1. Brooke Elizabeth White was born on June 2,1983 and is an American folk-pop singer-songwriter and actress who was the fifth place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol.
33 Facts About Brooke White
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In 2005, White released her first studio album, called Songs from the Attic.
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Brooke Elizabeth White was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and raised in nearby Mesa, with three younger siblings and her parents, Brad and Kaylene.
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Brooke White started singing at 16, when she tried out for the high school musical, Meet Me in St Louis, and earned the lead role.
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Brooke White graduated in 2001 from Heritage Academy, a charter high school in Mesa, Arizona.
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Brooke White described herself as a "beauty school dropout," and shared on Idol that she started doing hair when she was 11 years old.
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Brooke White moved to Los Angeles, California when she was 19 years old where she attended the Musicians Institute for three months and then spent the next four years honing her craft as a singer-songwriter recording in the studio and performing in the clubs of Hollywood, California under the guidance of Tim Simms.
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Brooke White is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Brooke White and her husband have one daughter, born on May 24,2012 and one son, born September 3,2016.
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Brooke White auditioned for American Idol, in Philadelphia, where she sang "Like a Star" and received positive reviews from all of the judges.
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Brooke White performed an acoustic version of "Love Is a Battlefield" by Pat Benatar, in the next week to good reviews, as well.
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Randy Jackson said it was a very heartfelt performance and Simon Cowell said that it was believable and one of the best of the night and that he thought that Brooke White had picked good song choices in the past three weeks.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, who served as guest mentor for a show, based on his own music, was particularly impressed by Brooke White and predicted a big night for her.
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However, three lines into her performance of "You Must Love Me", Brooke White apologized, stopped the band and restarted the song from the beginning.
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Brooke White filmed an appearance on MTV's Total Request Live on May 6,2008.
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White shot a video for the VH1 TV show Best Week Ever, called "Brooke White Starts And Stops The Classics".
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Brooke White returned to the Idol stage for the season finale and performed, along with the other Top 12 contestants.
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Brooke White filmed a commercial with fellow finalists, Syesha Mercado and Carly Smithson, she has become the spokeswoman for "Save The World Summer", a campaign launched by Malaria No More and Idol Gives Back.
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Brooke White stated in an interview that she would not sign a record deal until the tour finished.
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Brooke White was on the Fall 2008 cover of Eliza magazine.
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On September 27,2008, Brooke White visited her hometown of Mesa, AZ, and signed autographs at Milano Music Center and performed at the Mesa Amphitheater.
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Brooke White appeared at the NAMM Show and did an impromptu performance of "You're So Vain" at the Gibson booth.
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Brooke White collaborated with Michael Johns for a song called, Life is Okay.
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Brooke White will appear solo at a concert in Washington, DC, on October 10,2009.
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Songs from the Attic was re-released, after Brooke White was eliminated from American Idol.
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On February 25,2009, Brooke White released her first single, "Hold Up My Heart," written entirely by Brooke White.
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Brooke White partnered up with singer-songwriter Jack Matranga to form a duo Jack and White and released a six-song EP entitled Gemini.
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Brooke White collaborated with different artists on each song with a goal to raise $20,000.
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Brooke White collaborated with Eric Straube and Chris Qualls for the album.
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Brooke White says that, if she could choose a partner for a "dream duet", she would choose Carole King, whom she cites as one of her main influences.
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Brooke White cites Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood as her favorite former American Idol winners.
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Brooke White starred in a TV movie, Change of Plans, which aired on January 8,2011.
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Brooke White starred in another TV movie, Banner 4th of July, which aired on June 29,2013.