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| Happy Birthday, LaKisha Jones! Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:24 PM PST Season 6′s LaKisha Jones celebrates her birthday today. Her big voice was a standout on the very first live episode of the season when she sang Jennifer Holliday’s “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going,” during the Top 24 performance show. LaKisha, a.k.a. KiKi, continued to soar through the competition and was eliminated during the Top 4 Bee Gees week. Just a month after the Season 6 competition was over, LaKisha released Lakisha Jones – EP. The EP was a collection of her five most downloaded songs that she sang while on American Idol: “This Ain’t a Love Song,” “Stormy Weather,” “Last Dance,” “Diamonds Are Forever,” and “God Bless the Child.” Later that year, LaKisha got to star in The Color Purple on Broadway and she shared the role of Sofia with Chaka Khan! On the day of the Season 8 finale, LaKisha released her debut album, So Glad I’m Me. The record made it to #47 on the US R&B chart and #24 on the US Indie chart. Two singles have been released off this album: “Let’s Go Celebrate” and “Same Song.” In 2008, LaKisha married Larry Davis, and she had a baby, Ava LaRynn, in September 2009. KiKi is working on her music while being a mom to Ava and Brionne. Happy Birthday, LaKisha! Check out LaKisha’s Season 6 transformation.
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| Happy Birthday, Mikalah Gordon! Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:24 PM PST Season 4′s eleventh place finalist, Mikalah Gordon, was just 17 years old when she was a contestant on American Idol. Now 23, Mikalah has been busy singing, hosting, and acting. Since making her debut on American Idol, Mikalah has acted on TV shows such as Living with Fran, Identity, and The Unit. She is a natural host and worked as a correspondent on American Idol Extra, The Tyra Banks Show, and hosted David Cook‘s hometown finale in Missouri. Her hosting gigs often allow her to travel to American Idol’s hometown auditions. Last April, Mikalah joined a number of Idol alumni at The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank as part of Idol Gives Back’s support of Feeding America’s local food banks. See who volunteered with Mikalah. A couple years ago, Mikalah appeared in Season 9 semi-finalist Todrick Hall‘s Oz, The Musical with fellow Season 4 Idol finalists Vonzell Solomon and Scott Savol, as well as Season 2′s Rickey Smith. Happy Birthday, Mikalah! Watch an Idol interview with 17-year-old Mikalah.</… read more
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:24 PM PST Season 4′s eighth place finalist, Nadia Turner, celebrated her birthday on January 11th. The Miami, Florida native sailed through the semi-finals and into the finals in 2005. Her big hair, bigger voice, and sense of style made her a popular contestant on American Idol. Since her time on the show, Nadia has dabbled in many areas of entertainment. In 2006, Nadia co-hosted The View. The next year, she starred in the Urban Romantic Comedy Lord Help Us. From August 4th-14th of 2008, Nadia went on a USO tour to Afghanistan with former American Idol finalists Brandon Rogers, Gina Glocksen, and Justin Guarini. She met with soldiers and listened to their stories. View photos from the Idols’ trip. The stylish singer even went on to launch a line of t-shirts. Currently, Nadia is working on putting out an album. She released two songs in 2008 -”Standing on Love” and “Beautiful Man.” Her well known rendition of “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” by Dusty Springfield can be found on Showstoppers the American Idol 4th Season CD which went Gold, selling over 500,000 copies. On top of it all, Nadia has the very important job of being a mom. Happy Birthday, Nadia! <a href="http://www.americanidol.com/archive/photos/?set=205&… read more
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