Loretta Lynn's granddaughter Emmy Russell premiered her original song 'Want You' on 'American Idol' in honor of the late singer's birthday. 2025 American Music Awards. × Close Player.

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Loretta Lynn, left, and her granddaughter Emmy Russell. Getty Images/EricMcCandless/Disney Emmy Russell honored her grandmother Loretta Lynn with a moving performance on "American Idol" Monday night.

On Instagram, Lynn’s estate showered Russell in praise for the performance. “What a birthday gift! Loretta’s granddaughter Emmy just made Top 20 on @americanidol,” the caption beneath a ...

American Idol Season 22 ended with a touching tribute to the late country music icon Loretta Lynn, whose granddaughter Emmy Russell had a memorable run on the show before being eliminated from the ...

Wynonna Judd and Emmy Russell, granddaughter of Loretta Lynn, paid tribute to the late country icon on 'American Idol' and sang 'Coal Miner's Daughter' together.

American Idol contestant Emmy Russell is a coal miner’s great-granddaughter, and she paid homage to her grandmother, the late Country Music Hall of Famer Loretta Lynn, on Monday’s (April 29 ...

She’s a Honky Tonk Girl. Emmy Russell, 24, the granddaughter of the late country music legend Loretta Lynn, auditioned for “American Idol” on Sunday’s episode of the ABC music competition ...

Emmy Russell, ‘Idol’ finalist and Loretta Lynn’s granddaughter, pregnant with first child Emmy Russell, who finished in the Top 5 on the most recent season of “American Idol,” is pregnant.

Emmy Russell, Loretta Lynn's granddaughter and an 'American Idol' finalist, announces her first pregnancy on a podcast. ... Loretta Lynn died in 2022 at age 90 at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn.

Emmy Russell is pregnant with Baby No. 1! Russell, 25, revealed in a recent episode of the Got It From My Momma podcast that she’s expecting a baby with her partner, fellow singer-songwriter ...

Loretta Lynn's granddaughter, former American Idol contestant Emmy Russell, has welcomed her first child.. Southern Living reports that 26-year-old Russell gave birth to a baby girl on Friday (Jan ...