American Idol: Where Are They Now?

Diana DeGarmo has dropped three dress sizes, William Hung made $1 million – catch up with Idol stars from seasons past in an excerpt from the new PEOPLE book American Idol, Where Are They Now?

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JULIA DEMATO

Idol Appearance: Season 2 (2003)
How She Did: 10th place
Being on Idol "has its good qualities and its bad," says DeMato, 28. The good? "I proved a lot to myself, because I'd never sung in front of anyone before." The bad? Seeing her name in the papers after she got arrested for DUI and drug possession in 2005. DeMato, who lives in Brookfield, Conn., now works as a hairstylist at her sister's salon, but the single mom gets in singing practice at home with son James, 1.