'American Idol' Season 18: Grace wins first remote vote, fans say Lauren deserved to reach the Top 20 as well
Following the Top 20 reveal in Hawaii, on 'American Idol' Season 18, Grace Leer and Lauren Mascitti had to wait for the Idol fate to be revealed.
Only one amongst the two could move on to next week's first-ever Remote Edition. Since the judges couldn't make that decision during their time in Hawaii when they whittled down the Top 40 to Top 20, Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan left that decision to fans who were asked to vote for their favorite contestant online.
For their performance in Hawaii, Grace performed her rendition of 'Natural Woman' by Aretha Franklin and Lauren performed her rendition of 'Two More Bottles of Wine' by Emmylou Harris. Revealing the judges' decision in Hawaii, Luke shared, "We couldn’t make a decision, we couldn’t agree."
After a long wait, 'American Idol' Season 18 finally revealed which among the two contestants advanced to the Top 20 with America's first-ever remote vote. On Sunday night, April 19, the episode began with Part 2 of 'This is Me' where the series featured unseen footage of all Top 20 contestants. At the end of the two-hour episode, Ryan Seacrest, seated in his living room, revealed who among Grace and Lauren won the vote.
Joined by the two contestants from their living room as well, Ryan revealed that Grace won most of the votes and now advances to next week's first-ever Remote Edition where the Top 20 contestants will perform. Though Lauren was upset that she didn't advance, she did send a virtual hug to Grace who promised to make country music proud.
Taking to Twitter post the reveal, though fans were glad that Grace made it through, they were also upset since most felt Lauren deserved to go through as well. Some fans stated that there were other contestants who performed poorly and didn't deserve to go through and it should have been Lauren going through instead.
"Lauren got robbed! But good luck and go Grace! #AmericanIdol," a fan wrote. While another added, "Sucks they couldn't both make it through. Happy for Grace, that's who I voted for. But they both are talented! It was nice to see how much love and support they gave each other. #AmericanIdol."
"Been so mad at @AmericanIdol for pairing Grace & Lauren, 2 seasoned, mature top ten, maybe even top 5 material to compete for the last spot in top 20! Still wondering how they arrived at that decision! Didn't seem fair to whichever lost that vote I'm so mad!" a fan shared. Adding to that another said, "Lauren & Grace should have both gone into the Top 20. They both were better than people that made it #AmericanIdol."
":( I wish they would've booted someone else off and kept both Lauren and Grace #AmericanIdol," a fan said. Another fan wrote, "Lauren & Grace should have both gone thru, some of the others let thru were questionable #AmericanIdol."
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'American Idol' Season 18 airs every Sunday night only on ABC. Check your local listings for more information.
