Mary Jo Young had never performed live in front of a group prior to her American Idol audition of Tate McCrays “You broke me first.” Her journey to American Idol began almost a year ago when she started posting videos to TikTok during pandemic-related shutdowns in Ohio last spring. It wasn’t long before she began attracting the attention of tv talent competitions. America’s Got Talent and The Voice expressed interest in her but Mary Jo settled on American Idol.

With her successful audition, Mary Jo is on her way to Hollywood and while Luke Bryan has at least 15 contestants on his Top Ten, we agree Mary Jo may be one of them.