Who chose Will Moseley's song? 'American Idol' Viewers left 'surprised' by Season 22 judge's song choice

'American Idol' Season 22 contestant Will Moseley guessed right in Judge's song contest
UPDATED APR 30, 2024
'American Idol' Season 22 contestant Will Moseley chooses Lionel Richie's song (@abc)
'American Idol' Season 22 contestant Will Moseley chooses Lionel Richie's song (@abc)

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA: 'American Idol' Season 22 contestant Will Moseley graced the stage with Johnny Cash's song, 'Folsom Prison Blues'. ABC show judge Lionel Richie chose the song for Will and the viewers were impressed with the aspiring singer's performance.

After the performance, Will believed that Lionel chose the song. He shared that Luke Bryan would've known the Whiskey Myers song and Katy Perry would choose Stapleton. Lionel denied it at first and claimed that he wasn't the one who chose the song.

It turned out that Will was right and Lionel chose Johnny Cash's song. However, Will's other two guesses were wrong as Katy picked Whiskey, and Luke chose Stapleton. Lionel won the round and Will impressed the viewers. A social media user wrote, "I’m not a fan of the music that Will would make, but he gave it his all tonight for sure. I’ll give him that."

Another person added, "It's not easy to take a legendary song by a legendary singer and update it and have it radio ready, but Will Mosely just did it. Fantastic version of Folsom Prison Blues." Another critic noted, "My goodness! #WillMosely just blew it UP on a Johnny Cash song picked by Lionel Ritchie. Absolute WINNER of a performance!"

Another internet user penned, 'I’m surprised it was Lionel… I was going to be biased that Luke was going to select it." Another Instagram user said, "Whoever picked Johnny Cash for Will needs to win automatically. That was fantastic." Another viewer wrote, "Lionel picked a wonderful song choice for Will. I was hoping he would sing that song from the list. Ready for the will concert :)"



 



 



 



 

Will Moseley wants to sing Whiskey Myers' song

'American Idol' Season 22 contestant Will Moseley revealed that he was a huge fan of Whiskey Myers and wanted to perform his song. The aspiring singer also started rehearsals on 'Stone' by Whiskey.

The vocal coaches also started working with Will but he eventually chose Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash. Will claimed that the song was one of his favourites so far and performed a reverent version of it.

'American Idol' Season 22 contestant Will Moseley gets a golden ticket (ABC)
'American Idol' Season 22 contestant Will Moseley wants to sing Whiskey Myers' song (ABC)

Will Moseley post video of dogs attacking a hog

'American Idol' Season 22 aspiring singer Will Moseley was recently criticized after an old photo of him from a feral hog hunt swirled around the internet. Will posted a video with multiple hunting dogs surrounding and biting a pig to death.

Will alongside his father Todd Moseley and girlfriend Ryleigh Colter posed with the dead hog. Alongside the photo and video, Will wrote in the caption, "Those good ol’ January Swims." However, the viewers now want the ABC show to eliminate him for animal abuse.

Will Moseley is a country singer (Instagram/@willmoseleymusic)
Will Moseley received backlash for sharing a video of dogs attacking hog (Instagram/@willmoseleymusic)

'American Idol' Season 22 airs on Sundays and Mondays at 8 pm ET on ABC.

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