Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Ndị enyi Olivarez gwara ya ka ọ gaa nyocha n'afọ 2002 maka oge nke abụọ nke "American Idol". Ọ kụrụ Irene Cara's "Out Here On My Own" na ọkara-ikpeazụ. N'oge agba nke na-esote ebe ndị asọmpi na-ede nọmba nke ha, Olivarez masịrị ndị ọka ikpe na abụ ya "The Only Thing Special About You Is Me". Ọ banyere n'ime ndị asọmpi iri atọ na abụọ kachasị n'oge a. Mgbe ọ ruru ndị ọka ikpe kachasị elu ọ gbanwere na Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody". Ha jiri ya tụnyere onye ọbụ abụ na onye na-eme ihe nkiri bụ Bette Midler. Ọ nọ n'ime mmadụ iri na abụọ ikpeazụ ma bụrụ abụ The Supremes bụ "You Keep Me Hangin' On". N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe a chụpụrụ ya na American Idol, o nyere ọnọdụ ya dị ka onye ama ama iji kwado òtù na-ahụ maka ihe ndị ruuru ụmụ anụmanụ bụ People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Ọ gbara ọtọ maka mkpọsa ha nke "Ọ ga-akara m mma ịgba ọtọ karịa iyi ajị anụ". Ebu ụzọ kpughee mgbasa ozi ahụ na Herald Square n'etiti Manhattan ma gbasaa na Atlanta. O mekwara ihe ọma maka Atlanta Humane Society na ọkụ gbara ụlọ oriri na nkwari abalị The Station
Ọ dị mma.