Nikki McKibbin
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Nikki McKibbin (born Katherine Nicole McKibbin on September 28, 1979) was the third place contestant in the original American Idol, and one of the top twenty finalists in the first season of Popstars.
McKibbin was a cheerleader in high school. After becoming a finalist in the top 10, she was in the bottom three vote-getters on nearly every American Idol results show. This also led to a controversy over "power dialing", a claim that computer nerds helped her stay in the competition by using special modems to cast thousands of votes.
According to the American Idol archives, McKibbin is the only finalist to ever sing rock in the whole competition. Her performances of "Mary Jane," by Alanis Morrisette, and "I'm the Only One," by Melissa Etheridge led to the elimination of the presumed contest front-runner Tamyra Gray. Both of McKibbin's performances that day were highly praised by Simon Cowell. She ended her run in the third place position on the first season of American Idol, behind victor Kelly Clarkson and runner-up Justin Guarini.
She is still pursuing a singing career, and is featured on the 2004 www.thefishbowl.com Christmas album. She also appeared on a special "Reality TV Stars" episode of the NBC series Fear Factor in February 2005. Although she did not finish in first place, she did win a bonus prize of $20,000.
McKibbin owns her own karaoke business. She has a son named Tristan Cole by an ex-boyfriend, and was married from 2001 until 2002.
External links
- American Idol profile of Nikki McKibbin (http://www.fox.com/idol/contestants/ind/nicky_ozmet/index.htm)
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