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Addis teen John Foster sings his original song, 'Tell That Angel I Love Her,' on Sunday night's 'American Idol.' PROVIDED PHOTO BY ERIC McCANDLESS/ABC Caroline Gill (left) and Maggie Dunn were killed when an Addis officer ran a red light during a police pursuit in December 2022. Photo courtesy of Jason Gill Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Louisiana singer John Foster not only made "American Idol's" top 20 on Sunday night, but also brought the audience to tears with his original song, "Tell That Angel I Love Her.
" After his performance, the Addis teen explained that he had written the song for a dear friend, Maggie Dunn. Dunn and another friend, Caroline Gill, both of Brusly, were killed on New Year's Eve 2022 when an Addis police officer ran a red light during a high-speed pursuit. Foster's family, along with Dunn's mother Erin Martin and friend Leslie Kleinpeter were in the studio audience for the show.
Judge Carrie Underwood attempted to console a tearful Foster. "It's OK. It's OK," she began.
"There's something wonderfully throwback about your voice, about your style. And I think it's something that's lacking in country music today, to be honest. " .
.. I love that in this song, we got to hear a sweet, tender side of your voice that honestly I didn't know you had," Underwood said.
"You've kind of been a wildcard for me the whole time," judge Luke Bryan said. "But what you just did there removed all doubts in my mind that you deserve to be here. .
.. You certainly gained a fan in me tonight.
" "When you open your mouth on this song, you're country, but you're also storytelling country, judge Lionel Richie told Foster. "Now whether that's old, new, happening now, later, whatever the case may be, it was so believable and I heard every word of every part of your story and that's what great music is about." The contestants will sliced from 20 to the top 14 on Monday night's 7 p.
m. show on ABC. Voting is open until 8 a.
m. Monday. Individuals may vote up to 10 times using each of the following voting methods (that's 30 possible votes total): Texting "13" to 21523 Visiting americanidol.
com/vote Using the "American Idol" ap.
