Katy Perry

"I feel like maybe you should Wikipedia me," she deadpanned when one contestant thought she'd chosen a John Mayer song.

You’re a great artist. He’s a great artist. Katy interjected, “It’s a great song. It’s a great song. I can’t talk anymore!” She then shouted, “I’m triggered!” and dropped to the floor, hiding behind the judges’ desk. After each contestant picked a song and performed it on the big stage, they had to guess which of the three judges was the one who suggested it.

When given the task to choose from three songs that the Idol judges handpicked for him, including John Denver's “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” John Mayer's “ ...

You were surprising us, you couldn’t do John Denver, because that was a little bit obvious and good for you man.” “In all honestly, you controlled it, what I’m loving about you is how you’re growing and you are really stepping in that space of your career. “Do you know how happy I was when he said I’m doing the John Denver song and I said I got this, because I picked ‘Bigger Than My Body,’ and then all of a sudden you started singing the other song. “Well first of all, nothing is more challenging than trying to learn a song really, really quickly,” Bryan said of his song choice for Thompson. “I mean, I’ve had like new singles that I’ve performed on awards show that are new singles to me. “I love John Mayer, I love his music, and I love his style,” the former construction worker shared of Mayer. “I never heard the song ‘Heartbreak Warfare,’ but I already kind of feel it. Concerned I won’t learn the song in time, but if it’s what you want, you got to put the work in.”

During an episode of American Idol, judge Katy Perry told contestant Noah Thompson he should “Wikipedia me” after performing a song by her ex, John Mayer.

The pair called it quits several times before ultimately ending things in 2015. I picked John Denver." When Thompson guessed it was Perry who chose "Heartbreak Warfare" for him to perform instead of John Denver's "Take Me Home," Perry—who previously dated Mayer—replied, "Noah, I feel like you should maybe Wikipedia me.

Katy Perry had a hilarious reaction to a Top 11 contestant on "American Idol" during a song challenge Monday night.

Noah Thompson selected to sing John Mayer’s 2009 hit “Heartbreak Warfare.” The contestant, 20, from Kentucky then guessed to host Ryan Seacrest that Perry had chosen the song for him. I picked Katy. That was my guess.” The contestants took part in a “Judges’ Song Contest” where each contestant picked one of three songs to perform without knowing which judge chose the song and had to guess who it was.

On Monday night's show of the singing competition series, 11 contestants took the stage to perform a song chosen by judges — and after the top nine votes ...

The final two contestants were Lady K and Tristen Gressett — and after Perry and Bryan briefly discussed, they chose Lady K to move on to the next round. "He's a rock and roller," Perry continued of Gressett's performance of "You Can't Always Get What You Want." "And it's really challenging for that genre sometimes to get really far, because it's not about who's the best singer — you have to check a little bit of a lot of boxes. If the contestant chose to perform their song they would get a point — and after a quick comeback by Perry, 37, she and Bryan, 45, ended up with a tie and total of four votes each.

The Walsh Jesuit High School junior followed judge Katy Perry's suggested song selection and sang "Lovely" by Billie Eilish on Monday night's show. Exclusive ...

"Everything you do when you're on stage, you're just a pro." "That was just an all-around perfect performance," Richie said. Flora said on the show that a lot of folks compare her to Eilish, so it was only fitting that she sang a song by the popular performer.

Katy Perry told an 'American Idol' contestant he should have picked John Denver instead of John Mayer — read more.

I think that song is great and I think Katy sounds great on it.” “Who else would I be thinking about?” he told The New York Times in March 2017. Sometimes I sneak my phone in there. “You did great, but I can’t talk anymore.” In August 2013, they released a duet titled “Who You Love,” which appeared on Mayer’s album Paradise Valley. “I picked John Denver!”