Baylee Littrell had the help of father Brian Littrell and mother Leighanne Littrell throughout his American Idol journey earlier this 12 months. The proud mother and father watched him make all of it the best way to the High 20 earlier than being eradicated.
Nonetheless, the Backstreet Boys singer initially didn’t even need his solely youngster to audition for the present. “To be trustworthy with you, I didn’t need him to do it at first, however they courted him for a few years,” Brian instructed Parade. “They have been like, ‘Come and audition,’ and he was like, ‘Nah.’ I don’t assume he was prepared at the moment, however he did properly. He stepped up. He’s tremendous skilled. He’s only a nice particular person. He’s only a nice individual. He has a coronary heart of gold, and he’s tremendous gifted.”
Brian was within the audition room when Baylee obtained his golden ticket to Hollywood from judges Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie. The aspiring nation singer made it by the grueling Hollywood Week, then obtained to carry out in Hawai’i as a part of the High 24. Sadly, after the primary stay present of the season, he didn’t obtain sufficient votes to maneuver on from the High 20 to the High 14.
After Baylee’s elimination, Brian confirmed him much more help on social media. “Bubba I’m and at all times will likely be in your nook,” he wrote. “You’d [sic] are so sturdy and so very gifted, and encourage me each day. It’s by no means the top, solely the start for therefore many to be blessed by your items….. you killed it final evening.”
Regardless of his journey on the present coming to an early finish, Baylee remains to be pursuing music. “I get choked up just a little bit once I discuss my boy,” Brian admitted. “He’s simply [the] most inspiring factor in my life proper now. He conjures up me greater than something. High 20 isn’t a foul factor out of 124,000. Let me simply take this shameless plug actually fast: His first single comes out [July 24]. It’s known as ‘Hey Jesus.’ Examine that out.”