Tribute to a Favorite Fallen Idol, Lakisha Jones
Tribute to a Favorite Fallen Idol, Lakisha Jones by Roxanne McDonald
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She was my favorite of the top American Idol semi-finalists. And I was not alone: you heard her fans go nuts every time she hit the stage; and you saw, for the first time on American Idol (that we saw), Simon kissing the best of the best! |
You told us in song how we were gonna love you, Lakisha, and we did and we do. And you are not really fallen, for you will go on to do great things with that voice critics have likened to Aretha Franklin and other superstar songstresses!
Born: Flint, Michigan
Mother: teacher
Surrogate Mom: Ruth Jefferson Morris, maternal grandmother
Children: daughter, Brianne
Singing Beginnings: age five, Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Formal Musical Training: Classical
Favorite Music Genre: Gospel
General Schooling: home-schooling; Flint Central High School (graduated 1998)
College: University of Michigan-Flint (music major)
Early Appearances/Performances: theatre–Lead Poisoning, Godspell; choral–the Madrigal Singers, Abundant Life Cathedral
Work: secretary at Abundant Life Cathedral (Houston, TX), bank teller at Provident Bank (Millersville, MD)
Honors and Awards: winner of “Supershow” [?], Flint, MI, 1997; runner up of Gimme the Mic, Houston, TX, 2005; Top 4, American Idol, 2007.
Songs Performed on American Idol
“Think”
“And I am Telling You I’m not Going”
“Midnight Train to Georgia”
“I Have Nothing”
“God Bless the Child”
“Diamonds are Forever”
“Last Dance”
“Stormy Weather”
“Conga”
“Jesus Take the Wheel”
“I Believe”
“This Aint a Love Song”
“Stayin’ Alive”
“Run to Me”
Accolades
Randy Jackson:
“She’s a true fly diva!”
Paula Abdul:
“…Beautiful performer…, beautiful girl.”
Simon Cowell:
“I’m very tempted to tell 23 other people to book their plane tickets home.”
“That was a sassy, great performance [of “Stormy Weather”].”
“Lakisha, I actually could kiss you after that [“This Aint a Love Song”].
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