{"id":6027,"date":"2023-11-30T13:31:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T12:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=6027"},"modified":"2023-11-30T13:31:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T12:31:36","slug":"iam-tongis-monsters-performance-dedicated-to-his-late-father-leaves-judges-and-listeners-in-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=6027","title":{"rendered":"Iam Tongi\u2019s \u2018Monsters\u2019 Performance, Dedicated to His Late Father, Leaves Judges and Listeners in Tears\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iam Tongi, an 18-year-old from Hawaii, became the American Idol Winner 2023. His moving rendition of \u201cMonsters\u201d touched the nation, showcasing his vocal talent and inner strength. <\/p>\n<p>Tongi\u2019s journey was marked by resilience and perseverance, and his emotional performance dedicated to his late father left both judges and audience members in tears. <\/p>\n<p>The powerful duet with James Blunt during the finale added to the heartfelt tribute. <\/p>\n<p>Tongi\u2019s exceptional talent and emotional journey made him a fan favorite throughout the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the heart-touching performance below, and please share it with your music-loving friends on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Monsters by James Blunt and Iam Tongi during the American Idol finals\" width=\"820\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IGFouwzKRio?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iam Tongi, an 18-year-old from Hawaii, became the American Idol Winner 2023. His moving rendition of \u201cMonsters\u201d touched the nation, showcasing his vocal talent and inner strength. Tongi\u2019s journey was marked by resilience and perseverance, and his emotional performance dedicated to his late father left both judges and audience members in tears. The powerful duet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6028,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6027\/revisions\/6028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}