Indian contestant on American Idol has Bollywood dreams

Shubha,who says she is ready to go to India if an opportunity came,lost out following her performance of Lady Gagas Born This Way in the last-20 round.

You are 17,you have unbelievable potential, a judge told Shubha,who will graduate this year as valedictorian at Sacred Heart Academy.

American Idol has opened a lot of doors for me, Shubha said. Her father Ramesh from Andhra Pradesh and mother Vandana from Lucknow,are both physicians.