{"id":25356,"date":"2023-05-16T09:32:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T13:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=25356"},"modified":"2023-05-17T10:26:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T14:26:54","slug":"megan-danielle-advances-to-the-top-3-on-american-idol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/05\/megan-danielle-advances-to-the-top-3-on-american-idol.html","title":{"rendered":"Megan Danielle Advances to the Top 3 on &#8220;American Idol&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_25446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25446\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/05\/megan-danielle-top-3_credit-america-idol-youtube-1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25446 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/05\/megan-danielle-top-3_credit-america-idol-youtube-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Idol \/ YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Megan Danielle, an outspoken Christian singer, has advanced to \u201cAmerican Idol\u2019s\u201d top three as viewers are scheduled to pick a winner of the desirable title in less than a week. Danielle, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/megandaniellemusic\/\">Instagram page<\/a> defines her as a \u201cChristian singer\/songwriter who wants to share the love of Jesus,\u201d announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CsPzzJ1LWVp\/\">in a social media post<\/a> that she was one of the top three finalists on the show.<\/p>\n<p>After sharing how she was \u201cso honored and grateful,\u201d she declared, \u201cLet\u2019s keep sharing the light and love of Jesus.\u201d Danielle\u2019s competition advancement comes after her performance of \u201cYou Can\u2019t Stop the Girl\u201d from the movie \u201cMaleficient: Mistress of Evil\u201d as part of \u201cAmerican Idol\u2019s\u201d Disney night. In this episode, Danielle and the other singers in the top five sang songs featured in Disney movies.<\/p>\n<p>Internet Movie Database says the season finale of season 21 of \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d will feature \u201cspecial performances from music legends and today\u2019s top artists\u201d as the top three take the stage for the last time as America votes on the next American Idol. Danielle has stressed the importance of her faith throughout her \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d run, dating back to her\u00a0audition\u00a0in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4gAt3_TFg-4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>She shared how she had started singing in bars as a young adult, urging her beloved late grandfather to pull her aside and ask, \u201cWhat are you doing, baby? This isn\u2019t what you\u2019re supposed to be doing.\u201d Danielle\u2019s late grandfather pressed her to consider, \u201cHow can you sing for God and sing for this?\u201d Danielle said this conversation with her grandfather prompted her to embrace Christian music as her calling. As she sang \u201cYou Say\u201d by \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d alum Lauren Daigle, one of her musical influences, host Ryan Seacrest told the audience that Daigle was planning on surprising the young singer.<\/p>\n<p>After Daigle showed up during Danielle\u2019s audition to the shock and delight of the \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d hopeful and the judges, the two performed \u201cYou Say\u201d as a duet. After the duet between Daigle and Danielle, the judges gave Danielle the \u201cgolden ticket\u201d required to advance in the competition. During the competition, Danielle sang multiple Christian songs and tunes emphasizing a higher power.<\/p>\n<p>Danielle sang songs like \u201cGo Rest High on That Mountain\u201d and \u201cThank God I Do.\u201d Judge Luke Bryan specifically chose \u201cGo Rest High on That Mountain\u201d for Danielle to sing on an episode where judges anonymously picked songs for the contestants, with the judge\u2019s identity hidden until after the performance.<\/p>\n<p>Danielle isn\u2019t the only outspoken Christian to experience success in the current season of \u201cAmerican Idol.\u201d Warren Peay, who serves on the Colston Branch Church worship team in South Carolina, was eliminated from the competition\u00a0last week\u00a0as Danielle advanced to the top five.\u00a0 As he performed \u201cTo The Table\u201d by Christian musician Zach Williams during his\u00a0audition, judge Katy Perry dubbed him the \u201cChristian Chris Stapleton\u201d due to his physical resemblance to the country singer in light of his long hair and beard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Danielle, an outspoken Christian singer, has advanced to \u201cAmerican Idol\u2019s\u201d top three as viewers are scheduled to pick a winner of the desirable title in less than a week. Danielle, whose Instagram page defines her as a \u201cChristian singer\/songwriter who wants to share the love of Jesus,\u201d announced in a social media post that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":25446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3388,8],"tags":[642,5547],"class_list":["post-25356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-faith-based","category-music","tag-american-idol","tag-megan-danielle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Megan Danielle Advances to the Top 3 on &quot;American Idol&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Christian singer Megan Danielle has advanced to the top 3 on &quot;American Idol&quot; as viewers are scheduled to 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