Born on June 19th, 1962, Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando Valley area of California, where she joined her first dance class at the age of eight years old. Her love of the arts was instant and her dance teacher soon saw a raw talent with her capabilities in choreography, often allowing Paula’s [...] Read more »
Randy Jackson, An Ear For Music
Not many people knew his name prior to American Idol, But Randy Jackson has always been a giant to the music industry. Born June 23rd, 1956 in Baton Rouge Lousiana, Jackson grew up surrounded by soulful, deep southern musical influances. In 1979, after graduating from Southern University with a Bachelor’s in music, Randy Jackson started [...] Read more »
Simon Cowell: Mr. Nasty or Mr. Nice?
Simon Cowell has made a name for himself on both sides of the pond, from London England, to Hollywood California. A talent industry giant in all aspects, climbing his way to the top in television, movies and radio airplay. Although it may seem to people here in the United States as if Cowell became an [...] Read more »
Danny Gokey
Danny Gokey, a 28 year old church choir director from Milwaukee Wisconsin, auditioned for American Idol’s season eight in Kansas City Missouri just four weeks after losing his wife, Sophia. Making him appear to be what some people referred to as American Idol’s “hard-luck” contestant. However, Gokey soon proved to Idol judges as well as [...] Read more »
Michael Sarver
28 year old Michael Sarver was just a roughneck oil rigger from Jasper Texas when he took a chance and went to the American Idol auditions for season eight in Phoenix Arizona. But after impressing the four Idol judges with the song “Thank You” by R&B group Boyz II Men, Michael put his oil rigging [...] Read more »