The lone single from the CD, "Emotional", was released to radio in November 2004, peaking at number 54 on the Mediabase Pop Chart. As of fall 2008, the album had sold 168,000 copies with little to no advertising. The album debuted at number 52 on the Billboard 200 and included songs written by future American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi, as well as Desmond Child, Adam Shankman, and Andreas Carlsson, among others. She recorded her debut album in between Idol summer tour stops.ĭeGarmo's debut album, Blue Skies, was released on December 7, 2004, to opening week sales of 47,000. The single also included her version of " I Believe" and a remake of Melissa Manchester's "Don't Cry Out Loud". The single reached number 2 in Canada and number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The songs DeGarmo sang on the show follow:ĭeGarmo was signed to RCA Records shortly after the Idol finale and released her single, " Dreams," on June 29, 2004. She performed around the country with the rest of the third season top ten contestants during the summer of 2004. She was 16 years old at the time she competed. She became one of the front runners by week 6. ĭuring her American Idol run she was in the bottom three, three times, but she was the first contestant sent to safety each time and thus she was never in the bottom two.
In 2002, she was named Miss Georgia Teen and was also a finalist on the NBC talent search program America's Most Talented Kid.ĭeGarmo took part in the third season of American Idol in 2004, finishing second to winner Fantasia Barrino. The next year she sang at Opryland USA during the Christmas season. As a third grader she was a Coca-Cola Kid during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. DeGarmo began singing at a young age, including the 1997 Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards, and in Atlanta-based stage productions of Annie and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.Īt age ten she was part of the Cartoon Gang on The Cartoon Network, appearing in various bumper segments. Diana DeGarmo was born in Birmingham, Alabama, but was raised primarily in Snellville, Georgia.
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