Kaleo’s Dreamgirls Audition of "And I Am Telling You" Wins Over Judges - American Idol

Tell us who you are and where you're from, your age. My name is Cleo Knight. I'm 16 and I'm from Westchester in L.A., yeah. Sixteen. Yeah. All right, I want to hear your story. So tell us about your growing up. I grew up doing hula dance and learning traditional Hawaiian mele. I speak Japanese and that's been a huge part of my upbringing. Wow. Yeah. You got a lot of folks inside of there. Yeah. What are you going to sing for us? And I'm telling you I'm not going. I'm Dreamgirls. Ouch. I thought you were saying I'm telling you I'm not going to sing. It's getting late. Okay. I'm telling you I'm not going. You're the best man I've ever known. There's no way I can ever go. No, no, no, no way. No, no, no, no way I'm without you. I'm not living without you, not living without you. I don't want to be free. I'm staying. And you, and you, you're going to love me. Yes, you will. You're going to love me. Okay. Thank you so much. So I have the answer to that. We love you. We do. Okay. Thank you. All right. I mean, that was crazy good. Thank you. You landed the plane very, very well. Thank you. I felt like the first half. Right. I was like, oh no, I don't know. And I knew where the song was going. Right. And I was, I was scared for you. I'm not going to lie. You landed it. Thank you. When we have 16 year olds that haven't found themselves, most of the time we tell them to come back and audition later. What I loved about you is you fought through a battle through and then just slated at the end. Something a 16 year old should definitely be proud of. Thank you. Probably the best 16 year old voice we've heard in this competition. Yeah. You went from I'm scared to death to I got this. I love competition when it's sounding like you. Just stay in your lane and blow them away. And now we're going to vote. Luke. Yes. And Carrie, what do you think? It is a yes for me. I think this dream is coming true. It's a yes for me. You're going to Hollywood. Can I hug you guys? Yes. Are you kidding me? Good job.