Flashback: Alaina Alexander's "Not Ready to Make Nice"

Alaina Alexander was one of the promising female vocalists in the early rounds of Idol's sixth season, but something happened to her during the semifinals that caused her to falter in a big way. After a less than exceptional showing during Top 24 week, Alaina struggled through the Dixie Chicks' "Not Ready to Make Nice" in Top 20 week. Re-watch the performance below:

This pitchy performance is ultimately what lost Alaina her shot at making it far in the competition, but she probably never had a great shot out outlasting some of the more powerful vocalists in her season like Jordin Sparks and Melinda Doolittle.

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IDOL LIVE Blog - Hollywood Week, Pt. 3 (2/10/09)

Join us tonight at 8 p.m. ET was we blog during the third episode of Hollywood Week. By now we've seen the best and worst that H-town has to offer, so how much more material has actually been shielded from us? Odds are there's more than plenty to still go around.

Tonight's blogcast will feature music from Alaina Alexander, Chris Sligh, Kady Malloy, Paris Bennett and Taylor Hicks.

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Keeping up with Alaina Alexander

Season 6's Top 20 semifinalist Alaina Alexander was never able to stand out amongst a crowded field back in 2007, but she is taking her subsequent career one step at a time.

In addition to manning her own official music MySpace page, Alaina also has a YouTube account where she features intimate performances of original songs like "Sunday Afternoon" and "Sunshine."

Alaina has been out performing in more places than just her bedroom. She has appeared at Los Angeles-area club venues to perform with fellow Idol semifinalist Amanda Avila (Season 3) such as the song "Ode to LA."

On the recording front, Alaina has three songs including "Bad Name," "Believe" and "How I Feel," featured on the second volume of Curtain Call - New Songs from Past American Idol Finalists, which is available on iTunes.

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