Benson Boone

Benson Boone
Contestant
Season	Season 19
Age	18
Placed	Withdrew (Pre-Top 24)
Personal
Born	June 25, 2002
Hometown	Monroe, Washington
Gender	Male

For another contestant with a similar name, see Ben Boone.

Benson James Boone (born June 25, 2002) was a contestant on Season 19 of American Idol.

Audition

Benson sang "Punchline" by Aidan Martin for his audition. All three judges voted "yes", sending him to the next round.

Hollywood Round

Benson's stay in Hollywood wasn't shown much. In a performance that went untelevised until Season 24 five years later, it was shown that his duet partner in Hollywood was Mary Jo Young (who auditioned again for that season). They sang "You Say" by Lauren Daigle. Despite not being televised at the time, he did originally make the Top 24, but withdrew to pursue his own career, which turned out to be highly successful. Reputedly, Anilee List took his place.

Trivia

• Benson was the first televised contestant on Season 19.
• Since withdrawing, Benson has released 2 EPs plus an album titled Fireworks & Rollerblades, with the latter containing previously released hit singles such as "Ghost Town" and "In the Stars". In addition, it contains "Beautiful Things", which has risen to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 7 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Global 200. He is arguably the most successful Idol alum from the ABC era.
• Season 22 contestant Emmy Russell performed Benson's song, "Beautiful Things", on the Top 24 (Group 2) in Hawaii episode. She was voted through to the next round.
• Benson became the first American Idol alum since Jimmie Allen (and the fifth overall, alongside Carrie Underwood, Tori Kelly and Eric Burton of the Black Pumas) to receive a nomination for Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and was the first from the ABC era to receive a Grammy nomination.