Hunter Wolkonowski from Winchester, Tennessee impressed all three American Idol judges, especially Luke Bryan who just loved her audition that he even stood up and walked around “Huntergirl” as he applauded.
Her beautiful southern drawl certainly got viewers’ attention and as she introduced herself to Lionel, Katy, and Luke, you can tell that she is one confident young lady.
To give you an idea of who Huntergirl is, she is a Recording Industry (Music Business) student at Middle Tennessee State University and is currently involved with the American Society of Composers, Authors, Publishers (ASCAP).
Wolkonowski also works for two non-profit music therapy organizations called Operation Song and Freedom Sings USA.
But in front of the judges, Huntergirl sang Rascal Flatt’s 2014 hit “Riot” with a guitar for good measure.
It is so good!
“It’s the year of the girl country singer,” said American Idol judge Luke Bryan even drawing comparisons to Miranda Lambert.
“I want to see real country fans react to this girl,” Bryan told fellow judges Lionel Richie and Katy Perry. “So we’d love to see you again, and we want to put you on stage in front of people in my bar, tonight.”
That would be Bryan’s downtown Nashville bar 32 Bridge.
The twenty-three-year-old country singer songwriter began performing in her grandfather’s church as a three year old. Huntergirl started writing songs at the age of nine.
Her career is about to take off.
The judges surprised Huntergirl with a platinum ticket during her performance at the bar.
It is similar to America’s Got Talent’s Golden Buzzer, where the ticket allows a contestant to move ahead to the finals. The Idol Platinum ticket will allow recipients to bypass to Hollywood Week.
Not bad for a country girl with a long tradition of military service!
After her initial audition, Bryan and Richie asks her to sing the same song a half step higher to which she obliged. She slides her capo then sings the chorus once again.
Just look at how the judges’ react to Huntergirl!
“One of the things that makes Luke great as a judge on AI, is the use of his expertise in the technical phase of music and how he’s able to roll and adapt to get the best out people’s abilities. Nobody does it like Luke does, on any show!” says a viewer.
Bryan had a feeling and he went for it.
And we’re glad he did. Huntergirl has a tone that is so fresh and so powerful, you get the feeling that she can sing anything. She probably will too!
Even Katy Perry was super impressed with the audition.
She showered Hunter with praises and that’s coming from an artist who is no slouch in the vocal department either.
Huntergirl is one contestant to watch out for. Not many aspiring artists can get a judge to stand up and applaud, and even hand them a ticket. Or two.
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