Amanda Overmyer is a rock singer of a nurse. And she wants to be our next American Idol! From Mulberry, Indiana, this motorcycle chick...
Few were shocked when Amanda Overmyer was given the boot on American Idol Wednesday night. Including Amanda herself.
"I just know how different I am," Overmyer told reporters during a Thursday conference call. "I know that I target an older audience and a different audience maybe than American Idol provides."
There was no surprise elimination on American Idol last night.
The two contestants that performed the worst on Tuesday - Kristy Lee Cook and Amanda Overmyer - were the final two left standing, as Ryan Seacrest milked every last second of the show for suspense, as usual.
We mean no offense by the following comparison. We loved the movie Beetlejuice as children.
And, come on, you can't deny that American Idol finalist Amanda Overmyer bears an uncanny resemblance to that undead character. Just don't say her name three times...
After her over-the-top version of "Carry on Wayward Son" last week, Amanda Overmyer was the most likely female to be voted off American Idol this week.
But then she toned down her hair 'do (see below), belted out a more subdued version of "I Hate Myself For Loving You" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and was told by Simon Cowell that it was one of his "favorite performances of the entire competition."
Might new Amanda Overmyer pictures make the recently released Ramiele Malubay photos seem tame by comparison?
According to unreliable celebrity gossip newspaper The National Enquirer, an individual is shopping naked pictures of this American Idol semifinalist around the World Wide Web.
Many believe people Amanda Overmyer's hairstyle is a crime.
But it's nothing compared to the actual crime committed by this American Idol semifinalist: celebrity gossip site TMZ is reporting that Overmyer was arrested for DUI in October 2006.
Now that American Idol has whittled down its contestants to the final 24, our Power Poll gets serious.
Only talented competitors remain in what many followers consider to be the show's most impressive season to date. But who is leading the pack heading into tomorrow night's performance of the top 12 males. Let's find out...
We're off to Hollywood!
As American Idol enters its fifth week of auditions, the show truly begins: contestants are judged in Hollywood and only the best of the best move one. Before they do, however, let's rank the top hopefuls so far in our third Power Poll of the season...
While Asiah Epperson was making judges cry on American Idol last night, Amanda Overmyer was making them stand up and cheer.
Check out what makes this nurse-turned-biker-babe different than most contestants:
