'American Idol' Season 4 Top 12 Finalists: Where are they now?

Ah, 2005. A year of chunky blonde highlights, the iPhone Nano, Myspace -- and who could forget Season 4 of "American Idol"?

Before Carrie Underwood would become Hollywood's chart-topping country-pop queen, she auditioned for the singing competition at just 21 years old. We all know how the story goes from there, but the journeys have been quite different for the rest of her fellow Top 12 finalists.

These fresh faces from well over a decade ago have been through a lot over the past 14 years. Here's what they're all up to now:

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