{"id":2509,"date":"2025-04-22T13:13:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=2509"},"modified":"2025-04-22T13:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:13:01","slug":"in-a-moment-straight-out-of-a-movie-25-year-old-stay-at-home-mom-breanna-nix-walked-onto-the-american-idol-stage-not-just-with-a-song-but-with-purpose-backed-by-faith-family-and-fire-in-he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=2509","title":{"rendered":"In a moment straight out of a movie, 25-year-old stay-at-home mom Breanna Nix walked onto the American Idol stage not just with a song\u2014but with purpose. Backed by faith, family, and fire in her soul, she delivered a soul-shaking rendition of Lauren Daigle\u2019s \u201cStill Rolling Stones\u201d that brought Carrie Underwood to the brink of tears. As the final note echoed, the room stood still\u2014Breanna had just carved her name into the hearts of millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-63867\" class=\"post-63867 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63868 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/litanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/thumb-1-28-300x162.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/litanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/thumb-1-28-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/litanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/thumb-1-28.jpg 650w\" alt=\"\" width=\"835\" height=\"451\" \/><\/p>\n<article class=\"post-63752 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-american-idol tag-breanna-nix tag-lauren-daigle\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Breanna Nix Performed In Hawaii With Other Members Of\u00a0<em>American Idol<\/em>\u2018s Top 24<\/h2>\n<p>Fan-favorite\u00a0<em>American Idol<\/em>\u00a0contestant Breanna Nix covered a popular Christian song when she performed in Hawaii on Sunday night\u2019s (April 13) episode.<\/p>\n<div class=\"X7nJxROb\"><\/div>\n<p>Viewers met Breanna during the auditions for Season 23. Her husband, Austin, and son, Emerson, accompanied her in the audition room.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dtsV91MQ\"><\/div>\n<p>Austin played piano, and little Emerson sat with judge\u00a0Carrie Underwood\u00a0while his mama sang. He\u00a0started falling asleep\u00a0as he listened to her beautifully sing Carrie\u2019s\u00a0\u201cJesus, Take the Wheel.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,41236290\/AdThrive_Content_1\/644c10ea7ce5027b9cc860b9_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The emotions of the moment got to Carrie, and she began crying.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Breanna Nix Auditions with \u201cJesus, Take the Wheel\u201d as Carrie Underwood Holds Baby! | American Idol\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hlkSCX2YGFI\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Breanna earned three \u201cyes\u201d votes and a Golden Ticket to Hollywood. She made it through the showstoppers round after delivering a stunning\u00a0Kelly Clarkson\u00a0cover\u00a0that gave Luke Bryan \u201c<em>full body chills.<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Then, Breanna sang Christian artist Brandon Lake\u2019s \u201cGratitude\u201d with IAMKNOWN in the head-to-head round. Their performance earned an emotional response from Carrie,\u00a0who called them \u201cbrave\u201d\u00a0for openly singing about their faith on national TV.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dht7q8fif4gks.cloudfront.net\/2025-04\/Untitled%20design%20-%202025-04-14T081454.796.jpg\" alt=\"I want to win souls': Breanna Nix turns American Idol stage into place of  worship - ReachFM: Peace Country's hub for local and Christian news, and  adult contemporary Christian programming.\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cLadies, Riley, Breanna, I wanna tell you how difficult it is to come into the entertainment industry and bring your faith with you,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Carrie, a devoted Christian herself, said. \u201c<em>It is a brave thing to do because there are a lot of outside forces that are gonna tell you not to do that. I wanna tell you that I\u2019m proud of you guys.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Breanna advanced through the head-to-head round and became one of the season\u2019s\u00a0Top 24 contestants.\u00a0<\/strong>She and her fellow\u00a0<em>Idol<\/em>\u00a0hopefuls traveled to Hawaii for the next round of the competition, where they sang at Aulani, A Disney Resort &amp; Spa.<\/p>\n<h3><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Our Top 24 Are Going to Aulani, A Disney Resort &amp; Spa in Ko Olina, Hawai\u2018i! | American Idol 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n-7NuCyh9H4\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/h3>\n<h3>Breanna Nix Covers Christian Artist Lauren Daigle\u2019s \u201cStill Rolling Stones\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>For her Hawaii performance, Breanna showcased her faith once again by covering \u201cStill Rolling Stones\u201d by Christian artist Lauren Daigle.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren initially released \u201cStill Rolling Stones\u201d as a promotional single in 2018. It was officially released to Christian radio in April 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill Rolling Stones\u201d climbed up the charts, eventually ranking at #4 on the\u00a0<em>US Christian Songs<\/em>\u00a0chart and #5 on the\u00a0<em>US Christian Airplay<\/em>\u00a0chart.\u00a0<strong>By the end of 2020, the track sat at #26 on both charts\u2019 year-end rankings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_4_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-4 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lauren Daigle - Still Rolling Stones (Audio)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PQZNcZcfo8E\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Breanna\u2019s passionate cover of \u201cStill Rolling Stones\u201d amazed the\u00a0<em>Idol<\/em>\u00a0judges and captivated the small crowd who gathered to watch. Everyone had their hands in the air, and the three judges stood up mid-song.<\/p>\n<p><strong>They heaped praise on Breanna after her performance ended:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<em>Breanna, that first note out of your mouth was like a growl, you\u2019re like, \u2018I\u2019m here,<\/em>\u2018\u201d Carrie said. \u201c<em>That was amazing \u2026 so much power, so much heart behind it<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I mean, if anyone has ever picked the right song, that is your deal,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Luke Bryan said.\u00a0<em>\u201cThe confidence that you embodied, I mean, it was like watching when Adele is in her zone. You truly owned that moment; you never let off the gas from the start to the finish<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lionel Richie called on the crowd to shout \u201cAmen\u201d (which they did!) before offering his commentary. He said, \u201c<em>You brought something into this whole competition. You have actually been leading in terms of just bringing more and more of your faith into being. And I\u2019m loving the way you just came out onstage, put your foot down, and killed it.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_5_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-5 adthrive-ad-cls\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,41236290\/AdThrive_Content_5\/644c10ea7ce5027b9cc860b9_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Watch Breanna Nix\u2019s outstanding rendition of \u201cStill Rolling Stones\u201d in the video below.\u00a0<strong>You\u2019ll soon see why the judges were so impressed with her performance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Breanna Nix Inspires with 'Still Rolling Stones' by Lauren Daigle \u2013 American Idol\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lSfHeXChTGg\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><ins class=\"982a9496\" data-key=\"22dcba34189d88535c6189416086b46c\"><\/ins>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breanna Nix Performed In Hawaii With Other Members Of\u00a0American Idol\u2018s Top 24 Fan-favorite\u00a0American Idol\u00a0contestant Breanna Nix covered a popular Christian song when she performed in Hawaii on&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2511,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509\/revisions\/2511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}