She may just be the most "Idol Trained" contestant ever, which is saying a lot, and that could be a lot of what you all are seeing.Look at this resume from 2004-2005
Jordin Brianna Sparks
Age: 15
Born: 12/22/89 Phoenix, Arizona
Parents: Phillippi and Jodi Sparks
Sibling: Brother, PJ, age 12
School: Sandra Day O'Conner High School, Phoenix, AZ
Church: Calvary Community Church, Phoenix, AZ
Hobbies and interests: reading, writing, drawing, softball, basketball, acting, singing.
Happiest moments: "Making my first CD and getting my
braces off !"
Awards And Experience
Phoenix Valley Youth Theater 2002:
Parts in The Wiz and Cinderella
Arizona State Fair:
Coca Cola Rising Star 2002
Concert, Wallace and Ladmo Stage, 2003
Mr. Lucky’s Western Club, Glendale, Arizona:
Family Night Talent Show Five-time 1st Place FINALS Winner, 2003
Frequent guest vocalist, 2004
TV Auditions:
Apollo Theater, 2003
CBS - Star Search, 2003
NBC - America's Most Talented Kid, 2003
FOX - American Juniors, 2003
PAX - America’s Most Talented Kids, 2004
National Anthem Soloist:
Arizona State University basketball and baseball games, 2003-2004
Wells Fargo Holiday Invitational Basketball Tournament, 2003
Phoenix Suns basketball game, America West Arena, Phoenix, AZ 2004
Pat Tillman Memorial at Sun Devil Stadium, 2004
Arizona Cardinals football game, Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ 2004
Christian Events:
Hebrew's Coffee Shop, Phoenix, AZ, Christmas Concert, 2003
National Quartet Convention, Louisville, KY, 5th place soloist, 2003
Calvary Community Church, frequent soloist & Easter and Christmas soloist
Frequent soloist for out of state churches, 2003-2004
Pure excrement Youth Rally/Joe White, No. Phoenix Baptist, soloist, 2004
Extreme Faith's Christian Music Showcase, guest soloist, 2004
Tostito's Fiesta Bowl FCA Prayer Breakfast, soloist, Dec. 2004
Coffee Shop Concerts:
It’s A Grind, Glendale, AZ, show
Hebrews Coffee Shop, Phoenix, AZ, show
City Events Featured Soloist:
Glendale Youth Fest 2003: Teen Talent Show, 1st Place
Concert Under the Stars, Phoenix 2003
Scottsdale Lights It Up, July 4 celebration, Rawhide Old West Town, 2003
Glendale’s Ultimate Challenge 2004, Glendale, Arizona
Glendale’s Family Night, 2004
Recordings:
For Now recorded at Rosewood Studios, Tyler, TX, September 2003
Live At Mr. Lucky's, recorded April 2004
Gospel Music Association:
GMA Academy, Washington, D.C., Feb. 2004: Country/Southern Gospel First Place Winner and Overall Spotlight Winner
Music in the Rockies, National Finals Southern Gospel Second Place Winner, Estes Cafe performer, Estes Park, CO, Aug. 2004
Country Thunder USA:
Young Guns Second Place Winner, 2004
Main Stage and Miller Stage performance sets (Backed by J. David Sloan and Western Bred), Country Thunder 2004
TV & Radio:
ABC TV/Good Morning Arizona, soloist and interview, 2004-2005
KMLE Country Radio, Phoenix, AZ, interview with Stu Evans, 2004
Cox Cable TV, Country Thunder program, 2004
AZ FOX News, Dec. 2004
PAX TV/America’s Most Talented Kids (Winner) Jan. 23 & 28, 2005
KFLR, Family Life Radio, with Bruce Thurman, January 2005
Other Special Events:
Proof Is In The Pudding Talent Winner, Cooperstown, Dec. 2004
Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding Show, soloist, Dec. 18, 2004
With all that training and experience up to 2005, you have perhaps the one with the most stage presence ever, at least for someone this young. She had met the judges in a meet-and-greet type of thing prior to the competition. Maybe that's the thing that keeps rubbing off on people: like many of the child-stars on Disney, she was pimped out as a child to this kind of environment...
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