Nicole Ireland is a freelance writer from southern Maine. She once worked at Mahalo.com, creating search engine result pages on a wide range of celebrity-related topics. She even liveblogged season seven of American Idol, of which she's a huge fan. She even has her own Idol blog. Among her favorites contestants are Ace Young, Adam Lambert, David Cook, Chris Daughtry, Kris Allen, Jordin Sparks, Crystal Bowersox and, of course, Lee DeWyze.