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Cortez Shaw (born December 8th, 1991) was a contestant on Season 11 and Season 12 of American Idol.


Season 11 Audition[]

Cortez auditioned in Galveston. He sang "Someone Like You" by Adele. All three judges voted "yes", sending him to the next round.

Season 11 Hollywood Round[]

Cortez's stay in Hollywood was not shown much, but it is presumed that he was eliminated sometime whilst there.

Season 12 Audition[]

Cortez's audition was not televised, but a flashback showed that he auditioned in Oklahoma City.

Season 12 Hollywood Round[]

Cortez was shown in the first part of Hollywood Week, singing "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston. Though his performed split the judging panel, he was given a second chance and advanced. He was later shown in a group called "Young Love" with Zach Birnbaum, Nate Tao and Elijah Liu singing "Some Kind of Wonderful" by Soul Brothers Six. Everyone in the group advanced and for his final solo performance, he sang "Sunny" by Bobby Hebb. He advanced along with Devin Velez, Gurpreet Singh Sarin, Devan Jones and Adam Sanders. He eventually did enough to advance to the Top 20 Guys.

Top 40[]

Cortez appeared in Male Group 2 sang "Titanium" by David Guetta, ft. Sia. Afterwards, the judges told him he did enough to become a semifinalist.

Top 20[]

Cortez sang "Locked Out of Heaven" by Bruno Mars. He did not manage to place among the five highest voted male contestants, eliminating him from the competition.

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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