Aretha Franklin’s 15 year-old granddaughter, Grace Franklin tried out for “American Idol” which premiered on Sunday.
In her interview for the show, Grace said, “I was really close with my grandma. I got to see her all the time. I used to travel with her a lot. . . I don’t think I could fully grasp that she was known worldwide cause to me she was always just Grandma”
Grace underwhelmed the judges with her version of Lauryn Hill’s “Killing Me Softly” but they gave her another shot and she sang her grandma’s song, “Ain’t No Way”

While she won Katy Perry over, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan both agreed that she is extremely talented, but needs time to develop her voice.
Lionel said, “I’m going to talk to you as Uncle Richie, and your grandmother talking to me her line was, ‘if you’re not ready for me baby, don’t come near me.’ Now, you’re 15, you’ve got the family lineage, what we need now is time and some work to get it up to par. OK?”
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