Who is Grace Kinstler? 5 Things to Know About the ‘American Idol’ Front-runner

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Grace Kinstler won the American Idol judges and viewers over as soon as she performed in the season 19 premiere.The Berklee College of Music student, 20, explained on the February episode that she was using an unexpected loss to push her forward as a performer. “I used to watch ‘American Idol’ with my dad and my mom,” she revealed. “I always imagined if I went, he would be there, but last February, I was at school and my brother called me at 7 in the morning and said, ‘You should look for flights home.

They just took dad to the hospital and he’s not breathing.’ It was very unexpected.”She then delivered a memorable rendition of Gladys Knight & the Pips “Midnight Train to Georgia,” which she followed up with the Aretha Franklin‘s “(You Make