\u201cAmerican Idol\u201d<\/a> season 24 resumes Monday night with Mississippi native Daniel Stallworth<\/a> vying to be in the show\u2019s Top 5 \u2013 but he needs your help to get there.<\/p>\n Stallworth, an elementary school teacher from Moss Point, will take the stage as part of the inaugural \u201cCelebrating Taylor Swift on American Idol\u201d episode starting at 7 p.m. CT on ABC. As the name of the episode suggests, each of the remaining seven contestants will be tasked with singing a Swifty hit of their choice.<\/p>\n Throughout the two-hour showing, viewers can cast up to 50 votes for the contestant of their choice. Millions of votes will be counted in real time with the show\u2019s Top 5 announced at the end of the episode.<\/p>\n There are three ways to vote on \u201cAmerican Idol.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Traditional voting methods \u2013 online<\/a> and through text message \u2013 are available. Plus, for the first time since the show\u2019s inception, the rise of social media has made its way into the voting methods. Fans can vote on Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, and TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n To vote specifically for Stallworth:<\/p>\n Voting will open at 7 p.m. CT and close during the episode\u2019s final commercial break.<\/p>\n Stallworth is a 28-year-old from Moss Point who later graduated from Alcorn State University, where he was chair of the HBCU\u2019s gospel choir. Since graduating, he has been working as an elementary music teacher and currently teaches outside of Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n Stallworth explained in an interview with SuperTalk Mississippi News<\/a> last month that family members first noticed his musical talent when he was just a toddler \u201cbeating on pots and pans\u201d<\/a> in the kitchen. His mother signed him up for lessons, he began performing at church, and later learned piano around age 15.<\/p>\n While his run on \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d may be the first the masses of ABC viewers have seen of Stallworth\u2019s talent, he\u2019s no stranger to going viral. Before the show<\/a>, he had already garnered tens of thousands of followers on social media by posting videos of himself singing.<\/p>\n Throughout the show, Stallworth \u2013 who said he leans gospel \u2013 has shown an inept ability to cross genres. His climb to the Top 7<\/a> has included renditions of Journey\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019,\u201d Miley Cyrus\u2019 \u201cThe Climb,\u201d Lionel Richie\u2019s \u201cAll Night Long,\u201d Ben E. King\u2019s \u201cStand By Me,\u201d Lenny Kravitz\u2019s \u201cIt Ain\u2019t Over \u2018Til It\u2019s Over,\u201d Blessing Offor\u2019s \u201cBrighter Days,\u201d and Brad Kane and Lea Salonga\u2019s \u201cA Whole New World.\u201d<\/p>\n Has a Mississippian ever won \u2018American Idol\u2019? <\/strong><\/p>\n Mississippi singers have a history of success on \u201cAmerican Idol.\u201d Stallworth is the fourth Magnolia State native in the past four seasons to make it this far on the show. Monroe County\u2019s Colin Stough and Zachariah Smith both made the Top 5 in season 21 before Meridian\u2019s Jamal Roberts<\/a> went on to win season 23.<\/p>\n Roberts, who was also an elementary teacher at the time of his \u201cIdol\u201d run, was the first Mississippi winner since Amory\u2019s Trent Harmon won in season 15. That same season, McComb\u2019s La\u2019Porsha Renae finished as runner-up.<\/p>\nHow to vote for Daniel Stallwoth on \u2018American Idol\u2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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