▁and ▁runner - up ▁Ale j andro ▁Ar anda . ▁▁ ▁G unn ▁was ▁featured ▁in ▁a ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁s ne ak ▁peak ▁for ▁the ▁show , ▁the ▁clip ▁showed ▁a ▁portion ▁of ▁his ▁aud ition ▁with ▁the ▁show ’ s ▁jud ges ; ▁Luke ▁Bry an ▁stated , ▁“ I ▁think ▁he ▁might ▁be ▁the ▁biggest ▁star ▁we ’ ve ▁ever ▁had ▁on ▁‘ American ▁Id ol .’ ” ▁G unn ▁is ▁also ▁one ▁of ▁several ▁dozen ▁contest ants ▁featured ▁in ▁a ▁February ▁ 2 0 2 0 ▁A I ▁commercial ▁that ▁premier ed ▁during ▁the ▁Academy ▁Awards , ▁and ▁went ▁into ▁“ he avy ▁rotation ”, ▁it ▁pays ▁t ribute ▁to ▁a ▁scene ▁in ▁Al most ▁Fam ous ▁( 2 0 0 0 ), ▁with ▁A I ▁host ▁Ryan ▁Se ac rest ▁driving ▁a ▁bus ▁full ▁of ▁contest ants ▁singing ▁along ▁to ▁El ton ▁John ’ s ▁“ T iny ▁Dan cer ”. ▁Se ac rest ▁tags ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁scene ▁by ▁stating ▁the ▁contest ants ▁were ▁almost ▁famous . ▁G unn ▁knew ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁professional ▁music ian ▁but ▁had ▁been ▁uncertain ▁about ▁A I ; ▁he ▁has ▁become ▁" am az ed " ▁at ▁the ▁experience , ▁" I ' ve ▁learned ▁so ▁many ▁things ▁about ▁performing ▁and ▁being ▁an ▁artist ▁and ▁the ▁music ▁industry ." ▁ ▁Hollywood ▁Week ▁was ▁fil med ▁December ▁ 2 – 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁at ▁the ▁Or phe um ▁Theatre ▁in ▁Los