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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Tori Kelly</strong> might be a celebrity guest on &#8216;American Idol&#8217;s&#8217; All-Star Duets tonight for Season 19 but did you know she once auditioned for the popular singing competition?</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Tori auditioned for season 9 of American Idol at only 16 years old. The 28-year old singer went in front of the judges out in Denver, Colorado in 2010 singing &#8220;Gravity&#8221; by John Mayer. At the time, the judges were Simon, Randy, Kara, and Victoria. Everyone but Simon Cowell voted &#8220;yes&#8221; for Tori, which pushed her onto the next round which was Hollywood week.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">The &#8220;Don&#8217;t You Worry Bout a Thing&#8221; singer was grouped with fellow contestants to sing Ne-Yo song, &#8220;Closer.&#8221; She advanced to the next round after that performance along with Maddie Penrose. Coincidentally, for her final solo song, she sang &#8220;Hot n Cold&#8221; by Katy Perry who happens to be a judge on the current season of American Idol. She unfortunately was cut from the Top 24. </p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">This definitely proves that even though you may not end up winning American Idol does not mean you won&#8217;t have a successful music career. Just two years after her stint on American Idol, she independently released an EP named Handmade Songs by Tori Kelly. In 2015, Tori&#8217;s first album Unbreakable Smile was released. Success found her when her single &#8220;Nobody Love&#8221; hit the Billboard Hot 100. She also was the voice of Meena the Elephant in the film <em>Sing.</em></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Watch Tori Kelly&#8217;s American Idol Audition</h2>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Tune into American Idol Sundays and Mondays at 8pm EST on ABC.</strong></p>
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