Meet the Season 21 Contestants

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Wé Ani

Born: Jan. 23, 1999 – Harlem, New York City, N.Y.

Favorite Alums: Jordin Sparks, Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Clarkson

Musical Influences: Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury, Whitney Houston, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Amy Winehouse, Bruno Mars, Yebba, Drake, Childish Gambino.

First Idol Experience: “I don’t remember an age when I didn’t know American Idol. You’d watch how [the contestants] went from somebody who was just auditioning to somebody who is performing on a huge stage and having all of America love them. I thought, ‘I want that to be me one…