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American Idol: Katy Perry cries as Loretta Lynn's granddaughter Emmy Russell sings Coal Miner's Daughter


Katy Perry cried after listening to Emmy Russell perform her own grandmother's legendary song Coal Miner's Daughter on Monday's  episode of American Idol on ABC.

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 Will and Triston Harper, both wearing cowboy hats, took the stage together to sing Luke Bryan's hit song What Makes You Country. 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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