American Idol loves a bit of drama. Hollywood is a drama factory. Match it on Sunday night too Hollywood Week episode of Idol delivered as much of the stuff as you could chew on it.
Ziggy, the so-called Dutch Prince of Pop, went full diva during this 22nd season, wearing colorful, tailored suits with matching candy-colored hair. Ziggy isn't just testing his talents, he wants to make his old man proud. the rocker died before the season started, before he got the chance to see Ziggy shine on the US singing competition.
Mackenzie Sol, a Las Vegas-based TikTok content creator known for his prank videos, made it all the way to LaLa Land and made fans along the way.
With a place in the final 24, the drama intensified. Ziggy (real name: Ziggy Krassenberg) went first with “This Is Me”. The Greatest Showman. Sol followed with a performance of The Beatles' “With A Little Help From My Friends.”
The judges couldn't tell them apart, so a challenge was set: a song to Labrinth's 'Jealous' or Harry Styles' 'Falling', with just one hour to prepare. “Jealous” he was. Drama.
Neither singer was happy about the scenario. The nerves were frayed. “I don't like the fact that I have to sing against him, he's incredible,” remarked Sol backstage.
A frustrated Ziggy took his concerns to another level. “This is just crazy,” he declared. Sol is “such a good singer, such a pure soul.”
At one point, Ziggy was so freaked out, he walked into Sol's rehearsal space and asked him to stop singing. “I am so nervous and you make me very nervous,” was the explanation. More drama.
If Ziggy was mad, he had a right to be. Sol, we learned, isn't just familiar with the song, he used to sing it with his ex, who he assured he'd never sing it again if they broke up. “Why not use that pain and sing it one last time,” observed Katy Perry.
The youngsters took their turn to experience it. “They're both pretty good,” Perry later remarked. Good, however, is not enough for a competitor.
Perry, speaking on behalf of the three judges, praised Sol's energy which is “a bit unbridled”. Ziggy “you should be so proud because you were so pure and honest,” she said excitedly. “It will take you to the highest height.”
Not in this contest.
Sol shined enough to secure a spot in the top 24 and move on to filming at Disney's Aulani Resort & Spa in Ko Olina, Hawaii.
Watch the sing-off below.
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