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American Idol star Mandisa is honored with an emotional tribute performance during the show... after her shock death at age 47
She first rose to fame as a contestant on season five of the competition series in 2006, ultimately finishing in ninth place. Mandisa then enjoyed an acclaimed career in Christian music, winning a Grammy.
This week on American Idol, she was given a musical farewell by her friends Colton Dixon, Melinda Doolittle and Danny Gokey, who are also veterans of the show. Katy Perry cried after listening to Loretta Lynn's granddaughter Emmy Russell perform her own grandmother's legendary song Coal Miner's Daughter on Monday's episode of American Idol on ABC Abi Carter, 21, from Indio, California, picked Evanescence's hit Wake Me Up and by the end of the song Katy was lying across the judges table.
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