![]() When Stough appears on “Live With Kelly and Mark,” he’ll be the third member of the “American Idol” Top 3 to perform on “Live” since the Season 21 finale. “It’s taught me awesome lessons and I’ve got to meet people that I’ll cherish forever.”Ĭolin Stough Will Follow Iam Tongi and Megan Danielle’s Appearances on ‘Live With Kelly & Mark’ĪBC“American Idol” Season 21 Top 3 Megan Danielle, Iam Tongi and Colin Stough ![]() “It’s definitely made me a lot smarter about the music industry, and it’s definitely made me a lot smarter about life,” he said. The day after its release, Stough posted a screenshot of the iTunes Top 100 Country Tunes on social media and wrote, “Man what can I say I am beyond bless to be able to wake up and have a song at #5 on the country I tunes charts thank you all so much ❤️”ĭuring his hometown visit on May 16, Stough told local station WLOX that regardless where he landed in the competition, he’d already gained so much from the experience. His first song made an instant impact on country music fans. He thanked everyone and then said he was so tired, he needed to go straight to bed.ĭuring his “Live” appearance on May 30, Stough will perform his new single, “I Still Talk to Jesus,” which was released on May 19 along with singles by the other Season 21 contestants who made it to the Top 5. He also said that he didn’t realize he had enough fans willing to vote for him to get to New York. ![]() “I got the call!” he said excitedly, joking that he’d have to work on his thick southern accent, which his “Idol” castmates teased him about in a segment that aired during the finale. But as soon as he got home, he learned that he had won the contest and would soon be heading to New York. In his Instagram video, Stough said he was exhausted after traveling for 24 hours from Los Angeles to his small town of Gattman, Mississippi, which has a population of 79. Multiple people in the fan group, which has 14,000 members, said they’d voted throughout the day for Stough since there had been no limit on how many votes a person could submit.įor instance, upon hearing that Stough had won the “encore performance” contest, one fan wrote, “Awesome !! I voted and voted and voted over and over and over ! Congratulations!!” It was quickly deleted, likely because the news was not meant to be made public yet, but it was seen by Heavy and several of the fans in a Facebook fan group devoted to Stough. The morning show’s website said hosts Kelly Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos, who recently replaced “Idol” host Ryan Seacrest as her co-star, would reveal the winner on their show the morning of May 24 and welcome them to the show on Tuesday, May 30.īut as soon as Stough learned he’d won, he uploaded a selfie video midday on May 23 to his Instagram Stories to thank his fans. The finalists all campaigned for the spot, asking fans on social media to vote for them. The finalist with the most votes would be granted a trip to New York to appear on “Live With Kelly and Mark,” the nation’s top daytime talk show according to Deadline. A post shared by American Idol Iam Tongi was crowned the winner of Season 21, “American Idol” fans had one day to vote for an “encore” performance from one of six finalists - Stough, Haven Madison, Oliver Steele, Warren Peay, We Ani, or Zachariah Smith.
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