{"id":24423,"date":"2023-03-23T13:48:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T17:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=24423"},"modified":"2023-03-23T13:48:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T17:48:50","slug":"repairman-and-worship-leader-stuns-american-idol-judges-after-singing-powerful-christian-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/03\/repairman-and-worship-leader-stuns-american-idol-judges-after-singing-powerful-christian-song.html","title":{"rendered":"Repairman and Worship Leader Stuns &#8216;American Idol&#8217; Judges After Singing Powerful Christian Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24429\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24429\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/03\/Warren-Peay_credit-American-Idol-Youtube-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24429\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/03\/Warren-Peay_credit-American-Idol-Youtube-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Idol \/ YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Warren Peay of South Carolina wowed the judges of &#8220;American Idol&#8221; after he sang a powerful rendition of Christian singer, Zach Williams&#8217; song &#8220;To the Table.&#8221; The 23-year-old repairman and worship leader stunned Lionel Ritchie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan while singing the powerful worship song. Peay sang powerful lyrics to the song such as &#8220;There\u2019s a Savior and He calls,&#8221; moving Perry to tears. Following his performance, Perry labeled him as the &#8220;Christian Chris Stapelton,&#8221; saying \u201cYou are authentic.&#8221; Luke Bryan told the singer that he had chills during his performance while Lionel Ritchie said he could see Peay being a top 10 contender. \u201cThat is about as heading down the top 10 road that I\u2019ve ever heard in my whole life,\u201d Ritchie said. \u201cI\u2019m telling you, he\u2019s strong \u2014 and he\u2019s top 10.\u201d Watch the performance to see the powerful audition that gained the attention of over half a million viewers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sgz2_vnCXuQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warren Peay of South Carolina wowed the judges of &#8220;American Idol&#8221; after he sang a powerful rendition of Christian singer, Zach Williams&#8217; song &#8220;To the Table.&#8221; The 23-year-old repairman and worship leader stunned Lionel Ritchie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan while singing the powerful worship song. 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