"I didn't want people to know that I legit needed the money & I didn't want people to know that it wasn't optional," she reportedly wrote on Instagram Eric Liebowitz/ABC via Getty, Samantha ...

But the former subway singer did have a moment where she thought she could win. Former New York City subway singer Just Sam, born Samantha Diaz, was crowned the winner of "American Idol" 2020. Because ...

A new American Idol was named this week and a past winner resurfaced. Samantha “Just Sam” Diaz, who won the ABC competition series in Season 18, recently opened up about having to return to performing ...

Just Sam, the American Idol 2020 winner, returned for Season 22 to perform Whitney Houston’s “One Moment in Time.” The singer went viral last year after revealing that despite winning Season 18 of the ...

The "American Idol" winner Samantha "Just Sam" Diaz is back singing in New York City subways. Diaz won season 18 of the talent show in 2020. "I know that this too shall pass," they wrote on Instagram.

Just Sam, a singer who won "American Idol" in 2020, has apparently returned to busking for money in the New York City subway. The 24-year-old from Harlem, whose full name is Samantha Diaz, has shared ...