Keeping up with Kady Malloy

Kady Malloy, the opera-singing Top 16 finalist from the seventh season of Idol, has churned out an independent EP and formed an all-girl trio with fellow Season 7 semifinalist Alaina Whitaker in the six months since leaving the show.

Kady's self-titled independent release was put on AmieStreet.com only weeks after being eliminated in March and features "Unwanted" and "Wish You the Worst." But her teaming up with Alaina and her sister, Brittney Whitaker, that is getting people to notice. On Aug. 22 Whitaker Malloy opened for Travis Tritt at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Okla.

Although not yet signed to a record label, the trio is currently working on a debut album, which should be done in the fall. They have covered Gretchen Wilson's "Here For the Party" and Martina McBride's "When God Fearin' Women Get the Blues" and have already premiered their original song "Run Sara Run."

They will next sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a Houston Rockets game on Oct. 29 at 8 p.m.