American Idol Contestants (59 images)

Former "American Idol" contestant Carrie Underwood appears backstage with her three awards for her platinum seller "Some Hearts," favorite female country artist and the T-Mobile Award, which was selected online during the three-hour broadcast on ABC, at the 2007 American Music Awards in Los Angeles on November 18, 2007. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen)

Finalist Amanda Overmyer from Mulberry, Indiana arrives for the American Idol Top 12 party honoring the finalists in the "American Idol" television reality series in Los Angeles on March 6, 2008. (UP Photo/Jim Ruymen)

Taylor Hicks, 29, of Birmingham, Alabama, appears in the press room after the fifth "American Idol" television show finale in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California on May 24, 2006. Soul singer Hicks won the 2006 "American Idol" contest on Wednesday, beating ballad singer McPhee in votes cast by fans of the most watched TV show in the United States. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen)

The final 12 "American Idol" contestants arrive for a party in their honor at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, California on March 9, 2006, following the elimination show on Fox. Front row, from left, Elliott Yamin, 27, of Richmond, Va.; Chris Daughtry, 26, of McLeansville, N.C.; back row from left, Bucky Covington, 28, of Rockingham, N.C.; Kellie Pickler, 19, Albemarle, N.C.; Paris Bennett,17, of Fayetteville, Ga.; Lisa Tucker, 17, of Anaheim, Calif.; Kevin Covais, 16, of Levittown, N.Y.; Taylor Hicks, 29, of Birmingham Ala.; Melissa McGhee, 21, of Tampa, Fla; Ace Young, 25, of Denver; Mandisa, 29, Antioch, Tenn.; and Katharine McPhee of Los Angeles. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen)