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Ashlee Hewitt

Age: 20

Hometown: Lancaster, Minn.

Current Home: Nashville, Tenn.

With her father currently in Iraq training Iraqis, Ashlee is hoping to stay on the show for a few weeks so he can see her perform when he returns to the States for a short leave from overseas. One ... moreof 13 children, Ashlee grew up on a 2,500 acre horse ranch in Minnesota and is a true country girl -- she's comfortable driving tractors, catching fish or riding one of her family's 70 horses. Now, Ashlee's left her family and her farm to move to Nashville, Tenn., in pursuit of her dream.

(NBC)