Wait, Didn't Trevor Holmes Have a Girlfriend on 'American Idol'? Here's What Happened

February 2024 · 6 minute read

What happened to Trevor Holmes' girlfriend? The 'Listen to Your Heart' candidate was dating someone during 'American Idol' — here's what happened.

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Those of us who caught the first episode of The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart noticed one shockingly familiar face — (aside from Bach Nation staples such as Chris Harrison) — Trevor Holmes, from Season 16 of American Idol. It appears that the former American Idol hottie has made his way onto the first season of the new spinoff series, in hopes of finding the duet partner (and life partner) of his wildest, musically gifted dreams.

However, if you caught the 29-year-old heartthrob's steamy season of American Idol, you're probably wondering what happened to Trevor Holmes' girlfriend, who made several appearances alongside the singer-songwriter. Stay tuned for everything we know regarding what happened to their relationship.

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Who was Trevor Holmes' girlfriend on 'American Idol'? Meet Sierra Nielsen.

If you aren't familiar with Sierra Nielsen, let us bring you up to speed — Sierra is a 34-year-old fitness coach and nutritionist from California, according to Famous Birthdays. She got her Personal Training Certification and Sports Nutrition Certification from ISSA, and uses her Instagram, as well as her personal blog, Your Sexy Self, to promote her training programs. She has 216,000 Instagram followers, and to be honest, she seems to be doing quite well for herself. 

Sierra and Trevor dated for quite a while, and made several appearances together when the singer-songwriter appeared on American Idol. At one point, Katy Perry was reportedly flirting with Trevor, and since she was apparently his lifelong celebrity crush, Sierra supported it.

"I was fully supportive of it, we all have celebrity crushes," Sierra said in an interview on Good Morning America. "I even told [Katy] we could share him." Check out the full interview below.

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Why did Trevor and Sierra break up?

Trevor's fans were heartbroken and seriously confused when news broke that he and Sierra had split in September 2018 — from what American Idol viewers saw, they had a super loving and supportive relationship. But according to US Weekly, their breakup was incredibly messy.

“Walking away from anything that's unhealthy or causing you pain is one of the most difficult acts of self love. But one of the most powerful. Recently I was faced with just that… Walking away from my relationship," she said in an Instagram post at the time.

"But I had to leave out of LOVE FOR MYSELF. My heart was not being protected. It was not receiving the respect, loyalty, honesty and love it SO deserves," she continued. See the full post below.

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• || THE BREAKUP || • Walking away from anything thats unhealthy or causing you pain is one of the most difficult acts of self love. But one of the most powerful. Recently I was faced with just that….. Walking away from my relationship...💔 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Leaving was one of the hardest things I’ve done. But I had to leave out of LOVE FOR MYSELF. My heart was not being protected. It was not receiving the respect, loyalty, honesty and love it SO deserves. 🙏🏻 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The past few weeks have been filled with pain, anger, tears, confusion, hurt, grief AND compassion while learning to forgive myself for allowing much less than I deserve for far too long. While also being gentle with myself & learning not to regret loving so hard. For giving it all I had. And for finally standing up for me. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’ve come to realize that while these wounds from his betrayals may not be my fault, they are indeed my responsibility to heal. So now it is up to ME to show myself the love I’ve been missing. To honor myself. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I know infidelity & deceit come with a lot of pain & heartache. Taboo or not, I’ve always vowed to be honest, to share my heart & to create space for the hard stuff. I’m choosing to share my truth in hopes it reaches at least one of you who may be in the same position. I hope it gives you the courage to choose YOU sooner rather than later. To stop ignoring & forgiving constant unhealthy & unfaithful patterns. To not lose respect for yourself in the process of trying to save someone else. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I hope it gives you the strength to walk away from the table when honesty, faithfulness, respect and love are no longer being served. To never EVER settle. Because you DESERVE all the love & happiness in this world. And because each time one of us stands up for ourselves we stand up for all of us. So…. this is me… standing up for us all. 🙏🏻❤️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #YourSoulSexy #YSSchallenge #SelfLove #SelfWorth #heartbreak #realtalk #struggletostrength #newbeginnings #breakups #betrayal #healing #infidelity

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In addition to changing his relationship status, Trevor also appears to have switched careers.

During Trevor's American Idol days in 2018, the aspiring rockstar, who was 27 years old at the time, said he was a construction worker by day, according to Gold Derby. However, it seems as though Trevor has completely deviated from his career path within the construction industry.

Now, on Listen to Your Heart, the 29-year-old claims he works in social media marketing, according to Yahoo!. While his place of work hasn't been confirmed, viewers were shocked by his career swap... but we're happy for him nonetheless.

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One month ago I was working construction to pay the bills. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind the hard work and getting a little dirty, but it’s not my true passion. I have a dream of playing on stage in front of thousands of people. I want to inspire people to follow their TRUE passion. Dreams DO come true. Your life can change in an instant. Nothing good comes easy, but the struggle makes the success that much better. More than anything I want to prove to you guys that you can do it too. What are your dreams?? What do you want??? Go get it 💪🏽#thenextidol #americanidol

A post shared by Trevor Holmes (@trevorholmes86) on Mar 20, 2018 at 1:51pm PDT

While Trevor and Sierra's chemistry appeared to flourish during his American Idol days, it seems as though they're respectively doing much better separately. These days, Trevor seems to be vying for Jamie's heart on Listen to Your Heart, and TBH, I think we're all excited to see what happens with that.

Catch new episodes of The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart on Mondays at 8 p.m. EST on ABC.

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