Ayla Brown - 2006 American Idol Finalist Ayla Brown

American Idol announced their 2006 finalists - 12 men and

12 women. Among the female finalists was seventeen year-old Ayla Brown

of Mass. I must say that, at first, I wasn’t convinced of Ayla Brown’s

talent and remain a not-so-big-fan of her raspy voice… but Ayla is

poised and seems unfazed by the media and attention. Tonight will be

telling for Ayla as he must compete against her peers - I suspect that

she will pass the early rounds as her looks and decent sound will be

enough. I do not think that Ayla Brown will be a top 8 finalist though!

Feb. 20th Ayla Brown Update

Fox posted their Ayla Brown factoids - the night before the

first week of voting begins (Tuesday is the women’s competition,

Wednesday is the men’s, and Thursday is the voting). Below are the Ayla Brown facts from Fox:

Age: 17

Hometown: Wrentham, MA

Audition City: Boston

Favorite Female Artist: Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, Whitney Houston

Favorite Male Artist: Luther Vandross, Josh Groban, Boyz 2 Men

February 28th Update for Ayla Brown

Ayla Brown had a really interesting night. Altough I didn’t enjoy

her “I Want You to Need Me” rendition - the judges were all (and I

quote) ’surprised’ at her growth and strong performance. I still think

that she is too robotic and doesn’t have the best - or most exciting -

voice OR personality. That said, Ayla will be saved be a few things: 1)

her good looks, 2) her work ethic and 3) a couple disasterous

performances from Brenna, Heather and Kinnik!

THE 24 AMERICAN IDOL FINALISTS (SEASON 5)

Ace Young

Ayla Brown

Brenna Gethers

Bucky Covington

Chris Daugherty

David Radford

Elliot Yamin

gedeon mckinny

Heather Cox

Jose “Sway?Penala

Katherine McPhee

Kelly Pickler

Kevin Covais

Lisa Tucker

Mandiza Hundley

Melissa McGhee

Paris Bennett

Patrick Hill

Rebecca O’donahue

Robert Bennet

Stephanie Scott

Taylor Hicks

Will Makar

Note: As the 2006 American Idol season continues, I will continue

to update these individual singer and performer guides with information

about each of the Idols. Enjoy the guides and feel free to let me know

if there is information I’ve missed or should post!