Tenna Torres (born February 26th, 1984) was a contestant on Season 11 and Season 12 of American Idol.
Season 11 Audition[]
Tenna's audition was not televised, but Randy mentioned during the Season 12 Quarterfinals that Tenna did audition the prior year. At least two judges voted "yes", sending her to the next round.
Season 11 Hollywood Round[]
Tenna's stay in Hollywood wasn't shown much, but she did manage to make it to the Las Vegas Round
Season 11 Las Vegas Round[]
Tenna was shown in a montage of contestants who were eliminated in the group stage.
Season 12 Audition[]
Tenna auditioned in New York. She sang "You've Got a Friend" by James Taylor. All four judges voted "yes", sending her to the next round.
Season 12 Hollywood Round[]
Tenna was shown in a group called "Urban Hue" with Kiara Lanier, Jett Hermano and Seretha Guinn singing "American Boy" by Estelle, ft. Kanye West. Everyone in the group except Seretha advanced. She eventually did enough to make the Top 20 Girls.
Top 40[]
Tenna appeared in Female Group 1 and sang "Soulmate" by Natasha Bedingfield. Afterwards, the judges told her that she did enough to become a semifinalist.
Top 20[]
Tenna sang "Lost" by Faith Hill. She did not manage to place among the five highest voted female contestants, eliminating her from the competition.
Trivia[]
- In her youth, Tenna went to Camp Mariah and got to sing and take pictures with Mariah Carey.
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 |