Consolation prize.

Second season American Idol finalist Trenyce (nee Lashundra Treniese Cobbins) may have gotten the boot from the show and an "off you go" after auditioning to take part in Simon Cowell’s new America’s Got Talent program, but that hasn’t stopped her from scoring big in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that Trenyce was the first singer hired to perform in David Saxe’s V Variety Show, performances of which are held at the Aladdin Hotel. And while she may not have the title of American Idol, Trenyce does now have the honor of the being the first of the AI contestants to headline a show on the infamous Las Vegas Strip. Note that season five contestant Becky O’Donohue's strip for Maxim magazine doesn’t count.