Vered "Didi" Benami (Hebrew: ורד "דידי" בן עמי; born October 25, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter and television host.

After placing tenth on the ninth season of American Idol, she released her debut single, "Gasoline", in 2012 and the album Reverie in 2014.

This move followed the death of her close friend and roommate, Rebecca Joy Lear, in an automobile accident driving from Nashville to her Kansas home during the Christmas holiday of her first year.

She became a front-runner in the competition following her well-praised performance of Katharine McPhee's song "Terrified" (co-written by Idol judge Kara DioGuardi) on the first solo of Hollywood Week, where Simon Cowell said "she was good".

[6] In the top 24 performances, Benami sang Ingrid Michaelson's "The Way I Am" where the judges did not love her rendition of it, saying she has a good voice but it was rather "sound-alike".

She also sang in the group performance of Miley Cyrus's "The Climb" with Aaron Kelly, Katie Stevens, Andrew Garcia, Tim Urban, and Siobhan Magnus.

A track Benami recorded prior to participating on American Idol, "Sweet Rain", was uploaded onto YouTube after she was voted off the show.

I would eventually like to write a book about all my experiences since I moved to L.A. About losing a friend, being an inspiration and turning something bad into something good."

She stated via Twitter that she is currently practicing for the upcoming American Idol summer tour for which she will be performing along with the remainder of the top ten finalists.

She also sang Terrified inside the house, teaching it to former American Idol contestant and If I Can Dream castmate Alex Lambert.

Benami sang the national anthem and God Bless America during the 7th inning stretch for the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 30, 2012.

[12] Benami released a duet with Keaton Simons, If I Hadn't Forgotten, recorded at Revolver Studios in fall of 2011.

It was written by Benami with Mohler and Jordan Lawhead and was featured on an episode of American Idol's thirteenth season.

[15] In 2020, Fred Bronson of Billboard called the song "Picture Perfect" from Reverie an "overlooked gem" that "should have been...a hit".