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For “American Idol” contestant Emmy Russell, country music runs in her veins. Russell, who made the Top 20 of the singing competition show, is the granddaughter of country music legend Loretta Lynn, and as she’s proving, she’s inherited some of Lynn’s remarkable talent. The 25-year-old singer said in a video on an episode, “I’m a…

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A Christian teenager who auditioned for “American Idol” recently advanced in the competition after singing a powerful song about sin, God, and truth. Jennifer Jeffries, a 17-year-old senior in high school from Starkville, Mississippi, is the youngest of nine children. She appeared on the reality singing competition, performing an original song called “Change My Ways.”…

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For late country music legend Loretta Lynn’s grandkid, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Her granddaughter, Emmy Russell, stole the hearts of “American Idol” judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry, and Lionel Richie on a recent episode. When talking about her childhood in Nashville, Tennessee, the country music capital — Russell revealed she would…

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Former Minnesota Vikings receiver Blake Proehl is going all-in on his music career, and he’s so serious about the new endeavor he told TMZ Sports that he’d take a Grammy over a Super Bowl win. The 25-year-old blew the “American Idol” judges away during his audition on the 22nd season of the singing show, even…

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