{"id":597909,"date":"2026-04-21T16:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/597909\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:51:08","slug":"murphy-native-braden-rumfelt-makes-top-7-on-american-idol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/597909\/","title":{"rendered":"Murphy native Braden Rumfelt makes Top 7 on &#8216;American Idol&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 A 22-year-old singer from western North Carolina has officially made it to the next round of &#8220;American Idol&#8221; season 24.<\/p>\n<p> Murphy native Braden Rumfelt has advanced to the top seven on this season of &#8220;American Idol&#8221; after a tense results moment in which he was the last contestant named to move forward.<\/p>\n<p><p>Murphy native Braden Rumfelt makes Top 7 on &#8216;American Idol&#8217; <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The top nine contestants performed at Disneyland, bringing a night of Disney-themed songs. Rumfelt sang a cover of &#8220;Remember Me&#8221; from the movie &#8220;Coco&#8221; and was mentored by past &#8220;American Idol&#8221; contestant Jennifer Hudson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/story\/braden-rumfelt-american-idol-top-9-western-north-carolina-murphy-disney-night\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BRADEN RUMFELT REACHES &#8216;AMERICAN IDOL&#8217; TOP 9 WITH &#8216;SUPERSTITION&#8217; PERFORMANCE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rumfelt is set to perform a Taylor Swift song next week.<\/p>\n<p>The contestant field will soon be narrowed to the final three. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/support.abc.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360029281172-How-do-I-vote-for-American-Idol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">this link<\/a> for how to vote for your favorite American Idol contestants.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>In western North Carolina, you can watch &#8220;American Idol&#8221; on WLOS on Monday nights at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 A 22-year-old singer from western North Carolina has officially made it to the next&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-597909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}