1. Casey Abrams was born on February 12,1991 and is an American musician from Idyllwild, California, who finished in sixth place in the tenth season of American Idol, five weeks after being saved from elimination by the judges.
19 Facts About Casey Abrams
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Casey Abrams's father is Jewish and his mother is from a Catholic background, and Abrams grew up in an interfaith family.
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Casey Abrams spent his early years in the Chicago area, first in Evanston, Illinois, then in Wilmette, where he attended McKenzie Elementary School.
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Casey Abrams later moved to California and attended middle school and high school there.
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Casey Abrams was a student at Idyllwild Arts Academy in Idyllwild, California, where his father taught film production.
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Casey Abrams worked as a film camp counselor at Idyllwild Arts Summer Camp prior to his appearance on American Idol.
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Casey Abrams suffers from ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory disease which causes ulceration and inflammation of the colon, and that occasionally requires blood transfusions, which resulted in his having to be hospitalized while on American Idol.
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Casey Abrams auditioned for the tenth season of American Idol in Austin, Texas.
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Casey Abrams was selected as one of the Top 24 semi-finalists, but two days before he was due to perform for the semi-finals, he suffered severe stomach pains and was rushed to the hospital.
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Casey Abrams was well enough to perform on performance night, and was one of the five male vote receivers to advance to the Top 13; however, he missed the Top 13 results show due to his illness.
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Casey Abrams was the lowest vote receiver on the Top 11 result show, but was saved by the judges; they chose to save him immediately, stopping his supposedly last performance on the show halfway through it.
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Casey Abrams is the third finalist to be saved by the judges in three seasons.
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Casey Abrams was eliminated from the competition on April 28,2011, finishing in sixth place.
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On May 25,2011, Casey Abrams sang "Fat Bottomed Girls" with Jack Black on the American Idol finale.
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Casey Abrams appeared and performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in April 2011, and Live with Regis and Kelly, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and MTV's The Seven in May of the same year.
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In January, 2012 Casey Abrams signed with jazz label Concord Music Group.
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Casey Abrams has added the album to PledgeMusic and offered pre-order incentives in order to help fund the album's release.
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In 2018, Casey Abrams recorded and released his second full-length album, Put a Spell on You, whose title track is a reprisal of his final performance on American Idol.
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In 2019, Casey Abrams released Jazz, marking a full-fledged return to his jazz roots, featuring standards like "I've Got the World on a String" and "Girl from Ipanema".