Like mom, like daughter! Nearly 14 years after Nadia Turner turned heads on American Idol, her daughter is able to comply with in her footsteps.
“I don’t know who was more shook! Me or my mom, @nadiacturner? 😂,” season 20 contestant Zaréh Isa wrote through Instagram on Saturday, March 19. “This is such a surreal experience and I’m so happy I got to share this with her. American Idol is in my blood!”
In a sneak peek of the Sunday, March 20, episode, the 21-year-old Florida native auditioned for judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie — and Nadia, 45.
“My connection is [that] my mother was on American Idol. Her name is Nadia Turner,” Zaréh advised an astonished Ryan Seacrest within the Saturday clip. “When I was about 4 years old, my mother was on season 4 of American Idol and she got to Top 8. She does not know that I’m auditioning for American Idol.”
Nadia, who appeared on the competitors in 2005 alongside winner Carrie Underwood, had no concept that the style stylist had booked an audition or that she can be within the room for the massive second upon her arrival within the clip of the upcoming episode.
After the Miami native’s blindfold was eliminated and the shock wore off, she watched in awe as Zaréh carried out Jazmine Sullivan’s “Bust Out Your Windows” for the judges.
(*5*) Nadia wrote through Instagram on February 27. “As American Idol celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, life has brought me full circle in this journey called life. Tune in to the show and enjoy this legendary season of @AmericanIdol AND see if my babygirl got the golden ticket. SOOOooo much to share but my lips are sealed for now😀.”
Zaréh opened as much as the judging panel how “fashion is her passion” and praised her mother — and her total household — for supporting her career ambitions, noting how “happy” she was to have Nadia standing within the room in the course of the audition.
“For the first time on American Idol, the handkerchief goes to your mother,” the “Hello” crooner, 72, advised Zaréh after the tune ended. “You need this, Mom. If you [could have] seen your mother while you were singing, she’s crying but she’s also gyrating. There’s a word called pride: Mom was blowing up over there.”
The “Firework” musician, 37, and the nation singer, 45, have been equally blown away by Zaréh’s quantity earlier than she earned a coveted ticket to Hollywood and the present’s subsequent spherical.
American Idol airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
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