FEMALES:
Alexis Grace
Grace has been singing since she was 7 years old. She was a member of the Concert Choir at the University of Memphis, and enjoys dancing, playing the guitar and taking care of her daughter.
Allison Iraheta
Iraheta is a junior in high school who began singing at age 5. She also enjoys playing the guitar.
Ann Marie Boskovich
Currently pursuing a career as a singer/songwriter, Boskovich began singing before she could talk. She also plays guitar and piano.
Arianna Afsar
Afsar is a senior at Westview High School. She has been singing since she was 7 years old, and loves acting, dancing and playing piano.
Casey Carlson
Carlson is in her third year at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, majoring in Psychology. She began taking voice lessons in fifth grade.
Felicia Barton
Barton lives in Virginia Beach, VA, with her husband and son. She began singing before she could talk, and her first public performance was at age 2.
Jackie Tohn
Tohn resides in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Silver Lake. She holds an associate’s degree in psychology from Santa Monica College. Her hobbies include acting, performing comedy and playing guitar.
Jasmine Murray
Murray lives in Starkville, MS, and attends The Mississippi School of the Arts. She loves being on stage and has been singing since she was 3 years old.
Jeanine Vailes
A recent arrival to Los Angeles, Vailes began singing at age 4 and had her first solo performance in church at age 9. She also enjoys songwriting, motivational speaking and doing voiceover work.
Jesse Langseth
Langseth lives in Minneapolis, MN, with her 8-year-old daughter. In addition to singing, she also plays the piano and guitar.
Kendall Beard
Beard graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007. In addition to singing, she has been studying dance for 12 years.
Kristen McNamara
McNamara is a singer/songwriter originally from Northern California. She loves to dance and has been performing her whole life. Her hobbies include playing guitar, piano, painting and baking.
Lil Rounds
Rounds lives in Memphis, TN, with her husband and three children. Music has always been a part of her life, and she began singing when she was 3 years old.
Megan Corkrey
Corkrey lives in Sandy, UT, with her 2-year-old son, Ryder. She has been singing since age 3, and is a self-professed “foodie.â€Â
Mishavonna Henson
Henson has been singing since she could talk and sang publicly for the first time in church. Her hobbies include horseback riding, acting, dancing and playing piano and guitar. She also takes classes at a junior college.
Stevie Wright
Wright is a junior at Serrano High School. She works in a coffee shop and sings in a band with her youth group. Her real passion is singing, but she also loves to dance.
Tatiana Nicole Del Toro
Del Toro studied at the Manhattan School of Music and attended the New York Film Academy. Her hobbies include theater, acting, writing and dancing.
Taylor Vaifanua
When Vaifanua was 2 years old, she and her family moved to Samoa and lived there for five years before returning to Utah. She is a junior at Hurricane High School, and her hobbies include sports, singing and dancing.
MALES:
Adam Lambert
Lambert grew up in San Diego but currently lives in Hollywood. He began singing at age 10, and has been involved with musical theater for the past eight years.
Alexander Wagner-Trugman
Wagner-Trugman is a sophomore at the University of Miami. He began singing in high school, and he plays piano and guitar. His hobbies include playing video games and basketball.
Anoop Desai
Desai is working on his master’s degree at the University of North Carolina. During his undergraduate years, he was a member of the UNC Clef Hangers, an a cappella group.
Brent Keith
A guitar player, Keith lives in Nashville, TN, with his wife. He has been singing all his life but started performing publicly when he was 13 years old.
Danny Gokey
Gokey is the president and founder of a non-profit organization. In addition to singing, he plays the piano and loves salsa dancing.
Jorge Nuñez
Nuñez is in his fourth year at the University of Puerto Rico, RÃÂo Piedras. In addition to English and Spanish, Nuñez is also fluent in French.
Ju’Not Joyner
A native of Maryland, Joyner owns his own business with his fiancée. He enjoys acting, comedy and songwriting.
Kai Kalama
Kalama began singing when he was 5 years old at his church. An accomplished musician, he also plays guitar, ukulele, bass, piano and drums.
Kris Allen
Allen is a student at the University of Central Arkansas. He has been singing and playing the guitar since he was 13 years old.
Matt Breitzke
Breitzke spent his childhood in Hobart, IN, and later attended flight school in Tulsa, OK. He has been singing and playing the guitar since the fifth grade.
Matt Giraud
Giraud is a life-long resident of Michigan who graduated from Western Michigan University in 2007. He sings and plays piano in local clubs and hotels.
Michael Sarver
Sarver is married with two children and works on an oil rig. He has always dreamed of being a singer/songwriter. Sarver also plays the piano, drums and guitar.
Nathaniel Marshall
Marshall began singing at age 2, and sang publicly for the first time in his high school choir. He is a cosmetology student in New York.
Nick Mitchell
Mitchell attended Marymount Manhattan College and Western Connecticut State University. He is a sketch comedian who performs in Manhattan and Connecticut.
Ricky Braddy
Braddy graduated from Belmont University in Nashville, TN, with a degree in Commercial Vocal Performance. He began singing when he was 4 years old at his church.
Scott MacIntyre
MacIntyre earned his bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University at age 19, and attended graduate school in London, England. He also plays piano, guitar and drums.
Stephen Fowler
Fowler has been married for six years and has two sons. He has been singing his entire life, and began playing piano at 11 years old. He is a full-time musician who teaches piano at the Rainey Institute in Cleveland.
Von Smith
Smith plays piano and is fluent in Spanish. His other hobbies include dancing, acting and songwriting.
So why did I title this post American Idol’s Top 35 when it should be American Idol’s Top 36? Well because Fox sent out this note at the bottom of their press release and one of the people in that video is no longer with the show.
The failed Annie singer who was rumored to have connections to higher-ups on the show was eliminated. I never got her or saw the spark, so I won’t miss her.
Now when it comes to the the remaining contestants, I have not invested in anyone yet? Do you have any favorites yet?
