Marque Lynche

Marque Lynche
Contestant
Season	Season 3
Age	22
Contestant #	47108
Placed	Top 32
Personal
Hometown	New York, New York
Gender	Male

Marque Syl Lynche, Jr. (January 3, 1981—December 6, 2015) was a contestant in Season 3 of American Idol.

Audition

Marque auditioned in New York. He sang "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt. All three judges voted "yes", sending him to the next round.

Hollywood Round

Marque was shown in the first part of Hollywood Week. Other than that, he was not shown very much, but he did manage to land a spot in the judges' Top 32.

Top 32

Marque was shown in Group 1. He sang "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler. He did not receive enough votes to make the Top 2 for his group.

Wildcard

Prior to the performances, he was one of four additional contestants who reached consideration, but were called up on stage and told they would not be performing that evening.

Trivia

• He is the older brother of Season 9 fourth place finalist Michael Lynche.
• He was the final televised audition of Season 3.
• Marque was a former member of The All-New Mickey Mouse Club in the early 1990s, in which he was credited under the name Tate Lynche. Among the cast were notable future stars, such as Oscar-nominee/Golden Globe-winner Ryan Gosling; GG-winner/Emmy-nominee Keri Russell; Grammy-winners Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, and Britney Spears; and several others.

Death

Marque was found dead in his apartment by his roommate due to alcoholism on December 6, 2015. [1]