Finalists Noah Thompson, HunterGirl and Leah Marlene gear up for ‘American Idol’ finale

Judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan will all carry out, as will season 4 winner Carrie Underwood, who has been serving as a mentor on this system.

Leah Marlene, Noah Thompson and HunterGirl have been ok to impress the judges all season lengthy, and actually, it is truthful to say the trio acquired them excited from the very begin.

HunterGirl, who Bryan known as his “favourite feminine nation voice I’ve heard” in 5 seasons on the present, is taken into account the favourite to win.

“I do not really feel like, I do not know, I do not know the way I acquired right here,” she mentioned. “However I am so blissful I made it thus far.”

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If she prevails, she’ll be the primary feminine nation singer to win since Underwood launched her profession on “Idol.”

The star has been mentoring Thompson this season, and his place within the prime three is all of the extra exceptional as a result of he overcame COVID.

“It took a giant toll,” he mentioned. “I nearly felt like I could not breathe, and my throat was killing me, so it simply kind of broke my coronary heart nearly.”

As for the third finalist, Perry mentioned Marlene seems to be and appears like an angel.

“I am simply celebrating,” she mentioned. “That is my temper getting in. I am in shock that I am right here nonetheless, and I am simply getting in to have fun and simply savor each final second as a result of we have all been collectively for therefore lengthy.”

Win or lose, all of them name their time on “American Idol” a life altering expertise.

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