1. Frenchie Davis came to public attention in 2003 as a contestant on the singing competition show American Idol.
24 Facts About Frenchie Davis
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In 2011, Frenchie Davis reached the top 8 on the first season of singing competition The Voice.
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Frenchie Davis was born in Washington, DC, and raised in Los Angeles, CA.
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Frenchie Davis graduated from Howard University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
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Frenchie Davis was a contestant on the second season of American Idol in 2003, but was disqualified early in the season due to topless photos taken earlier in her career.
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Frenchie Davis added that no one was able to find the pictures in question as the website that featured them had been taken down.
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Co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck argued the difference was that Frenchie Davis was paid for her pictures whereas Barba was not.
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Frenchie Davis sang the solo in the opening song of Act Two, Seasons of Love, and in ensemble roles such as Mrs Jefferson, a woman with bags, a coat vendor, Mrs Marquez and others.
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On June 1,2005, Frenchie Davis returned to her previous role in the Broadway production of Rent.
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Frenchie Davis had previously announced that she would leave Rent in May 2007, but announced her final performance following a mid-April 2007 show.
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Frenchie Davis joined the original cast for a special encore performance.
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In 2004, Frenchie Davis was cast in the role of Effie in a West Coast-touring production of Dreamgirls, which appeared in Sacramento, San Jose, and Seattle, and later went to the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.
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In 2011, Frenchie Davis competed in the first season of reality competition series The Voice.
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Frenchie Davis was eliminated during the semi-finals, finishing fifth overall.
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Frenchie Davis did join the other members of the final eight contestants of the show: Javier Colon, Dia Frampton, Vicci Martinez, Beverly McClellan, Casey Weston, Xenia, and Nakia on a US tour summer 2011.
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In December 2012, Frenchie starred in the musical God Doesn't Mean You Get To Live Forever at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in New York with legendary pastor Dr James A Forbes Jr.
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In 2017, Frenchie Davis starred as Henri in The View UpStairs - an off-Broadway musical about the UpStairs Lounge arson attack that killed 50 patrons of a gay bar in New Orleans.
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Frenchie Davis was a winner of the Jose Esteban Munoz Award from CLAGS: the Center for LGBTQ Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY.
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Frenchie Davis is a featured artist in the Tony Moran single "You Are" that was released December 1,2009, and peaked at number 5 on the Billboard hot clubplay chart.
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On September 4,2012, Frenchie Davis released her debut solo single, "Love's Got A Hold On Me".
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Frenchie Davis continues to be a strong and outspoken advocate for the bisexual community, LGBTQ youth and for LGBTQ people of color.
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Frenchie Davis was impersonated by guest host Queen Latifah on the March 8,2003, episode of sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live; Frenchie Davis was lampooned for her nude photo scandal, brash attitude and melismatic singing style.
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In June 2017, Frenchie Davis received the Jose Esteban Munoz award from CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies - an award that is given to individuals who promote Queer Studies in their work or activism.
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Frenchie Davis shared the award alongside Nathan Lee Graham and Wilson Cruz.