Thia Megia

Thia Megia
Contestant
Season	Season 10
Age	15
Contestant #	71426
Placed	Top 11
Personal
Hometown	Mountain House, California
Gender	Female

Thialorei Lising "Thia" Megia (born January 30th, 1995) was a contestant on Season 10 of American Idol.

Audition

Thia auditioned in Milwaukee. She sang "Chasing Pavements" by Adele. All three judges voted "yes", sending her to the next round.

Hollywood Round

Thia was shown in the first part of Hollywood Week, singing "Summertime". On the third round, she sang "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong. She was placed in Deliberation Room 4, along with Naima Adedapo, Carson Higgins, Julie Zorrilla, Jovany Barreto, Rachel Zevita and Scotty McCreery. Everyone in her room advanced.

Las Vegas Round

In Las Vegas, she was shown singing "Here Comes the Sun" with Melinda Ademi. Afterwards, she advanced along with Scotty McCreery, Jordan Dorsey, Ashthon Jones, Robbie Rosen and Lauren Alaina.

For her final solo performance back in Hollywood, she sang "You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban. At the final deliberation, she was called up alongside Jessica Cunningham and she was told that Jessica advanced to the Top 24 and she did not.

Top 24

Thia sang "Out Here On My Own" by Irene Cara. She was placed in the Top 5 girls with the highest number of votes, making her a Top 13 finalist.

Trivia

• Prior to auditioning for American Idol, Thia appeared on the fourth season of America's Got Talent. She made it all the way to Top 40 before getting eliminated.