Born March 10th, 1983 in Muskogee Oklahoma, Carrie Underwood found her love for music when she started singing in her church choir at the tender age of just 3 years old. By the time Carrie was in the 7th grade, she had taken her gift to the next level, competing in local talent shows where [...] Read more »
Kelly Clarkson, Idol’s Biggest Winner
Born on April 24th, 1982 in Fort Worth Texas, Kelly Clarkson lived a simple life in Burleson, a small suburb of Fort Worth. But in middle school, the choir teacher overheard her singing with some friends and asked Clarkson to audition for the school choir. Kelly soon learned that she had a deep love for [...] Read more »
Danny Gokey
Danny Gokey, a 28 year old church choir director from Milwaukee Wisconsin, auditioned for American Idol’s season eight in Kansas City Missouri just four weeks after losing his wife, Sophia. Making him appear to be what some people referred to as American Idol’s “hard-luck” contestant. However, Gokey soon proved to Idol judges as well as [...] Read more »
Michael Sarver
28 year old Michael Sarver was just a roughneck oil rigger from Jasper Texas when he took a chance and went to the American Idol auditions for season eight in Phoenix Arizona. But after impressing the four Idol judges with the song “Thank You” by R&B group Boyz II Men, Michael put his oil rigging [...] Read more »
Alexis Grace
When Alexis Grace, a 21 year old stay at home mother from Memphis Tennessee auditioned for American Idol season eight in Louisville Kentucky, she blew away the American Idol judges by belting out a soulful rendition of Aretha Franklin’s hit “Never Loved a Man” earning herself a spot in Hollywood. During her run on Idol, [...] Read more »