Ryan Seacrest<\/strong> ask Slater if he was OK.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s the heel on that boot!\u201d Ryan, 50, told the audience after rushing over to the teen to see what happened.<\/p>\n
Over his recording, Slater wrote, \u201cPOV: You make Top 14 of American Idol<\/em> and immediately fall off stage.\u201d He later added a crying laughing emoji.<\/p>\n\u201cIt was the heel on that boot,\u201d Slater confirmed in more text.<\/p>\n
In the caption, Slater added, \u201cBut Seriously, thank y\u2019all so much for voting me into the Top 14! Feeling extremely grateful right now. More music to come!\u201d<\/p>\n
Fans flooded the comments with support for the Atlanta native and praised him for taking the mishap like a champ.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>
Disney\/Christopher Willard<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cHahah at least they didn\u2019t show the footage! Hahah you\u2019re our fave! We were all screaming when you got through!\u201d one user wrote, while another fan added, \u201cDarn boots!! You were amazing! Keep on keeping on my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n
A third person commented, \u201cOf course that happened. But you were amazing!!! So proud of you!!\u201d<\/p>\n
Slater also shared the post on his Instagram Stories and added, \u201cFell off y\u2019all. Not used to walking in boot heels.\u201d<\/p>\n
Just before the incident occurred, Slater learned that he had made it to the Top 14 and performed \u201cThis Ain\u2019t It\u201d by Jason Isbell<\/strong> to celebrate. During Sunday\u2019s episode, artists were instructed to sing songs of faith, and the Top 14 out of 20 were chosen to continue in the competition. The 10 artists who received the most votes from America automatically advanced and performed their songs in celebration, while the remaining 10 singers were in danger of elimination. They had to perform in hopes of being one of the four people chosen to move forward by judges Carrie Underwood<\/strong>, Luke Bryan<\/strong> and Lionel Richie<\/strong>.<\/p>\nIn addition to Slater, contestants Kolbi Jordan<\/strong>, Thunderstorm Artis<\/strong>, Filo<\/strong>, Mattie Pruitt, Jamal Roberts<\/strong>, Gabby Samone<\/strong>, John Foster<\/strong>, Canaan James Hill and Breanna Nix<\/strong> were voted into the Top 14. The judges selected Desmond Roberts<\/strong>, Josh King<\/strong>, Ch\u00e9 Chesterman<\/strong> and Amanda Barise<\/strong> to move forward.<\/p>\nBaylee Littrell<\/strong>, Drew Ryn<\/strong>, Zaylie Windsor<\/strong>, Victor Solomon<\/strong>, Olivier Bergeron<\/strong> and Isaiah Misailegalu were eliminated during Sunday\u2019s episode.<\/p>\nSlater has been a standout artist and fan favorite on American Idol<\/em> season 23 so far. He grabbed viewers\u2019 attention with his audition by performing an original song that he wrote for one of his teacher\u2019s sons, who had died a few years before his Idol journey began.<\/p>\n\u201cThis song\u2019s called \u2018Traces of You.\u2019 I wrote it for Carter Davis. That\u2019s probably the most deep thing I\u2019ve ever \u2014 100 percent the most deep thing I\u2019ve ever written about,\u201d he told the judges in his audition. \u201cI didn\u2019t know Carter before any of this happened, and when Mrs. Davis told us, I just felt this presence come into my life, essentially, and I knew that I needed to do something. I went home and started working on little notebook pages and eventually it turned into a song.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n