Perth teenager Angelina Curtis wowed the Australian Idol judges along with her audition efficiency, prompting Kyle Sandilands to liken her expertise to that of Delta Goodrem.
However may she keep the hype through the Prime 24 spherical and get decide Harry Connick Jr to half along with his intently held “Landing”?
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For her efficiency on Tuesday night time’s episode, Angelina selected the Paramore track The Solely Exception for a really particular and private purpose.
She defined that her father is from London and moved to Australia to be along with her mum.
“He did not get pleasure from Australia that a lot, and my mum is ‘the one exception’,” she stated.
“She’s the rationale he is nonetheless right here, and I am without end grateful for that.”
Taking to her piano, Angelina delivered a shocking efficiency that had all 4 judges raving, none of whom may consider she was solely 15.
Sandilands informed {the teenager} she could be “very onerous to beat” within the competitors.
“At 15, it is scary how proficient you might be,” Meghan Trainor added.
“And once you had been singing in that second, every part stopped, the entire world stopped.
“That is loopy what you might have proper there.”
Amy Shark stated the efficiency left her with a lump in her throat.
“Wow, what an excellent track alternative; I have been a fan of yours because you walked in on the primary day,” she stated.
“That smile; you are so snug up there it is scary.
“You are going to have a large profession – you do not even want this present, though we’re so glad you are right here.”
Then it was over to Harry Connick Jr, the final Idol decide with a “Landing” to present away.
“I do not know, I like to speak, however the beauty of music is that generally, music can take over the place phrases fail…” he started.
He then instructed the home band to play a “large outdated loud C7 chord for me”.
Angelina seemed a bit of confused as Harry stored shouting out chords to the band – earlier than realizing he was instructing them to play the world’s most dramatic escalating drumroll earlier than asserting, “Landing!”
Host Ricki-Lee walked over to Angelina as the gang went wild and requested her how she felt.
“It felt like magic,” she stated.
“Truthfully I felt like I used to be floating the entire total efficiency and I am so glad you guys felt that too.”
Connick’s Landing meant Angelina was straight by way of to the ultimate 12.
And that left solely three extra locations within the competitors out of eight aspiring Idols.
Going by way of together with Angelina had been Josh Hannan from Victoria and Sydney-based singers Noora H and Jasey Fox, to spherical out an extremely proficient Prime 12.
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