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John Foster performs “The Bare Necessities” from The Jungle Book movie, American Idol 2025 Season 23 Top 5. Startattle.com – American Idol.
Contestant: John Foster (18 years old), College Student from Addis, Los Angeles
Round: Top 5
Song: “The Bare Necessities” from The Jungle Book movie
Result: Advanced
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John Foster “The Bare Necessities” American Idol
“The Bare Necessities” is a jazz song, written by Terry Gilkyson, from Disney’s 1967 animated feature film The Jungle Book, sung by Phil Harris as Baloo and Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli. Bill Murray and Neel Sethi, in the same roles, performed the song in the 2016 remake.
Originally, it was written for an earlier draft of the film that was never produced. The Sherman Brothers, who wrote the other songs of the film, kept this as the only song used from the previous version. A reprise of the song was sung by Sebastian Cabot as Bagheera and Phil Harris as Baloo at the end of the film. Van Dyke Parks worked on the arrangement. In 1967, “The Bare Necessities” was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song but lost to “Talk to the Animals” from Doctor Dolittle. A hip-hop version of the song performed by Lou Rawls was used as the theme song for Jungle Cubs.
Show: American Idol
Season: American Idol 2025 (Season 23)
Host: Ryan Seacrest
Judges: Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie
The twenty-third season of American Idol premiered on March 2, 2025, on the ABC television network. Ryan Seacrest returned as host; Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie returned as judges, along with season four winner Carrie Underwood replacing Katy Perry as a judge.
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