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Lee DeWyze

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1986 Apr 2 Lee Dewyze Is Born
Leon James "Lee" DeWyze (born April 2, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter from Mount Prospect, Illinois, who is a finalist on the ninth season of American Idol. Prior to Idol, DeWyze ...
2009 Jun 22 Lee DeWyze Auditions for 'American Idol' Season 9
Last year, "American Idol" was back in Chicago holding auditions for the popular Fox TV show, and DeWyze's buddy Vincent Ferrara convinced him to try out. They arrived at the United Ce...
2010 Feb 24 Lee DeWyze Performs 'Chasing Cars' on 'American Idol'
Some mocked Dewyze's coffeehouse-style version of "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol, but we promise you there's some potential. He'd be wise to take the judges' suggestion to embrace his rock...
2010 Mar 2 Lee DeWyze Performs 'Lips of an Angel' on 'American Idol'
Paint salesman Lee Dewyze was revealed as a juvenile-delinquent-gone-good, and he continued his winning ways with Hinder's "Lips of an Angel." Giving the hard-rock ballad a Black Crowes-s...
2010 Mar 10 Lee DeWyze Performs 'Fireflies' on 'American Idol'
Lee DeWyze is up first with Fireflies, one of the most contemporary songs we've heard this year. It's an adventurous choice -- if you think the idea of hearing Nickelback covering Owl Cit...
2010 Mar 16 Lee DeWyze Performs 'Beast of Burden' on 'American Idol'
Former paint-store clerk Lee Dewyze took on "Beast of Burden," transforming the sultry rock tune into a clap-along bro-down acoustic ditty with shades of Hootie and the Blowfish-meets-Dav...
2010 Mar 23 Lee DeWyze Performs 'The Letter' on 'American Idol'
Lee DeWyze gets big points this week for choosing the Box Tops' The Letter -- I'm assuming it's a tribute to Box Tops frontman Alex Chilton, who died last week. Lee's version sounds li...
2010 Mar 30 Lee DeWyze Performs 'Treat Her LIke A Lady' on 'American Idol'
Looking for his moment, Lee Dewyze went obscure with the Cornelius Brothers' 1971 song "Treat Her Like a Lady," rubbing his outlaw-rocker grit onto the tune. Usher was blown away by Lee's...
2010 Apr 7 Lee DeWyze Performs 'Hey Jude' on 'American Idol'
Question! What does it say that the only contestants gifted with an outside-the-box instrument were Dewyze and MamaSox? Were they the only two singers who, coincidentally, thought to haul...
2010 Apr 20 Lee DeWyze Performs 'The Boxer' on 'American Idol'
Simon & Garfunkel's "The Boxer" was personal for Lee Dewyze, who said he remembered it from his childhood, when it inspired him to play guitar. Keys told him to recite the lyrics and reme...
2010 Apr 27 Lee DeWyze Performs 'You're Still the One' on 'American Idol'
One of the hardest things to do on "Idol" is sustain momentum, to follow up one killer performance with another and keep the judges' praise — those American votes — coming. That Dewyze ha...
2010 May 4 Lee DeWyze Performs 'That's Life' on 'American Idol'
When Frank Sinatra sang "That's Life," the song became a masterpiece, a devil-may-care case study in the art of cool, careless crooning about enduring the bad days. On Tuesday night (May ...
2010 May 11 Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze Perform 'Falling Slowly' on 'American Idol'
The judges agreed that the evening's two duets, "Falling Slowly" by Crystal Bowersox and Lee Dewyze and "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman" by Michael Lynche and Casey James, were better...
2010 May 11 Lee DeWyze Performs 'Kiss from a Rose' on 'American Idol'
Dewyze got the night started with "Kiss From a Rose," a nod back to season eight contestant Danny Gokey, thanks to mentor Jamie Foxx. During the pre-performance video, the Oscar-winning a...
2010 May 14 Lee DeWyze Throws First Pitch at Wrigley Field
During his visit home to Chicago, American Idol finalist, Lee DeWyze, threw out the first pitch at a Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates game at Wrigley Field. The singer was home to dru...
2010 May 14 Mount Prospect Holds Homecoming Parade for Lee DeWyze
It's so hard to say goodbye," Lee DeWyze told more than 41,000 screaming fans after he finished the ninth song in what was to have been a three-song show Friday at Arlington Park. And ...
2010 May 18 Lee Dewyze Performs 'Hallelujah' on 'American Idol'
Going back to a song that has been pay dirt for several former "Idol" contestants, Cowell chose Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," which the judge said he suspected DeWyze could knock out of t...
2010 May 18 Lee DeWyze Performs 'Simple Man' on American Idol
Also slinging his acoustic guitar was Mt. Prospect, Illinois' Lee DeWyze, who said the lyrics to Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man" — a tune he has frequently performed at karaoke bars with hi...
2010 May 25 Lee Dewyze Performs 'Everybody Hurts' on 'American Idol' Season Nine
After a tepid opening performance that left the "American Idol" judges less than impressed, Lee DeWyze bounced back with an inspired take on R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" during Tuesday nigh...
2010 May 26 Lee DeWyze wins the Ninth Season of 'American Idol'
Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze sang, America voted, and American Idol crowned its ninth champion. After 14 weeks of competition and more then 500 million votes, another season came to a ...