1. Blake Colin Lewis was born on July 21,1981 and is an American musician, singer and actor who was the runner-up on the sixth season of American Idol.
44 Facts About Blake Lewis
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Blake Lewis was born in Redmond, Washington to Dallas and Dinah Blake Lewis.
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Blake Lewis is an only child and is of Welsh, Swiss, German and Irish descent.
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Blake Lewis attended Kenmore Junior High and later Inglemoor High School in Kenmore, Washington.
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In high school, Blake Lewis participated in many high school state competitions.
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Blake Lewis took part in numerous musicals, as well as comedy and rap videos with his friends.
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Blake Lewis picked up this talent purely by ear, listening to CDs of beatboxing, after he was inspired by Matthew Selby, a former member of the Los Angeles-based a cappella group M-Pact, of which fellow American Idol semi-finalist Rudy Cardenas was a member.
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Blake Lewis describes himself as an improv musician and often uses devices such as loop pedals and the Kaoss Pad to layer beatboxing, instruments, vocals and effects to create a song live on stage.
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Blake Lewis made connections with various musicians by performing regularly in many venues in Seattle such as Nectar Lounge in Fremont, SeaMonster Lounge, Lo-Fi Performance Gallery, Jet Deck in Everett and hosted shows like The Digital Lounge shows at ToST.
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Blake Lewis ended up the last male contestant standing, despite Simon's first impression that the singer was a bit "over the top" adding "I don't know if you're as good as you think you are".
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Cowell further confirmed that Blake Lewis was the front runner of male contestants on American Idol.
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Blake Lewis, upon entering the top 2 on May 16,2007, he thus became the first ever contestant from the Northwestern United States to compete in the finale.
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Blake Lewis had rearranged songs including "You Keep Me Hangin' On" and "You Give Love a Bad Name".
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Blake Lewis incorporated a substantial beatboxing component, making the song sound significantly different from its original version.
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Jon Bon Jovi, the lead singer of the band who coached the contestants that week, noted that Blake Lewis' rendition was "rolling the dice".
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Several original versions of songs Blake Lewis performed re-entered Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart shortly after the show.
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On May 11,2007, Blake Lewis visited his hometown, Seattle, Washington for the traditional Idol Top 3 hometown visits.
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Blake Lewis made numerous appearances at radio stations and then played a concert in Seattle at Westlake Center, including a performance of "Baby Got Back" with Sir Mix-a-Lot.
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Blake Lewis claimed 311 as his all-time favorite band after his performance of "All Mixed Up".
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Blake Lewis has "Chris Sligh, Rudy Cardenas", contestants from the sixth season of American Idol, listed as his own "American idols" on his profile on American Idol official website, while Sligh and Cardenas have Blake Lewis on their lists.
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Furthermore, Lewis claimed in an interview with The Blaker Girls that besides Richardson, Cardenas and Sligh, his best friends on the show were Brandon Rogers, Jordin Sparks and Gina Glocksen.
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Figures from SoundScan which were posted on USA Today indicated that Blake Lewis' "You Give Love a Bad Name" was "the biggest-selling download of the season", with 192,000 copies sold.
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Blake Lewis performed Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved" on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, The Today Show, Live with Regis and Kelly and The Early Show.
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Blake Lewis had appeared on Total Request Live, The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet with the winner of Idol, Jordin Sparks and Larry King Live with contestants who made into the top ten of American Idol.
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On July 4,2007, Blake Lewis performed "God Bless America" and "America the Beautiful" on Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular with Sparks and Melinda Doolittle.
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Blake Lewis revealed on The View on June 14,2007, that all the male contestants on the show would be playing musical instruments on the tour, "doing like a folk band," and that he would bring along his loop pedals for his beatboxing.
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Blake Lewis performed "She Loves the Way" on the last show, becoming the first Idol who sang their pre-Idol original materials on the tour.
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Blake Lewis has made a cut on the list of 50 hottest guys on Elle Girl.
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On June 25,2008 Entertainment Weekly officially announced that Blake Lewis was dropped by his label, Arista, but will remain on Idol creator Simon Fuller's 19 Recordings roster.
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Blake Lewis has said he's already written four songs for his second album, which he's working on with his band's drummer, KJ "Quantize" Sawka.
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Blake Lewis says who is currently producing his record with his drummer, KJ Sawka.
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Blake Lewis recorded a track at 311 frontman Nick Hexum's house for the next album.
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Blake Lewis finished a charity song called "Selfless" with Darude for Dance4Life.
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Blake Lewis has been in Darude's song "I Ran" which hit the charts and is on local radio stations constantly.
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Blake Lewis performed three songs including a beatbox version of "America the Beautiful".
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Blake Lewis signed a deal on Tommy Boy Entertainment to record an electronica album.
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On February 25,2013, it was announced that Blake Lewis has signed with Republic Records.
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Blake Lewis was going to release his third studio album Portrait of a Chameleon in spring 2013 and the first single "Your Touch" premiered on February 26,2013, on a commercial for Internet Explorer 10.
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On February 17,2014, Blake Lewis officially announced that his new album would be released May 20,2014, on his own record label, Audio Day Dream Records.
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In 2018, Blake Lewis released a remix album featuring unreleased tracks and new remixes of former releases.
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Blake Lewis released his fourth studio album, Wanderlust Unknown, on January 24,2020, featuring lead singles "Pot of Gold" and "Trouble".
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Blake Lewis had voiced a character named Thump on one episode of Generator Rex.
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Blake Lewis chose to put his support behind this organization after a best friend of his as well as his friend's girlfriend were diagnosed with lymphoma.
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In 2010 Blake Lewis competed on Don't Forget the Lyrics to raise money for the Seattle Children's Hospital, a charity that he has worked with for over ten years.