Allison Iraheta was born April, 27, 1992. She is El Salvadorian-American. Her

family moved to America from El Salvador before she was born. At the time of the

auditions for American Idol in 2008 Allison lived in Los Angeles, California.



According to the American Idol site, Allison first started to sing when she was

five years old. She wanted to audition for American Idol since she was nine years

old.



When Allison was 14 she competed in a Telemundo (a Spanish-language American

television Network) singing competition called Quinceanera. Quinceanera combines

reality and game show genres like American Idol, making it a talent competition

between 10 girls, ages 14 and 15, who will compete to realize their dream of

becoming a star. She won the competition, $50,000 and a recording contract. Allison

claimed the $50,000 but did not sign the recording contract because she wanted to

audition for American Idol when she turned 16.



In 2008 Allison auditioned in San Francisco California for the singing-reality

competition American Idol hosted on FOX . She became on of the youngest singers

to make it into the top ten. Allison was voted off the show May 6, 2009 finishing in the

4th position.



According to the American Idol site Allison has had formal singing training. She

says she wants to follow her dream of becoming a singer. When asked if she

couldn't sing what would she do she responded - -play the guitar. Her musical

influences are Pink, Beck, Katy Perry, Mariah Carey and Heart. She says if she

could redo any moment in her life she wouldn't want to change a thing.


Allison is currently under contract to 19 Entertainment until the end of the 2009
 
American Idol tour.



She will be touring this summer 2009 with American Idols Live. Tickets go on sale

May 9th, 2009 For The Live Concert Tour.










For more ticket and tour information, fans can visit ticketmaster.com (but check

local venues for proper ticket sale information), americanidol.com and

aeglive.com.