Emmy Russell became a star on “American Idol” last year, in part, because the judges pushed her to come out of her shell and she did that to the best of her abilities in front of the camera.

More than a year after she first auditioned for ABC's American Idol, Loretta Lynn's granddaughter Emmy Russell recalls one moment that made her mad while on the show. During her recent appearance on The Thrivalist Podcast,

Former American Idol star Emmy Russell has revealed her anger over being asked to sing one of her grandmother Loretta Lynn's country music hits on the ABC show. "When I saw the song choice, there was immense sadness whenever I saw it because [Lynn] just passed away very recently,