When Jack Blocker auditioned for American Idol in 2023, he made history. An impressed Luke Bryan compared Blocker to a young Paul Simon, but fellow judges Katy Perry and Lionel Richie voted not to send the 25-year-old Dallas native and Nashville transplant through to Hollywood. Outraged, Bryan demanded the Idol crew weigh in - a first in the show's two-decade run - and nearly everyone in the room raised their hands in support of advancing Blocker to the next round. And so, Richie agreed to change his vote.