Samantha Diaz, aka Simply Sam, a 20-year-old from Harlem has made it into the High 11 throughout Season 18 of American Idol. The performer, who fine-tuned her expertise by singing in and round New York Metropolis’s subway system, now wants America’s votes to maintain her journey shifting ahead on ABC’s actuality expertise competitors.
There are three alternative ways to solid your vote for Simply Sam. First, you may vote at American Idol‘s web site. Second, viewers can textual content of their votes. For texting, you merely textual content the variety of the contestant you want to vote for to “21523.” To solid your vote for Simply Sam, textual content “19” to 21523. Third, obtain American Idol‘s app and vote for Simply Sam by texting “19” when prompted.
The voting system will open on Could 10, after the High 7 contestants are revealed in direction of the center of the East Coast broadcast, and locks on Monday, Could 11 at 9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT.
Although Simply Sam Lives in New York, she’s determined to remain in Los Angeles all through the coronavirus pandemic, as a way to preserve a secure distance from her grandmother. After incomes a spot within the High 11, Simply Sam sang Invoice Withers’ basic, “Grandma’s Arms.”
You Can Vote For Simply Sam Up To 10 Occasions
In the event you imagine Simply Sam ought to be topped this season’s American Idol champion, you don’t need to restrict your self to only voting for her as soon as. When you can break up your 10 votes between contestants when you’ve got a couple of favourite, you can too make all 10 of your votes go to Simply Sam.
What Viewers Can Anticipate To See On Sunday Night time’s ‘American Idol’ Episode
The official synopsis on ABC web site reads: “Within the hybrid Disney and Mom’s Day present, the remaining finalists will carry out two songs every; one from the famend Disney songbook and the second devoted to the mom figures of their lives as a Mom’s Day tribute. Season 2 winner, Laine Hardy, returns to carry out “Life is a Freeway” and share his journey after successful the present final yr.
Throughout these unprecedented instances, coronavirus has pressured American Idol contestants to carry out dwell from their houses as an alternative of in entrance of a big studio viewers in Los Angeles. The present’s all-star judges: Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie are critiquing contestants from the security of their very own houses as properly.
Who Else Is Simply Sam Competing In opposition to For a Spot In The High 7?
Simply Sam is competing towards 10 different extraordinarily gifted singers as a way to make it to the subsequent spherical of the competitors. Her fellow contestants gunning to safe a spot within the High 7 embrace the next:
Arthur Gunn – Wichita, Kansas
Dillon James – Bakersfield, California
Francisco Martin – Daly Metropolis, California
Grace Leer – Nashville, Tennessee
Jonny West – Studio Metropolis, California
Jovin Webb – Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Julia Gargano – Staten Island, New York
Louis Knight – Narberth, Pennsylvania
Makayla Phillips – Temecula, California
Sophia James (Wackerman) – Lengthy Seashore, California
American Idol airs on ABC at eight p.m. ET on Sunday, Could 10, 2020.
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