Ayla Brown

Latest News About Ayla Brown updates, Ayla Marie Brown (born July 28, 1988) is an American NCAA basketball player and recording artist from Wrentham, Massachusetts. She is also known for her American Idol showing placing in the Top 16 on season 5 in 2005/06. She is the elder daughter of United States Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts and WCVB-TV reporter Gail Huff. Brown is also now a contributor for CBS’s The Early Show.

Brown auditioned for American Idol at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., in the summer of 2005 before advancing to the judges in Boston. She was eliminated from the show on March 9, 2006.

For her audition song, Brown sang “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” Randy Jackson said she had a good, though undistinguished voice. Paula Abdul also thought Brown was a good singer, but that she favored vocal power over dynamics. Simon Cowell accused Brown of being “robotic and somewhat empty.” In the end, Jackson and Abdul (who made the final judgment) sent Brown through to the Hollywood rounds.