It’s been about 37 hours since Harlem’s Just Sam was crowned the new American Idol, and the 21-year-old former subway busker is still getting used to her new title. “This is definitely unexpected,” Just Sam tells The Post from the West Hollywood apartment where she’s been on lockdown. “It’s only been one day, so . . .
it’s been wild.” The first LGBTQ “Idol” champ, whose real name is Samantha Diaz, was raised by her grandmother in Manhattan’s Frederick Douglass Houses, where residents held a viewing party for the show’s finale.
But because of coronavirus concerns, Just Sam was unable to fly back to be with her grandmother after her victory. “I plan on flying back out there and quarantining for 14 days,” she says. “And then I’ll go check in