Lindsey Cardinale

Before her experience on American Idol, she has performed at dozens of local fairs and festivals, as well as weddings.

After watching American Idol's Seasons 1, 2, and 3, she noticed that few of the contestants performed country music. She decided to audition with her own style of country music.

Lindsey is good friends with American Idol Season 4 winner Carrie Underwood.

Her favorite subject in school is English, while her least is History.

Her hobbies are singing and performing.

She thought that the audition process for American Idol was fair.

The hero in her life is her mom.

Lindsey loves to color.

If she couldn't sing, she would like to be able to play the guitar better.

The proudest moment in her life so far was making the top 12 of American Idol.

She says that her most embarrassing moment was when she flipped out of a little red wagon at school in front of everyone.

Her favorite male artist is John Mayer, while her favorite female artist is Norah Jones.

She loves Willie Nelson and says that her friends would be surprised that she owns his CD.

Her American Idol is her mom.

Besides singing, other talents that Lindsey has are playing piano, guitar, and drums.

Her favorite type of music is country.

She first started singing when she was a child.