Education
O'Connor attended Sebastian River High School in Sebastian, Florida. She later attended The University of Central Florida.
O'Connor attended Sebastian River High School in Sebastian, Florida. She later attended The University of Central Florida.
O'Connor auditioned in Atlanta, Georgia. She advanced from Hollywood Week to the Top 31 women, and was selected for the Top 13 as a "Wild Card" contestant. Controversy
During the "This Is Me" theme week, O'Connor removed her in-ear sound monitor, and was later ridiculed for her choice of doing so by Harry Connick Jr.
She went on to blame a technical issue for her choice, saying:
At all our rehearsals everything was great, and then while I was singing up there, there was a click-track that was playing through the in-ear monitor like a metronome...for someone else's song...it was off beat. It was really loud, louder than all the instrumentals, and louder than my vocal. It was extremely distracting, so I had to take it out just to get through the song.