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17 Facts About Hollie Cavanagh

1.

Hollie Jessica Cavanagh was born on 5 July 1993 and is an English-American singer.

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Hollie Cavanagh placed fourth on the eleventh season of American Idol.

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Hollie Jessica Cavanagh was born in Liverpool on 5 July 1993, the daughter of Lorraine and Peter Cavanagh.

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Hollie Cavanagh has two older brothers named Luke and Aaron.

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Hollie Cavanagh grew up in the Allerton suburb of Liverpool, and moved with her family in 2002 to McKinney, Texas.

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Hollie Cavanagh started singing when she was 15 and had been singing for a few years before she joined American Idol.

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Hollie Cavanagh attended St Austin's Primary School in the Aigburth suburb of Liverpool and later graduated from McKinney Boyd High School, in 2011.

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Hollie Cavanagh was only shown in the Las Vegas Round performing a medley of "Mr Sandman" by The Chordettes and "Please Mr Postman" by The Marvelettes with Naomi Gillies and Marissa Pontecorvo and in the Green Mile Round with fellow American Idol contestants, Shelby Tweten and Ariel Sprague.

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Hollie Cavanagh sang "Change" by Carrie Underwood in the Sing for Your Life Round and was given nice feedback by the judges.

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Hollie Cavanagh's performance received praise from the judges, with Lopez saying that Hollie could win the show, while Steven Tyler wanted her to let her hair down, but called her performance beautiful.

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Hollie Cavanagh was again sent to the bottom 3, but was declared safe first as DeAndre Brackensick was eliminated.

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At the Top 7 performance show, Hollie Cavanagh sang "Perfect" by Pink receiving mixed feedback from the judges.

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At the second Top 7 performance night Hollie Cavanagh sang Adele's "Rolling in the Deep".

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Hollie Cavanagh ended up in the bottom 3 again, but was safe as Elise Testone was eliminated.

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Hollie Cavanagh performed two solo songs, "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele and "Give Your Heart a Break" by Demi Lovato.

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Hollie Cavanagh released her second single, "Girlfriend", on 25 November 2013.

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Hollie Cavanagh is a fan of her hometown football team Liverpool FC, and named her dog Shankly after Liverpool manager Bill Shankly.