(Lionel actually mentioned it "messed him up fully.") A shy, small-town Southerner who had a traumatic childhood due to her mom's drug dependancy and was raised by her grandparents, Kelsie had by no means sung in public before Idol. She solely auditioned to pay tribute to her grandmother, who died in 2021, and he or she had zero confidence in her vocal expertise, regardless of clearly being a natural. Luke Bryan even informed her, "Do you perceive how many bad notes you hit? Zero.