Bo Bice

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Bo Bice

Bo Bice was an American Idol finalist where he became the runner-up for the 4th season of the show. After the American Idol stint, he then released his debut album The Real Thing which debuted #4 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

1 About
- 1.1 Awards & Certifications
- 1.2 Chart Toppers
2 News
- 2.1 Tours & Concerts
- 2.2 Announcements
3 Discography
4 Other artists
5 Trivia
6 Reviews
7 External Links

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About

Born as Harold Elwin "Bo" Bice III on November 1, 1975 in Huntsville, Alabama, he is an American singer and musician who joined American Idol's season 4.

He was nicknamed "Humphrey Boggarts" by his grandmother as a child in the family, and later it was shortened to, as he is now populrly known as, "Bo". At 9, he first made his mark by winning in a local school competition. He and his siblings, mother and stepfather were always moving from one city to another, and finally when he was 15, they moved to England because his stepfather was assigned by Coca-Cola in Europe. He spent his teenage years in Gerrards Cross and Seer Green and his family's neighbor was the Ozzy Osbournes. He attended London Central High School, which is a Department of Defense school primarily for children whose parents served in the military or worked in the U.S. Embassy. In high school, you would see him carrying his guitar everywhere, he also played football and atteneded proms and had several girlfriends. It was around this time that he worked with some English alternative rock musicians. In fall of 1993, he dropped out of high school to move back to Alabama, where he earned his GED,and attended classes at Calhoun Community College. Upon graduating from Calhoun, and spending a semester at the University of North Alabama in Florence, he turned professional and performed in shows across the U.S., U.K., Ireland and Eastern Europe. In 2005, he was discovered to have been charged with cocaine possession and marijuana possession before he auditioned for Idol, but as with fellow contestant Scott Savol, he had been forthcoming to Idol producers about the arrests, and was consequently allowed to remain in the competition.

Using a Southern Rock musical approach, Bice did not fit into the normal American Idol mold but his early perfomance of The Allman Brothers Band's The Whipping Post drew raves from judges and and established him as one of the competition's favorites. In Alabama, May 24 was declared as "Bo Bice Day" by Governor Bob Riley. In fact Bice's pride of being an Alabama native resulted in adoption of the hit song Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrdas his "theme" during his tenure in American Idol.

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Awards & Certifications

The album The Real Thing has been certified gold by RIAA Certification.

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Chart Toppers

Year	Title	US	US Pop	Album
2005	Inside Your Heaven	#2	#1	Inside Your Heaven (single
	Vehicle		#82	Inside Your Heaven (single)
2006	The Real Thing (single)	#56	#33	The Real Thing

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News

Tours were cancelled because of his surgery.

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Tours & Concerts

Date	Venue	City
10/25/06	Playmakers Pavilion	Fargo, ND
10/26/06	Myth	St Paul, MN
10/27/06	Soaring Eagle Casino	Mt. Pleasant, MI
10/28/06	Executive Inn	Owensboro, KY
11/18/06	MixFest	Austin, TX