Would you recognize Morgan Wallen with the mullet and cut off t-shirt?
Watch the video below to see one of our favorite country voices take the American Idol stage.
Yes, that is Morgan wearing a skinny tie and grandpa sweater while singing Howie Day's "Collide."
In a recent interview with CMT's Cody Alan, Morgan shared that his mom was his biggest cheerleader to audition for the show.
"My momma signed me up for it," shared Morgan.
"I had never saw the show. I didn't even know what it was," says the "Whiskey Glasses" singer. "My momma was like, "I think you should do this." I kind of checked it out and thought, "I guess I'll give it a shot." She signed me up, and we went and tried out in St. Louis."
"You have to try out like four times before you get to the TV part, and then once you get to the TV part, there is still no guarantee that you will get on the show. I was cast toward the bottom apparently because I went on the like the last day. There were two spots left on Usher and Shakira's team."
Usher and Shakira are both pop titans in their own right, and luckily for Morgan, both of their chairs turned during his audition. Morgan's mother encouraged him to join Usher's team. Morgan's decision had been made, which landed him a spot on the show. Morgan locked arms with Usher; however, he wasn't billed as a country singer.
"At the end of the day, they wanted me to sing pop music, and I was like, "Well, I guess if these people who know way more than I do think I should sing pop, maybe I should. So, I ended up singing a couple of pop songs. They ended up dressing me, and it was terrible," laughs Morgan. "And, then, I finally sang a country song and got kicked off."
Morgan Wallen has new music on the way and plans to release his fan-favorite "7 Summers" on 8/14. The singer announced the news on Instagram. See his post by clicking HERE.
Morgan may not have won 'The Voice,' but he won the hearts of country music fans. Catch Morgan's music on the radio nightly with Cody by finding your station at www.CMTCody.com.
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