Katharine McPhee

The complete name Katharine Hope McPhee is an American actress, pop singer and model who was the second winner on the fifth season of American Idol reality show in 2006.

Los Angeles, California is her birth place, March 25,1984. McPhee moved to Sherman Oaks neighborhood with her parents and sister at was age 12 years old. McPhee has been singing since the age of two. Her mother, Patricia Burch McPhee is a vocal coach and accomplished cabaret singer, recognized a talent for music in her daughter and decided to train her. Her father, Daniel McPhee, is a television producer and her older sister, Adriana Burch McPhee is an aspiring producer as well. McPhee has Irish, German and scotish lineage.

Katharine McPhee graduated in 2002 from Notre Dame High School. At Notre Dame High School,she was a swimmer and a thespian. McPhee performed in school plays with her elder sister Adriana; both sisters were Homecoming Princess nominees in their senior year. After that, McPhee attended for three semesters at Boston Conservatory, majoring in musical theater. McPhee left the college due to her manager’s suggestion that she try out for television pilots in Los Angeles. According a People news article, it was reported that she was rejected in “only 195 out of 200 auditions.”She was eventually cast as “Paramount Girl” in the 2006 musical film about the life of Hank Garland, Crazy. Other early acting activities included lead actress in local professional productions of Annie Get Your Gun and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. She was nominated in 2005 for the Theatre L.A. Ovation Award for her lead role in Annie Get Your Gun. McPhee was also piece of a failed mall-based MTV soap opera entitled You Are Here, playing the older sister of a more popular younger sister. In the soap opera, she was jealous of her popular younger sister. Mcphee married Nick Cokas on February 2.

McPhee try out for American Idol after she was persuaded by Nick Cokas and her parents. She auditioned in San Francisco, and sang “God Bless the Child”, originally performed by Billie Holiday. Paula Abdul said that McPhee was “absolutely beautiful”, Randy Jackson hailed her audition as potentially the best so far that season, and Simon Cowell complimented her for being “current” and her audition being “absolutely fantastic”. Whitney Houston and Brian McKnight is her favorite artists.
During the week preceding the top three show, she was a runner-up in the Kennel Club Finals. McPhee visited her former high school for her hometown celebration. Antonio Villaraigosa visited Notre Dame High School and proclaimed McPhee’s visit as “Katharine McPhee Day.”

McPhee’s run on American Idol led to the popular use of the term “McPheever”, coined by Ralph Garman of Los Angeles radio station KROQ’s morning show Kevin and Bean. She also referred to her fans as the “Kat Pack” and “McPhans”.
McPhee was congratulated by Congressman Brad Sherman of Sherman Oaks, the 27th district of California, who raised a flag in her honor at the United States Capitol on the day of the finale show.

During the Idol Finale, McPhee duetted with Meat Loaf. They performed It’s All Coming Back To Me Now, which Loaf had previously recorded with Rocker Chick’ Marion Raven, whose voice has been compared to Katharine’s.
During the competition, McPhee roomed with fellow contestant Kellie Pickler, and when Pickler was eliminated, she roomed with Paris Bennett.

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