Though he’s set to appear on American Idol, Laine Hardy didn’t start singing until about a year and a half ago, when a teacher asked him to fill a void left in the choir by an absent student.
Laine Hardy strums his guitar while sitting on a bench in the woods. Hardy will appear on American Idol on Monday, March 12.
Laine Hardy, a 17-year-old senior at French Settlement High School, will be a contestant on American Idol’s Season 16 premiere on Monday, March 12.
Laine Hardy gets ready to sing in front of the judges during his American Idol audition.
A nervous Laine Hardy takes a seat at the bottom of a staircase prior to his audition for American Idol in New Orleans last fall.
Laine Hardy, right, pictured after performing in the Bayou Idol contest last year. He finished in second place.
Laine Hardy sings while performing on stage with Tha Band Hardy, a family band that also features his older brother and two cousins.
Of all the times Laine has sang publicly, no performance was as daunting as the one last fall, when he and hundreds of other American Idol hopefuls headed to New Orleans to showcase their skills in front of new Idol judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan.
Laine Hardy’s senior portrait.
