Just Sam is breaking her silence and opening up about returning to performing on the subway, just a few years after they won the 2020 season of American Idol.
Just after the singer, whose real name is Samantha Diaz, revealed she was back to her old stomping grounds and busking, they spoke to TMZ about it all.
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Samantha Diaz, who used the stage name Just Sam while competing on American Idol in 2020, is once again performing in the New York City subways just three years after winning the show’s virtual season during the pandemic.
The 24-year-old singer previously made a living as a subway singer before appearing on Idol, but is now back to seeking donations from subway riders.
“Back in 2021, I was super embarrassed to be going back to the trains,” Sam wrote in a post on Instagram, though the comment seems to have been deleted. “I didn’t want people to know that I legit needed the money. I didn’t want people to know that it wasn’t optional. I was disappointed in myself for allowing myself to fall so low after winning Idol, but then I had to take it easy on me and remember that I started my journey with Idol at 20 years old.”
Sam added, “Since then, I have learned so much and I’ve been able to take my experiences and share them with other artist in hopes that they don’t experience the same things that I did when It comes to making it in This life.”
Sam previously said last year that they went broke while paying off their record label.
If you didn’t know, Sam won the 2020 season of American Idol, which ABC aired through virtual performances due to the pandemic.
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Just Sam, who won the 18th season of American Idol, was hospitalized this week.
The 23-year-old singer, whose real name is Samantha Diaz, took to her Instagram Stories to share updates about her medical troubles.
Sam posted to her stories on Wednesday (August 24) and said, “Thank you to everyone that checked on me. I am ALIVE and out of the hospital.” By the next day, she was back in the hospital.
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Samantha Diaz, who goes by the stage name Just Sam, has revealed that she “ended up broke” after paying off her record label.
The 23-year-old singer won the 18th season of American Idol back in 2020. The season was forced to go virtual during the middle of the pandemic and all of Sam‘s live performances were done from her hotel room in Los Angeles.
Before going on the show, Sam was a subway singer in New York City and she has since gone back to singing in the subway.
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Former subway singer Just Sam won the third season of ABC’s American Idol this weekend and she’s opening up about her big win!
The 20-year-old New York native told Billboard that she didn’t expect to win the season.
“I was kind of setting myself up to just congratulate my friends, because I feel like nobody’s more deserving than the other, but they all have worked so hard,” she said. “I was ready to congratulate them. I didn’t expect to even make it this far, so I definitely didn’t expect to win.”
Sam also opened up about the advice she received from the judges, including Katy Perry.
“All of them have said things to me that I am going to hold on to for the rest of my life and probably give the same advice to my children someday. When Katy told me to remember where I came from and sing to where I want to go, that stuck with me throughout this entire competition,” Sam said. “It’s something I had to say to myself before I walked on stage in Hawaii. I had to tell that to myself before performing in front of an iPhone. That has really has stuck with me and I think about it every day: Sing to where you want to go, Sam.”
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