American Idol (season 3) - Finalists

Finalists

• Fantasia Barrino (born June 30, 1984 in High Point, North Carolina, aged 19 on the show) auditioned in in Atlanta, Georgia. Her audition songs were Lauryn Hill's "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and Tina Turner's "Proud Mary". She has performed from a young age with her family who had released a CD. She performed Aretha Franklin's Think in the Hollywood rounds.
• Diana DeGarmo (born June 16, 1987 in Birmingham, Alabama, age 16 on the show) is from Snellville, Georgia, and auditioned in Honolulu, Hawaii with Aretha Franklin's Chain of Fools. She was on the show America's Most Talented Kid in 2002 as well as other TV shows. She performed Ike & Tina Turner's A Fool in Love in the Hollywood rounds. At 16 years, 7 months and 26 days old, she was the youngest contestant reach into the finals until Thia Megia and Lauren Alaina made to the finals in season ten.
• Jasmine Trias (born November 3, 1986 in Honolulu, Hawaii, 17 on the show) is from Mililani, Hawaii and auditioned in Honolulu. She is the first Filipino-American contestant in American Idol who made it to the final three.
• LaToya London (born December 29, 1978 in San Francisco, California, 25 on the show) is from Oakland, California and auditioned in San Francisco with Aretha Franklin's Chain of Fools.
• George Huff (born November 4, 1980 in New Orleans, Louisiana, aged 23 on the show) auditioned in Houston, Texas with Joe Cocker's You Are So Beautiful. He performed Luther Vandross' Here And Now in the Hollywood rounds.
• John Stevens (born July 28, 1987 in Buffalo, New York, 16 on the show) is from East Amherst, New York and auditioned in New York City with Fred Astaire's "The Way You Look Tonight". He performed Tony Bennett's I Left My Heart in San Francisco in Hollywood. He remains the youngest male contestant reach into the finals.
• Jennifer Hudson (born September 12, 1981, in Chicago, Illinois, aged 22 on the show) auditioned in Atlanta with Aretha Franklin's "Share Your Love with Me.
• Jon Peter Lewis (born November 7, 1979 in Lincoln, Nebraska, aged 24 on the show) is from Rexburg, Idaho and auditioned in Honolulu with Van Morrison's "Crazy Love". He was dubbed the 'pen salesman' by Simon Cowell. He performed The Jackson 5's I Want You Back.
• Camile Velasco (born September 1, 1985 in Makati City, Philippines, 18 on the show) is from Haiku, Maui and auditioned in Honolulu with Fugees' "Ready or Not".
• Amy Adams (born July 25, 1979 in Kansas City, Kansas, aged 24 on the show) is from Bakersfield, California and auditioned in Atlanta, Georgia with Fontella Bass' "Rescue Me". She performed Jennifer Rush's The Power of Love in Hollywood.
• Matthew Rogers (born September 16, 1978 in Rancho Cucamonga, California, 25 on the show) auditioned in Los Angeles with James Ingram's "Just Once".
• Leah LaBelle (born September 8, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, aged 17 on the show) is from Seattle, Washington and auditioned in New York with Whitney Houston's "I Believe in You and Me". She auditioned with her birth name Leah Vladowski. Her family was originally from Bulgaria who defected to U.S. She performed Diana Ross' Theme from Mahogany at the Hollywood rounds. In 2011, LaBelle signed to Epic Records.