Name: Efraym Elliott Yamin (pronounced Yah-Meen) Birthday: July 20, 1978 Birthplace: Los Angeles, California Current Residence: Richmond, Virginia Age: 27 Height: 5'6 Parents: Claudette Yamin (Mother), (Father) ?? Siblings: Scott (Younger Brother), Jodi (Half Sister) Highschool: Douglas S. Freeman High School Hair: Dark Brown Eyes: Blue Audition City: Boston, Massachusetts Favorite Artists: Alicia Keys, Gwen Stefani, Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, and Usher
Elliott Yamin (pronounced yah-meen) was born in Los Angeles, California to an Israeli Jewish father, Shaul Yamin (of Iraqi heritage), a part-time house painter and part-time layabout, and a Jewish American mother, Claudette Yamin, née Goldberg, who herself was a former professional singer. He began singing at the age of five and had no formal training. Yamin is 90% deaf in his right ear, which he mentioned in the third round of the semi-finals. When he was eleven years old, he moved to Richmond, Virginia and attended Tuckahoe Middle School. His parents divorced when he was fourteen years old. At the age of sixteen, Yamin was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and has to wear an insulin pump (like another American Idol season five performer, Kevin Covais). Yamin attended Douglas S. Freeman High School in the West End Richmond neighborhood until he left in his sophomore year. He went to work at a Foot Locker regional store and with the help of his employer, he eventually received his GED. He later worked with a jazz band, DJed for a radio station from 2 am till 6 am under the name "E-Dub", and worked as a counter clerk at Westbury Pharmacy, a job he left to audition for American Idol.
On March 9, 2006, he made it into the top 12.
Source: wikipedia.org
