« American Idol » posted an extended clip of Detroit Lions WR Marvin Jones’ audition before musical superstars Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie.
When the Detroit Lions signed wide receiver Marvin Jones a couple of offseasons ago, we heard he could sing.
This past fall, we learned that Jones participated in a special taping of « American Idol » in a segment that was shown on ESPN .
Now that the reboot from Fox is coming back on ABC beginning March 11, « American Idol » posted an extended clip on Facebook of Jones’ audition before musical superstars Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie.
After getting some coaching from longtime host Ryan Seacrest, Jones performed « I Can’t Make You Love Me » by Tank.
The three judges seemed surprised first that Jones, an NFL player, was auditioning, and that he was good.
« I keep waiting for the PUNK’D thing to happen, » Richie said after Jones wrapped up his song.
Ah, but did he pass his audition? We’ll have to tune in to find out.
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