“It’s a lot, but I just want to spread love and I like a compromise,” Claudia explained to the judges. “I agree not to agree with my mother and father.”
While George personally joined Claudia for her audition, Kellyanne came in via video chat to give her daughter a talk. “You must be nervous, honey, it’s a very humble experience,” she told Claudia, expressing some anxious feelings. ‘You know how many people liked you when you were a little girl, dreaming of even having the opportunity to audition for American Idol? It’s your time to shine. But remember, honey, winners are people who are willing to lose. ‘
Claudia went on to explain her relationship with her mother to Perry, who asked if they were still ’embracing’ each other. “She loves me. I love her. It’s just, I feel like our relationship is a little bit – it’s a little difficult,” Claudia said. “Most of my love, my feelings were suppressed. Then I got social media, and I was like, ‘Damn, now my voice is heard.’
“The internet can be a very, very dark place, but when life is all downhill, I have my music,” she continued. “Now I want to get out of the controversy, get out of the drama, get out of the political issue and let people know that I’m a singer and that’s what I want to do.”
Claudia started singing Rihanna’s “Love on the Brain” before Perry stopped her and demanded that she take off her sky-high heels. The 16-year-old then decided to perform Adele’s “When We Were Young”.
“OK, if you’re singing this next song, think about it when you were young. And there’s a sadness there,” Perry encourages her. “It’s like you lost your youth because you could not experience it alone without all this noise.”
Claudia showed a big improvement in her second round, which brought her father to tears while she listened outside.
‘The second song was much better,’ Judge Lionel Richie told her, ‘because you showed where you could actually coach, understand it, the fear factor left you with just a moment and some characteristics of your voice. came through that I was impressed. Now, is this going to be challenging for the rest of the contestants we have on the program? I do not know. ‘
“There’s a lot of noise in your life,” Perry concluded. “You need to calm the storm around you, that is, before you sing, you need to get off your phone. You need to stop reading your comments, put them aside, because if that is not the case, you may never rise above your father or your mother. It’s your choice. “
When it comes down to the judges’ vote, Luke Bryan gives her a no, but Perry and Richie give her a yes and send Claudia to the Hollywood rounds.
See her full audition below.