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Hannah Nicolaisen of American Idol Season 21

American Idol returns to ABC on Sunday, Feb. 19 for its Season 21 premiere.

Here’s a bit more about Hannah.

* She’s from Houston, Texas and a graduate of Cypress Woods High School.

* Post-high school, she studied science, technology, engineering and mathematics at Cowley College in Kansas.

* She then studied exercise science at the University of Illinois Springfield, graduating in 2022. She also played volleyball there.

* According to her student profile, her non-music goals including coaching volleyball and pursuing a master’s degree in psychology.

* She performs live music in the Montgomery, Alabama, area.

* Hannah doesn’t appear to have released music yet, but has impressive originals — in the female singer-songwriter vein — on both YouTube and TikTok. Check out a song called “Chariot” below.

* In a recent one-minute life update on TikTok, she describes herself as a musician who quit her 9 to 5 job at an IT recruiter with “no guarantee of any success.”

* “I feel like I’m trying to trust my gut a lot. That’s been the theme of the last several months … There’s been some really cool doors and opportunities that have opened up,” she adds. Here’s betting one of those is Idol.

* And it appears lots has been happening with Hannah. She also recently got engaged, showing off a ring and a fiance in a December Instagram post.

* About that last name, Hannah explains on Instagram that it’s pronounced: “Nickel-Ice-Inn.”

Hannah on social media:
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@itshannahsmusic This kinda love hits different 💕🫶🏻#originalsong #songwriter #mysong #fallinginlove #newcouple #couple #healing ♬ Chariot by Hannah Nicolaisen – hannah nicolaisen