'I was feeling the emotion. And when I opened my eyes, Lionel Richie was giving me a standing ovation,' he says.
Hollywood Week kicks off this Sunday on American Idol, and there are three contestants from the Delaware Valley heading there with golden tickets in hand.
One singer and songwriter from Levittown, Bucks County is bringing his big energy to the next round of the competition.Kevin John's energy is infectious, listeners say you can feel his soul in his music. The Neshaminy High School graduate and Temple University alum now lives in Nashville where he's making music and living his dream.How he got to be on American Idol all started with a perfectly placed pop-up ad.
"I was scrolling mindlessly on my phone and this little ad popped up that was like, 'Do you want to be the next American Idol?'" John recalled. "I scrolled right past it, I kept on going. And literally, it might have been like a minute later, and I was like, 'I'm supposed to click on that link.'""Twenty-eight is the cutoff age to be on American Idol," he says. "I'm 28 years old, about to turn 29.
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