{"id":23769,"date":"2023-02-27T13:13:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T18:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=23769"},"modified":"2023-03-16T15:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T19:08:43","slug":"watch-lauren-daigle-as-she-suprises-an-american-idol-contestant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/02\/watch-lauren-daigle-as-she-suprises-an-american-idol-contestant.html","title":{"rendered":"Watch Lauren Daigle as She Surprises an \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d Contestant"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_23889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23889\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/02\/lauren-daigle-american-idol_credit-american-idol-youtube-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23889\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/02\/lauren-daigle-american-idol_credit-american-idol-youtube-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Idol \/ YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Season 21 of \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d recently kicked off and featured an appearance from Grammy Award-winning singer Lauren Daigle, who surprised a Christian contestant auditioning in Las Vegas. Twenty-year-old Douglasville, Georgia, native Megan Danielle became a Christian singer after her grandfather died. Danielle said her grandfather asked her to use her talents to honor God. During her introduction video, she discussed the importance of her relationship with her grandfather.<\/p>\n<p>Danielle, a waitress at a restaurant with her mother, said, \u201cIn my childhood, I would always spend most of my time at the shop with my grandpa. My grandpa passed about a year ago, and he was the most important person in my life.\u201d Danielle was in a band that played at different venues and bars when she was 18. However, she said she didn\u2019t like playing in bars because she felt she had to act like someone she wasn\u2019t, so people would like what they heard.<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cThere was one show I had one night, and my papa was there, and he pulled me to the side and said, \u2018what are you doing baby? This isn\u2019t what you\u2019re supposed to be doing.\u2019 He looked me dead in the eye and said, \u2018how can you sing for God and sing for this?\u2019 And then I finally decided to totally switch to Christian music.\u201d After her introduction video, Danielle joined judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan to start her audition. Off-stage, host Ryan Seacrest shared that Daigle had a show in Vegas and would surprise Danielle.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/10caahWCUNQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Daigle competed in two seasons of \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d but was eliminated. However, her music has been used numerous times in the hit singing competition in recent years. As Danielle auditioned before the judges singing Daigle\u2019s five-times platinum single \u201cYou Say,\u201d Daigle watched through the doorway before joining in. Danielle was stunned that one of her inspirations was there. The two continued the audition together.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Katy Perry grew up as a Christian singer before transitioning to pop music and was visibly emotional. When she saw Daigle, her jaw dropped. Perry shouted, \u201cOh my gosh! Only on American Idol! Insane.\u201d Daigle told Danielle that her story reminded her of her relationship with her grandfather. Danielle replied, \u201cThank you, I love you. I feel like this is not even happening. I\u2019m like, thank you, God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perry asked if the two could sing their duet again because she wanted to feel \u201cthe spirit.\u201d Perry said, \u201cLauren, I just got to say, that is one of the coolest things I\u2019ve ever seen an artist do. She continued, \u201cYou got that grit in your voice. It\u2019s so authentic, and you\u2019re doing right by yourself, and you\u2019re doing right by Grandpa Chuck.\u201d Daigle shared that her grandfather\u2019s name was Chuck as well.<\/p>\n<p>Perry said, \u201cWell, you know God has a sense of humor every once in a while.\u201d The judges voted Danielle to the next round, and Daigle was happy to have witnessed it all. What a beautiful way for Megan Danielle to honor her late grandfather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Season 21 of \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d recently kicked off and featured an appearance from Grammy Award-winning singer Lauren Daigle, who surprised a Christian contestant auditioning in Las Vegas. Twenty-year-old Douglasville, Georgia, native Megan Danielle became a Christian singer after her grandfather died. Danielle said her grandfather asked her to use her talents to honor God. 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