<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Abangane baka-Olivarez bamncenga ukuba aye emncintiswaneni ngo-2002 ngesizini yesibili ye-American Idol. Wenza iculo lika-Irene Cara elithi Out Here On My Own kuma-semi-final. Phakathi nomqhudelwano olandelayo lapho abaqhudelana bebhala khona izinombolo zabo, u-Olivarez wahlaba umxhwele amajaji ngengoma yakhe ethi The Only Thing Special About You Is Me. Wathuthukela kwabangama-32 abaqhudelana kakhulu kule sizini. Lapho efika kumajaji aphezulu washintshela ku-Bohemian Rhapsody kaQueen. Bamqhathanisa nomculi nomlingisi uBette Midler. Wayengomunye wabangu-12 abagcina futhi wadlala ingoma ethi You Keep Me Hangin On ye-Supreme. Ngokushesha ngemva kokuba eqedwe e-American Idol, wanikela ngesimo sakhe sokuba usaziwayo ukuze asekele iqembu elivikela amalungelo ezilwane i-People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Wafaka izithombe enqunu emkhankasweni wabo othi Ngincamela ukuhamba nginqunu kunokugqoka uboya. Isikhangiso saqala ukwethulwa eHerald Square maphakathi neManhattan futhi sasetshenziswa nase-Atlanta. Wabuye wenza umcimbi wokusiza i-Atlanta Humane Society kanye nomlilo waseklabhu yasebusuku i-The Station  <response>: . futhi. 