Crystal Bowersox timeline

Crystal Bowersox Is Born

To reach Elliston, where Bowersox was born and raised and her father still lives, it's best to avoid Google Maps. Sometimes you get Graytown, the... Read more

Crystal Bowersox Moves to Chicago

Bowersox went to the Toledo School for the Arts, then moved to Chicago at 17, where she busked and played open-mic nights, as well as Uncommon... Read more

Crystal Bowersox Auditions for 'American Idol' Season Nine

We first met Bowersox during the auditions in Chicago, the city that also gave us Katelyn Epperly and Lee Dewyze. Dressed in jeans and a suede vest... Read more

Crystal Bowersox is Hopsitalized

A medical issue could take Crystal Bowersox out of "American Idol." "Idol" executive producer Ken Warwick told host Ryan Seacrest on his radio... Read more

Crystal Bowersox Performs 'As Long As I See The Light' on American Idol

In her intro segment, Crystal reveals that she has a twin brother, and she keeps a trinket bag with her as something of a good-luck... Read more

Crystal Bowersox Performs 'Give Me One Reason' on American Idol

If her straight-outta-the-hospital performance on last week's "American Idol" established Crystal Bowersox as the unlikely front-runner, well, her... Read more

Crystal Bowersox Performs 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' on American Idol

Closing the show was this year's singer to beat, Crystal Bowersox, who couldn't miss with "You Can't Always Get What You Want." Strumming her... Read more

Crystal Bowersox Performs 'Me and Bobby McGee' on American Idol'

Though Joplin's version remains definitive, "Me and Bobby McGee" has been covered by a number of artists, including country greats Kenny Rogers and... Read more

Crystal Bowersox Performs 'Midnight Train to Georgia' on 'American Idol'

Usher thought that Crystal Bowersox had chosen the perfect R&B song for her American Idol performance this week. Crystal chose ‘Midnight Train To... Read more

Crystal Bowersox Performs 'Come Together' on 'American Idol'

Tuesday night's slightly surreal episode of "American Idol" featured a handful of eyebrow-raising moments. As the top nine contestants dipped into... Read more

Crystal Bowersox Performs 'Saved' on 'American Idol'

The best performance of the week on 'American idol' came, not surprisingly, from Crystal Bowersox, who Randy Jackson hailed as "the second coming... Read more

Crystal Bowersox Performs 'People Get Ready' on 'American Idol'

Bowersox's emotion-packed cover of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions' 1965 hit "People Get Ready" was like a greatest hits of past "Idol"... Read more

Crystal Bowersox Performs 'No One Needs to Know' on 'American Idol'

Crystal's picked No One Needs to Know, a No. 1 country hit from 1996, that she's singing as a message to her boyfriend. "He'll man up one of these... Read more

Crystal Bowersox Performs 'Summer Wind' on 'American Idol'

Summer Wind is likely the most obscure tune we'll hear tonight, and Crystal just might be turning it into a new Idol favorite. She gives it a... Read more

Crystal Bowersox Performs 'I'm Alright' on 'American Idol'

It was Hollywood week again on "American Idol" Tuesday night with the remaining contestants singing tunes from the big screen. In the end, the... Read more

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... Read more

Toledo Holds Homecoming Parade for Crystal Bowersox

The city of Toledo will kick off the festivities at 11:30 a.m. Friday in downtown in front of Owens Corning, with a parade to run down Summit... Read more

Crystal Bowersox Performs 'Maybe I'm Amazed' on 'American Idol'

Ellen DeGeneres surprised Crystal Bowersox with a text message saying that she chose "Maybe I'm Amazed" by Paul McCartney for Crystal to sing.... Read more

Crystal Bowersox Performs 'Come To My Window' on 'American Idol'

Crystal Bowersox has -- little surprise -- picked a Melissa Etheridge song, Come to My Window. "It's a song about, like, passion and love and... Read more

Crystal Bowersox Performs 'Up to the Mountain' on 'American Idol' Season Nine

Crystal's coronation song was Patty Griffin's Martin Luther King tribute "Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)," which Bowersox sang while strumming her... Read more

Crystal Bowersox Performs 'Black Velvet' on 'American Idol' Season Nine

Simon Fuller picks Alannah Myles' hit Black Velvet for Crystal Bowersox. It's a smoky, bluesy number -- a pop song, for sure, but with allusions to... Read more