Crystal Lynn Bowersox as we known better Crystal Bowersox was born August 4, 1985. Crystal Bowersox is an American singer-songwriter from Elliston, Ohio, who was the runner-up on the ninth season of American Idol. Crystal Bowersox s debut album, Farmer's Daughter, was released on December 14, 2010 under Jive Records.
Crystal Bowersox attended Oak Harbor High School in Oak Harbor, Ohio, and later attended the Toledo School for the Arts in Toledo, Ohio. She recently announced that she has type 1 diabetes and after her Idol career, she wants to bring more awareness to the disease.
Crystal Bowersox performed her first professional gig at the age of 10. From local bars in Toledo, Ohio, most popularly Papa's Tavern, and The Village Idiot in Maumee, OH. At the age of 17, she moved to Chicago looking for opportunity. She most commonly played as a busker at several train stations, including the Washington and Lake Redline stops. She frequented open mics, such as the Uncommon Ground Clark and Grace, and Devon locations. She also played extensively in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood. In 2006, Chicago's department of cultural affairs chose Crystal to represent Chicago folk musicians, for the Sister Cities program, "Experience Chicago", held in Birmingham, UK. In 2007, Crystal Traveled internationally on an independent small cafe tour, including Memphis, TN, Oxaca MX, Ankara, and Istanbul, Turkey.
Crystal Bowersox auditioned for American Idol in Chicago, Illinois. She sang "Piece of My Heart." Guest judge Shania Twain commented that she had a "raw, natural talent."
On March 2, 2010 Crystal Bowersox was hospitalized because of complications from diabetes, forcing a last minute switch in scheduling to give her extra time to recuperate. Bowersox confirmed the illness on the May 19, 2010 results show during an interview with host Ryan Seacrest. The men competed that day instead of the women. She sang the next day and impressed all of the judges.
The following week, her strong performance prompted Simon Cowell to state, "Right now, you are the one everyone has to beat."
After Siobhan Magnus's elimination from the top 6 of American Idol, Bowersox became the last remaining female contestant in the competition.
Crystal Bowersox is the first female contestant to make it to the finale since Jordin Sparks won the title in 2007. Crystal is also the first contestant in American Idol history to have one of their original songs played on the show, or at least during their hometown package. Crystal's original song "Holy Toledo" was played on the May 19th Top 3 Results show as the background music for her homecoming package - when she returned to Toledo, Ohio and Elliston, Ohio the previous weekend - and segued into her live performance of the same song at "Bowerstock."
During her time on Idol, Crystal Bowersox dated Tony Kusian, but the couple broke up just hours before the Idol finale.On the final performance day, in Simon Cowell's final critique on American Idol, he called her performance of "Up to the Mountain" "outstanding" and by far, "the best performance and song of the night".
On May 26, Crystal Bowersox was named the runner-up to winner Lee DeWyze.
On May 27, 2010, one day after Crystal Bowersox was announced the runner-up, it was announced that she had signed with Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment and with Jive Records. Her single "Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)" has since been released to radio stations and iTunes.
Crystal Bowersox and musician Brian Walker were married on October 10, 2010, at Uncommon Ground Café in Chicago, the restaurant where the couple had met 6 years earlier while both performing at Open Mic Night.
Crystal Bowersox 's single was to be "Hold On", but her management confirmed that the single has since been changed to "Farmer's Daughter" instead. Bowersox's debut album Farmer's Daughter is to be released to stores and iTunes on December 14, 2010.
Crystal Bowersox performed her single "Farmer's Daughter" on The Ellen Degeneres Show on December 16, 2010.
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