The 18-year-old singer from Boone County, West Virginia, overcame her nerves to advance during the Hollywood Week genre challenge on Monday s episode of American Idol on ABC.
In a new episode of the long-running singing competition show, more than 100 artists participate in the Genre Challenge which will send them to Round 2: The Duets.
It didn’t take long for 'American Idol' judges to realize there was something refreshing about Sam Finelli, who auditioned with Kacey Musgaves' 'Rainbow.'