"I am grateful, extremely grateful for that opportunity," the musician says of his time on the reality show in 2006 Yamin, now 46, ended up placing third in the overall competition and then went on ...

If you're not among the tens of millions of people who watch American Idol each week, now is as good a time as any to meet Elliott Yamin from Season 5. Yamin is a classic Idol story: a young guy from ...

Ashley Jones is just like the rest of us: she loves American Idol. The Bold and the Beautiful actress acted like a crazed 12-year old when she ran into former finalist Elliott Yamin backstage… Ashley ...

Elliott Yamin didn't really expect to win on "American Idol." And he didn't. But it didn't matter. It was the exposure that counted. Yamin got plenty, finishing third on the show's fifth edition, ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Ahead of the Richmond Jazz and Music Festival over the weekend, 8News spoke with vocalist and American Idol contestant Elliott Yamin along with bandmate Lao Tizer who will be ...

Yamin hopes to hit the road on a national tour before heading to Japan in the fall, where he has maintained a consistently faithful fan base. He recently completed a six-week residency in Branson, Mo.

Elliott Yamin isn't like other "American Idol" alumni. He doesn't diss the judges, doesn't get defensive about being on the show and he doesn't have publicists who tell journalists not to ask ...

A funeral service for Claudette Yamin, mother of singer Elliot Yamin, will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Bliley's-Central, 3801 Augusta Ave. in Richmond. Interment will be private. Mrs. Yamin died ...

My research has been less than scientific, but I’m fairly certain that Elliott Yamin is the nicest contestant American Idol has ever seen: When he missed a phone interview we had scheduled one ...

American Idol alumnus Elliott Yamin has nothing but good things to say about his time on the reality competition show — and the lifelong friendships it created. Yamin, now 46, ended up placing third ...