Kammala wannan jumla: Abokan Olivarez sun shawo kan ta ta yi gwaji a 2002 don kakar wasa ta biyu na "American Idol". Ta yi Irene Cara ta "Out Here On My Own" a cikin wasan kusa da na karshe. A yayin zagaye na gaba inda masu fafatawa suka rubuta lambobin kansu, Olivarez ya burge alƙalai da waƙar ta "Abu na Musamman Game da Kai Ni Ne". Ta shiga cikin manyan 'yan takara 32 na kakar. Lokacin da ta isa manyan alƙalai sai ta canza zuwa "Bohemian Rhapsody" na Sarauniya. Sun kwatanta ta da mawaƙa kuma 'yar fim Bette Midler. Ta kasance a cikin goma sha biyu na karshe kuma ta yi The Supremes'"Ka ci gaba da ni Hangin' On". Ba da daɗewa ba bayan da aka kawar da ita daga American Idol, ta ba da matsayin shahararta don tallafawa ƙungiyar kare hakkin dabbobi Mutanen da ke Kula da Kula da Dabbobi. Ta tsaya tsirara don kamfen ɗin su na "Na gwammace in tafi tsirara fiye da sa gashin gashi". An fara gabatar da tallan a Herald Square a tsakiyar Manhattan kuma an buga shi a Atlanta. Ta kuma yi wani tallafi ga Atlanta Humane Society da
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