Jennifer Hudson - American Idol Winner

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id='vu_ytplayer_vjVQa1PpcFO8QFLRBms1SysRfxNEl9yvIXDHngotKk0='> <center><img SRC="jennifer-hudson.jpg" height=399 width=300> <br><b><i><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+3>Jennifer Hudson</font></font></font></i></b></center> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td BGCOLOR="#66FF99"> </td> <td WIDTH="4" BGCOLOR="#00CC00"><img SRC="4x4_spacer.gif" height=4 width=4><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td> </tr> <tr> <td BGCOLOR="#00CC00"></td> <td BGCOLOR="#66FF99"></td> <td HEIGHT="11" BGCOLOR="#66FF99"><img SRC="11x11_spacer.gif" height=11 width=11></td> <td BGCOLOR="#66FF99"></td> <td BGCOLOR="#00CC00"></td> </tr> <tr> <td BGCOLOR="#00CC00"><img SRC="4x4_spacer.gif" height=4 width=4></td> <td HEIGHT="4" BGCOLOR="#00CC00"></td> <td HEIGHT="4" BGCOLOR="#00CC00"><img SRC="4x4_spacer.gif" height=4 width=4></td> <td BGCOLOR="#00CC00"></td> <td BGCOLOR="#00CC00"><img SRC="4x4_spacer.gif" height=4 width=4></td> </tr> </table> </th> </tr> </table> <center><b><font color="#000000"><font size=+1>Search for your favorite American Idol, superstars, winners, auditions, cities, concerts, rumors, acting schools, news, etc.</font></font></b> <br><form action="http://www.google.com/cse" id="cse-search-box"> <br><input type="hidden" name="cx" value="partner-pub-2095674531258828:6bbhoas3n1e" /><input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" /><input type="text" name="q" size="31" /><input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" /> <br></form><script type="text/javascript" src="//www.google.com/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&lang=en"></script> <p><b><font size=+1><font color="#FF0000">Ashthon Jones, </font><font color="#3333FF">Casey Abrams</font><font color="#FF0000">, Haley Reinhart, </font><font color="#3333FF">Jacob Lusk</font><font color="#FF0000">, James Durbin, </font><font color="#3333FF"><a 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She came to prominence in 2004 as one of the finalists on the third season of American Idol coming in seventh place. She made her film debut in the 2006 film Dreamgirls which won her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, an NAACP Image Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.</b><b></b> <p><b>She won a Grammy Award for her eponymous debut album, Jennifer Hudson, which was released in 2008 on Arista Records and was certified gold by the RIAA for selling over 800,000 copies in the US; sales exceeded 1 million copies worldwide. Additionally it spawned the hit single Spotlight. Her second album I Remember Me was released in March 2011, and has reached number two on the Billboard 200 and has sold 165,000 copies in its first week.</b><b></b> <p><b>In late 2008, after Hudson's mother, brother and nephew were killed in a shooting, Hudson stepped out of the limelight for three months. Hudson resumed her public appearances in 2009, and has since performed at the Super Bowl XLIII, the Grammy Awards, American Idol, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Hudson has been described as a friend of President Barack Obama, who invited her to appear with him at a fundraiser in Beverly Hills in May 2009. She also performed at the White House at the "Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement" event.</b> <br><b> </b> <br><b>Early lifeJennifer Hudson was born on September 12, 1981, in Chicago, Illinois. She is the third and youngest child of Darnell Donnerson (November 7, 1950 – October 24, 2008) and Samuel Simpson (died 1999). She was raised as a Baptist and attended Dunbar Vocational High School, from which she graduated in 1999. She cites Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, and Patti LaBelle as her overall biggest influences and inspiration. At the age of 7, she got her start in performing by singing with the church choir and doing community theater with the help of her late maternal grandmother, Julia.</b><b></b> <p><b>American Idol (season 3)</b> <br><b>Hudson auditioned for the third season of American Idol, in Atlanta. In her audition she commented that she had been singing on Disney Cruise Lines for the past few months (as one of the Muses from Hercules); and contestant judge Randy Jackson said, "We're expecting more than a cruise ship performance from you." Jennifer delivered and all the judges agreed it was the best voice they had heard so far in the competition. She was a member of the first group of semifinalists in the Semifinals. She was not voted through to the final round, although she was brought back on the wild card round and put through as a "Top 12" finalist by Jackson.</b><b></b> <p><b>Hudson struggled to gain popularity in the early stages of Idol's live shows, receiving the second-lowest number of votes in two of the first three shows. However, after a change in song choices, she soon became a favorite to win, receiving the highest number of votes in the "Top 9" after her performance of Elton John's "Circle of Life," on April 6, 2004. Among Hudson's worthy performances on the show was her rendition of Whitney Houston's, "I Have Nothing". Judge Simon Cowell commented that Hudson, "finally proved why she was among the 'Top 12,'" and referred to the performance a week later as, "sensational." During the "Top 7" show, Hudson performed Barry Manilow's, "Weekend in New England," which garnered praise from all three judges. Jackson called the song Hudson's best performance to date; and Simon Cowell noted that Hudson's presence made the third season a, "Battle of the Divas," referencing other powerful vocalists Fantasia Barrino and LaToya London. Despite this praise, Hudson was eliminated during this week, which some blamed in part on a power outage in Hudson's hometown of Chicago due to storms and tornadoes in the area. This also led to controversy since the "Battling Divas" were all in the Bottom 3. On April 21, 2004, Hudson became the sixth of the 12 finalists to be voted off the show, finishing the competition in seventh place.</b><b></b> <p><b>In May 2010, the Los Angeles Times claimed Hudson to be the third greatest Idol contestant in the history of the show. She placed behind Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson and Season 4 winner Carrie Underwood.</b> <br><b></b>  <br>  <p>American Idol - American Idol: The Search for a Superstar is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment, which began airing on Fox on June 11, 2002. Part of the Idol franchise, it was as a spin-off from the UK show Pop Idol. The concept of the series is to find new solo recording artists, and has since become one of the most popular in the history of American television. As of January 2011, it is the most-watched TV series in the Nielsen ratings and is the only program to have been number one for six consecutive seasons, surpassing All in the Family and The Cosby Show, which were both number one for five consecutive seasons. The program aims to discover the best singer in the country where the winner is determined by the viewers. Through telephone and SMS text voting, viewers have chosen as winners Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, and Lee DeWyze. The series employs a panel of judges who critique the contestants' performances. The original three judges were Grammy Award-winning record producer and music manager Randy Jackson, Grammy Award-winning pop singer and Emmy Award-winning choreographer Paula Abdul and award-winning music executive and music manager Simon Cowell. Since January 2011, the judging panel currently consists of Jackson, award-winning singer/actress and record producer Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith frontman and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Steven Tyler. For all seasons the show has been hosted by radio disc jockey Ryan Seacrest. The show was described by rival TV executives as "the most impactful show in the history of television." It has also become a recognized springboard for launching the career of many artists as bona fide stars. As Entertainment Weekly puts it, "It's given us Kelly, Carrie, Daughtry, and J. Hud. Idol rules the reality roost because the winners of Fox's ratings juggernaut actually do go on to greatness. And Taylor Hicks? He's the exception that proves the rule." <center> <p><b><a href="http://www.123etcetera.com/">Biggest Online Outlet Mall on the Internet!</a></b></center> <center> <h2> </h2></center> <center><script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-2463756-4"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}</script> </center> </body>  </html>