Nya: Gives "Georgia On My Mind" A Powerhouse Vocal - American Idol 2024

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American Idol 2024
Helping to determine who America will ultimately vote for to become the next singing sensation are music industry forces and superstar judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie. Emmy® Award-winning host and producer Ryan Seacrest continues as host of the beloved series, for the historic 22nd season.

[@mokes3727]

BEST i’ve EVER seen on American Idol !! i literally can’t believe she got voted off

[@Adam-ij1fg]

her best vocal yet

[@Stacyfree]

Sad

[@victorblackett7806]

Mannnnn there’s such a quality to her voice that makes me want to hear more

[@kall4less]

This season's best voice of the night so far. I'm going in order. Outstanding range, tone, vibrato, timbre, & such great control. Outstanding.

[@ronmerlezama5752]

Stunning! Grammy performance vibes!

[@keyondavis7241]

I loved that she gave the song a bit more energy and sway to it. She had some pitchy moments but I love the creativity and power she has

[@ShammahMrima]

You definitely need,fresh pair of ears, singing low isn't singing pitchy,she aced perfectly

[@crazycountryboy8941]

​@@ShammahMrimaNah you should get your ears checked she was all over the place

[@crazycountryboy8941]

@@ShammahMrima nah you are got accepting below average singing

[@ShammahMrima]

@@crazycountryboy8941 man they say arguing with a fool..ul end up being the fool,you just mad she talented as f,..but i understand you,your name speaks for itself..

[@crazycountryboy8941]

@@ShammahMrima the only fool is you BOY. You are simping for someone that doesn't know you exist. You can't accept someone giving her any type of criticism..She isn't going throw any your way dude.

[@michalideus2]

That deep tone in the end 🤩

[@libertyna933]

Beautiful voice

[@TruckingWtrel]

First time I got chills this season!!!!! Thank you

[@littlems.tries-to-fix-it6270]

SO TALENTED! Same category as Mariah and Whitney 100%!

[@paulajelen1351]

This is one hell of a beautiful black woman and she can SANG baby. She can be a model AND a singer. She seems like a genuinely lovely person as well. It really takes a lot to sing for a parent. I don’t know if I could do it even if I had her talent so she definitely has my respect for that.

[@monawinti2584]

I see the winner already....she It is that the beauty preach will definitely be famous.

[@ibstayfly]

Yassssss girl sang

[@davidhill8565]

This performance was dedicated to her father, who passed away when she was 16 years old. Like her, my father passed away as well.

[@isaiah._peter]

Here’s our winner❤

[@deemogul2105]

Wooooo!! She's definitely got my vote!! 🔥🔥

[@ilahmaecunanan2629]

She really got my vote right now. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@WINDOW9226]

Beautiful....She looks so like Angela Bassett and/or Lauren Hill

[@thresaneeley5233]

Nya .. that performance was amazing .. and you looked liked a beautiful siren in that golden dress ..

[@susanH1986]

Crown her now!! The winner!!! Hands down!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@SKIZZWARD]

The run at 01:10 was insane. Wow!!

[@justinlee3017]

Great arrangement. Great performance. She absolutely deserves to go through.

[@weslleypaiva3407]

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING

[@WilliamJenkins-xp8um]

She is going to win it all❤❤❤❤❤

[@johnnykizer4644]

Excellent job🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@lalamendoza5467]

Wonderful arrangement to the song. Let her shine!

[@HeroShades]

Great song choice for her! She ate this song up, and I think this was her best performance of the night honestly. It wasn't as good as Clark Beckham or Kendra's but still amazing!

[@ronniepeterson6911]

The #8 artist, Nya with her version cover of Georgia On My Mind which was done in 1929 by Hoagie Carmichael and then it was done in the 60s by Ray Charles. A Singer and actress for the 1983 film and a instrumental tune by an orchestra for the show Designing Women and Michael Bolton. This past week she was on top of this week...

[@michalideus2]

Technically best vocalist of this season

[@shawnmoyer1027]

My God!!!! Freaking phenomenal 😍

[@ivanwynne7398]

GO SZA!!!

[@GRomance0804]

Those runs and rifs already put me in a great mood. Sounded so good and A cool take on this classic!!

[@skti5597]

She is great, but I want to hear her sing more modern songs like the one she did in her audition.

[@mannoxmanu8873]

You cant beat someone singing like that.

[@DareToBeatbox]

You easily can. She’s very pitchy.

[@crazycountryboy8941]

She has so many pitch issues

[@Jon-os2vg]

You can't beat a mediocre at best singer?

[@tvalrae]

Wasn’t perfect but she was a lot better than Julia and Jayna

[@tvalrae]

@@crazycountryboy8941 Julia had great performances but she really struggled with her song this time, lots of issues (song choice, range, nerves, pitch). Nya’s not my fave, but there were great moments in this performance.

[@guilhermeaoshi]

Girl is not playing safe at all. What a daring arrangement and vocal choices.

[@davidhill8565]

Country singers are known to play it safe.

[@peermusic]

🎶GREAT performance!

[@bambanglombardo4261]

The next jhud

[@davidhill8565]

Or the next Todrick Hall

[@maina_mwangih]

🇰🇪 kenya we behind u gal ,well done kairetu

[@Dnee100485]

Girl you betta sing that Jazz 😊

[@andrewkim8243]

Fantastic vocal performance. Best so far.

[@unjaded2]

LOVE HER VOICE , LOOK AND STAGE PRESENCE ! YES MA'ME !

[@robertantonnyc]

giving Georgia On My Mind a nice lilt, very slinky, vocals so natural & seductive. Her range is sickening. Such a quick transition into that ending. She is Phenomenal!!

[@TrudiTrahanupchanOKRA]

Totally shocked the judges that America rejected her! Oh well they have made that mistake before she will for sure have an amazing career.

[@rencomia]

I have my favorites but this girl -- she's really something!!!

[@deogratiaskagali7392]

Wow 🤯 this performance left my whole body covered in goosebumps

[@qwertpoo1]

She is so amazing

[@jennysci33]

She’s just beautiful

[@user-no8dl7yr8l]

❤ WOW!

[@vitorrocha4533]

Plz VOTE❤❤

[@MichaelHatchell09]

I want to hear her sing I Have Nothing. She could totally put her flare on some Whitney!

[@johnharvey77793]

where’s the views at for her she had the best vocal and performance of the night

[@magdalinigalatsianos4849]

Just the winner ❤

[@antwanpena171]

Love her 💖

[@Taytimethursday]

I’m digging the arrangement

[@anjalimichelleart]

She’s in my top 5

[@andrewdewayne5704]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ what a talent

[@kayleeb.d.3196]

My favorite

[@guyluvsbeauty]

Would love to hear her sing a Donna Summer song. I think she’d be amazing!

[@Soirse8]

Future superstar .👏⭐️

[@beffis1980]

Ummmm wow! Just wow! I was blown away! Seemed absolutely flawless and absolutely easy for her to sing! She’s better than Beyoncé!!! girl gave me goosebumps all over my face

[@Swsketch]

Beautiful!

[@thirdee4927]

Wowowowow!!!!

[@BillNadruku]

That’s my fave ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️Top 3

[@nathanaelparker430]

She reminds me of Amber Holcomb in the top range. The ease of it!

[@debbiesmitherman9295]

She put her own rendition on the song and sounded amazing.

[@shellypafford4082]

The whole package!

[@shinoni67]

Wow❤❤❤

[@sunnys1n9h]

DISNEY PRINCESS STUNTING ON THESE KIDS YALL

[@aaron-dd5zr]

Good job. But however, that song, Ray Charles did not write it and is not by Ray Charles. It is by, Bix Beiderbecke, 1928 - 1930. Original word for word, sound for sound. Just some historian, research. Again, not a Ray Charles, song. It was a cover.

[@TheVeganPoet1]

Good range.

[@siomaidumplings9327]

PETITION FOR HER TO SING IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN!!!

[@IT___]

TOP

[@davidhill8565]

She’s at the end of American Idol’s age range.

[@freedomillumina6812]

WOW

[@kitt3n2010]

❤❤❤

[@howardwiener2652]

That’s your winner if this was the finals.

[@MadMan559est69]

Gong👀

[@Smartkid2387]

She sounded great but the arrangement kinda through me off. I’m pretty sure I always hear it as a slow tempo.

[@michalideus2]

What kind of a parent would have told talent like this not to do music?

[@neokeswa752]

Dont know why but she reminds me of Amber Holcomb from season 12

[@crazycountryboy8941]

3-10

[@christianfortunaable]

She sounds sometime Cynthia Erivo

[@arkadashi]

My Lord!!! That was bloody magnificent!!!!! She killed it!!! 😍 😍

[@nydabeats]

dang she so fine...

[@KennethWells-golfer]

🤔🤔🤔

[@WilliamJenkins-xp8um]

What?🤔🤔 She was perfect.. I will attribute to a dad

[@orlock20]

She is right there with Beyonce, but she needs a vocal coach to help her float around a song like Joss Stone and Beth Hart can. Both were winners of a TV singing contest. Nya got better at the end, but you got to suck the listener in from the beginning.

[@winnowmethis9501]

Song choice matters. This wasn't the one to showcase her abilities and not in vogue.

[@laureenfirehorse7544]

This lady is another Whitney Houston!

[@shaic6860]

I love your voice! But please girl, let’s choose a different song. Maybe some SADE. Or some En Vogue. Show some lower tone.

[@petervuong5221]

Wow!!! If she not too 2 I don’t know what people are listening to.

[@davidhill8565]

They’re biased towards country music.

[@henrydenner5448]

Ooooooh laa laaaaaaaa! Whooooohooooo! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@marcelobaus]

Effortless

[@autk]

"Go home", that's what you said on another's song...but here it's effortless...good for you....hater

[@paulajelen1351]

OK, so I can’t find the top 14 results video but I just have to ASK “Is all of America hittin’ the crack pipe? WHY was she not voted in by us to the top 14? She has talent she has beauty, she has Grace she has personality …. Is it because people are thinking …”Well, the judges will just go ahead and vote her in, let’s just vote on the OTHER people we think should be there? I certainly hope so. Otherwise, I’d HAVE to think that all of America needs a drug intervention.

[@camisreacting]

The lower registered of her voice struggled throughout the performance, but can we talk about her head voice because it’s beautiful! This a competition though and the runs and high notes did feel strained and like shouting at times. She’s so talented, but the arrangement and song choice conflicted me tonight.

[@IanTalksHotTakes]

Everything sounds off for everyone tonight. I really think there’s something technical that someone messed up behind the scenes because there’s no way that everyone is doing THIS poorly when they’ve all done so well before!

[@camisreacting]

@@IanTalksHotTakes as off as my dang grammar in that OG post tonight lol

[@WilliamJenkins-xp8um]

She is not even trying

[@davidhill8565]

The only reason why she might be voted off early is genre bias.

[@ConcertgoerJ.R.]

I love her voice, but I don’t like the arrangement of that song if I’m being honest!

[@bongtloxlo3332]

i heard all 24 contestant, and all is boring

[@rosemarywatson1231]

She played with it too much for me, but she can sang!

[@mikemacdt1]

Horrible

[@davidhill8565]

Excessive standards