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Katy Perry<\/a> is feeling emotional.\n<\/p>\n The singer, 39, turned visibly upset and cried through the season finale of American Idol<\/em><\/a> on Sunday, May 19, after Abi Carter<\/a> secured her win.\n<\/p>\n Perry, whose Idol <\/em>profession has now come to an finish, sobbed as she hugged fellow judges Luke Bryan<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Lionel Richie<\/a> whereas Carter carried out a rendition of Billie Eilish<\/a>‘s “What Was I Made For?”\n<\/p>\n Carter was up in opposition to Will Moseley and Jack Blocker, who positioned second and third, respectively.\n<\/p>\n Never miss a narrative \u2014 join PEOPLE’s free each day e-newsletter<\/a> to remain up-to-date on the perfect of what PEOPLE has to supply, from superstar information to forcing human curiosity tales.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n Disney\/Eric McCandless\/Getty<\/p>\n <\/span> Perry joined\u00a0Idol<\/em>\u00a0as a decide alongside Bryan, 47,\u00a0and\u00a0Richie, 74, again in 2018 for the revival of the present on ABC following its unique 15-season run on Fox.\n<\/p>\n She introduced her exit from the sequence after seven seasons on\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em><\/a>\u00a0earlier this 12 months. At the time, she teased that she has extra tasks, together with new music, to return later in 2024.\n<\/p>\n \u201cI think this probably will be my last show, my last season for\u00a0Idol<\/em>,\u201d Perry confirmed. \u201cI imply I really like\u00a0Idol\u00a0<\/em>a lot.”\n<\/p>\n “It\u2019s linked me with the center of America, however I really feel like I must exit and really feel that pulse to my very own beat, you what I\u2019m saying Jimmy?\u201d she added, winking at host\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n Monica Schipper\/Getty Image<\/p>\n <\/span> In an interview with Taste of Country Nights<\/em><\/a>, Bryan mentioned that Perry’s exit wasn’t a complete shock<\/a>. “I had heard whispers that she was fascinated by it \u2014 it wasn’t, like, an enormous shock,” the nation crooner mentioned.\n<\/p>\n “It’s been an excellent run with Katy, and she or he and I’ve developed an ideal friendship and to work alongside her. I imply, heck, I used to be there earlier than her daughter was born, and now her daughter is [3 years] outdated,” Bryan added of Perry and her fianc\u00e9\u00a0Orlando Bloom<\/a>‘s daughter\u00a0Daisy Dove<\/a>, whom they\u00a0welcomed in August 2020.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n
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