“It’s a lot, but I just want to spread the love and I love a commitment,” explained Claudia to the jurors. “I agree to disagree with my mom and dad.”
While George joined Claudia in person for his audition, Kellyanne appeared via video chat to give a talk to her daughter. “You should be nervous, honey, it’s a very humbling experience,” she said to Claudia, who expressed some feelings of anxiety. “Do you know how many people like you when you were a little girl so far dream of having the opportunity to audition for american idol? This is your time to shine. But remember, dear, the winners are people who are willing to lose. “
Claudia continued to explain her relationship with her mother to Perry, who asked if they were still “hugging”. “She loves me. I love her. It’s just, I feel like our relationship is a little – it’s a little bit dubious,” said Claudia. “Most of my love, my feelings were suppressed. So I went on social media and thought, ‘Damn, now my voice is being heard.'”
“The Internet can be a very, very dark place, but when life is getting worse, I have my music,” she continued. “Now, I kind of want to get out of the controversy, get out of the drama, get out of the political and let people know that I’m a singer and that’s what I want to do.”
Claudia started singing “Love on the Brain” by Rihanna, before Perry stopped her and insisted that she take off her high heels. The 16-year-old then chose to play Adele’s “When We Were Young”.
“Okay, when you sing the next song, think about when you were young. And there is a sadness about that,” Perry encouraged her. “It’s like you’ve lost your youth because you haven’t been able to experience it alone without all that noise.”
Claudia showed a great improvement in her second round, which made her father start to cry while listening outside.
“The second song was so much better,” Judge Lionel Richie told her, “Because you showed where you could really coach, you see, the fear factor just left you for a minute and some of your voice qualities revealed that I really was impressed with. Now, will it be a challenge for the rest of the contestants we have on the show? I don’t know. “
“There is a lot of noise in your life,” concluded Perry. “You have to calm the storm around you, that is, before you sing, you need to hang up the phone. You need to stop reading your comments, put them aside, because otherwise, you can never get over your father or your mother. The choice is yours. “
When it was time for the judges to vote, Luke Bryan gave him a no, but Perry and Richie gave him a yes, sending Claudia to the Hollywood rounds.
See his full audition below.