Diana DeGarmo

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Diana DeGarmo

Diana Nicole DeGarmo (born June 16, 1987) is a singer and actress. She was the second place finalist on the third season of American Idol, losing by a margin of less than 2% out of 65 million votes. DeGarmo was the youngest contestant among the third season's set of finalists. At the time of the competition she was 16 year old junior at Shiloh High School in Snelville, Georgia, where she now resides.

Biography

DeGarmo was born in Birmingham, but her family moved to Georgia a few years later. Her singing talent was apparent early on. She performed at the 1997 Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards, and in stage productions of Annie and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in Atlanta. As a third grader, she was a "Coca-Cola Kid" during the 1996 Olympics, performing 3 shows a day. The next year, she sang at Opryland USA during the Christmas holiday season. In 2002, she was named Miss Teen Georgia and was a finalist on the NBC talent search program America's Most Talented Kid.

She toured in “American Idols Live” with the other Idol finalists during the summer of 2004. She toured independently in 2005 in support of Blue Skies. On September 17th, 2005, DeGarmo received the Horizon Award at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards ceremony. The award recognizes Georgia artists on the path to successful and lengthy careers.

In November of 2005, DeGarmo starred as Maria in the American Musical Theatre of San Jose production of West Side Story. She appeared as Penny Pingleton in the Broadway version of Hairspray from February to mid-May 2006. DeGarmo, as Brooklyn, and Melba Moore headline the 2006 national tour of Brooklyn, the Musical.

Discography

  • "Dreams"/"I Believe"/"Don't Cry Out Loud" (single) June 29, 2004; RCA Records - #1 on U.S. Singles sales chart
  • Blue Skies. December 7, 2004; RCA Records - #52 on U.S. Album chart

She is working on a second album, the first in a two-album deal with Koch Records.

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