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When Idols meet idols. (the Buzz).


THIS COULD BE THE START of a new mentoring program: Superstars Supporting Prematurely Booted American Idol American Idol is an annual American televised singing competition, which began its first season on June 11, 2002. Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the British reality program Pop Idol.  Contestants. Shortly after becoming the first second-season AI finalist to get the hook, Vanessa Olivarez Vanessa Denae Olivarez (born February 3, 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American singer best known as the first finalist to be eliminated on the second season of the television series American Idol.  (left) was shopping at Los Angeles's Beverly Center The Beverly Center is a shopping center in Los Angeles, California, United States. Description
The Beverly Center is a monolithic eight-story structure located at the edge of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, California, between La Cienega and San Vicente boulevards.
 when she was approached by a fan, who turned out to be Tammy Lynn Michaels Tammy Lynn Michaels (born Tammy Lynn Doring November 26, 1974, in Lafayette, Indiana), also known by the surname Etheridge after exchanging vows with Melissa Etheridge,[1] is an American actress. , Popular actress and girlfriend of Melissa Etheridge.

"The next thing I knew," says Etheridge, "I got a phone call from Tammy saying, 'Honey, we've got company for dinner.' She is very warm that way."

The couple also hooked Olivarez up with pal Kathy Najimy, who invited the fuchsia-haired firecracker to perform onstage with her husband Dan Finnerty's band, the Dan Band. As consolation prizes go, it sure beats a lifetime supply of Rice-A-Roni.
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Title Annotation:American Idol contestant Vanessa Olivarez
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 29, 2003
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