Ryan Seacrest rocked frosted ideas in a throwback photograph shared to Instagram. The American Idol host posed with a former contestant after which shared a photograph of them now as effectively.
“Loopy to assume the primary time I met @graceleermusic was on American Juniors—and now she’s gone from a High 10 #Idol contestant to a star. She had some nice recommendation for the subsequent wave of expertise chasing their desires… and Hollywood Week is the place these desires begin. Tune in now, West Coast!” he captioned the publish on Monday, April 7.
Within the photograph, Seacrest had blonde frosted ideas and wore a brown T-shirt as he stood on the stage with a younger Grace Leer. Leer made the High 10 on Idol Season 18. However earlier than she auditioned for one of many largest singing exhibits on this planet, she carried out on American Juniors, which solely ran for one season in 2003. It was a derivative of Idol however for youngsters.
Seacrest then shared a photograph of them within the current day, and his frosted ideas have been lengthy gone. In a video with the singer, Leer mentioned American Idol modified her life. She was already in Nashville attempting to do music, however the present skyrocketed her profession. Leer additionally gave recommendation to future contestants. She instructed them that if they’re pondering of auditioning, to positively do it “as a result of it might change your life.” “Simply be your self. Dive all the way in which in and have enjoyable with it,” she mentioned.
“Wowww the reminiscences! 🥹 So grateful for American Juniors and Idol opening up doorways for me! And Ryan, you’re simply the most effective,” Leer commented on Seacrest’s publish.
Followers reacted to the throwback photograph within the host’s feedback. “Yaaaas, your frosted ideas, Ryan!! 😂,” one wrote.
“Lovely photograph Ryan of you with blonde hair! 👍👏😊,” wrote one other.
Leer has launched a number of singles and a cookbook. They are often discovered on her web site. When she auditioned for Idol in 2020, one other throwback photograph of them on Juniors was proven, and Seacrest shrieked, “Oh my God! The hair.”
When Leer instructed the judges that she knew Seacrest from again then, Katy Perry requested if he seemed the identical. “Truly, yeah, which is type of scary,” she mentioned. Luke Bryan joked that that was Seacrest’s clone as a result of the opposite one was in mattress preparing for his 4am radio present.
Seacrest has been the host of Idol since Season 1, and he additionally hosted American Juniors.
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