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Julie Dubela, a 17-year-old Stratham resident, appeared on Fox-TV’s “American Idol” on Wednesday night. She did not advance from the audition round to compete in the finals in Hollywood.

All three judges — Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson — voted against the local singer. Cowell said Dubela was “over-indulgent” in her performance of the Janis Joplin classic “Me and Bobby McGee.”

The performance was recorded in 2007, when Dubela was 16.

Dubela said on the show that she had turned down a chance to sing the national anthem at a Boston Red Sox game that night in order to audition for “American Idol.”

Dubela was a semifinalist in 2003 on “American Juniors,” a spin-off of “American Idol” for younger singers. She has sang the national anthem at Fenway Park in the past, as well as at Gillette Stadium for a New England Patriots game and at TD Banknorth Garden for Boston Celtics and Boston Bruins games. In 2005 and 2006, she appeared on the Discovery Kids and NBC show “Endurance: Tehachapi,” a show similar to “Survivor.”

Dubela sings the national anthem regularly at University of New Hampshire athletic events.

source:seacoastonline