David Cook

Name: David Cook

Age: 25

Hometown: Blue Springs, MO

Musical Influences: Our Lady Peace, Big Wreck

Performances: Happy Together, All Right Now, Hello, Eleanor Rigby, Day Tripper, Billie Jean, Little Sparrow, Innocent, Always Be My Baby, Music Of The Night, I’m Alive, All I Really Need Is You, Hungry Like The Wolf, Baba O’Riley, The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face, Dare To Make You Move, I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Dream Big, The World I Know

Voted Out: Winner

 

 

David Archuleta

Name: David Archuleta

Age: 17

Hometown: Murray, UT

Musical Influences: Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Kirk Franklin, Bryan Adams

Performances: Shop Around, Imagine, Another Day In Paradise, We Can Work It Out, The Long And Winding Road, You’re The Voice, Smoky Mountain, Angels, When You Believe, Think Of Me, Sweet Caroline, America, Stand By Me, Love Me Tender, And So It Goes, With You, Longer, Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me, In This Moment, Imagine

Voted Out: Runner Up

Syesha Mercado

Name:  Syesha Mercado

Age: 21

Hometown: Sarasota, FL

Musical Influences: Whitney Houston, Etta James, Alicia Keys, Zap Mama, Lauryn Hill, Aretha Franklin

Performances: Tobacco Road, Me and Mrs. Jones, Saving All My Love For You, Got To Get You Into My Life, Yesterday, If I Were Your Woman, I Will Always Love You, I Believe, Vanishing, One Rock n Roll Too Many, Hello Again, Thank The Lord For The Night Time, Proud Mary, A Change Is Gonna Come, If I Ain’t Got You, Fever, Hit Me Up

Voted Out: May 14, 2008

Jason Castro

Name:  Jason Castro

Age: 20

Hometown:  Rockwall, TX

Musical Influences: Ray Lamontagne, Kirk Baxley

Performances: Daydream, I Just Want To Be Your Everything, Halleluhah, If I Fell, Michelle, Fragile, Travelin Thru, Overthru, Over The Rainbow, I Don’t Wanna Cry, Memory, Forever In Blue Jeans, Septermber Morn, I Shot The Sheriff, Mr. Tambourine Man

Voted Out: May 7, 2008

Brooke White

Name: Brooke White

Age: 24

Hometown: Mesa, AZ

Musical Influences: James Taylor, Carole King, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Eagles, America, Carly Simon

Performances: Happy Together, You’re So Vain, Love is a Battlefield, Here Comes The Sun, Every Breath You Take, Jolene, You’ve Got A Friend, Hero, You Must Love Me, I’m A Believer, I am.. I Said

Voted Out: April 30, 2008

Carly Smithson

Name:  Carly Smithson

Age: 24

Hometown: San Diego

Musical Influences: Heart, Celine, Skynyrd, Ray Charles, Whitney, Rolling Stones, U2, Janis, Johnny Cash, Annie Lennox

Performances: The Shadow of Your Smile, Crazy On You, I Drove All Night, Come Together, Blackbird, Total Eclipse Of The Heart, Here You Come Again, The Show Must Go On, Without You, Superstar

Voted Out: April 23, 2008