Katy Perry Breaks Into Tears In Final American Idol Season Premiere -- See What Did It!

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American Idol returned Sunday night, and it’s a big one — Katy Perry‘s last first episode ever after announcing she was leaving the show.

And she’s making the most of it! The Firework singer gave us an all-timer moment on the premiere when she reacted to the emotional story and beautiful singing of contestant McKenna Breinholt.

The 25-year-old revealed she was adopted and had started looking for her birth parents just four years ago. Sadly she learned her mother had passed away — but as fate would have it, she had been a musician, too! Related: Taylor Swift Says She Felt ‘Lonely’ Writing Folklore — Even Though Joe Alwyn Was There! After performing a Dolly Parton cover, McKenna mentioned how her mom had even written original songs, and she was learning them.

So Katy asked her to play one, and she did — a precious little thing called Tumbleweed. She sounded so like her mother, her birth grandmother sobbed, saying it was “like a ghost” was on stage.