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50 Best ‘American Idol’ Alumni of All Time
Billboard ranked the best 'American Idol' alumni of all time -- which 'Idol' contestants have had the best careers since leaving the show?
By  Katie Atkinson, Rania Aniftos, Fred Bronson, Stephen Daw, Kyle Denis, Paul Grein, Gil Kaufman, Jason Lipshutz, Joe Lynch, Heran Mamo, Rebecca Milzoff, Melinda Newman, Andrew Unterberger After finding online acclaim for eight EPs of R&B-leaning pop music under the pseudonym TOTEM between 2015 and 2017 – playing Lollapalooza under the alias and penning an essay for Billboard about then-President Trump’s immigration ban – Desai switched gears to acting, guest-starring on the Paul Giamatti-starring HBO series Billions(2020) and two episodes of Natasha Lyonne’s Netflix show Russian Doll(2022). Gray has been acting regularly since the show, landing a recurring role on season 3 of the Emmy-winning David E. Kelley series Boston Public in 2003; as a singer in the 2008 Anne Hathaway-starring indie film Rachel Getting Married; and with three stints on Broadway, including as a replacement for Mimi in Rent(2007) and Papa Ge in the Tony-winning revival of Once on This Island(2018).
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