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Ryan Seacrest is in TEARS on American Idol and is comforted by Luke Bryan after emotional performance from Loretta Lynn's granddaughter: 'I'm crying'


Ryan Seacrest couldn't contain his emotions after a moving performance by Loretta Lynn's granddaughter Emmy Russell on Sunday night's episode of American Idol.

Seacrest quickly jumped down from his perch and Bryan immediately turned to head back to the table with his arms limply reach out, as if he had dirtied his hands and he didn't want to contaminate anything else. Platinum ticket winner Odell Burton Jr., 28, an airport security worker from Austin, Texas, moved on to the show's top 20 and sang the Teddy Swims hit The Door. Blake Proehl, 25, a former pro football player, from Charlotte, North Carolina; Hailey Mia, 16, a high school student from Clifton, New Jersey; KBlocks, 27, a cook from Montgomery, Alabama, and Elleigh Marie Francom, 20, who first auditioned when she was 16, from Utah, did not make the cut and were eliminated.

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