{"id":2788,"date":"2025-05-06T07:01:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T07:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=2788"},"modified":"2025-05-06T07:01:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T07:01:59","slug":"a-rising-star-and-now-a-serious-contender-for-the-american-idol-season-23-crown-18-year-old-john-foster-has-officially-cemented-his-place-in-the-top-8-with-a-performance-that-fans-wont-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=2788","title":{"rendered":"A rising star and now a serious contender for the American Idol Season 23 crown, 18-year-old John Foster has officially cemented his place in the Top 8 with a performance that fans won\u2019t soon forget. On Ladies Night \u2014 a night celebrating iconic women in music \u2014 John chose to honor Bonnie Raitt with a bold rendition of Something To Talk About. But what made the night even more unforgettable was who mentored him: country superstar Miranda Lambert, his childhood crush. Foster confessed to being so nervous during rehearsals that he couldn\u2019t even look Miranda in the eye while singing. In a heartwarming twist, she eased his nerves by joining in and singing with him. That impromptu duet, filled with charm and support, turned into a once-in-a-lifetime moment for John \u2014 one that brought out the best in his performance and gave fans something really worth talking about."},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">John Foster Honors Bonnie Raitt With Top 10 Performance Of \u201cSomething To Talk About\u201d<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>John Foster took the stage to perform \u201cSomething To Talk About\u201d in hopes of earning a spot in the\u00a0<em>American Idol<\/em>\u00a0Season 23 Top 8.<\/h2>\n<p>18-year-old country singer John Foster kicked off Sunday night\u2019s (May 4) Top 10 episode with a spirited rendition of Bonnie Raitt\u2019s \u201cSomething To Talk About.\u201d The performance was part of the first-ever\u00a0<em>American Idol<\/em>\u00a0Ladies Night theme paying tribute to some of the greatest female talents in music.<\/p>\n<p>Foster\u2019s song choice was a slight deviation from his classic country roots, which he\u2019s pulled from in weeks past. In a clip recorded prior to his pre-performance, John met Miranda Lambert, this week\u2019s artist mentor and his \u201cfirst crush.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DJM0k4Pp7lG\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Flitaupdate.com&amp;rp=%2Fmaiplinh%2Fa-rising-star-and-now-a-serious-contender-for-the-american-idol-season-23-crown-18-year-old-john-foster-has-officially-cemented-his-place-in-the-top-8-with-a-performance-that-fans-wont-soon%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1352.0999999940395%2C%22ls%22%3A1010.1999999880791%2C%22le%22%3A1348.199999988079%7D\" height=\"987\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn walked in with his little cowboy hat, his western shirt, and his guitar, and told me I was his first crush. I was like, \u2018Okay, I love you,\u2019\u201d Lambert confessed.<\/p>\n<p>Foster was admittedly nervous while rehearsing for Miranda, saying that he had trouble looking at her while he sang. But she put him at ease by singing with him. The special moment was one John will likely never forget.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<h3>John Foster wowed the audience and judges with his \u201cSomething To Talk About\u201d performance.<\/h3>\n<p>John Foster has emerged as one of the top contenders of the season. His status as one of the only country singers to advance past the Hollywood Week rounds has earned him support of country music lovers. His Easter performance of his original song, \u201cTell That Angel I Love Her,\u201d landed Foster on the iTunes country chart, garnering him even more support and bringing attention to his music.<\/p>\n<p>Following his Bonnie Raitt cover Sunday night, the judges heaped praise upon the singer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI feel like you are the one that we have watched grow the most throughout this entire process. Every single time you step out on the stage you feel more comfortable, you\u2019re working the stage more, you\u2019re connecting with the audience more\u2026I love that. I just feel like you\u2019ve grown so much,\u201d\u00a0Carrie Underwood\u00a0said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Luke agreed. \u201cYour charisma meter is like peaking off the charts right now,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch John Foster\u2019s charismatic performance of \u201cSomething To Talk About\u201d in the video below.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"cf_async_54502005\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Foster Goes Country with &quot;Something To Talk About&quot; on American Idol\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hr0c6G6hECk\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Foster Honors Bonnie Raitt With Top 10 Performance Of \u201cSomething To Talk About\u201d John Foster took the stage to perform \u201cSomething To Talk About\u201d in hopes&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2788","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\/2788","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=2788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2790,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2788\/revisions\/2790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}