Jacob Moran returned to “American Idol” on Sunday’s episode. The 27-year-old nurse appeared on season 17 of the show but was eliminated after making it through to Hollywood.
He’s since lost over 60 pounds. He said in a VT, “This is what I want to do, I want to give it another shot here, so let’s do this!
Honestly, I want to show them how much I’ve changed and get that golden ticket.” READ MORE: Luke Bryan Calls Virginia Football Player Dan Marshall ‘One Of The Best Sounding Country Artists’ On ‘Idol’ After Garth Brooks Cover Moran did something not many dare to do — sing one of Perry’s songs in front of the woman herself.
He belted out “Rise” and had Perry standing on her feet by the end of it. “You realize you just got a standing O from Katy Perry on you doing her song,” Richie said.
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