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Taylor Hicks was born at Saint Vincent's Hospital at 3:30am Central Daylight Time in Birmingham, Alabama on October 7, 1976.
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Taylor Hicks said he found the comfort he was looking for on stage.
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The first thing Taylor ever stole was an Otis Redding LP from his friend's house. He thinks that he was in third grade when he did.
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Taylor is not only the oldest person to win American Idol, he is also the oldest winner among all worldwide versions of the show
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USA Today reported that as a child Taylor Hicks was often called Coconut Head because of his hair style.
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Taylor is the first male to win against a female in the finals.
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According to USA Today Taylor has two goldfish named Lamont and Ray.
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Hicks auditioned for American Idol in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Taylor's debut song "Do I Make You Proud" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Top 100 list.
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He is the first male American Idol contestant to win the competition without ever being in the bottom 2/3
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As of 2006, Taylor Hicks is the new spokesperson for Head & Shoulders
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Taylor's songs on American Idol
Feb. 22-Levon
Mar. 1-Easy
Mar. 8-Takin' it to the Streets
Mar. 14-"Living For The City"
Mar. 21-"Not Fade Away"
Mar. 28-"Trouble"
Apr. 4-Take Me Home, Country Roads
Apr. 11-Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Apr. 18-You Send Me
Apr. 25-Just Once
May 2-Play That Funky Music
May 2-Something
May 9-Jailhouse Rock
May 9-In The Ghetto
May 16-Dancing in the Dark
May 16-You Are So Beautiful
May 16-Try A Little Tenderness
May 23-Living For the City
May 23-Levon
May 23-Do I Make You Proud?
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Taylor Hicks owns the CD of "The Wiggles".
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Taylor's most embarrassing moment is puking on a restaurant's herb garden.
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Taylor's hair started turning grey when he was 15 years old.
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His geatest obstacle is life itself.
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He thinks the American Idol audition process is fair.
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His lucky charm is a dime.
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His favorite judge is Randy Jackson.
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Taylor's definition of an American Idol is someone who is very talented and humble.
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He owns the album "The Wiggles".
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According to Time Magazine Taylor sounds like Joe Cocker.
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Taylor on dying his hair for the American Idol finals: "[No], but hopefully I will be a little George Clooney-esque."
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Taylor Hicks: "I'm the Soul Patrolman."
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He won a talent contest in his senior year of high school.
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Compared to other Idol 5 contestants he has very little musical DNA. He has two aunts in a bluegrass duo, and his younger Brother, Sean, plays the trumped with the Georgia Tech Jazz Ensemble.
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He says the proudest moment in his life so far is making it to the finals of American Idol.
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Some rituals he does before he performs is pray and count the heads in the audience.
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One of his personal goals in life is to be as happy as possible.
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He says if he doesn't make it on American Idol he will be a broke performer.
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Taylor doesn't have any formal singing training.
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His favorite male artists are: Billy Joel, Van Morrison, and Bob Seger.
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His favorite female artist is Cyndi Lauper.
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His audition city for American Idol was Las Vegas, Nevada.
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On e-bay people bought more Taylor Hicks Items than any other idol in season 5.
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His grey hair has caught on and now some people are dying there hair grey when the go to American Idol.
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On winning American Idol, "If I win, I'm going to buy the nicest couch in the world. I have the nastiest couch in my apartment with the stuffing coming out of it."