American Idol hopeful Slater Nalley checks all of the boxes as the kind of contestant judges love: He's confident, he's talented, he writes his own songs — but most of all, he's a good dude with ...

Slater Nalley, 18, was found on social media by the show’s producers and encouraged to come to Nashville and audition for ...

For his American Idol audition, Slater Nalley performed the original song “Traces Of You.” First picking up a pen at age 13, Nalley wrote the mournful country tune in honor of 17-year-old ...