- The teenagers will both appear on the Valentine’s Day broadcast of the season’s first episode
- Claudia, the daughter of a former White House advisor, and a Trump critic, is already a social media star
Will Claudia Conway get a golden ticket? Photo via Twitter/American IdolFrom the tiny screen to the small screen: Claudia Conway is going from TikTok to TV this weekend.
The 16-year-old daughter of former White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway and Trump critic George Conway is set to appear on the first episode of the new season of American Idol.
The television singing talent show also confirmed the news on Twitter, sharing a preview clip of her audition that has been viewed 319,000 times.
“You heard that right. @claudiamconwayy is looking for a golden ticket,” the show tweeted. “Find out Sunday if she has what it takes to be #TheNextIdol on #AmericanIdol”
In the clip, Claudia is heard saying, “I’m Claudia Conway, my parents are high-profile political figures,” before judge Katy Perry says, “We want an American Idol.”
Claudia took to her 1.7 million TikTok followers to share the news.
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“I did audition and it’ll be on air this Sunday, February 14th,” she says in the video, which has already garnered more than 20,000 likes.
“I’ve been singing my whole life, I grew up in musical theatre. Music has been one of the pillars in my life, and I wouldn’t be here without it.”
She continued, “Everyone thinks this is a publicity stunt or me trying to be, like, whatever — but no, music is my passion.”
Claudia’s is not the only face that might be familiar to Young Post readers. Renaissance College graduate Aeden Alvarez also posted on his Instagram account that he had auditioned for the famous show.
Aeden, who appeared in musical theatre productions in the city before moving to the US for university, has been making waves on social media over the last year.
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The Hong Kong-raised teen set up his TikTok account at the start of the pandemic in 2020 to “stop myself from being bored”, and now has more than 538,000 followers on the platform, and more than 11 million likes on his videos.
While we wish both students the best of luck, there are no prizes for guessing who we’ll be cheering on!