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Maryland's Jay Copeland Gets Big News In Emotional 'American Idol' Moment Maryland's Jay Copeland Gets Big News In Emotional 'American Idol' Moment
Maryland's Jay Copeland Gets Big News In Emotional 'American Idol' Moment Maryland's Jay Copeland is one step closer to being the next "American Idol." The 23-year-old Salisbury resident earlier in the week was told by Katy Perry that they'd need more from him after a duet of "Shallow" with Pennsylvania's Morgan Gruber. Copeland certainly delivered with his rendition of "Who Do You Think You Are" by Christina Perri, after which Perry told the young artist that he'd made it to the Top 24. "You're almost a perfect singer," Perry said. "Sometimes perfection doesn't win over feeling. "Your journey will be ending," she pauses. "Sometime in the near future, but it's …
Hunting, Fishing PA Teen Reels In Ticket To Hollywood On 'American Idol' Hunting, Fishing PA Teen Reels In Ticket To Hollywood On 'American Idol'
Hunting, Fishing PA Teen Reels In Ticket To Hollywood On 'American Idol' A hunting-fishing 17-year-old girl from Pennsylvania blew the American Idol judges out of the water at her audition with her raspy, sultry voice. Morgan Gruber is this season's "diamond in the rough" singer, as Katy Perry called her, who pulls audiences in with her intimacy but says she once was afraid to perform in front of people. When she tells the judges she enjoys "every minute" of hunting and fishing on her family's 12 acres in Beaver County, Luke Bryan says "I love this girl already." But the love doesn't stop for Gruber, as she sang Elle King’s “Can’t Be Loved” Lionel Richie says "…
Maryland's Jay Copeland Ditches Grad Degree For Platinum Ticket On 'American Idol' Maryland's Jay Copeland Ditches Grad Degree For Platinum Ticket On 'American Idol'
Maryland's Jay Copeland Ditches Grad Degree For Platinum Ticket On 'American Idol' Salisbury's Jay Copeland took a big risk when he decided to ditch grad school and audition for American Idol. "I was told I couldn't have it all," Copeland told the judges during his audition. "So I chose idol. I don't know if I made the right decision or the wrong decision but I do know I made the best decision."  The 23-year-old was on a fellowship until he was given an ultimatum to stay in school for acting or sing. He chose to sing, or sang rather, when he gave an energetic performance of Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" - and what a delivery it was. "You don't need them, w…