Lauren Alaina, 15, from Rosville, Ga. performs in front of the judges on Thursday, Jan. 27 on FOX.Mike Wild, manager of CiCi’s Pizza in Fort Oglethorpe, has to chuckle when he thinks about the sudden success of his weekend employee, Lauren Alaina Suddeth.
“Now I have thoughts like, ‘I may have asked the next ‘American Idol’ to sweep crumbs up off the floor,” he joked.
Wild is one of several local venue managers who knew Lauren Alaina Suddeth before she became the female front-runner on Season 10 of “American Idol.” They knew the 16-year-old before she shared a spontaneous duet with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, before she sang weekly in 26 million homes.
Suddeth advanced last week to the fourth and final Hollywood Round of “American Idol,” which will air Wednesday at 8 p.m. on Fox. The Top 20 semifinalists will be revealed Thursday night.
Suddeth, daughter of Kristy and J.J. Suddeth of Rossville, honed her talent on stages from North Georgia to Nashville’s Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge.