Arts & Entertainment

Andover Songstress Vying For American Idol

Casey McQuillen is in the Top 75.

Andover native Casey McQuillen is among the 75 contestants left on American Idol, and she’s pretty excited about the whole thing.

“I GOT THROUGH TO SOLO ROUNDS! TOP 75 BABY,” she wrote on her Facebook page Thursday night after the Idol show aired on Fox 25 in Massachusetts.

McQuillen, 21, a student at Berklee College of Music in Boston, has over 1 million hits on her YouTube channel and has been called a “role model for anyone” on iTunes.

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She has been live-tweeting during each show on her Twitter account, which you can follow here.

American Idol airs every Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. on Fox.

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