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Taylor Hicks

Age: 33
Height: 6' 1"

Birth Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Born: Oct. 7th, 1976

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Taylor Hicks' Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
American Idol	Taylor Hicks

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:

He is the second American Idol winner from Birmingham, Ruben Studdard being the first.
Not only is he the oldest person to win American Idol, he is also the first white man to win, and the first guy to win over a girl in the finale.
Made the top final 2 on "American Idol: The Search for a Super Star"
According to his grandmother, Taylor has never had any music lessons. He came running up to her when he was about twelve years old saying, "Grandma, you've got to hear this!" Then he sang Otis Redding's "Try A Little Tenderness" for her.
Plays guitar and a "blues" harmonica or "harp." He writes most of his own songs. He has a CD entitled: Under the Radar.
"Do I Make You Proud" debuted at #1 on Billboard Hot 100.
He left college before graduating and went to Nashville for nine months to pursue a musical career. He has played for various venues around the United States. He has even played a couple nights at the Playboy Mansion.
In his Idol audition, Simon predicted he'd never "make it to the finals", but instead ended up winning American Idol without ever being in the bottom two or three. Simon quickly took back his words on the first week of voting.