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Why This Season of ‘American Idol’ Might Be the Biggest Tearjerker Yet · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. American Idol returns this weekend for its
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Speaker 1: twenty second season. All idle fans know that throughout every
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Speaker 1: season there are incredible stories about contestants, triumphs, and tribulations,
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Speaker 1: but this season is truly special. There are moments that
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Speaker 1: will leave you fighting back tears. Take McKenna Grace, for example,
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Speaker 1: a gifted singer who's never met her birth family in
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Speaker 1: person until the moment right after her audition. And there's
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Speaker 1: Atina Jette who's on the verge of being sent home
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Speaker 1: until her little sister Angelina interrupts the judges to make
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Speaker 1: a request that changes everything. And you'll also get a
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Speaker 1: bit of the judges backstories, as well as all three
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Speaker 1: post auditions in their hometowns Katie Perry and Santa Barbara
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Speaker 1: Lionel Ritchie in Tuskegee, and Luke Bryan in Leesburg lock
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Speaker 1: into the two hour season premiere. American Idol returns this Sunday,
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Speaker 1: hosted by our very own Ryan Seacrest at eight seventh
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Speaker 1: Central on ABC that's direct from Hollywood.