Katelyn Tarver Quick Facts
Hometown: Glennville, GA
Favorite Color: Turquoise
Favorite Food: my mom's roast beef and mashed potatoes and gravy
Favorite Song: It changes but I've always loved "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston. It's always a fun song to sing.
Hobbies: I love to go to our house on the river with all of my friends and go tubing and jet-ski riding.
Pets: 3 dogs - Ella, Sophie and Gracy
Favorite Actor: Adam Brody
Favorite Actress: Rachel McAdams
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Chocolate!
Favorite Movie: The Notebook and Shrek
Favorite Sport: gymnastics
She's best known as a finalist on the hit TV series American Idol Juniors, where she won the heart of America each week, entertaining a cumulative audience of 35 million people.
She has since shared the stage with Kimberly Locke, headlined the Camplified Tour in the summer of 2005, and performed at major venues around the U.S.
As if her blossoming music career wasn't keeping her busy enough, she can be seen in numerous commercials and print ads and in the upcoming film The Barbie Diaries playing the title role.
In the small friendly town of Glennville, Georgia, Katelyn Tarver grew up in a home filled with music. Her mother was a member of the church choir and her father is an avid southern blues guitarist.
As Katelyn tells it, "There was always music in our life, the church, the house and always the car radio."
At an early age, Katelyn taught herself "the feel" and "interpretation" of pop music, and before long was developing her own distinctive style.
Eager to perform for a larger audience than just family and friends, the Tarver's traveled to Chattanooga, Tennessee in 2003 to audition for American Idol Juniors. Katelyn's talent left the producers speechless and she was immediately awarded a spot on the show.
Katelyn received tremendous critical praise from judges Deborah Gibson and legendary pop vocalist Gladys Knight, all the while building a solid fanbase each week as one of the show's ten finalists.
Upon Katelyn's return to Georgia, Katelyn began recording demos and performing numerous shows in the southeastern part of the United States.
One of the demos made its way to New York City and into the hands of Tom and Concett Bradley at their record label TC Music. Katelyn was signed to TC Music in late summer of 2004, and began recording in New York and Los Angeles with such producers as Mattias Gustafsson (Backstreet Boys) and Kevin Savigar (Josh Gracin and Rod Stewart).
Katelyn has worked with noted New York City fashion photographers Steve Azzara and Peter Brown, all the while maintaining her busy performance schedule that includes headlining selected tour dates on the summer 2005 "Camplified Tour," acting/modeling appearances in commercials and print media for VH1, MTV, BET, Cosmo Girl and Teen People, as well as being featured in the spring 2005 issue of Super Model Unlimited Magazine.
Katelyn is signed with Wilhelmina Modeling Agency, Abrams Artist Management and Val's Artist Management for print, on-camera and commercial vocal representation.
Katelyn's debut album entitled "Wonderful Crazy" not only showcases Katelyn's singing talent but also shows a smart young woman with her choice of lyric content.
In the song "Something In Me," Katelyn lends a voice to all young people trying to find their way in life. With the track "I'll Make It Real," Katelyn sings about being strong and believing in one's self.
In addition, Katelyn shines songs like "Undeniable" and "Rain" that show the happiness, fun and drama associated with teen life and love. The album's title cut "Wonderful Crazy" gives Katelyn a chance to let her hair down and rock out.
"We've had lots of fun working on the album," says Katelyn. "Now I just can't wait to continue to sing and perform the songs in front of live audiences."
Katelyn Tarver is the perfect balance between innocence and attitude. Her debut CD Wonderful Crazy is in stores everywhere.
