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Slater Nalley performs “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from Toy Story movie, Lyle Lovett, American Idol 2025 Season 23 Top 5. Startattle.com – American Idol.
Contestant: Slater Nalley (17 years old), High School Student from Atlanta, Georgia
Round: Top 5
Song: “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from Toy Story movie
Result: Eliminated
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Slater Nalley Charms with “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” | Disney Night on American Idol.
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“You’ve Got a Friend in Me” is a song by Randy Newman. Used as the main theme song for the 1995 Disney/Pixar animated film Toy Story, it has since become a major musical component for its sequels, Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010) and Toy Story 4 (2019) as well as a musical leitmotif throughout the whole Toy Story franchise. The song was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Like many other Disney theme songs, “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” has been covered numerous times.
Cover versions featured in the first three Toy Story films include a duet with Newman and Lyle Lovett in Toy Story; a diagetic instance by Tom Hanks, a version by Robert Goulet and an instrumental by Tom Scott in Toy Story 2, and a Spanish language version by the Gipsy Kings in Toy Story 3.
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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