American Idol 勝利者 Iam Tongi is 軍隊d to わびる for 存在 'disrespectful' because he kept his hat on while singing the 国家の 国家 at MLB Home Run Derby
- Tongi took the 行う／開催する／段階 at the 2023 MLB Home Run Derby at T-動きやすい Park in Seattle on Monday wearing a baseball cap?
- The 18-year-old singer 問題／発行するd an 陳謝 on his social マスコミ channels?
American Idol 勝利者 Iam Tongi has been 軍隊d to わびる after keeping his baseball hat on while singing the 国家の 国家.
The faux pas happened when the?18-year-old singer took to the field at the 2023 MLB Home Run Derby at T-動きやすい Park in Seattle on Monday.?
'First try at singing the 国家の 国家. So nervous that it was in 前線 of such a 抱擁する （人が）群がる.?
'And わびる for 存在 so nervous and forgot to take off the hat,' Tongi wrote on his YouTube channel.
Tongi 明らかにする／漏らすd that his uncle had asked him to 除去する his hat but he 即時に forgot once in 前線 of the （人が）群がる.?
The faux pas happened when Tongi took to the field at the 2023 MLB Home Run Derby at T-動きやすい Park in Seattle on Monday
Tens of thousands of people. I walk out and my uncle reminds me to 除去する my hat before I start singing. I remember. A few seconds later the 神経s took in and didn?t remember until it was all done. I will try to do better next time ?? pic.twitter.com/CUbwQXU0js
― Iam Tongi (@wtongi) July 11, 2023
星／主役にする in the making: Iam blew audiences away with his incredible talent and singing 技術s on American Idol
'Tens of thousands of people. I walk out and my uncle reminds me to 除去する my hat before I start singing. I remember' the young performer wrote on Twitter.
'A few seconds later the 神経s took in and didn’t remember until it was all done. I will try to do better next time,' he 追加するd.
Fans 表明するd their support for the artist in the comments, with one 令状ing: '広大な／多数の／重要な 職業 成し遂げるing our 国家の 国家! Most of us would be petrified with that 仕事. No 罪／違反 taken, and thanks for showing everyone how to be honest!'
Another wrote: 'You nailed it. No worries, you did America proud.'
A third 追加するd: 'You did an amazing 職業, brought 涙／ほころびs to my 注目する，もくろむs. I can see the pride you took in singing the 国家. It took just as much 神経 to realize you forgot and 認める it as it did to stand up in 前線 of all those people and sing. God bless!'?
Other 使用者s were いっそう少なく 許すing and said that the move had appeared to be 'disrespectful.'??
Tongi is not a stranger to 論争, starting when he won the 最新の 一連の the popular talent show.
Fans were divided by the 結果 and some even （刑事）被告 the reality show of 存在 rigged.
Some テレビ視聴者s felt the teen was deserving of the 肩書を与える, but others thought that 走者-up Colin should have won instead - and （刑事）被告 American Idol of '船の索具' the results in Iam's 好意.
The eighteen-year-old singer 地位，任命するd an 陳謝 to Twitter with a ビデオ of his 業績／成果
Grand finale: The Hawaii-born singer was 栄冠を与えるd the 勝利者 of American Idol on May 21
厳しい 主張s: テレビ視聴者s were divided by Iam's 勝利，勝つ and some fans （刑事）被告 the show of 存在 'rigged'?
走者s up: Colin Stough and Megan Danielle made it to the final of season 21
The teenage singer 答える／応じるd to the 主張s that he was chosen 予定 to sympathy rather than talent, explaining 排他的に to DailyMail.com that he doesn't mind the 消極的な attention - in fact, he 主張するd that he 'loves it.'
'A lot of people are like, "Colin Stough was robbed," or whatever. And I just love it,' he said.
Iam explained that his dad, Rodney Tongi - who passed away in 2021 - helped 準備する him for the bitter （激しい）反発 that he might 耐える if he ever made it into the スポットライト.
'My dad always told me that your music's not meant for everyone. There's going to be people that are not going to like it and that's 承認する, that's normal,' he continued.
'Everyone gets their own opinion. Everyone gets to think what they think. So, it's 罰金.'
He said his method for 取引，協定ing with haters online is to kill them with 親切, so he tends to 減少（する） a 'like' on some of the hateful 地位，任命するs.
'I just like [them], whatever what they say, '原因（となる） you know, [I gotta] let those things happen,' he dished.
'I am 有罪の for liking it. But look, [my] music's not for everyone. And I have to learn that the hard way.'
Iam, who is of Tongan and Samoan 遺産, made history when he won the 21st season of American Idol on Sunday - becoming the first person from Hawaii to come in first place.
