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Happy Birthday, Casey James!
Season 9's second runner-up, Casey James, celebrates his 29th birthday today! Time after time, the judges complimented Casey James on his outstanding guitar playing and on his honest vocals.
Last August, the Cool, TX native signed a record deal with Sony Nashville and 19 Recordings/BNA Records. In March, Casey joined popular Country duo Sugarland on their The Incredible Machine Tour. Casey is currently in the studio working on his highly anticipated BNA Records debut album, set for release later...
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Happy Birthday, David Hernandez!
One of Season 7's three Davids, David Hernandez, turns 28 years old today! It's been a busy month for the Idol finalist. Last week, David walked the carpet at the Season 10 American Idol finale. The week before, he participated in a photo shoot for The Hollywood Reporter with 30 American Idol alumni. David shared his Season 10 thoughts with The Hollywood Reporter saying, "It's cool to see new judges and all the changes they made. There's more focus on the voice this season, and a more positive s...
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Happy Birthday, Kevin Covais!
Season 5's eleventh place finalist, Kevin Covais, was just a 16-year-old kid when he was on American Idol, and yesterday Kevin turned 22! Nicknamed "Chicken Little" by fellow finalist Paris Bennett, Kevin was like a little brother to the Season 5 finalists. Since his time on American Idol, Kevin has turned to a career as an actor. He starred in movies such as College, Labor Pains, and he has three more movies and a TV pilot slated for the next two years.
Happy Birthday, Kevin!
Kevin walked the r...
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Happy Birthday, RJ Helton!
The first American Idol contestant to ever receive a wild card, RJ Helton, celebrates his birthday today. As part of American Idol's first season, RJ was one of five people given a second chance to receive a spot in the finals via the wild card, and with his performance of Stevie Wonder's "Lately," RJ moved on to the Top 10. His journey didn't end there; RJ made it all the way to fifth place.
In 2004, RJ released an album called Real Life, which he also helped co-write. The Christian-oriented al...
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Happy Birthday, Matt Giraud!
Season 8's jazz crooner, Matt Giraud, celebrates his 26th birthday today. Matt will always be remembered as the first person to be "saved" by the judges on American Idol. The four judges thought his performance of Bryan Adams' "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?" was worthy of using the save on him, and he returned the next week to sing the applicable disco hit, "Stayin' Alive." Matt made it all the way to fifth place, when he was eliminated during Rat Pack Week, despite receiving solid reviews...
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Happy Birthday, Rickey Smith!
Rickey Smith, the always smiling Season 2 finalist, was known on the show for his personality, humor (who could forget "Hercules, Hercules, Hercules!"?), and smooth R&B voice. Although he was compared to the singers like Brian McKnight and R. Kelly, Rickey actually has formal training in opera, and hoped to go down the opera route after American Idol.
After making it to eighth place on the show, Rickey was able to go on tour with the Season 2 finalists, and then he settled in Los Angeles for...
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Happy Birthday, Anthony Fedorov!
Season 4's fourth place finalist, Anthony Fedorov, celebrates his birthday today. Anthony has had a very busy start to 2011.
In February, Anthony was in Japan starring as Joseph in Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He was in Tokyo during the devastating earthquake, but, in an exclusive interview, he only had positive things to say about Japan and the Japanese.
On April 15th, Anthony reprised his role as Prince Christopher in the one-night-only production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's ...
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