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Northshore October 2025
On the episode of American Idol that aired Sunday, February 21, Lynn high school student Amanda Mena won a golden ticket to Hollywood, meaning her audition advanced her to the next round of the show. Although it aired this week, the audition episode was filmed back in the fall and shows Mena singing Jennifer Hudson's rendition of "Golden Slumbers" by the Beatles. This isn't Mena's first experience with reality TV—when she was fifteen, she made it to the semifinals of America's Got Talent. Mena is currently a senior at St. Mary's High School in Lynn, and will be attending Berklee School of Music in the fall. And she's had plenty of mus
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