Jim Verraros
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James Conrad Verraros (b. February 8, 1983) is an American singer/entertainer and native of Crystal Lake, Illinois who is most notable for being one of the top 10 finalists in the first season of American Idol. Because he was raised by deaf parents, he is fluent in American Sign Language. Jim is of Greek (father) and German, Irish, French and English (mother) descent.
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[edit] Personal life
The first openly gay contestant ever to be on American Idol, Verraros quickly became a celebrity in the American gay press because of a controversy that erupted when Fox Broadcasting Company made him remove gay-friendly comments from his network-sponsored American Idol web site in the summer of 2002.
[edit] Professional career
Verraros recently released his first internationally-released album Rollercoaster (2005), which has garnered a couple dance floor hits, including the Top 25 Billboard Dance Chart hit "You Turn It On." "I Want You" and "You're Getting Crazy" as both making charting in the Top 30 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The album was produced and co-written by Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Gabe Lopez and features four songs co-written by American Idol Finalist Angela Peel.
As an actor, Verarros is a star of the 2004 gay-themed comedy Eating Out and its 2006 sequel, Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds, both directed by Q. Allan Brocka and produced by Ariztical Entertainment.
Jim has two MySpace pages housing unreleased songs as well as some tracks from his debut album, RollerCoaster.
He is also an avid fan of the Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bears, and Chicago Bulls.
He has also appeared twice on The Feast Of Fools podcast in November.
[edit] Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster is Jims' debut album released in 2005 by Koch Entertainment and made with the shoestring budget of $3,500.
Tracklisting:
1. Move
2. You Turn It On
3. Hold On
4. Forbidden Love
5. Outside
6. Welcome to Hollywood
7. You're Getting Crazy
8. So Deep
9. Alive
10. I Want You
11. One More Time
