American Idol season 24 winner Hannah Harper he expresses his gratitude after singing his way to victory.
“It's been a crazy, beautiful journey. And in a way we're just getting started,” Harper, 25, wrote via Instagram on Monday, May 11, alongside a photo of herself holding an envelope announcing the winner of season 24 of the game. Idol set up.
Harper continued, “Thank you to everyone who believed in me, prayed for me, voted for me, and helped push this dream farther than I could have imagined.
“I am very grateful for the doors Jehovah has opened and the opportunity to walk this path,” added the singer. “I'll see you all on the road soon… travel days are coming your way. 🤍”
Harper concluded his story with a quote from the Bible, which reads, “'For I know the plans I have for you'—this is the Lord's declaration—'plans for your welfare, and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.'”
The host Ryan Seacrest announced Harper as the winner of the latest season of American Idol last time live Monday on ABC. Jordan McCullough was named second, when Kayla Richardson came third.
Last time on Monday, Harper did Alicia Keys' “None” in honor of the Grammy winner, who served as a mentor to the finalists entering the live show.
“Your voice sounds beautiful and soft and like a lullaby,” the judge said Luke Bryan he said about his performance. “Your voice is like walking outside. It's like walking in a beautiful garden. You are a true artist.”
For her second performance of the night, Harper sang the first single, “Married Into This Town,” as a tribute to her hometown. The singer is a mother of three who lives in Willow Springs, Missouri.
“Congratulations on writing songs, congratulations on being that real person,” the judge said Lionel Richie He is happy with his first song.
Harper first surprised the judges – Bryan, Richie and Carrie Underwood – in her early research when she made the first single “String Cheese,” which she said was about her life with postpartum depression.
“I was sitting on the sofa and stroking myself, you have boys, you know, everyone wants to touch you, and I didn't want to be touched either,” he explained the inspiration behind the song. People. “With my little son, I had a mercy feast, I prayed that the Lord would calm my spirit, and my son kept coming to me, he said, 'Mom, open this, open my cheese.' I'm like, 'Stop me with the doggone cheese.'
Hannah Harper, Keyla Richardson and Jordan McCullough
Eric McCandless/DisneyHarper continued, “And finally I opened her cheese, and when I opened it, I realized that God had put me in that place, and that when I was in my house it was the greatest service I could have to be a mother.
“And I kicked postpartum depression, and I said, 'I'm not doing it,'” Harper said.
