Season 7’s sixth place finalist, Carly Smithson, turned 28 yesterday. After auditioning for Season 5 of American Idol and being disqualified due to work visa issues, Carly auditioned again for Season 7 and made the Top 24. With amazing performances including “Come Together,” “Crazy On You,” and “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” Carly made it to Top 6’s Andrew Lloyd Webber week and had a solid performance with “Superstar” which even won Simon Cowell over.
Simon thought it was one of the best performances of the night, and Carly pulled out a t-shirt that said, “Simon Loves Me (this week).”After her run on American Idol, Carly toured North America with her fellow Season 7 Top 10 finalists. After Evanescence’s Ben Moody saw a video of Carly performing the band’s song “Bring Me To Life” on the Idol tour, Ben, along with Evanescence members Rocky Gray and John Lecompt, and non-Evanescence musician Marty O’Brien, offered Carly the position as lead singer of their new band We Are The Fallen. Carly and the band released their debut album, Tear The World Down, on May 11, 2010 and toured London, the U.S., and Canada.
Happy Birthday, Carly!