in the middle
of the darkness ♪
♪ Night, it's true ♪
♪ Oh, I will ♪
- You got this.
You got this.
♪ ♪
- Listen, Fire.
You're not gonna
be abandoned anymore.
- Absolutely not.
[cheers and applause]
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Yeah, slow it down ♪
- Come on.
- Come on.
- ♪ What do you want from me ♪
♪ What do you want from me ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
- Come on, girl.
- ♪ I'm afraid ♪
both:
♪ What do you want from me ♪
♪ What do you want from me ♪
- Come on!
- ♪ There might have been
a time ♪
♪ When I gave myself away ♪
♪ I wouldn't ♪
- Come on.
- ♪ I didn't give a damn ♪
- ♪ But now, here I am ♪
- Come on, girl.
Both:
♪ What do you want from me ♪
- Come on, Fire!
Both:
♪ What do you want from me ♪
♪ What do you want from me ♪
♪ What do you want
from me ♪
♪ ♪
- Yeah.
Come on!
- ♪ There might have been a
time when I gave myself away ♪
♪ I know it ♪
- ♪ I shouldn't give a damn ♪
both: ♪ Here we are ♪
♪ What do you want from me ♪
[cheers and applause]
- [groans]
- Thank you.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Whew.
[sniffles, sighs]
[dramatic music]
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- ♪ So the rain comes down ♪
- Proud of you.
You're growing
little by little.
You can't control a lot,
but you can control yourself.
And you can control your future.
- ♪ Rain keeps coming ♪
- Thank you for standing up
here and continuing to try.
Thank you for swinging.
- ♪ I'm not running ♪
- Thank you for not forfeiting.
Thank you for fighting.
- ♪ I'm not running ♪
- And in this moment,
we get to control
a little bit of your future.
You're going forward, Fire.
- What?
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
Thank you.
♪ ♪
- We love you.
- ♪ I will be there,
I'll be there ♪
♪ Ships will sink,
and castles, they will fall ♪
- I made it.
♪ ♪
- That [bleep] me up.
[laughter]
♪ ♪
I can't take this.
- Thank you.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
I'm so proud that I didn't quit,
because I think a
lot of people would.
- I know what it
feels like to be alone...
- Yeah.
- And not have anybody, so...
- Thank you.
- I just had to
do that, but yeah.
- Thank you.
- You're amazing.
- This round has definitely
been a roller coaster for me,
but I'm just gonna keep
fighting for my spot here.
- ♪ I'll surround you ♪
- It's a journey.
- And it's never over!
- And it's never over.
- This is the
Showstoppers, baby.
- And I'm ready to
kick some butt.
- This is our best season yet.
- We have outstanding singers.
- Everybody is bringing
the house down.
- We hate having to
make choices like this,
and the gloves have to come off.
♪ ♪
- You're not gonna be
in our top 24.
- Oh, God.
- We are so proud to
have you in our top 24.
♪ ♪
- That's what I've
wanted for so long,
to be seen for who I really am.
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21x08 - 607 (Hollywood Week Part #2)
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It started as an addition to the Idol format that was based on Pop Idol from British television, in which the programme's first series, which was won by Will Young, ended over four months before the show began, as it later became one of the most successful shows in the history of American television.
It started as an addition to the Idol format that was based on Pop Idol from British television, in which the programme's first series, which was won by Will Young, ended over four months before the show began, as it later became one of the most successful shows in the history of American television.