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Willie Spence performs “Wind Beneath My Wings” by Bette Midler, American Idol 2021 Season 19 All Star Duets. Willie Spence covers Bette Midler’s “Wind Beneath My Wings” + “The Prayer” (Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli song) duet with Katharine McPhee! – American Idol 2021. Startattle.com – American Idol.
Contestant: Willie Spence (21 years old), a caretaker from Douglas, California
Round: All Star Duets
Solo: “Wind Beneath My Wings” by Bette Midler
Duet: “The Prayer” (by Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli) duet with Katharine McPhee
Result: TBA
Willie Spence American Idol 2021 “Wind Beneath My Wings” Bette Midler, “The Prayer” Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli, Season 19 All Star Duets Katharine McPhee
Willie Spence American Idol “Wind Beneath My Wings”
Show: American Idol
Season: American Idol 2021 (Season 19)
Host: Ryan Seacrest
Judges: Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie
The nineteenth season of the reality show singing competition American Idol premiered on February 14, 2021 on the ABC television network. It is the fourth season to air on ABC since the series reboot; Ryan Seacrest returns as host. Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie return as judges and Bobby Bones as mentor.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the show offered its first ever live virtual auditions to aspiring contestants through its Idol Across America program using custom-built Zoom technology. The remote auditions took place from August 10 to October 28, 2020 in 50 states plus Washington, D.C. as well as a number of open call auditions, and from these the producers selected the contestants who can then audition in front of the judges.
“Wind Beneath My Wings” (sometimes titled “The Wind Beneath My Wings” and “Hero”) is a song written in 1982 by Jeff Silbar and Larry Henley. The song was first recorded by Kamahl in 1982 for a country and western album he was recording. Kamahl talked about being the first to record the song in an appearance on Australian TV show Spicks and Specks, but stated it was not commercially released because it was felt he did not suit the country and western style. Instead, Roger Whittaker recorded the song, as well as Sheena Easton and Lee Greenwood. The song appeared shortly thereafter in charted versions by Colleen Hewett (1982), Lou Rawls (1983), Gladys Knight & the Pips (1983), and Gary Morris (1983).
Willie Spence American Idol “The Prayer”
“The Prayer” is a song performed by Canadian singer Celine Dion and Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. It was written by David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa and Tony Renis. “The Prayer” was originally recorded in two solo versions for the 1998 film Quest for Camelot, in English by Dion and in Italian by Bocelli. A duet between Dion and Bocelli later appeared on their respective studio albums, These Are Special Times (1998) and Sogno (1999), and was released as a promotional single on 1 March 1999. “The Prayer” won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1999 and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2000. It received highly positive reviews from music critics and entered adult contemporary charts in Canada and the United States in 1999. In 2008, Dion released a live version of “The Prayer” as a duet with Josh Groban. This music download entered the Canadian Hot 100 at number 37 and the Billboard Hot 100 at number 70.
Willie Spence American Idol 2021 “Wind Beneath My Wings” Bette Midler, “The Prayer” Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli, Season 19 All Star Duets, Katharine McPhee, Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie.
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