10 'American Idol' Alums You Never Knew Were Latino!

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Scotty McCreery

Age: 19

Season: 10

Finished: Winner

Scotty McCreery broke down his Latin roots to former Latina contributing editor Lynda Lopez. “My grandmother is from Old San Juan and my grandfather was over in Puerto Rico’s Air Force. They met and they had my dad in Aguadilla and then they moved up north and my dad came down south and they had me.” Scotty, who traveled to Puerto Rico in 2004 and 2005, said he loves his Puerto Rican curly hair! So do we!