Lashon’s “Woman” Audition Moves Judges – Soulful Performance Earns Golden Ticket! | Idol 2025

How we doing? OK. How are you? I feel blessed to be here. Tell us who you are, where you're from, your age. My name is LaShawn. I'm 25 years old, and I'm from Miami, Florida. With this look, I just want to hear about you growing up, your childhood, the whole thing. Just tell us the story. So growing up, I was raised in a household of on and off 15 to 20 people. My mother had three biological kids and adopted nine of my cousins and housed some of her sisters and brothers, which is my aunt and uncles from time to time. I was chaos sometimes, because you can only imagine, 15 to 20, like. But it's great. It's my family. I love them. When I think about my mom, I honestly call her a superwoman. I'm bubbling over with pride. You've always been the person to do things your way. I love that about you. My mom was the matriarch. She made sure there was food on the table, that we stayed positive when things weren't going so good. Every time things would get hard and tough for me, I would always, with my siblings and my cousins, we would always go in the living room, and we would just put on Motown, Temptations. It was fulfilling for me. One day, I just woke up and was just like, I feel like I was put here to do music. And then I was just like, I'm just going to follow my heart, and this is where it led me, so. First of all, your enthusiasm is just infectious. I'm about to hyperventilate listening to you. Lana, I'm about to label being in front of you! What do you mean? All right, so what are you going to do for us? I'm going to do an original song called Woman, and it's inspired by my mother. All right, let's hear it. Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, whoa, listen. I'm the type to get up. I'm a woman. Build you up and never down. Now, I'm a woman, and she call me divine. I'm a woman. You know I got to rock the crown now. I'm a woman. Listen, respect your mama. Yep, you came up by her phone. She been working all night long. Gotta keep the cool now. Hey, purpose, power, preservation. Say you want peace? Well, I am the sensation. I could give birth to a new generation. Come back and tell it to the nation. Hey, yo, listen. You say you want to win? Well, she's a winner. All eyes and pride to the side. She can help you. She's a gift. You're blessed. Build your mental stronger than the muscles in your chest. Intuition, God gave her. Deep in. I'm going to go ahead and stand up for that. Oh, man. Y'all standing up, that's crazy. Wait, wait, you are so on fire. Trust me, you put the heat out here. Oh, thank you. That was very special. And you wrote that. That came out of my soul. When she comes out, whatever she says, it's get it, cuz, get it. Get it, cuz, get it. Ride, ride, ride, ride, OK? You got it, you got it. I mean, honestly, I had, like, flashes of sitting at, like, an award show in the audience, everybody standing up, like, dancing. I wrote artist down in big letters and underlined it a munch. Thank you so much. Luke, Luke, Luke, put me on this. Put me on this. You are tremendous. Luke, no, Luke. Listen, why? You know why? Why, Luke? You are up here to sing your way into a new life for you and your family. You can feel the hunger. You can see your determination. You can see that you're not going to let any opportunity pass you by. It's truly inspiring. That's what makes people become stars. Thank you. Listen, what you just did was you just carved out a lane all by yourself. I'm telling you, there's nothing like you out here. If you got our attention, the world is waiting on you. I just cannot wait to vote because I want to get this party started. Me too. Gary, what do you think? Not only is it a yes for me, but I feel like you could be, like, top 12. Like, I mean, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Thank you. Thank you so much. Luke, what do you think? Yes. Yes! It is a yes for me. Yes! And more importantly, you're going to Hollywood. Thank you! All right, well, what judge? What judge? I'm feeling excited. I'm feeling grateful. I'm feeling blessed. I'm feeling loved. That's a star right there, y'all. Let's go. Guys, guys, from the top with the ride, ride, OK? OK. Get it, cuz, get it. Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride.