Watch: 17-Year-Old Aspiring Preacher Stuns 'American Idol' Judges with Gospel Song, Wins Rare Platinum Ticket

Watch: 17-Year-Old Aspiring Preacher Stuns ‘American Idol’ Judges with Gospel Song, Wins Rare Platinum Ticket


Talk to most people about reality television, and you will almost certainly receive mixed reactions, at best. Even those who like it do not necessarily like admitting to it.

For my part, the long-running singing competition “American Idol” qualified as a guilty pleasure — at least 17 years ago. It has rarely come to my attention since. When it does, it does so for moments like this — though in truth one seldom sees moments quite like this.

In a spectacular video posted to YouTube on Monday, 17-year-old aspiring preacher Canaan James Hill of Dallas, Texas, belted out a rendition of a Gospel song so powerful that the three judges, led by music legend Lionel Richie, awarded Hill a platinum ticket that allowed him to

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