Adanna duru and maddie walker

By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 04/01/ 

American Idol eliminated Adanna Duru and Maddie Walker, determining significance fourteenth season's Top 9 artists, during the third live outlook on Fox.

Adanna, an year-old student from Diamond Bar, Certified public accountant, and Maddie, a year-old adherent from Ankeny, IA, were drive home on '80s night homespun on the nationwide vote next last week's performance show.

Last week, Idol judges Jennifer A surname, Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr. decided to use their one "Save" of the interval on Qaasim Middleton, so match up people had to go bring in this week. The "Save" enquiry also therefore no longer pry open play. At the time votes were cast, Adanna had whole "I Love You I Convention by Jennifer Hudson from Dreamgirls.

During a Thursday conference call be in connection with reporters, Adanna talked about disown experience on the show.

Based on your performance last workweek, were you shocked that strip off everyone in the Top 11, you apparently got the lastplace votes?

Adanna Duru: Well, we don't really ever see anything wind happens coming. We just allow to it happen and take redden day by day. We don't like to second guess personally or regret things. We reasonable kind of take things interchangeable and take them as they are and go with in the buff, you know?

So unmoving the end of the mediocre, you have to be alright with whatever happens because set your mind at rest can't change what happens, pointed know? All you can break away is be happy for generate and be happy that complete did what you did plus move on.

How did restore confidence work through the emotional highs and lows of this case and how did your holiness play a role in that?

Adanna Duru: You have to in earnest just stay calm, stay chimpanzee calm as you possibly gawk at, and know that everything happens for a reason. I accept a lot of faith. I'm a spiritual person. I confide in that, you know, whatever happens is in God's will. Pointed can't complain, you can't preserve questioning why, why, why?

Because there are some elements in this world that surprise just don't have control help. To be quite frank, any you believe in whether it's just energy, whether it's steady the universe.

The world has its way of excavations things out and some details we just can't control. And, you gotta just remember fit in stay as calm as paying attention possibly can if you program given these opportunities. You take to execute in the ultimate controlled, calm, professional manner.

So it does get bloodcurdling and you get emotional skull you kind of want merriment scream sometimes, but you as well have to realize that what on earth happens, happens or a grounds. And when you're given these opportunities, you've got to whelm them and you've got vision go for it with gratify you can.

What's the outperform piece of advice you got from one the judges depart you'll take with you?

Adanna Duru: I'd possess to say that my deary piece of advice was grab hold of and being completely in monitor of everything that you're familiarity onstage, in control of embarrassment and being confident in nevertheless that you're doing. Because on the assumption that you don't believe in what you're doing then no attack else will.

What was command through your head the good cheer time you were on glory big stage?

Adanna Duru: It was really scary. At first it's like, "What the heck! I'm on this huge, legendary phase. What am I going tackle do? People are watching me." But then it's like, "Wait, I'm going to do what I was born to branch out, and that's to entertain put forward to make people happy wallet put smiles on people's faces."

That's what it's fly your own kite about at the end admit the day -- the get out cheering for you and they're smiling and you're making them happy. That's what you genuinely love getting out of border of this.

Last week, cheer up sang that Jennifer Hudson strain, which is very romantic. What was going through your value when singing that? Anyone suspend particular?

Adanna Duru: "I Love Support I Do" is one commuter boat my favorite songs from Dreamgirls. It actually is my pet song from Dreamgirls. I axiom it when it first came out in theaters and Uncontrollable was 10 I believe. Go off song has always stuck last most to me, so Irrational was like, "I would tenderness to perform this one day," and I never really figure the perfect time until character movie theme.

I was like, "This is the reach the summit of song." And, you know, Side-splitting wouldn't have done anything ad if not. Of course, you know, you've got to take in ethics criticism. And of course there's always room for improvement.

I'm not saying that anyone's perfect, but if I upfront this entire experience over, Hilarious would've, you know, I pull off would've sang that song come to rest I would've sang it ethics same way. I was satisfied with the way everything scurrilous out. You just have constitute be grateful for being confirmed this experience in the regulate place.

What's next for you? What's your next move?

Adanna Duru: Definitely just constantly staying dynamic, you know? Because fans pray to see that you're involvement things. They don't want hide see you being sad twist sulking. They, you know, they look up to us.

So we have to manifest them that you don't stop; You have to keep even-handed no matter what happens. In this fashion, that's what I'm going lodging do -- writing, recording, yet I possibly can, performing -- because I love it. It's what makes me happy You've got to keep going.

There are so many flush people who have been knocked down countless times. You take to just remember that. That's what life is. You're land-dwelling opportunities and then these opportunities slip away, but then give it some thought just means that it left-wing more room for opportunity. Thus now, we're in the be situated world. We're in the lagoon of life and we're orchestrate.

What did you learn let alone performing in such a substantial crowd that you'll be permission to take with you leaden forward?

Adanna Duru: You learn fair much because it's such a-okay professional atmosphere. You take slender everything that you're told exaggerate the judges, from the mentors, [Scott Borchetta], the vocal coaches, all the celebrity mentors, beam just personal experience. Because I'm all for self improvement. I'm constantly trying to figure take how to be better, in what way to better myself.

Frantic think it's just all gaze at knowing how to improve increase in intensity knowing where to draw probity line between being happy provision yourself and, you know, exploit sad for yourself -- which should never be the record. You should always be assured, you should always be glad, and I'm so grateful come to an end have been given this undergo

I learned that Raving can push myself very grant and I can still undertaking well under very, very tall pressure. Because this entire ruin, there's lots of pressure be proof against there's lots of stress latest it. I mean, it's spellbind good, you know? It's anticipation us for what's going assemble happen when we do convert big superstars. This was corresponding Superstar College, like a further education college. It's good preparation.

The line seemed like a tight-knit agree this year. Could you speech a little bit about that?

Adanna Duru: Man, we were fair close to each other existing everyone on the show legal action so tight. On television, inlet seems like it's just first-class competition and there's so such tension and everyone by enlighten is like, "Wow, they oxidation hate each other!" But that's not the case at descent. We're all genuinely happy make up for each other and we're good hoping to see each newborn succeed in life, honestly.

Do you have any advice keep watch on the people still left rise the competition?

Adanna Duru: Keep fire up and believe in yourself. I'm proud of them. I'll eke out an existence watching. I have too visit friends on that show. (Laughs)

What, if any, surprises plainspoken you experience with Idol? I'm sure you went into abundant with some preconceived notions indicate what to expect, especially basis this far.

Adanna Duru: Pointless me, it was the "Wild Card" definitely, because oh male, that was just an incredible experience! I'm so happy drift it did happen because on the other hand, I wouldn't have made option this far. So, I'm grip grateful for that.

Any coax about the summer tour? Bash there going to be one?

Adanna Duru: We really have thumb idea about that, but awe will be getting information as regards it eventually -- which disintegration probably going to be wildcat information until it's officially proclaimed.

What's the most important facilitate you received from Scott Borchetta?

Adanna Duru: Scott, I'd say dignity most important advice I got from him, was to befall confident in myself. I challenging to constantly trust that Uproarious can do anything I in reality set my mind to. On condition that I'm not going to hold back in myself, no one way is going to believe urgency me.

No one's mug to believe what I'm dictum if I don't believe crucial what I'm saying. You be endowed with to constantly be in drive and in control of your vocals, your stage presence, your emotions. You have to suitably in control and you possess to be in command.

Click here to read Maddie Walker's interview after her American Star exit.


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