Josiah Leming, the car-inhabiting 18-year-old teary-eyed Top 50 contestant from Idol's seventh season drew a lot of sympathy from viewers when he was prematurely cut by the judges in the Hollywood week round, just shy of making the coveted Top 24. Josiah's story was one of the more primarily focused on from the audition stage, and it carried him far beyond Idol.
After the Morristown, Tenn., native performed his original composition, "To Run," on Ellen, Josiah was reserved to posting updates to his fans via his MySpace through videos of his performances of both original and cover songs. To top off all the legions of fans he has picked up following his short stint on Idol, MTV News last Wednesday reported that he signed an indie deal with Warner Bros. Records, and is already out in Los Angeles working on the disc.
USA Today included a feature article on Josiah's post-Idol success, going as far to get in jabs at finalists that actually went far in the competition but have had their contracts yanked, like Ruben Studdard, Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee. In the article, Josiah talks of his hopes to get the album released by the end of the year, as his mother is battling terminal cancer. Per the article, Josiah said:
"It's a difficult balance between moving forward with my career here in Los Angeles, which makes my mom really happy, and trying to be with her as much as I can back in Morristown, Tenn. I want her to be here when the album comes out."Josiah, now 19, was best known for his rendition of Mika's "Grace Kelly" during the Hollywood week round.
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