Trent Harmon is a musician with a soulful vocal delivery who surfaced in 2016 as a contestant on the 15th season of TV singing competition American Idol, where he earned a first-place finish. A native of Amory, Mississippi, he grew up singing in church from a young age, and went on to participate in musical theater in high school and as a student at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Along the way, he learned to play the piano, guitar, and drums. Harmon was working at his family's restaurant in his hometown when a friend talked him into auditioning for another talent sh...