"THERE IS NO WAY JOHN MADE TOP 5"— American Idol fans react to Gabby Samone's shocking elimination

In American Idol season 23's Disney Night, two contestants were eliminated short of the Top 5, Mattie Pruitt and Gabby Samone. Ahead of the latest elimination, the contestants sang two songs each, including Gabby, who sang, How Far I'll Go from Moanna, and Home by The Wiz.

Gabby was praised by the judges for her performances, but didn't receive enough votes to advance to the next round. Fans online reacted to the contestant's elimination and were upset to see her go. Comparing Gabby to some of the other contestants who made it through, one person wrote on X:

"STOP LETTING TEENAGERS VOTE THERE IS NO WAY JOHN MADE TOP 5 OVER GABBY PLEASE IM GONNA BE SICK."

Netizens react to Gabby Samone's elimination (Image via X/ @realityteas)

"I'm a white man. But WTF America??? Gabby should have been top 5 EASY!!!! I don't know if the vote is underrepresented by the black community or what. But NO WAY IN HELL is Breanna better than Gabby," a fan commented.

"My top 5 made it 4/5. I would replace John with Gabby. Gabby’s very talented, but Breanna is too and she’s more technically sound. But Gabby should be top 5 in my opinion," a tweet read.

Fans of American Idol season 23 called Gabby the "best female vocalist" the show had seen in years.

"The best female vocalist on Idol in years has been voted out. Gabby, your career will be limitless. I’ll be back to vote for vocalist’s once again. It’s now Jamal to win & Jamal only," a person wrote.

"I mean I am PISSED! Gabby didn’t have not one BAD PERFORMANCE since she’s been on Idol and y’all chose Slater and his harmonica and John from State Farm and his guitar over Gabby?!? I’m done," a fan commented.

"Gabby, you absolutely got robbed tonight! My heart is broken right now.... You had the best performance, and never in my wildest dreams did i think this would turn out like this! America you got this wroooong," a tweet read.

Fans of American Idol season 23 further said:

"And ain’t no way John, Slater, and RainStorm should be in the top 5 and Gabby isn’t because let’s be honest she can sing ALL 3 of them under the table," a person wrote.

"REALLY ?? GABBY ?? Out of slater & John who was the same person ? Yall don’t like black women and it shows… I hope she get her dues.. she need to audition on the voice. They will treat her with RESPECT," a fan commented.

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"This is a very hard Disney song to sing"— Lin-Manuel Miranda comments on Gabby singing How Far I'll Go on American Idol season 23

In American Idol season 23 episode 17, Gabby's first song of the night was How Far I'll Go from Moanna. She met with guest mentor Lin-Manuel Miranda, and when he asked her what she wanted to sing, she told him it was a song he wrote.

"This is a very hard Disney song to sing. It's pretty rangy. It's pretty wordy," he said.

Gabby commented on her rehearsal and said that the "words were wording," since some of the lines were like a tongue twister. Lin-Manuel told Gabby the story of what happened when he wrote the Disney song, and told her that he was stuck and went back to his childhood home.

When Gabby took the American Idol season 23 stage, Lionel Richie stood up in appreciation of her song. Chiming in on her performance, he said that he didn't know whether the judges were "spoiled" that Gabby usually had "that showstopping." He added that he knew it was coming, and it happened.

Carrie said the American Idol season 23 star's voice was made for songs like the one she chose, and Luke noted that it was the most "clear" he had ever heard Gabby deliver a song from "top to bottom."

At the end of the episode, it was revealed that Gabby Samone didn't make it to the next stage of the competition, and fans online were shocked.

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Fans can watch Gabby Samone's compete in American Idol season 23 by streaming the show on Hulu.