IAM TONGI - HOME TOWN VISIT x WINNING GRAND FINAL PERFORMANCES & JUDGES REACTIONS | AMERICAN IDOL 2023

Iam Tongi has made history as the first person of Pacific Islands heritage (Tongan & Samoan) to win American Idol.

Check out some of the highlights from his home town visit back to Hawai'i in the video above plus performances and the judges reactions to Iam's Grand Final performances in the videos below - 

First up ... the moment Iam was announced as the winner 

It's for his Dad. Iam Tongi performs his new single "I'll Be Seeing You" on the American Idol Finale 

Hawai'is own Iam Tongi covers Kolohe Kai's 'Cool Down' and tributes his performance to Hawai'i

Iam meets the last mentor of the season - Keith Urban - who happens to be his parents favourite singer.

He then performs Keith's 'Making Memories of us'

Iam and James Blunt perform an emotional duet of James' song 'Monsters' - the audition song that set Iam on his American Idol journey.

Iam closes out the show after winning American Idol 2023 with a Spawn Breezie fave - 'Don't Let Go'.

Lionel Richie & The Top 12 sing "Sail On"!

20 years later, Clay & Ruben duet on the American Idol Grand Finale stage with an appearance by the two grand finalists Iam and Danielle!