Kimberly Caldwell Biography (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Kimberly Ann Caldwell (born February 25, 1982 in Katy, Texas) is an American singer best known for being a contestant on the second season of Fox Network's singing competition television show, American Idol and as a talk show host on the TV Guide Network. On American Idol, she was the sixth finalist eliminated and finished in seventh place.

Kim Caldwell first sang publicly at the age of five at beauty pageants. She was a five time junior vocalist winner on Star Search, and also performed at the Grand Ole Opry. In 1995, she sang at the 50th wedding anniversary of former President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush. She also appeared on the second and final season of Popstars: USA, where she was rejected from the group and told she would do better as a solo vocalist.

American Idol

Performances

• Audition: Superstition By Stevie Wonder
• Top 32: Come To My Window By Melissa Etheridge
• Wildcard: I Feel The Earth Move By Carole King
• Top 12: Nowhere to Run By Martha & the Vandellas
• Top 11: The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) By Cher
• Top 10: Anymore By Travis Tritt (Bottom 2)
• Top 09: Knock on Wood By Amii Stewart
• Top 08: (Everything I Do) I Do It For You By Bryan Adams (Bottom 2)
• Top 07: It's Still Rock and Roll to Me By Billy Joel (Eliminated)

After Idol

After appearing on American Idol, Caldwell became the first Idol contestant to pose for the men's magazine, Maxim, in a feature on "Reality TV girls" in the August, 2003 issue. That same year, she served as a correspondent for Fox Sports' extreme sports show, 54321, which only aired that year.

In 2004, Caldwell began recording her as-yet unreleased debut album with American Idol judge and record producer, Randy Jackson, and legendary songwriter Diane Warren. She has also been a correspondent reporting on American Idol for Fox News Live on the Fox News Channel, Ryan On Air with Idol host Ryan Seacrest, Showbiz Tonight on CNN Headline News, and the TV Guide Channel. Along with fellow ex-reality show performer Rosanna Tavarez of Pop Stars' Eden's Crush, Caldwell is the co-host of "Reality Chat," a weekly talk show on the TV Guide channel that chronicles the ups and downs of assorted reality TV shows. In addition, Caldwell and Tavarez report from the red carpet at award shows for the TV Guide channel and host "Idol Tonight" a behind the scenes look at American Idol also on the TV Guide Network.

She has recently attempted to move into acting, making an appearance on an episode of the short-lived FOX sitcom, Life on a Stick. Caldwell is reportedly reading scripts for other projects. She is also an industry panelist for American Idol Underground.

She is currently working on her debut album with John Rich of Big and Rich.

Discography

Albums

Cover	Album Information
	American Idol Season 2: All-Time Classic American Love Songs Tracks: 1. God Bless the USA (With Finalists) 2. What The World Needs Now (With Finalists) 9. Killing Me Softly With His Song
	TBA To Be Released: Unknown.

Singles

Cover	Music Information
	Who Will You Run To? Released: 2006 Charts: None.

Filmography

Films

• Katie (2008)
• Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)

Television

• Life on a Stick (2005)
• The 411 (2005)

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