Harlem’s Just Sam was just super on Sunday night, bringing home the “American Idol” title. The 21-year-old former subway singer, whose real name is Samantha Diaz, won the first remote finale in “Idol” history — the long-running contest left the stage this season due to the coronavirus crisis.
It was a triumphant moment that even Sam says she couldn’t believe: “I definitely did not expect it from the beginning,” Just Sam told Billboard. “Not at all, at all.” Here are five things you need to know about the new American Idol.
Just Sam had a difficult childhood, with her parents not being able to take of her and her sister. Both girls were adopted by their grandmother.