Jasmine Murray

Jasmine Murray

American Idol has been a household name not only in America, but the whole world has been watching out for it, as well. The show has produced a lot of chart hitters with the genre not being confined to pop only, but also in alternative rock and in other genres as well. Names like Jordin Sparks, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, David Cook, Carrie Underwood have occupied the slots in the music chart ever since the start of their careers. Whether their popularity fades away in such little time, or their spark stays bright in the coming years, they were known to the world with American Idol. The show has made a lot of people mad, happy, satisfied, or left them rambling about the judges comments. Yet still, a lot of aspiring talents try their luck with AI. One of them is Jasmine Murray.

Jasmine is at the young age of 16 and hails from Starkville, Mississippi. She was Mississippi’s Most Outstanding Teen of the year 2007 in the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen pageant. She went on to the top 10 of the national competition, and she was granted the honor to sing the national anthem before the Miss America Pageant in January 2008.

She is a junior at the Mississippi School of Arts and had her audition in Jacksonville, Florida where she sang Big Girls Don’t Cry. She is recognized as a miracle baby by her mom, who had extreme toxemia while she was pregnant with Jasmine. It was said that even the doctors didn’t even expect both mom and child to make it. Jasmine is the youngest of five children. During an interview, she said that she likes to sing pop rock and country. She loves being onstage and that she has been singing since she was just three years old.

Judge Simon Cowell described her as “cute and commercial,” while Paula Abdul finds she has a “nice voice.” Randy said, “There’s something going on there.” Jasmine earned four yeses from the AI judges.

Though the youngest in the family, her sisters refer to her as their role model. When she went out carrying the golden ticket, her mom and her three sisters who were with her were so overjoyed to hear of the good news. Ryan Seacrest clarified that Murray is still to compete with other contestants in Hollywood. Luckily, Jasmine Murray is still included in the top 36 list. She is to compete with the others while they will be narrowed down to 12 contestants. Each week, one of the contestants will be eliminated by way of viewer voting until one winner comes up. The grand winner will then receive a recording contract.

If you love Jasmine Murray, watch out for her and cast out your vote to get her into the top 12.

AI has made some dreams come true and has inspired most viewers. Though sometimes a source of controversy, it still has good overall feedbacks from viewers. Though not all will be pleased and some might even be annoyed, it makes the show more entertaining.