For one contestant this season (Season Seven), the American Idol competition has been an incredible, soul searching journey. Contestant Asia'H Epperson, a bubbly 19-year old from Missouri who auditioned for American Idol in Atlanta, faced more of achallenge than most other applicants: the death of her Father only days before her audition.
Asia'H was successful in singing her way into the Top 8 Girls segment of the competition, however, to the surprise of many, her final performance, Whitney Houston's " I Wanna Dance With Somebody", failed to advance her any farther. Asia'H decided to ignore several warnings from some of the judges to avoid covering any Whitney Houston or Maria Carey songs, A decision that may have hurt her audience vote totals in the end.
Asia'H seems to have found a way to keep her elimination in perspective however: "You know, I'm a strong believer in everything happens for a reason, and I believe that God has a bigger and better plan for me, and Dad's just getting me through all of this, keeping that in my head."
When asked what plans she has for the foreseeable future, Asia'H definitely has some answers, "For me, I really believe the sky's the limit for me. I'm going to take every opportunity that I can. I've been in drama and things like that through middle school and high school, so maybe some acting, some commercials, maybe a little bit of modeling here and there, but definitely music, music, and music. Music is going to definitely stay in that. It's my heart and soul."
Asia'H Epperson is definitely one bright, young talent to keep an eye on.
Now on a more subjective note, it seems that recently there has been a steady increase in the amount of internet speculation on the idea that Asia'H could possibly be due for some kind of comeback on American Idol. The speculation runs that following a similar process used in past seasons of American Idol, that one or more of the more popular of the previously eliminated contestants could be brought back to give the remaining contestants a run for their money, so to speak. Asia'H Epperson wold definitely be one of the more popular of the already eliminated contestants on AI, and her ' happy go lucky ' personality would of course still be a welcome sight on the show ( not to mention the heart-wrenching story of the loss of her Father shortly before the Americasn Idol contest began).
You have to wonder, just what are the producers of American Idol planning to do next, and will it involve the talented miss Epperson..?
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