Jordin Sparks - One Step at a
Time (Prod JJ & Cutfahter)
(2008)

Sparks finished second overall
in 2004 at the Music in the
Rockies national competition
for aspiring Contemporary
Christian Music artists, and
won the talent portion of the
event.[8] In 2004, Sparks
appeared in America's Most
Talented Kids twice, winningmore

Jordin Sparks - One Step at a
Time (Prod JJ & Cutfahter)
(2008)

Sparks finished second overall
in 2004 at the Music in the
Rockies national competition
for aspiring Contemporary
Christian Music artists, and
won the talent portion of the
event.[8] In 2004, Sparks
appeared in America's Most
Talented Kids twice, winning
in her first appearance. She
was one of seven to appear in
a special championship edition
of the show. This appearance
followed two noted auditions
in 2003, one with American
Juniors and the other, Star
Search. Sparks has performed
the national anthem at various
sporting events, notably for
the Phoenix Suns, the Arizona
Cardinals, and the Arizona
Diamondbacks. She has also
sung in such events as Country
Thunder, a country music
venue. She has appeared with
Alice Cooper (in his 2004
Christmas show) and has twice
toured with Grammy-winning
Christian contemporary singer
Michael W. Smith. Smith has
shown support of Sparks by
encouraging Idol viewers to
vote for her on his
website.[9][10] In 2003, at
the age of thirteen, Sparks
recorded a five-song album
which is titled For Now,
working with Matthew Ward, a
legendary Christian music
artist, and Gary Leach, an
engineer who has worked on
several of Leann Rimes'
albums. She appeared in a
compilation album titled Live
at Mr. Lucky's in 2004. As an
actress, Sparks has appeared
in several plays, recently
starring in a dual role as
characters Deborah and Bea in
Magdalene at the Plumbline
Theater in Franklin,
Tennessee. She's also
performed several times with
Vaudeville Youth Theatre
Company and Valley Youth
Theatre in Phoenix. Her first
appearance was in March 2002
as an Emerald City dancer and
as a poppy in The Wiz. She
also appeared in Viet's
production of Cinderella in
June 2002 and another
production of The Wiz in
August 2002.[11]

Sparks appeared on the January
17, 2007 broadcast of American
Idol, earning a 'gold ticket'
and the right to appear in the
Hollywood Round. American Idol
judge Randy Jackson made the
offhand prediction that 'Curly
hair will win this year,'[12]
which he admitted was Sparks.
Before going on to American
Idol, she had won Arizona
Idol. In 2006, Sparks was one
of two winners who won the
Phoenix Torrid search for the
'Next Plus Size Model.' She
was flown to California where
she was used in a number of
Torrid ads and promotional
pieces.[13] A full-page ad for
Torrid featuring Sparks ran in
the December 2006 issue of
Seventeen magazine. (less)

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