An aspiring singer named Sam Sparks stunned the judges on American Idol with his powerful audition. Sparks’ performance was all the more impactful because he auditioned from a wheelchair after a ...

A standout audition from Sunday night is 25-year-old Sam Sparks from Dardanelle, AK. He actually didn’t sign himself up, but was brought to the attention of the Idol producers by his best friend ...

APPEARING ON ABC'S "AMERICAN IDOL." WE WERE THERE AS PEOPLE GATHERED IN SAM SPARKS HOMETOWN OF DARDANELLE, JUST SOUTH OF RUSSELLVILLE. MANY WERE EXCITED TO WATCH AS SPARKS AUDITIONED BEFORE THE ...

Ahead of the Sunday, March 23, episode of American Idol, the show released footage of an inspiring audition from Sam Sparks. Right off the bat, it was clear that Sam had a story to share ...

"He probably won't care at all that it's Mommy's voice coming out of Sam Sparks. But it's nice that I have a little built-in audience," she says, laughing.

With a powerful original song called “Colorado Gray” and a backstory that’ll break your heart and put it back together again, one contestant, Sam Sparks, is already generating plenty of buzz.