American Idol is delivering takes on viral TikTok songs this weekend

American Idol admitted the appeal of TikTok earlier in the season when the judges awarded a platinum ticket to a singer named Kenedi Anderson.

Kenedi has made a name for himself thanks to TikTokposted countless videos of her singing on the social media platform, which eventually resulted in her gaining over 130,000 followers and over two million likes.

She had a chance to get even bigger, though Kenedi left American Idol despite being a front runner in the competition.

Kenedi’s follower count is high, but it’s nowhere near the level of many TikTok influencers. This weekend, American Idol fans could discover several viral TikTok videos that are even more popular than Kenedi’s content.

American Idol Top 7 Sings TikTok Trending Songs

Kenedi wasn’t the only TikTok sensation to earn a golden ticket this season, as Luke Taylor also headed to Hollywood, though he went home pretty quickly in the competition.

He made a name for himself with his TikTok video sings the sea shantywhich garnered him over 3.5 million followers, which dwarfs the number of people who follow Kenedi.

This is a viral sensation.

American Idol’s Top 7 will sing two songs this Sunday night as they battle to make the Top 5. Contestants will sing songs dedicated to their mothers or the mother figure in their lives. They will also sing their renditions of viral TikTok songs.

There’s no word yet on what those songs will be, but there are plenty of options.

Viral TikTok Songs in 2022

This year alone, there were several songs that made it big on TikTok and went viral. That means that besides the singers who performed them, countless other people grabbed the audio and played it over their videos.

Lil Nas X is quite a big name, especially when it comes to viral songs. He has a song called Call Me By Your Name that has been used in over 107,700 TikTok videos so far.