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MKY performs “Ooo Baby Baby” by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, American Idol 2025 Season 23 Audition. Startattle.com – American Idol.
Contestant: MKY (25 years old), Singer from East LA, California
Round: Audition
Song: “Ooo Baby Baby” by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Result: Advanced
MKY American Idol Season 23 “Ooo Baby Baby”
MKY’s “Ooo Baby Baby” by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles has Lionel Richie up and dancing like he was back in high school! The East L.A. native (pronounced “Mikey”) comes from a long line of Chicano Mexican American singers, and MKY wants to continue the legacy on American Idol and make his family proud.
MKY American Idol Audition
Show: American Idol
Season: American Idol 2025 (Season 23)
Host: Ryan Seacrest
Judges: Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie
The twenty-third season of American Idol premiered on March 2, 2025, on the ABC television network. Ryan Seacrest returned as host; Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie returned as judges, along with season four winner Carrie Underwood replacing Katy Perry as a judge.
“Ooo Baby Baby” is a song written by Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore. It was a 1965 hit single by the Miracles for the Tamla (Motown) label.
The song has inspired numerous other cover versions by other artists over the years, including covers by Ella Fitzgerald, Todd Rundgren, The Escorts, The Five Stairsteps, Linda Ronstadt, and many others. The Miracles’ original version of “Ooo Baby Baby” was listed as number 266 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s 2010 list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.
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