Brett Asa "Ace" Young (born November 15, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He came to national recognition upon appearing on the fifth season Ace Young Tickets of the popular reality television talent show, American Idol, although he was eliminated from the Ace Young Tickets competition on April 19, 2006, finishing in seventh place.
Young auditioned Ace Young Tickets for American Idol in Denver, wearing a tuque beanie and singing a rendition of Westlife's "Swear It Again" and was unanimously Ace Young Tickets passed on to the next round. American Idol judges Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson approved his entry, with Jackson Ace Young Tickets noting that Young was one of the best singers he had seen audition. Simon Cowell disagreed with Abdul and Jackson but also approved Young, with a small "yes". He Ace Young Tickets was introduced as Brett Young, with the name 'Ace' marked in quotations. Later, he told them he preferred to be called Ace, and the quotes were removed from his credits.
In the Hollywood rounds, one of the songs Ace Young Tickets he sang was "The First Cut Is the Deepest," in a duet with Chris Daughtry.
Young was one of 24 contestants to make it to the semi-finals. His first performance, using a falsetto, Ace Young Tickets was a rendition of the song "Father Figure", and he sang more verses of falsetto in the song "Butterflies," for his third performance on March 8. The judges loved both Ace Young Tickets performances. In his second performance, on March 1, he sang "If You're Not The One," to which he received mixed reviews.
On March 9, 2006, Young made it into the top twelve of American Idol. On March 14, he sang "Do I Do," because it was songs by Stevie Wonder theme week, and received Ace Young Tickets mixed reviews. On the results show, he was one of the bottom three with Melissa McGhee and Lisa Tucker, but was safe.
The next week, on March 21 was 1950s songs, and he sang "In the Still of the Night." The judges enjoyed this performance: Jackson loved it, Abdul said it was the sexiest Ace Young Tickets performance he had done all season, and Cowell said it was one of his strongest performances.
For the third week, on March 28, which was songs from the past six years, he sang "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)." Jackson Ace Young Tickets said it was the wrong song choice for him and he sang it poorly. Abdul was also disappointed with the song choice but said Young sang well, nonetheless. She Ace Young Tickets pointed out Young's scar, which he had motioned to during his performance. Young explained it was from playing basketball when he tripped and fell on a bar that was supposed to hold a tree up, the bar bent down with him and narrowly missed his larynx. Cowell said the performance was not a great vocal Ace Young Tickets and "quite karaoke," and was not impressed. Young was one of the bottom three contestants, along with McPhee and Tucker.
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