See the first time couple Maddie Poppe and Caleb Lee Hutchinson performed together in this never-before-seen clip from American Idol 2018!
Maddie, who eventually went on to win the show, and runner-up Caleb were in the same Hollywood Group together. Here, they perform Miranda Lambert’s “Mama’s Broken Heart.”
https://youtu.be/67GvBRNDyoc
Maddie has told the story about how upon hearing Caleb sing, she deciding right there and then that she needed him for her group.
As far as romance? Caleb was smitten almost immediately, while it took Maddie a little while longer to fall in love. Maddie writes on Twitter, “Crazy back then I had no idea how much I’d love him.”