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Where the Season 13 Eliminated Semifinalists will be in 2028 (Part 1/2)

 * 1) Amanda Mena-Hasselin-Berg - Amanda Mena, now 26, is an elementary school teacher. She recently married some lawyer named Louis Hasselin-Berg and kept her last name while taking his as well. Amanda's singing career isn't over, but it isn't going anywhere. She was one of the original members of The Four in 2022. However, when she had a battle with some newbie rapper, she was doomed. In 2026, she auditioned for The Voice with her original song "I'm Not Just Spanish" in Spanish. Adam Levine (yup, he's still there) turned for her. In the battles, the same rapper who did better than her on The Four completely killed it, beat her, and went on to win the show. This year, Amanda released two singles that failed commercially. They include "I'm Not Just Spanish" (English version) and "Take Me Back to 2014" which is about how the only time she ever won a competition was that year.
 * 2) Front Kartyny - Front Pictures is basically doing the same stuff they had been before auditioning for AGT. They make multimedia productions and sell them to companies for five times the price it took to make them. However, they now are only known by their Ukrainian name Front Kartyny since they have experienced no more success in America. Along with selling productions for way to much money, they have two annual shows that they started doing around the Ukraine in 2026. They include Pekloouyin (Helloween) and Demona Rizdva (Demon Christmas). This New Year's, they are planning on introducing a new annual show; Novyy Koshmar (New Nightmare).
 * 3) Junior System - Junior New System is now called Junior System since it seriously isn't new or relevant for that matter. Because most of the members are now in their 30s, they completely ditched the heels and don't do any flips whatsoever anymore. They now are backup dancers for up and coming K-Pop and Filipino singers including Jing Jen Wang, Liu'Jang Ma, and Maourete Avisala. They also starred in the film "Encantadia su Lupa" in 2025 in which they were street dancers in a genuinely poor town.
 * 4) Makayla - Makayla Phillips got married to her long-time boyfriend Garrison Clark at the young age of 18. Since she thinks the name Makayla sounds egregious with the last name Clark, her stage name is now just Makayla. Like Amanda, her singing career isn't over, but it should be. In 2023, she auditioned for The X-Factor and became part of a girl group called "We're to Stay." The name of this group comes from the fact that all of the members experienced a small amount of fame and they wanted it to stay. The other members of We're to Stay were Rebecca Black, Jayna Brown, Billie Eilish, and Baby Ariel. After being eliminated from the show, they came out with two singles; "Second Chances" and "Gunna B Bad." However, in 2024, tension arose between Jayna, Makayla, and Billie with Rebecca and Baby Ariel because they believed that Rebecca and Baby Ariel were bad singers and shouldn't have ever been placed in a group with them. The group ultimately split up, and Makayla now is a backup singer for up and coming artists who will never make it anywhere.
 * 5) Us the Group - Us the Duo now has five kids and a sixth on the way, so they are now called Us the Group. They have experienced success recently as they have toured with Ed Sheeran and even Grace Vanderwaal! They released their first album "To Our Daughter" in 2019 and their second album "Family Vibes" in 2022. They have been on a hiatus from music since 2025 because they are "taking time for making a family." Their children include Lulu (9), Leroy (7), Lana (4), Larissa (4), Lucy (1), and Carissa is five months pregnant with Lily. Lulu is known for being a controversial dancer, and Leroy is known for being mentally unstable because all of his siblings are shisters (he made a viral appearance on Dr. Phil). The other children have not been revealed to the public yet.
 * 6) Voices of Country Children's Choir - Voices of Hope now only has seven of the children who appeared on AGT as several left and many aged out. There now are only 43 children in the choir, and some changes have occured. In 2023, the director of the choir, Sarah, found a new job that she "just believed was [her] calling" so she left without notice. Only one person applied for the job of new director, and that was 19 year old Amartita Garcia. She had "no experience at all hahaha" in directing choirs and choirs in general, so she used the one musical thing she was passionate about. Despite her Mexican name, Amarita brought country music to the choir. Now, the Voices of Country Children's Choir exclusively sings Dolly Parton and Blake Shelton songs in churches, festivals, and fairs.