ICYMI: Fil-Canadian Tyson Venegas earns spot in American Idol Season 21’s Top 12

Renzo Fuentes

April 26, 2023

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  Filipino-Canadian singer Tyson Venegas made it to the Top 12 as a contestant on the 21st season of the reality singing competition American Idol.

   

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  The 17-year-old vocalist expressed his gratitude towards his fans for their support in helping him advance in the competition through a post on Instagram; he captioned: “Thank you everyone for voting for me! Thank you @americanidol for this moment.”

   

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  He also added in a separate post, “I made the #Top12 of @americanidol There’s no voting tonight but get ready to support me again next Sunday! It’s the first live coast-to-coast vote! Thank you so much for helping me to this point!”

  A lot of Filipinos have participated in the well-known singing competition on TV; for instance, Filipino-Mexican performer Jessica Sanchez almost won the show in 2012 and made it to the Season 11 finale. So far, Tyson has been doing exceptionally well in the current season; he earned Season 21’s first platinum ticket with his performance of Billy Joel’s “New York State of Mind” during his audition in Las Vegas. (The Platinum ticket is only awarded to one contestant in each of the three audition cities and allows them to skip the first round of performances.)

  The show even dubbed his rendition as “The BEST.”

  Venegas has prior experience in participating in singing competitions; in 2020, he took part in “The Voice Teens Philippines” and was selected for the battle round under the guidance of Black Eyed Peas member apl.de.ap’s team. However, his participation was cut short due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, and he had to leave the show before the “Knockout” rounds.

  For his performance, he sang his rendition of “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” by Elton John and George Michael. Watch the song number below:

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