SWFL teen rockstar Casey Bishop exits ‘American Idol’
Casey Bishop exited American Idol Sunday night as one of the top 4 finalists after her three-month journey on the competition.
The 16-year-old Estero native’s final performance was ‘Wish You Were Gay’ by Billie Eilish.
Throughout her journey, Bishop rocked everything from Motley Crüe to Judy Garland. And her performances were always met with raves from the show’s three judges!
“That was crushed,” Luke Bryan said after she sang Billie Eilish’s ‘wish you were gay.’
“I mean you just crushed every aspect of that whole thing. In my opinion, it was your best, it was your best, it was your best. … Great job!”
The “American Idol” finale airs at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 23.
Watch the performance here:
https://youtu.be/CbKSzcc0zLk
ABOUT HER JOURNEY
Bishop released her new lead single “Love Me, Leave Me” last week. She worked alongside two-time Grammy award winner Ian Fitchuk to enhance, develop and immortalize her rock-influenced sound.
Fitchuk has created music with well-known artists such as Harry Styles, Shawn Mendes, Kesha, and Kacey Musgraves. Fitchuk also signed with Sony/ATV last year for a publishing deal, according to Billboard.
Now, Fitchuk lends his musical genius to help with Bishop’s first official single.
“That is such a fun experience,” Fitchuk said to Billboard regarding working with Bishop. “To feed off that creativity and energy.”
As of Friday, Bishop’s single amassed over 2k views on her personal YouTube channel in less than 12 hours. Bishop’s personal YouTube subscriber count has also gone up by about 2k in this past month.
Listen to her live wire performance:
https://youtu.be/5MEomhiCnGs
Timeline: Bishop’s journey to American Idol
May 16th, 2021 – Bishop’s Top 5 Performance at 8:00 pm on ABC Network
May 14th, 2021 – Casey released her first single “Love Me Leave Me”
May 9th, 2021 – American Idol Performance “Paradise” by Coldplay and “Ironic” by Alanis Morissette
May 2nd, 2021 – Performance “When She Loved Me” from the Pixar movie “Toy Story 2”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14yLXEVNqEI
April 18th, 2021 – Performed “Over the Rainbow” by Judy Garland from the classic movie “The Wizard of Oz”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PJPpd4HCAo
April 12th, 2021- Performed “House of the Rising Sun” for the second time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RCwjZZUQJk&feature=emb_title
April 11th, 2021 – Performance of “Black Hole Sun” by Soundgarden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEvPyn39I_A
April 5th, 2021 – All-Star Duet with Incubus singer Brandon Boyd. Performed the group’s hit “Wish You Were Here” and “Decode” by Paramore
March 28th, 2021 – The Black Crowes “She Talks to Angels” performance
March 23rd, 2021 – Performs “House of the Rising Sun” for the first time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RCwjZZUQJk
February 21st, 2021 – Casey’s Audition Performance with the song(s) “Live Wire” by Mötley Crüe and “My Funny Valentine” by Sarah Vaughan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHR5mt2gBjo
April 6th, 2020 – Posted the first cover on YouTube channel “Wish You Were Gay” by Bille Eilish; at the time of writing, the video currently has over 48 thousand views
2012 – Casey delivers her first performance at seven years old during karaoke at “Shoeless Joe’s Sports Bar” in Estero, Florida. She sang “Someone Like You” to a full house
February 2005 – Casey Bishop was born.
Casey Bishop is a native Floridian, born and raised in the Sunshine State. A local, living in Estero, Florida, her potential for stardom was detected early on by her Three Oaks Elementary School teachers.
ABC 7 spoke with Bishop’s former music teacher Beverly Davis about the early realization of Bishop’s fame and success.
According to Davis, she knew that Bishop was going to be on American Idol one day. “We’re like ‘oh you’re going to be on American Idol one day I just know it,’ yeah we would say things like that back when I had her.”
Her journey on American Idol has been a successful one, with Casey reaching the Top 5 of American Idol Season 19.
Prior to Idol, Casey has not had any prior experience singing and performing. Before her audition, Bishop informed the judges that she never sung in front of anyone, and she only sings in her bathroom.
She went on to perform two songs, “Live Wire” by Mötley Crüe and “My Funny Valentine” by Sarah Vaughan, both wowing the judges. It was then when the judges knew Bishop was special.
Judge Luke Bryan even predicted that Bishop would be the winner of American Idol by saying “I think she’s the damn winner of ‘American Idol.’ Period. It’s evident.”
An electric seventeen weeks of Season 19 has landed Casey in the Top 5 contestants for American Idol. Week after week, Bishop’s performance was met with an abundance of praise from judges and viewers across the country.
Most notably, in week 9, after Bishop’s All-Star Duet with Incubus singer Brandon Boyd, the judges liked her performance but knew she could do more.
Both judges Luke Bryan and Katy Perry agreed they wanted Bishop’s attitude to match her look and voice.
Bishop took this advice and redeemed herself in week seventeen with the performance of “Paradise” by Coldplay and “Ironic” by Alanis Morissette.
Judges were elated to see the newfound confidence and attitude that was missing from Bishop’s earlier performances.
Judge Perry instructed Bishop to “Keep bringing that stage presence and it will take you to higher heights.”
Performance that got her into the Top 5:
https://youtu.be/UoaH7sPsRqc
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*This article was written by Jaylin Delestre and Brianna Pugh.
