This is completely new Claudia Conway during her latest American Idol performance.
The 16-year-old contestant presented the stage for the ABC singing competition series on Sunday, March 21, and this is her first performance since the audition for its February 14 premiere. The TikTok star’s parents are Kellyanne Conway, who as senior adviser to former president Donald Trump, en George Conway, a lawyer who worked against Trump.
“I’m Claudia Conway, I’m back!” Claudia told the judges as she prepared to sing during Hollywood Week.
She clearly looked very different as her previously blonde hair has been dyed black since her audition. It led Katy Perry to exclaim, “I’m sorry, excuse me, what ?!”
Claudia laughs and says, “Yes! Small change.” Katy replies, “You mean a transformation.” Claudia agrees, saying, “A transformation.”
The contestant then explained to the camera that she had serious doubts in her initial audition, during which Katy interrupted her performance. Rihanna‘s “Love on the Brain” and asked her to try another song. Fortunately, Claudia moves on Adelesays “When We Were Young,” and that was enough to get her to Hollywood Week.