‘American Idol’ Winner Just Sam Says ‘I Seriously Need Help’ Amid Hospitalization

Samantha “Just Sam” Diaz, the winner of American Idol in 2020, uncovered on Instagram that she was hospitalized and that she “genuinely” needed support.

Diaz at first revealed her hospitalization stay Wednesday when she posted in an Instagram Story, “Thank you to everyone that watched out for me. I’m ALIVE and out of the center.” Then, on Friday, Diaz again took to her Instagram story and expressed thanks to everyone for the solicitations. Presently she added, “I’m improving.”

It’s dim what sickness took care of her in the clinical facility. In any case, she could have offered generally a sign when she moreover shared a snap of a weight scale, followed by the message, “100lbs is crazyyy … I truly need help.”

Yet again it’s undefined what affliction incited Diaz being hospitalized. Yet again she later took to her Instagram Story and posted video of uplifting proclamations, one of which included, “When you have zero influence over what’s coming upon you, control how you respond to it. That is where your power is.” That Story was followed by a screen catch of a book of sacred texts refrain.

Former #AmericanIdol champ Samantha Diaz reveals she “seriously” needs help after being admitted to the hospital.

— Us Weekly (@usweekly) August 27, 2022

Diaz had a superb run during season 4 of the singing challenge show on ABC, whose cameras sought after her around her home in the endeavors in New York where she lived with her grandmother, Elizabeth.

Diaz, who made her living singing in metros, amazed Idol chose during her Washington, D.C. tryout ensuing to singing “You Say” by Lauren Daigle. She belted out Kelly Clarkson’s “More grounded (What Doesn’t Kill You)” and Andra Day’s “Rising Up” in the finale, beating Arthur Gunn for the top crown.