Taylor Reuben Hicks (born October 7, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Hicks got his start as a professional musician in his late teens and performed around the Southeastern United States for well over the span of a decade, during which he also released two independent albums. He rose to prominence in the year 2006 as the winner of the fifth season of "American Idol". Upon winning the music competition, he was signed to Arista Records, …

Christopher Adam "Chris" Daughtry (born December 26 1979) is an American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist of Daughtry, a band he formed in 2006. He is also known as the fourth-place finalist on the highly publicized fifth season of "American Idol", rejected from the competition on May 10 2006. After his fallout from "Idol", his band's self-titled debut album sold more than 1 million copies after just 5 weeks of release.

Paris Ana'is Bennett (born August 21, 1988 is an American singer. She came to national recognition as a contestant on the fifth season of the reality television talent show, "American Idol", and was eliminated from the competition on May 3, 2006, finishing in fifth place. On May 8, 2007, Paris Bennett released her debut album "Princess P" on 306 Entertainment/TVT Records

Katharine Hope McPhee (born March 25, 1984) is an American pop singer who was the runner-up to Taylor Hicks on the fifth season of "American Idol" in 2006.

Kellie Dawn Pickler (born June 28, 1986) is an American country music singer and songwriter who finished sixth on the fifth season of the Fox television series "American Idol". Despite being eliminated, Pickler signed a recording contract with the record company BNA Records, a country label owned by RCA Records and Sony BMG Music Entertainment in conjunction with "Idol" series creator Simon Fuller's 19 Recordings Limited.

Elliott Yamin (born Efraym Elliott Yamin on July 20, 1978) is an American singer who is known for being the third-place finalist on the fifth season of "American Idol".

Sean Astin (born Sean Patrick Duke on February 25, 1971) is an American film actor, director, and Oscar-nominated producer, most famous for his film roles as Mikey in "The Goonies", the title character of "Rudy", Samwise Gamgee in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and Drew Barrymore's steroid-juiced brother in "50 First Dates". He also appeared as Lynn McGill on the fifth season of the television series "24".

William Joel "Bucky" Covington III (born November 8, 1977) is an American Country Music Singer. He originally came to fame when he arrived at 8th place on the 5th season of "American Idol". In early 2006, he was the 5th contestant to be eliminated from the final 12. In December 2006, he signed a recording contract with Lyric Street Records, and released the single, "A Different World", on January 16, 2007.

Brett Asa "Ace" Young (born November 15, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He came to national recognition upon appearing on the fifth season of "American Idol", although he was eliminated from the competition on April 19 2006, finishing in seventh place. He's named after his maternal great grandmother and hall of fame baseball player George Brett, and hails from the same home town as Jessica Biel and former American Idol contestant Samantha Cohen.

Lisa Gabrielle Tucker (born June 13, 1989) is an American singer, musical theater and television actress who was the tenth-place finalist on the fifth season of "American Idol".

Kevin Patrick Covais (born May 30 1989) was a fifth season "American Idol" participant from Levittown, New York. He was the second finalist eliminated from the competition on March 22, 2006, making him the eleventh-place finalist.

Melissa Christine McGhee (born September 14, 1984 in Tampa, Florida) is an American singer and was the 12th place finalist on the fifth season of "American Idol".

Sean Yazbeck (born 1972 in London, England) is a businessman, actor, and the winner of the fifth season of the reality show, "The Apprentice", where candidates compete in several tasks on a 15-week "job interview" for a position in one of billionaire Donald Trump's companies. He is the first non-American to be selected during the run of The Apprentice.

Jack Kelly (born in Astoria, Queens, New York, September 16, 1927- died November 7, 1992 in Huntington Beach, California) was an American film and television actor most noted for the role of Bart Maverick in the TV series "Maverick", which ran on ABC from 1957 to 1962. Kelly shared the series, rotating as the lead from week to week, first with James Garner as Bret Maverick (1957-1960) then with Roger Moore as Beau Maverick (1960-1961), …

Mandisa Lynn Hundley (born October 2, 1976), most commonly known simply as Mandisa, is an American singer and was the ninth-place finalist in the fifth season of "American Idol".

Chris Daugherty (born August 29 1970 in West Jefferson, Ohio) is the winner of "Survivor: Vanuatu" and won $1,000,000 on December 12 2004. He also earned the title of "Sole Survivor" and was the first male contestant in two years, since the Thai fifth season in 2002, to win Survivor. He is also the most popular contestant from the Vanuatu installment on CBS

Hoyt Corkins (born Glenwood, Alabama) is an American professional poker player, known for his softly-spoken voice and his aggressive style. He started playing at the age of 19 after receiving lessons from his father. He is usually known by his nickname "Cowboy" as he always wears a cowboy hat and boots to the table. However, he has been given other nicknames, including "Mr Move All-In" by Phil Hellmuth Jr.

Jani Sointula (born 1975?) is a Finnish professional poker player from Helsinki. In November 2004, he won the Monte Carlo Millions, defeating fellow countryman Juha Helppi in the final heads-up confrontation to take home the $400,000 first prize. The final table also featured Phil Ivey, who finished 3rd and went on to win the event the following year. In March 2005, Sointula finished on the final table bubble of the first European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final.

Can Kim "CK" Hua (born July 7) is a Vietnamese American professional poker player. Can Kim Hua is one of the most active players in professional poker today, and in the last six years he has finished in the money in more than 100 events. Despite his success, Can Kim Hua is not a well known player outside of the poker community. In June 2006 at a pot limit World Series of Poker event, he held 7-2 against Rafe Furst with A-A. Rafe limped in and CK raised.

Joseph (Joe) Tehan (born September 15 in Utica, New York) is an American professional poker player. Joe was introduced to poker at college where he played with his friends. He started out playing low limits, but soon began travelling to casinos to play at higher stakes. After completing his Masters in Business Administration he decided to move to Las Vegas and play poker professionally. Joe started out his poker career as a ring game player.

Stanley Weiss is an American professional poker player residing in Nashville, Tennessee. In May 2006, Weiss won the World Poker Tour (WPT) fifth season Mirage Poker Showdown and earned $1,084,037. On the final hand he held K&spades; <font color="red">5&diams;</font> and outdrew Harry Demetriou's <font color="red">K&hearts;</font> 6&clubs; on the river. Weiss had also won a preliminary event at the Mirage Poker Showdown before his WPT victory.

Brian Fidler (born 1978?) is the first poker protege of Daniel Negreanu, from Stamford, Connecticut. Fidler graduated with a degree in accounting from Sacred Heart University. After winning an online poker tournament at Negreanu's website and a live single-table tournament, Fidler was tutored in poker by Negreanu. In his first major tournament as Negreanu's protege (the 2006 Mirage Poker Showdown in the World Poker Tour fifth season), he was eliminated on day one, …