Waukesha West Grad's Going to Hollywood [UPDATED]
Stephanie Schimel advances to Hollywood despite criticism from Nicki Minaj.
Waukesha West High School graduate is getting her second chance – despite anything Nicki Minaj had to say. Stephanie Schimel told Waukesha Patch that while judges in Season 10 of American Idol loved her, when it came to the Season 12 auditions, Minaj was a tough one to please. "Going into the audition, I thought she was going to be the one to like me," Schimel said about Minaj. Instead, Schimel said Minaj told her she has a "pretty voice, pretty face, but it doesn’t look like I have it." "She isn’t my biggest fan," Schimel said. It didn't matter. Schimel is on her way to Hollywood for the second time. She was kicked off the show in the first round of Hollywood in Season 10. Only minutes into the show, Schimel's Facebook page was filled …
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gail
1:58 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
So cool and inspiring. I mean my eyes teared up nice to hear a girl from Waukesha from where I was born and raised make it this far more ›