{"id":2134,"date":"2025-05-06T08:25:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2025-05-06T08:25:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:25:45","slug":"john-fosters-emotional-performance-of-i-cross-my-heart-stuns-american-idol-judges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=2134","title":{"rendered":"John Foster\u2019s Emotional Performance of \u2018I Cross My Heart\u2019 Stuns American Idol Judges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">John Foster, a promising 17-year-old boy, brought the American Idol audience to silence when he sang the first verses of \u201cI Cross My Heart\u201d \u2013 a timeless country song that makes anyone who loves this music swoon. Before the performance, John surprisingly revealed that his girlfriend was present and was the one who encouraged him to choose this emotional song. Luke Bryan excitedly shared: \u201cWhen I saw this song, I knew it was the perfect choice for you\u2026 I was really excited!\u201d Jelly Roll couldn\u2019t sit still when the song reached its climax, nodding in excitement. But the most impressive expression was Carrie Underwood\u2019s expression \u2013 she raised her arms as if surrendering to the sweetness of the performance, while cheering enthusiastically for the young man \u2013 a moment that made the whole audience burst into laughter and applause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>John Foster, a 17-year-old boy from Louisiana, brought the American Idol audience to a standstill when he sang the first verses of \u201cI Cross My Heart\u201d \u2013 the immortal love song by George Strait. Before the performance, John surprisingly revealed that his girlfriend, Brooklyn Bourque, was in the audience and that she was the one who encouraged him to choose this emotional song. Luke Bryan excitedly shared: \u201cWhen I saw this song, I knew it was the perfect choice for you\u2026 I was so excited!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2136 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1480\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4a.jpg 1480w, https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4a-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4a-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grow48.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4a-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1480px) 100vw, 1480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jelly Roll couldn\u2019t sit still when the song reached its climax, nodding his head in excitement. But the most impressive expression was Carrie Underwood\u2019s expression \u2013 she raised her arms as if surrendering to the sweetness of the performance, while cheering enthusiastically for the young man \u2013 a moment that made the whole audience burst into laughter and applause.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Foster | I Cross My Heart | Top 8 Perform | American Idol 2025\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/viMxVIb-Hi8?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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Foster, a promising 17-year-old boy, brought the American Idol audience to silence when he sang the first verses of \u201cI Cross My Heart\u201d \u2013 a timeless&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2137,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134\/revisions\/2137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}