Allison releases
her 1st CD

Born in Glendale, CA, Allison Iraheta is best known as a "final four" finalist on American Idol's season eight.

Allison was just six when she made her professional singing debut at a community event for La Curaçao, a local Latin supermarket.

When she was 14, her mother and sister encouraged her to try out for Quinceañera, a reality competition series on Telemundo. She sang at the audition and was immediately asked if she could fly to Mexico the next day to start the series. Allison was the ultimate winner of the show, where she took home a $50,000 prize.

With three male friends from school, she formed a band called Allison and the Dudes, and then Allison and the Gurus.

In this 2009 interview with SIDEWALKS host Cindy Rhodes, Allison talks about her experiences on Idol and making her first album, "Just Like You."

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