Gina Glocksen

Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Gina Glocksen


Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Gina Glocksen
Born = birth date and age|1984|7|4
Origin = Tinley Park, Illinois
Occupation = Singer, dental assistant
Genre = Rock
Years_active =
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Gina Glocksen (born July 4 1984) was the ninth-place finisher on the sixth season of "American Idol". She was eliminated on April 4, 2007.

Biography

She grew up in Tinley Park, Illinois a southwest suburb of Chicago and attended Virgil I. Grissom Jr Middle School and Victor J. Andrew High School. She currently lives in Naperville, Illinois. Glocksen has been singing since age sevenFact|date=September 2007 and she had classical music training in high school, where she learned to play the piano and flute. Glocksen tried out for the 5th season American Idol once, but didn't make it to the Top 24.

Prior to her second audition for the 6th season of American Idol, Glocksen worked as a dental assistant in Worth, Illinois and also performed in the cover band Catfight.(Little Lisa and Rose of Dot Dot Dot also from Catfight.)

"American Idol"

In Season 5, Glocksen auditioned in Chicago and sang "The Power of Love," which advanced her to Hollywood. In the first round of Hollywood auditions, Glocksen performed "If I Ever Fall In Love Again." She was eliminated on the final day of Hollywood auditions.

In Season 6, Glocksen had a third chance to audition on American Idol in Memphis her audition song was Black Velvet, and made it again to Hollywood. During Hollywood week, she sang the song "Be My Baby" by the Ronettes, together with Perla Meneses, Jessica Gordon and Marisa Rhodes in group round. On the final day, she performed "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman." Glocksen finally made into the Top 24, and then into the finals. She was voted off April 4, 2007, making her the ninth-place finalist. Like Chris Sligh, Stephanie Edwards and Brandon Rogers before her, she was never in the bottom 3 or 2 until she was eliminated.

Performances during voting weeks

Post- Idol

Following her elimination, she appeared on "Live with Regis and Kelly" and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", where she performed "Alone" for Ellen. She also appeared on "ME TV" on Nickelodeon, although she did not sing.

After her duet with Phil Stacey during an Illinois show of the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2007, Gina's boyfriend of three years, Joe, appeared on stage and surprised her by proposing to her.Fact|date=April 2008

In season 7 of "American Idol" Gina will be working on "American Idol Extra".

She is currently working on original material. One song 'When It Rains" has been performed on American Idol Extra.

EP

Glocksen has released an EP containing the four songs she sang while in the final 12 of "American Idol", but it is no longer available for purchase on iTunes.

# "Love Child" : 3:05
# "Paint It Black" : 3:28
# "I'll Stand By You" : 4:03
# "Smile" : 2:46

External links

* [http://www.rocktheglock.com/ Official Gina Glocksen Website]
*AI contestant|6|gina_glocksen|Gina Glocksen
*imdb name|2554058
*myspace|gigiglocksen|Gina Glocksen Personal Myspace