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Currents Uncut: Shayy Winn Gets Real About The American Idol

Shayy Winn shares stories about being on American Idol as a teen with a vision impairment.

01/23/2020 | Rating TV-G

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Currents Uncut: Shayy Winn Gets Real About The American Idol

Clip: Season 29 Episode 13 | 25m 42sVideo has Closed Captions

Shayy Winn shares stories about being on American Idol as a teen with a vision impairment.

Shayy Winn shares candid stories about being on American Idol as a high school student with a newly diagnosed vision impairment. This uncut interview at her Chesterfield County Virginia home includes a few bloopers and a lot of laughs. Shayy made it to the top 40 in season 17 of American Idol and her main audition brought Lionel Richie to tears.

01/23/2020 | Rating TV-G

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