Ayla Brown Couldn’t Overcome ‘Idol’ Image Making

Attleboro Sun Chronicle spoke with Ayla Brown after the 17-year-old failed to advance to the final twelve on ‘American Idol’ Thursday night. Brown said the all-American image that ‘Idol’ painted for her was difficult, if not impossible, to overcome. “They put that right out there from the get-go,” Brown said. “I think that hurt me a lot, it was so hard to overcome it. I can’t help what my parents do for a living (her mother is WCVB-TV reporter Gail Huff, and her father is Mass. state Sen. Scott Brown). I was just there to sing and everyone focused on my background.” Read more.