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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Carly Smithson
| image = Carly Smithson in parade.jpg
| caption = Smithson in the [[American Idol Experience]] motorcade at [[Walt Disney World]] in 2009.
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Carly Sarah Hennessy
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1983|9|12}}
| birth_place = [[Dublin, Ireland|Dublin]], Ireland
| death_date =
| death_place =
| genre = {{Hlist|[[Gothic metal]]|[[pop music|pop]]|[[soul music|soul]]}}
| occupation = {{Hlist|Singer|songwriter|actress}}
| instrument = Vocals
| years_active = 1990–present
| label = {{Hlist|[[MCA Records|MCA]]|[[Universal Republic]]<ref name="reuters.com">{{Cite news| url=http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS171127+28-Oct-2009+BW20091028 | work=Reuters | title=Universal Republic Records Signs New Rock Band We Are the Fallen | date=28 October 2009}}</ref>}}
| associated_acts = [[We Are the Fallen]]
| website =
}}
'''Carly Smithson''' (born 12 September 1983 as '''Carly Sarah Hennessy'''<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.tv.com/carly-smithson/person/613676/summary.html |title=Carly Smithson |publisher=TV.com |date= |accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref>) is an Irish soul/[[pop rock]] singer, songwriter and actress who was the sixth place finalist on the [[American Idol (season 7)|seventh season]] of ''[[American Idol]]''. In 2001, Smithson released her first studio album for [[MCA Records]] called ''[[Ultimate High]]''. Smithson was dropped from the record label in 2002. After being introduced to record producer [[Ben Moody]] in early 2009, plans for Smithson's post-''Idol'' solo album were scrapped and instead she is now the lead singer of the [[gothic metal]] band [[We Are the Fallen]].<ref name="Idol Tracker">{{Cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2009/06/carly-smithson-to-join-forces-with-exevanescence-musicians-to-become-the-fallen.html |title=Carly Smithson to join forces with ex-Evanescence musicians to become the Fallen |publisher=LA Times |date=18 June 2009 |accessdate=18 June 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620033134/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2009/06/carly-smithson-to-join-forces-with-exevanescence-musicians-to-become-the-fallen.html |archivedate=20 June 2009 }}</ref>

==Biography==

===Early life and education===
Smithson was born in [[Dublin]], Ireland, to her parents Marie Murray and Luke Hennessy.<ref name="online.wsj.com">{{Cite news| url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1014678641479060480.html?mod=Page+One | work=The Wall Street Journal | title=Pop Singer Fails to Strike a Chord Despite the Millions Spent by MCA | first1=Jennifer | last1=Ordoñez | date=26 February 2002}}</ref><ref name="blog.mattgoyer.com">{{cite web|url=http://blog.mattgoyer.com/stories/2002/02/21/popSingerFailsToStrikeAChordDespiteTheMillionsSpentByMCA.html |title=Pop Singer Fails To Strike a Chord Despite the Millions Spent By MCA |publisher=Blog.mattgoyer.com |date=4 November 2005 |accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref> After living 6 months in Dublin, Smithson and her parents moved to [[Johannesburg]], South Africa. She lived there until they moved back to Dublin when she was 4 years old. Smithson began singing around the age of 4 and has also had some experience with acting. She was featured in advertisements for [[Denny's]] Sausage for three years, starting at the age of five. In 1990, Smithson played Young Marianne in ''Fools of Fortune''.<ref name="geffen">{{cite web|url=http://www.geffen.com/carlyhennessy |title=Intersope Geffen A&M |publisher=Geffen.com |accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref> Two years later, in 1992, she joined the cast of ''Les Misérables'' and starred as Little Cosette in Ireland. When she was 10 years old, she released an independent CD titled ''Carly's Christmas Album'' which was released in the United Kingdom.<ref name="geffen" /> When Smithson was 14, her parents divorced. A year later, in 1999, she and her father moved to the United States in order for Smithson to pursue a career in music. Smithson is a [[Dropping out|high school drop-out]].<ref name="online.wsj.com"/><ref name="blog.mattgoyer.com"/>

===Personal life===
After Smithson's record deal with [[MCA Records]] dissolved, she decided to take a break from music.<ref name="mtv">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1586223/20080424/index.jhtml |title='American Idol': The Guys Have It? Carly Smithson Says Contest Is 'A Bit of a Struggle for the Ladies' |publisher=MTV |date=24 April 2008 |accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref> She met her husband Todd Smithson, a tattoo artist, in [[San Diego]]. They lived in [[Marietta, Georgia]], for a few years, where Smithson worked at an Irish bar called Fado. In a coincidental connection, [[Michael Johns (singer)|Michael Johns]] (an ''American Idol'' season 7 finalist) performed weekly at Fado, under his real name Michael Lee.<ref name="atlantajournal">{{cite web|url=http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2008/04/25/a_good_sign_for.html |accessdate=4 May 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080426183627/http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2008/04/25/a_good_sign_for.html |archivedate=26 April 2008 }}</ref> In 2005, Smithson and her husband moved to [[San Diego]], where they currently reside. Smithson has an older half-brother named Nik<ref name="tvguide">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/carly-smithson/bio/292522 |title=Carly Smithson Biography |publisher=Tvguide.com |date=28 November 2012 |accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref> and a younger sister named Shannon.
Smithson also works at Nothing Sacred, a tattoo shop in San Diego owned by her husband. Smithson has nine tattoos.<ref name="tvguide" /> During the time that she was on ''Idol'', reports claimed that her unfinished sleeve tattoo on her right arm seemed to be a drawing of [[Amy Winehouse]]. However, in an interview after her elimination, Smithson clarified that it is a drawing of a Japanese [[Geisha]], based on a painting that she owns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com/blog/2008/04/28/american-idol-carly-smithson-explains-tattoo-is-not-amy-winehouse/ |title=American Idol: Carly Smithson Explains Tattoo Is Not Amy Winehouse &#124; Reality TV Magazine |publisher=Realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com |date=28 April 2008 |accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref> On 9 June 2012, Smithson announced that she was expecting her first child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://twitpic.com/9uqyzp |title=Ok here is my big news – IM GONNA BE A MOMMY Y'ALL !!!!!! on Twitpic |publisher=Twitpic.com |date= |accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref> She gave birth to daughter Olivia Mabel Smithson on 30 September 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=MJ |url=http://www.mjsbigblog.com/carly-smithson-has-a-baby-girl.htm |title=Carly Smithson Has a Baby Girl! |publisher=mjsbigblog.com |accessdate=10 March 2012}}</ref>

==Career==
===''Ultimate High'' (1999–2001)===
{{Main|Ultimate High}}
Before the marriage to her husband Todd Smithson, Smithson (as Carly Hennessy) released an album for MCA Records called ''[[Ultimate High]]'' in 2001. Despite MCA Records spending over $2 million on the production and promotion of Smithson's debut album, it sold only 378 copies in its first three months.<ref name="cases">{{cite web|url=http://aaahq.org/southeast/2003/cases/SubID_249.pdf |title=The Brief Career of Carly Hennessy (A Look at the Economics of Pop Music) |format=PDF |work=American Accounting Association }}</ref> Smithson has stated that the uptempo party record did not have the opportunity to find an audience, due to it being released so soon after the events of 9/11, as well as the record company's untimely merger with a parent company. Though some established artists like [[Sheryl Crow]] survived the merger, yet-to-be-released artists did not.<ref name="NewYorkTimes" >{{cite news|author=Neil Strauss |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2DB143CF932A15751C1A96E958260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/M/Music |title=A Major Merger Shakes Up the World of Rock |publisher=New York Times |date=21 December 1998 |accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref> In the album, Smithson covered [[Danielle Brisebois]]' "Just Missed the Train". [[Kelly Clarkson]] covered the same song on her 2003 album, ''[[Thankful (Kelly Clarkson album)|Thankful]]''.
After ''American Idol'', ''Ultimate High'' was quietly reissued by Universal Music, both to physical and online music retailers. For a brief period after Smithson's elimination, the album peaked in the Top 10 of [[Amazon.com|Amazon]]'s Top Selling Digital Albums, as well as being featured on their MP3 homepage. The album lists conductor Derek Gleeson as its executive producer.

==''American Idol''==
[[Image:CarlySmithson.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Smithson performing during the American Idols Live! Tour 2008]]

===Season 5===
Smithson auditioned in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], Nevada for the [[American Idol (season 5)|fifth season]] of ''American Idol'' and was unanimously accepted by the judges. However, she was later disqualified because the paperwork for her work visa was delayed.

===Season 7===
In 2007, Smithson auditioned again for the [[American Idol (season 7)|seventh season]] of ''American Idol'' making it to Hollywood, but this time with the proper paperwork. She advanced with a unanimous vote after singing "[[I'm Every Woman]]". [[Simon Cowell]] noted that he remembered her from her season 5 audition. In Hollywood, she sang [[Heart (band)|Heart]]'s "[[Alone (Heart song)|Alone]]" for her audition and once again received a unanimous praise from the judges. Smithson was one of the first foreign contestants to make the show's Top 12 with the other one being Michael Johns who was an Australian. Smithson was eliminated on 23 April 2008. Her final song performance was "[[Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar song)|Superstar]]" from [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]''. The performance was considered to be one of her best by the judges.
The day before she was eliminated Cowell stated, "I thought that was the best performance of the night so far.", prompting Smithson to pull out a [[T-shirt]] sent to her by her fans with a sign on it that said "Simon Loves Me (this week)". After it was announced that she was eliminated, Cowell said: "I apologize for giving you a compliment last night—kiss of death, but let me tell you, Carly, you can leave with your head held high".<ref name="mtv"/>

====Controversies====
Shortly after it was announced that Smithson had made the show's Top 24, articles appeared in the mainstream press questioning her selection because of her previous record deal. Randy Jackson also worked for MCA during the same time that Smithson was signed.<ref>[http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4801703-1.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131113326/http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4801703-1.html |date=31 January 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.dailyvidette.com/media/paper420/news/2005/02/03/EZone/american.Idol.Judge.Randy.Jackson.Strives.For.Stardom-851165.shtml] {{dead link|date=July 2014}}</ref> Despite this, she remained on the show. After her elimination, Smithson briefly acknowledged the situation in interviews. On ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'', she stated that she felt that she was "kind of singled out" and she added that "The media kind of does what they do and I got a lot of weird and negative press very early on but, you know, I just kind of held my head high and it kind of got forgotten about as the show went on." She adds "You know, a lot of the people had professional careers that were involved and I actually hadn't really had lots of stage experience and a lot of the other people had and I think that's more of the experience that you really need on that show."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ORlJswDmMY |title=Carly Smithson on Ellen – Interview and Performance |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref>

Smithson's elimination came as a surprise to viewers as she was considered one of the front-runners on the show. This prompted an unprecedented reaction, with bloggers questioning the popular program's credibility amidst reports from fans of busy signals throughout the voting period.<ref name="mtv">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1586223/20080424/index.jhtml |title='American Idol': The Guys Have It? Carly Smithson Says Contest Is 'A Bit of a Struggle for the Ladies' |publisher=MTV |date=24 April 2008 |accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="LATimes">{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2008/04/american-idol-7.html |title=American Idol: Carly Smithson shocker in the Idoldome |publisher=Latimesblogs.latimes.com |accessdate=26 July 2014 |date=23 April 2008}}</ref><ref name="chicagotribune">{{cite web|url=http://www.courant.com/news/chi-american_idol_personalsapr24,0,6746074.story |title=Topic Galleries |publisher=Courant.com |date= |accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/04/23/calendar/et-channel23 |title='Idol' votes no on tallies – Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=5 November 1996 |accessdate=26 July 2014 |first=Scott |last=Collins}}</ref><ref name="LosAngelesTimes">{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2008/04/american-idol-8.html |title='American Idol' Tracker: Elegy for Carly Smithson |publisher=Latimesblogs.latimes.com |accessdate=26 July 2014 |date=24 April 2008}}</ref> Whitney Pastorek of ''Entertainment Weekly'' mockingly called the show "America's Embarrassing Lapses in Judgment", saying "Carly Smithson was sent packing, despite a rendition of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' that Jesus himself would have been hard-pressed to top".<ref name="EntertainmentWeekly">{{cite web|last=Agard |first=Chancellor |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/04/on-the-scene--3.html?cid=112140438#comment-112140438 |title=On the Scene: America Loses Its Mind And Votes Carly Off 'Idol' &#124; PopWatch &#124; EW.com |publisher=Popwatch.ew.com |date=24 April 2008 |accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref> There were claims of fixing and calls for the show to publish precise voting totals, resulting in a press release from Fox and the show's producers: "The network and producers will not disclose voting tallies for the competition, as the release of such information would only serve to create additional rumor and speculation", conflicting with executive producer Ken Warwick's claim that they were open to scrutiny, quoted "No one is saying you can't look at them."<ref name=autogenerated1 />

===Performances/results===
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
|- style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc;"
| colspan="100"|'''Week #'''
| colspan="100"|'''Theme'''
| colspan="100"|'''Song choice'''
| colspan="100"|'''Original artist'''
| colspan="100"|'''Order #'''
| colspan="100"|'''Result'''
|- style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"
| colspan="100"|Audition
| colspan="100"|N/A
| colspan="100"|"[[I'm Every Woman]]"
| colspan="100"|[[Chaka Khan]]
| colspan="100"|N/A
| colspan="100"|Advanced
|- style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"
| colspan="100"|Hollywood
| colspan="100"|N/A
| colspan="100"|"[[When I Need You]]"
| colspan="100"|[[Leo Sayer]]
| colspan="100"|N/A
| colspan="100"|Advanced
|-
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Top 50
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|N/A
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|"[[Alone (Heart song)|Alone]]"
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|i-TEN<!-- Heart was not the original artist of the song, "Alone." -->
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|N/A
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Advanced
|- style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"
| colspan="100"|Top 24 (12 Women)
| colspan="100"|1960s
| colspan="100"|"[[The Shadow of Your Smile]]"
| colspan="100"|[[Tony Bennett]]
| colspan="100"|12
| colspan="100"|Safe
|-
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Top 20 (10 Women)
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|1970s
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|"[[Crazy on You]]"
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Heart (band)|Heart]]
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|1
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe
|- style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"
| colspan="100"|Top 16 (8 Women)
| colspan="100"|1980s
| colspan="100"|"[[I Drove All Night]]"
| colspan="100"|[[Cyndi Lauper]]
| colspan="100"|4
| colspan="100"|Safe
|- style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"
| colspan="100"|Top 12
| colspan="100"|Lennon–McCartney
| colspan="100"|"[[Come Together]]"
| colspan="100"|[[The Beatles]]
| colspan="100"|5
| colspan="100"|Safe
|-
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Top 11
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|The Beatles
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|"[[Blackbird (Beatles song)|Blackbird]]"
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|The Beatles
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Bottom 3{{ref|1|1}}
|- style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"
| colspan="100"|Top 10
| colspan="100"|Year they Were Born
| colspan="100"|"[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]"
| colspan="100"|[[Bonnie Tyler]]
| colspan="100"|7
| colspan="100"|Safe
|-
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Top 9
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Dolly Parton
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|"[[Here You Come Again (song)|Here You Come Again]]"
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Dolly Parton]]
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|5
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe
|-
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Top 8
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Inspirational Music
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|"[[The Show Must Go On (Queen song)|The Show Must Go On]]"
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Queen (band)|Queen]]
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Bottom 3{{ref|2|2}}
|-
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Top 7
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Mariah Carey
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|"[[Without You (Badfinger song)|Without You]]"
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Badfinger]]
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|2
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe
|-
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Top 6
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Andrew Lloyd Webber
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|"[[Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar song)|Superstar]]"
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]''
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|5
| colspan="100" style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Eliminated
|}{{Clear}}
*<small>{{note|1|Note 1}}: Smithson was saved first from elimination.
*{{note|2|Note 2}}: When revealing the results, [[Ryan Seacrest]] simultaneously declared Smithson and [[Syesha Mercado]] safe, as [[Michael Johns (singer)|Michael Johns]] was eliminated.</small>

==Post-''Idol''==
[[Image:Carly Smithson.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Smithson signing autographs during the American Idols Live! Tour 2008.]]
After she was eliminated from ''American Idol'', Smithson appeared on talk shows, including ''[[Live with Regis and Kelly]]'', ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'', ''[[Access Hollywood]]'', ''[[Today (NBC program)|Today]]'' and ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]''.

Smithson completed the [[American Idols LIVE! Tour 2008]], which ran from 1 July 2008 to 12 September 2008. She performed "[[Bring Me to Life]]" by [[Evanescence]], "[[Crazy on You]]" by [[Heart (band)|Heart]], and "[[I Drove All Night]]" by [[Cyndi Lauper]].
Smithson returned to ''Idol'' during its [[American Idol (season 8)|eighth season]], as a mentor to contestants taking part in Boot Camp Training during "Hollywood Week," although this footage did not appear on the show. Later, during the 18 February 2009 live semi-finals results show, Smithson and fellow season 7 contestant [[Michael Johns (singer)|Michael Johns]] performed "The Letter," a song they had also performed for the ''Idol'' Finale the previous season. She also appeared in the season 8 Grand Finale, where she served as a [[correspondent]] covering the events of the celebration in San Diego, [[Adam Lambert]]'s hometown.

Two of Smithson's own original songs, titled "Let Me Fall" and "Lay with Me," were featured in an [[LA Times]] Interview video of Carly recording songs for her post-Idol album. In the interview, Smithson revealed that "[[pop rock]]" was the sound she had chosen and explained "I don't want to go too [[hard rock]] or too pop."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo26k6DWhFA |title=Former American Idol contestant Carly Smithson records an album |publisher=YouTube |date=16 December 2008 |accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref> Smithson was putting the finishing touches on the album when it was announced on 18 June 2009, that she would be joining forces with [[Evanescence]] co-founder [[Ben Moody]] in a new band called [[We Are the Fallen]], thought to be named after [[Fallen (Evanescence album)|Evanescence's first album]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popeater.com/music/article/carly-smithson-in-evanescence-offshoot/532428 |title='Idol' Rocker Joins Evanescence Offshoot |publisher=PopEater.com |date=18 June 2009 |accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref> The solo album Smithson had been recording was reportedly scrapped.

On 28 October 2009, it was announced that [[We Are the Fallen]], along with Smithson, had signed with [[Universal Republic]]. The band released their first album on 11 May 2010.<ref name="reuters.com"/> After touring and releasing two singles, it was announced that the band was dropped by Universal Republic on 27 May 2011 but that they would not be disbanding.<ref name="facebook">{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&&note_id=10150199240394581 |title=NEWS! – A message from Ben Moody.... |date=27 May 2011 |accessdate=27 May 2011 |publisher=We Are The Fallen (OFFICIAL) }}</ref>

In December 2010, Smithson began singing with [[Cirque du Soleil]] in [[Viva Elvis]]. She performed in the Las Vegas production for nearly two years until it closed in August 2012. One month later on 30 September 2012, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Olivia Mabel Smithson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CarlySmithson/status/253615377840476160 |title=Twitter / CarlySmithson: I'd like to introduce you all |publisher=Twitter.com |date=3 October 2012 |accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref>

Smithson served as a table judge in the stadium auditions for the [[American Idol (season 14)|fourteenth season]] of ''American Idol'' in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]], [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], [[Long Island, New York]], and [[Nashville, Tennessee]] between 18 June and 30 July 2014. On her Twitter account, Smithson said, "It hurt my soul to not put everyone through. Such amazing people with touching stories. I did however get to put through some huge talent. Honored to have shared a moment that might change somebody's life."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CarlySmithson |title=Carly Smithson (CarlySmithson) on Twitter |publisher=Twitter.com |date= |accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref>

On 7 April 2016, Smithson appeared on ''American Idol'''s farewell episode, performing [[Dolly Parton]]'s "Here You Come Again."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/american-idol-series-finale-recap-alumni-cameos-star/story?id=38242924 |title='American Idol' Series Finale Recap: Alumni Cameos and Star-Studded Performances |publisher=ABC News |date=8 April 2016}}</ref>

==Discography==

===Albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album details
! colspan="2"| Peak positions
! rowspan="2"| Certifications<br /><small>([[Music recording sales certification|sales threshold]])</small>
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:40px;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]
! style="width:40px;"| [[Top Digital Albums|US<br />Digital]]
|-
| 1993
| style="text-align:left;"| '''''Carly's Christmas Album'''''
<small>
* Release date: Unknown
* Label: Unknown</small>
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;"| <small>
* Sales: Unknown</small>
|-
| 2001
| style="text-align:left;"| '''''[[Ultimate High]]'''''
<small>
* Release date: 13 November 2001
* Label: [[MCA Records]]</small>
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;"| <small>
* Sales: 378</small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! Peak
! rowspan="2"| Album
! rowspan="2"| Sales
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:50px;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2001
| style="text-align:left;"| "I'm Gonna Blow Your Mind"
| —
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| ''Ultimate High''
| style="text-align:left;"| <small>
* Sales: Unavailable</small>
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Beautiful You"
| —
| style="text-align:left;"| <small>
* Sales: Unavailable</small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|}

===We Are the Fallen===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Album details
|-
| 2010
| style="text-align:left;"| '''''[[Tear the World Down]]'''''
* Released: 11 May 2010
* Label: [[Universal Republic]]
* Peak on US Billboard 200 – No. 33
* US Sales: 40,000
|}

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" ;
|- style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=3 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#ccc;"| Year
! style="background:#ccc;"| Film
! style="background:#ccc;"| Role
|-
| 1990
| ''Fools of Fortune''
| Young Marianne
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.carlysmithson.com/ Official website]
*{{AI contestant|7|carly_smithson|Carly Smithson}}
*[http://www.mcarecords.com/artistMain.asp?artistid=186 Official artist page at MCA Records]
*{{IMDb name|0377281}}
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