{"id":1057,"date":"2010-01-20T18:42:06","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T18:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2010\/01\/american-idol-season-5-finalis.html"},"modified":"2010-01-20T18:42:06","modified_gmt":"2010-01-20T18:42:06","slug":"american-idol-season-5-finalis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2010\/01\/american-idol-season-5-finalis.html","title":{"rendered":"American Idol Season 5 finalist Alya Brown daughter of new US Senator Scott Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alya_Brown_American_Idol_season5.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/118\/import\/Alya_Brown_American_Idol_season5.jpg\" width=\"189\" height=\"165\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>The senate race between winner Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Martha Coakley has a connection to, what else, American Idol.<br \/>\nSenator elect Brown&#8217;s daughter Alya was a Top 16 finalist on American Idol Season 5. Brown&#8217;s new album, <em>Circles,<\/em>hits iTunes on Tuesday.<br \/>\nFor more about the new Senator&#8217;s daughter and her upcoming album, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aylabrownmusic\" target=\"_blank\">visit Alya Brown&#8217;s Facebook page.<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>RELATED POSTS:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2010\/01\/american-idol-contestant-justi.html\" target=\"_blank\">American Idol contestant Justin Williams was also a Season 8 contestant<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2010\/01\/american-idol-season-9-boston.html\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Auditions &#8211; blogging live play-by-play<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2010\/01\/american-idol-season-9-boston-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Auditions &#8211; recap<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2010\/01\/american-idol-season-9-atlanta.html\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta audtions &#8211; Blogging live play-by-play<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2010\/01\/american-idol-season-9-atlanta-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Auditions Recap &#8211; Vanessa Wolf, Jermaine Sellers, Holly Harden, Miriam Lemnouni, Noel Reese, and Pants on the Ground<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2010\/01\/american-idol-season-9-chicago.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago auditions &#8211; Blogging live<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2010\/01\/american-idol-season-9-chicago-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">American Idol Season 9 Chicago auditions recap &#8211; Angela Martin, Charity Vance, Katelyn Epperly, John Park and boob boxing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The senate race between winner Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Martha Coakley has a connection to, what else, American Idol. Senator elect Brown&#8217;s daughter Alya was a Top 16 finalist on American Idol Season 5. Brown&#8217;s new album, Circles,hits iTunes on Tuesday. 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