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Samantha Ray performs “I Hope You Dance” by Lee Ann Womack, American Idol 2025 Season 23 Audition. Startattle.com – American Idol.
Samantha Ray American Idol
Contestant: Samantha Ray (22 years old), Stay-at-home mom from Ila, Georgia
Round: Audition
Song: “I Hope You Dance” by Lee Ann Womack
Result: Advanced
Samantha Ray American Idol Audition
Sweet storyteller Samantha Ray pulls the American Idol judges all the way in and brings Carrie Underwood to tears with her “I Hope You Dance” audition. Samantha’s singing in honor of her late sister – they used to harmonize together as kids, and Samantha knows she’s watching over her as she gets her American Idol golden ticket.
Samantha Ray “I Hope You Dance” American Idol
“I Hope You Dance” is a crossover country pop song written by Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers and recorded by American country music singer Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert. (Drew and Tim Womack of Sons of the Desert are not related to Lee Ann.) Released in March 2000, it was the first single from Womack’s 2000 album, I Hope You Dance. The song reached number one on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts, and also reached number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100. It is considered to be Womack’s signature song, and it is the only Billboard number one for both Womack and Sons of the Desert.
“I Hope You Dance” won the 2001 Country Music Association (CMA) Award for Single of the Year, as well as the Academy of Country Music (ACM), Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), and Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) awards for Song of the Year. It also won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song and was nominated for Grammy Award for Song of the Year. “I Hope You Dance” is ranked 352 in the list Songs of the Century compiled by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). “I Hope You Dance” reached its 2 million sales mark in the United States in October 2015, and as of August 2016, it has sold 2,093,000 digital copies in the US
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.
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