Filo

S23 · Eliminated (11th–12th)

As of April 28, 2025

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.⁠[1][2][3]

Career

Before the show

  1. 2019He was a YoungArts finalist in 2019.⁠[6]
  2. 2022He played the title role in Into the Woods at Pacific Opera Theatre in 2022.⁠[2]
  3. 2023He completed a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance at the University of the Pacific in 2023.⁠[2]
  4. 2024He completed a master's degree in Contemporary Performance, with a production concentration, at Berklee Valencia in 2024.⁠[1]

During or around the show

  1. March 14, 2025He 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.⁠[1][3][7][8]

Date not documented

  1. He sang a solo at the Choirs of America Festival at Carnegie Hall.⁠[6]
  2. 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.⁠[2][7]

Discography

No releases are documented yet.

Awards

Checked October 8, 2026; none found.

Other activity

  • December 31, 2024On December 31, 2024, during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, he received a platinum ticket after singing Try a Little Tenderness.⁠[9]

Sources

9 sources

  1. Berklee Valencia Alum Stuns American Idol Judges on His Journey to the Top 14 — Berklee Valencia, published April 28, 2025. News report. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (6)
    • Degree: “Contemporary Performance (Production Concentration)”
    • Degree: “at Berklee Valencia in 2024”
    • Single: “Find My Intention”
    • Label: “Disrupción Records”
    • Label: “in-house label”
    • Single: “recorded and mixed”
  2. Filo Ebid on American Idol — University of the Pacific. News report. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (8)
    • Role: “Into the Woods”
    • Role: “(2022)”
    • Roles: “title roles”
    • Roles: “Into the Woods”
    • Roles: “(2022)”
    • Degree: “Bachelor of Music degree in”
    • Roles: “The Threepenny Opera”
    • Roles: “(2023)”
  3. Filo album lookup 1840964159 — Apple. Release database. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (2)
    • Find My Intention - Single: "releaseDate":"2025-03-14T07:00:00Z"
    • Find My Intention - Single: "copyright":"℗ 2025 Filo - under exclusive license to Disrupción Records"
  4. List of American Idol finalists — Wikipedia, updated June 10, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Contestants table, row Filo: Season 23, Place finish 11th-12th
  5. American Idol season 23 — Wikipedia, updated April 10, 2026. Reference work (secondary). Retrieved October 6, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Top 12 – Iconic American Idol Moments (April 28) table (Eliminated); Elimination chart, row Filo: Pl. 11 (shared), 4/28 column
  6. Filo — Filo. Label or artist. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (2)
    • About: “Youngarts competition in 2019”
    • About: “Choirs of America Festival in Carnegie Hall”
  7. Dublin man competing to become next American Idol — Pleasanton Weekly, published April 25, 2025, updated April 25, 2025. News report. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (5)
    • Single: “released an original single in March called”
    • Production: “The Threepenny Opera”
    • Production: “in 2022”
    • Award: “National Opera Association”
    • Award: “first place”
  8. Watch Berklee Valencia Alum Wow the American Idol Judges with an Otis Redding Song — Berklee, published March 18, 2025. News report. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (1)
    • Single: “Find My Intention”
  9. American Idol Auditions, Season 23: Filo Wins Platinum Ticket — TVLine, published March 17, 2025, updated March 17, 2025. News report. Retrieved October 8, 2026.
    Cited parts (4)
    • Broadcast: “New Year's Rockin' Eve”
    • Broadcast: “on Dec. 31, 2024”
    • Song: “Try a Little Tenderness”
    • Ticket: “Platinum Ticket”

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