Diana Nicole DeGarmo was born on 16 June 1987, in Birmingham, Alabama USA, and is an actress, singer and songwriter, perhaps best known for finishing as the runner up in the third season of the TV show “American Idol”. She’s released numerous songs and has also been popular in musical theatre. All of her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Diana DeGarmo? As of early-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is at $1.5 million, mostly earned through a successful career in music and acting. She’s starred in numerous Broadway shows and national tours, and has appeared in “The Young and the Restless” TV series. As she continues her career it is expected that her wealth will increase.
Diana DeGarmo Net Worth $1.5 million
At a young age Diana was already singing, and she performed at the 1997 Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards, and took part in stage productions including “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”. She then joined The Cartoon Network as a part of the Cartoon gang, and was later a Coca-Cola Kid in the 1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta. She continued performing over the years, then was named as Miss Georgia Teen in 2002. Her net worth was established.
In 2004, she joined the third season of “American Idol” and finished as a runner up to winner Fantasia Barrino. During her time on the show, she never slipped into the bottom two, and started to gain popularity mid-season before becoming one of the top contenders of the show. She competed in the show at the age of 16 and would tour with the rest of the contestants during the summer of 2004. After the finale of the show, she was signed by RCA Records and would release the single “Dreams”, which reached 14th spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Her debut album entitled “Blue Skies” was released at the end of the year, and debuted in 52nd spot on the Billboard 200, selling well despite not having much advertising, and helping to increase her net worth.
She then recorded a song for the Disney movie “Ice Princess”, followed in 2007 by deciding to record a pop/R&B album, but eventually backed out to return to country music. Two years later, she released an acoustic EP entitled “Unplugged in Nashville”, and then released another song entitled “Good Goodbye” which was used by her character in “The Young and the Restless” TV series in 2011-12.
Aside from her music career, she started performing on stage in major productions beginning with 2005’s “West Side Story”. She became part of the production of “Hairspray” as well as “Godspell”. In 2009, she starred in “Back to Bacharach and David” before becoming the narrator in a “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” production. She then went to work on the off-Broadway musical “The Toxic Avenger” before touring as part of “9 to 5”. One of her latest projects is 2015’s “The Wizard of Oz”. All of these projects helped her net worth rise further.
Diana has also done television and film work, beginning with 2011’s “The Young and the Restless” which she portrayed Angelina Veneziano. The following year, she was cast in “Wyatt Earp’s Revenge” and then made a cameo appearance in the Lifetime special “All About Christmas Eve”. In 2013, she starred in the independent film “Alto”, before being cast in “The Morning Sun” which is based on the play “The Morning the Sun Fell Down”.
For her personal life, it is known that Diana married Ace Young in 2013, who was also an “American Idol” finalist. They reside in Nashville, Tennessee.
