Cover StoryAmerican Idol: Baby Pictures!
Think Ace & Kellie are cute now? The finalists share their childhood photos
Credit: Courtesy FOX; Joseph Viles/WireImage
Updated: Thursday Mar 16, 2006 | 03:00 PM EST
More from PEOPLE
Latest News!
- Is This Week's Best-Dressed Star a Little ... Snoozy?
- Angelina: Getting Double Mastectomy Was the 'Right Thing to Do For Our Family'
- Ashley Hamilton: I Struggled with Anorexia and Bulimia
- Ancient Creature with Scissor-Like Claws Is Named After Johnny Depp
- Christoph Waltz Rushed Off French Talk Show After Sounds of Gunfire
ELLIOTT YAMIN, 27, RICHMOND, VA.
Like Kevin Covais, he suffers from Type 1 diabetes. But Yamin (left, at 5 months) faces another hurdle: 90 percent deafness in his right ear. After a series of childhood ear infections and ear-drum replacement surgery at 13, "it just hasn't worked right," he says. As for being able to sing in spite of that, "I don't know how to explain it, because I'm not a religious person. It's a gift."
