(Man, remember Bennifer?
Those weren’t the days.)
The latter show’s cast recording earned a Grammy nomination in 2009.
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Tarralyn Ramsey
Tarralyn released her first gospel CD with Verity/Warner Bros. in 2000.
Tarralyn subsequently released another album with Verity/Warner Bros. and toured with Mary J. Blige and Ray Charles.
Check out the video for her singleUp Against All Odds,which begins with a clip fromBorn to Diva.
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(Reba, incidentally, is going to serve as a guest mentor onThe Voicethis week.
)American Idolcontestant Lauren Alaina alsoperformed the songduring this season’s Top 24 week.
She’s also the official composer for Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions.
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Vicci Martinez
Frenchie’s not the onlyVoicecontestant with ties toAmerican Idol.
(Presumably, she’s all right with singing cover songs now.)
Vicci also made it to the semifinals on CBS’sStar Searchin 2003.
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Serabee
The artist formerly known as Sarah Buras was once signed with Universal Republic records.
She also penned ‘‘Crazy Chick,’’ which Charlotte Church recorded; it reached No.
2 on the U.K. charts.
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Emily Valentine
No, she’s not the living embodiment of a certain memorable90210character.
But Emily did make a big impression when she auditioned forAmerican Idol’s eighth season.
Back then, she was going by Emily Wynne-Hughes.
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Kelsey Rey
Mickey Mouse alert!
When she was 12 years old, Kelsey was a member of the Disney girl group Funn Club.
Their reimagining of'‘Whoop There It Is!’’
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‘‘Party over here/Party over there/Hands in the air/Shake your derriere!’’
is a masterpiece on par with Aaron Carter’s ‘‘Aaron’s Party (Come Get It).’’
Her single ‘‘Masquerade’’ has also been viewed 1.4 million times on YouTube.
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Tje Austin
His hair is so big because it’s full of talent.
(That was a really big year for eventualVoicecontestants!)
Fun fact:Pretty Little Liarsstar Lucy Hale also got her start by winningAmerican Juniors.
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