UPDATE: Glen Rock Teen Taking Down Competition On American Idol
Alex Ryan, 18, has made it to Idol's round of 40
UPDATE, Jan. 5, 6 a.m.: Well, Alex Ryan certainly is a prolific video-blogger. Two new clips went live on the 18-year-old's YouTube channel after midnight late this morning. In one 5 minute clip, Ryan performs an original song in what appears to be Glen Rock High School. The song, "Jane," is a lilting, bare-bones, Ben Folds-inspired love song. The other video is a short confessional in which Ryan petitions his fans to request cover songs for him to perform on the YouTube channel, then talks about his t-shirt. "I feel like I should explain my shirt because I'm wearing a shirt that says, 'We're all going to get naked and play twister on my mom's waterbed,'" Ryan says in the video. Please do explain, Alex. Apparently, the quote is from the …
Cathy Flaherty
1:05 pm on Tuesday, January 18, 2011
So awesome to hear the great news Alex!! Hope your having a blast...way to go Glen Rock high school for producing such talented kids. Who would of thought that you and danny would make it big at the same time!!! Were you planning this way back when during those "play dates" back in kindergarten??!!lol best of luck to you Alex I will be watching and actually voting this year!!! more ›