50 American Idol Contestants and Where They Are Now
On 3/14/21 at 7:00 AM EDT
American Idol is in its 19th season, with episodes airing on Sunday nights on ABC. Since it began in 2002, 178 contestants have made it to the finals. While a few have achieved success on the level of Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood or Jennifer Hudson, many others have become Broadway stars or TV actors, or had their stories turned into Lifetime movies. And some have sunk without a trace.
Read on for the stories of what happened to 50 contestants, including some you will remember and some you will be surprised to know ever appeared on the show.
abuelitas … These are issues that speak to all of us.
“As we care for our senior citizens who are entering the golden years … Pacifica needs to be held accountable for its non-compliance in the last five years (with conditions) that were stipulated by then attorney general and now our vice president Kamala Harris to maintain the … bicultural and bilingual care of its senior citizens.
Actor-activist Tamlyn Tomita
“At the Kei-Ai/Sakura Gardens facilities they have failed to do so in the name of green, in the name of pushing out our residents at Sakura Gardens toward the Kei-Ai facilities, where they’re noticing the highest level of COVID-19 infections and deaths in the county.
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Millions of Californians with disabilities and underlying health conditions will become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, but continuing shortages of doses as well as ongoing uncertainties about verification and qualification still pose potential barriers to access.
The expansion marks an important step for the state’s emergence from the pandemic, and new guidance released Thursday by health officials allows high-risk people to self-attest to their eligibility a key win for advocates who worried that people would not be able to gather documentation to verify their disability or underlying condition.
But the addition of an estimated 4.4 million Californians to the eligibility list will place additional burdens on a vaccine supply that has grown steadily but not significantly. California is reserving 40% of its supply for people in underserved communities and 10% for teachers. And there are still many people 65 and older who are waiting for their vaccinations