American Idol Finale Countdown: Maddie Poppe — It’s Not About Being Famous to Me: America has spoken and the three finalists for this season of American Idol are Gabby Barrett, Caleb Lee Hutchinson and Maddie Poppe.Today’s focus is on Poppe, the 20-year-old student from Clarksville, IA, who accompanies herself on guitar, ukulele and keyboard. She demonstrated her skill on the ukulele during her performance of “Bare Necessities” from The Jungle Book on Disney Night, […]
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Madeline Mae “Maddie” Poppe is an american singer-songwriter, musician, and season 16 winner of American Idol . she is a multi-instrumentalist playing the guitar, piano, and Poppe’s father is also a musician and is a guitarist . she used to perform in with her father Trent and his band at Pioneer Days . one song they sang was Sweet Child o’ Mine by Guns N poppe was a stagehand setting up equipment for musicians at the county fair . she released her first album Songs from the Basement in 2016 . poppe opened for diamond rio at the fair in july . Poppe is a 2016 graduate of Clarksville high school . her dad told her american idol was auditioning . she gladly said yes . she sang “Rainbow Connection” at her audition and things started winding up from there . she won american Idol on may 21, 2018 . released four original songs, as well as her own renditions . Clarksville honored her with a city event at the Clarksville Library . despite her elimination, she sang “Rainbow Connection” from the muppet movie . judge: “we need you in this show” poppe admitted she didn’t want to win American Idol in the first place . poppe also admits she has stage fright . “i remember times when I’d gotten up on stage and it “i fear that every time I walk on stage, I worry that it’s going to happen again,” she says . her performance in the live shows included “Homeward Bound” in the Top 14 . on the results show on the finale broadcast of American Idol she performed five songs with her father . she appeared on the show to plug her new album . the single “Made You Miss” peaked at No. 21 on the US Poppe will join Ingrid Michaelson on the upcoming Dramatic Tour in the United States starting on October 3, 2019.
