American Idol contestant Willie Spence, who was the runner up for season 19 of the singing competition show, has tragically passed away at the young age of 23. Reports suggest that he may have succumbed to injuries from a car accident.
News of the young singer’s passing began spreading on social media. One person who wrote a tribute was Katharine McPhee, who actually sang a duet with Willie during his season.
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SPOILER ALERT – The winner of American Idol will be spoiled in this post, so don’t continue reading if you don’t want to know yet!
The season finale of the 2021 season of American Idol just ended and the winner has been announced!
Some people refer to this as the 19th season of the show because that is the overall number seasons, though ABC refers to it as season four because this is only the fourth season on the network.
Grace Kinstler, Willie Spence, and Chayce Beckham were the Top 3 contestants this season and they kicked off the night with two performances each. America voted throughout those performances and the singer with the least amount of votes was eliminated.
For the next hour or so, the season’s best contestants returned to perform songs with celebrity guests and even the judges.
At the end of the night, the Top 2 returned for their final solo performances before the final votes were calculated to determine the winner.
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SPOILER ALERT – Do not continue reading if you don’t want to know what happened during the American Idol finale!
The top three contestants kicked off the night during ABC’s American Idol season four finale, but one of them was eliminated from the competition in the middle of the evening.
Grace Kinstler, Willie Spence, and Chayce Beckham were in the Top 3 this year and they all performed two songs at the top of the night. One song was chosen by the judges and one song was part of their Hometown experience.
After each singer performed twice, America’s votes thus far throughout the show were counted and one of them was eliminated. The final two will perform one more time before the winner is announced at the end of the show.
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The season finale of American Idol is airing TONIGHT (May 23) and there are going to be so many special guests performing during the three-hour show.
The final three contestants – Chayce Beckham, Grace Kinstler, and Willie Spence – will each be performing three solo songs. One song will be part of the “Hometown Song” segment, the next song will see the idols revisiting their favorite moments on the show, and the third song is the judge’s pick.
The top three will also perform three more songs as part of group performances and duets with mega-stars. That means they’re each learning six new songs for the finale!
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The top four contestants on ABC’s fourth season of American Idol will be performing on Sunday night and we just found out their song choices!
This weekend’s show was supposed to feature the Top 5 contestants, but one of them was cut from the competition after a disturbing video of him leaked online.
For the top 4 round, each contestant will perform two solo songs and they will also pair up for duet performances. The solo songs will be their original singles and songs from their personal idols. We can’t wait to hear Grace Kinstler‘s song by her idol!!!
Finneas is the guest mentor this week and the duet performances will feature the contestants performing his songs.
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Katharine McPhee is back on the American Idol stage!
The 37-year-old actress and singer returned for the Celebrity Duet round of singing competition show on Sunday night (April 4).
Katharine teamed up contestant Willie Spence for a duet of Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli‘s song “The Prayer,” and he practically upstaged her!
“You do no wrong in my eyes,” judge Luke Bryan said to the 21-year-old caretaker after the performance.
Katy Perry added, “It was goosebumps central, everywhere.”
Ahead of the performance, Willie dedicated the song to his grandfather, who recently died.
“This has really been one of the hardest times of my life,” Willie said. “My grandfather still is my hero to this day, and I just know he’s watching and smiling down.”
For his solo performance earlier in the show, Willie performed a cover of Bette Midler’s “Wind Beneath My Wings.
If you forgot, Katharine competed on season five of American Idol where she finished as the runner-up to Taylor Hicks.
Katharine recently showed off her post-baby bod in a bikini one month after welcoming son Rennie with husband David Foster.
