Only 16 and a junior in high school in Snellville, GA, Diana DeGarmo was the youngest finalist of #American Idol 2004, but you wouldn't have guessed it from her powerful, confident voice. Growing up a show-biz kid surely helped. DeGarmo had been in Atlanta-based productions of +Annie and +Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at a young age and performed at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the Coca-Cola's "Olympic Kids." She later became a cast member of Cartoon Network's #Cartoon Gang and got her first taste of televised talent shows when she became a finalist on NBC's #America's Most Talented Kid. Being too young to audition for the first season of #American Idol frustrated DeGarmo to the point of boycotting it, but taking a peek midseason, the young hopeful became a massive Kelly Clarkson fan.
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