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Charlie Askew (born November 28th, 1995) was a contestant on Season 12 of American Idol.

Audition[]

Charlie auditioned in Baton Rouge. He sang "Breakthru" by Queen and "Nature Boy" by Nat "King" Cole. All four judges voted "yes", sending him to the next round.

Hollywood Round[]

Charlie was shown in a group called "The Couch Potatoes" with Curtis Finch, Jr. and Nicholas Mathis singing "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars. Everyone in his group advanced. For his final solo performance, he sang "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye, ft. Kimbra. Afterwards, it was revealed that he advanced along with Nick Boddington, JDA and Mathenee Treco. He eventually did enough to make the Top 20 Guys.

Top 40[]

Charlie was shown in Male Group 1 and sang "Rocket Man" by Elton John. Afterwards, the judges told him he did enough to become a semifinalist.

Top 20[]

Charlie sang "Mama" by Genesis. He did not manage to place among the five highest voted male contestants, eliminating him from the competition.

Sing-off[]

On March 14th, 2013, a sing-off occurred between Aubrey Cleland and Charlie, the male and female contestant who finished in sixth place respectively in each group, for a place on the American Idol Live! Tour 2013. Charlie sang an original song "Sky Blue Diamond". He had lost the vote.

Trivia[]

Season 12
Finalists
Candice Glover ยท Kree Harrison ยท Angie Miller ยท Amber Holcomb ยท Janelle Arthur ยท Lazaro Arbos ยท Burnell Taylor ยท Devin Velez ยท Paul Jolley ยท Curtis Finch, Jr.
Semifinalists
Charlie Askew ยท Nick Boddington ยท Aubrey Cleland ยท Zoanette Johnson ยท Adriana Latonio ยท Elijah Liu ยท Vincent Powell ยท Cortez Shaw ยท Breanna Steer ยท Tenna Torres
Quarterfinalists
Melinda Ademi ยท Juliana Chahayed ยท Cristabel Clack ยท JDA ยท Rachel Hale ยท Kevin Harris ยท Jett Hermano ยท Josh Holiday ยท Brandy Hotard ยท Isabelle ยท Johnny Keyser ยท Kamaria Ousley ยท Gurpreet Singh Sarin ยท Jimmy Smith ยท Bryant Tadeo ยท Mathenee Treco ยท Shubha Vedula ยท Chris Watson ยท David Oliver Willis ยท Jenny Beth Willis
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