Iam Tongi, 18, credits his mom and late dad for his 'American Idol' win

Posted by Chauncey Koziol on Friday, August 2, 2024

Iam Tongi is the first Pacific Islander to win American Idol. His dad died a few months before Tongi's audition, which he says his mom signed him up for and pushed him to practice.

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