Iam Tongi, 18, credits his mom and late dad for his ‘American Idol’ win Iam Tongi is the first Pacific Islander to win American Idol. His dad died a few months before Tongi’s audition, which he says his mom signed him up for and pushed him to practice.
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Iam Tongi, 18, credits his mom and late dad for his ‘American Idol’ win
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Iam Tongi is the first Pacific Islander to win American Idol. His dad died a few months before Tongi’s audition, which he says his mom signed him up for and pushed him to practice.
