Filo
Season 23 · Eliminated (11th–12th)
Where are they now
Filo, also known as Filo Ebid, completed a master's degree in Contemporary Performance at Berklee Valencia in 2024 and released the debut single Find My Intention on March 14, 2025, under exclusive license to Disrupción Records. He held the title role in Into the Woods at Pacific Opera Theatre in 2022.
Career
- 2019
He was a YoungArts finalist in 2019.
- 2022
He played the title role in Into the Woods at Pacific Opera Theatre in 2022.
- 2023
He completed a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance at the University of the Pacific in 2023.
- 2024
He completed a master's degree in Contemporary Performance, with a production concentration, at Berklee Valencia in 2024.
- 2024
On December 31, 2024, during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, he received a platinum ticket after singing Try a Little Tenderness.
- 2025
American Idol, season 23
Eliminated (11th–12th)
- 2025
He released the debut single Find My Intention on March 14, 2025. It was recorded and mixed at Berklee Valencia with the in-house label Disrupción Records.
More milestones
- Date not documented
He sang a solo at the Choirs of America Festival at Carnegie Hall.
- Date not documented
Sources give 2022 and 2023 for his part in The Threepenny Opera at the University of the Pacific. The university credits him with the title role in 2023. A 2022 production that included him won first place in its division of the National Opera Association Opera Production Competition.
Sources
- Berklee Valencia Alum Stuns American Idol Judges on His Journey to the Top 14 — Berklee Valencia, April 28, 2025.
- Filo Ebid on American Idol — University of the Pacific.
- Filo album lookup 1840964159 — Apple.
- List of American Idol finalists — Wikipedia, June 10, 2026.
- American Idol season 23 — Wikipedia, April 10, 2026.
- Filo — Filo.
- American Idol Auditions, Season 23: Filo Wins Platinum Ticket — TVLine, March 17, 2025.
- Dublin man competing to become next American Idol — Pleasanton Weekly, April 25, 2025.
- Watch Berklee Valencia Alum Wow the American Idol Judges with an Otis Redding Song — Berklee, March 18, 2025.
Other season 23 finalists
- John FosterRunner-up
