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Antonella Barba Birth name Antonella Maria Barba Born November 26, 1986 Origin Point Pleasant, New Jersey, United States Genres Pop Years active 2007–present Antonella Maria Barba (born November 26, 1986) is an American singer who placed in the top 16 on the sixth season of American Idol. She was eliminated before the top 12 were chosen.
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Biography
Barba was born in California to parents Vincenzo and Valerie, and raised in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. She went to high school at Red Bank Catholic High School in Red Bank, New Jersey. She has one younger brother and two younger sisters. Barba graduated in 2008 from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., studying architecture.[1]
Antonella is currently a non-partisan spokesperson for ElectionMall's Voter Space.[2]
American Idol
Antonella Barba was first seen on television at the New York auditions of Idol in a January 2007 episode. She auditioned with her friend Amanda Collucio; after Collucio sang her rendition of Patsy Cline's "Crazy" Barba took center stage and belted out a smooth performance of Deniece Williams' "Free." Paula dubbed Antonella "fantastic" and Simon advised her "when someone is down on the floor kick them". Nevertheless, the judges praised her performance and liked it better than her friend Amanda's performance; eventually both received golden ticket passes to Hollywood. Barba made it into the top 24 but her friend was cut before the top 40.
Film
Antonella appears in Jerseyboy Hero the documentary film based down at the Jersey Shore where she is originally from. She and her friend (Amanda Coluccio) comment on their American Idol experience and what they think about the industry's ups and downs.[3][4]
Controversy
Barba received notoriety beyond the show when a series of racy photographs of her surfaced on the Internet prior to the final twelve contestants being chosen. These included photos of her posing in a wet t-shirt in the fountain of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C..[5] She was quoted as saying that they "were photos of my personal life that got exploited without my consent." These pictures have widely received mainstream attention.[6][7]
Barba's pictures caused controversy because she was not dismissed from the show. In American Idol (season 2) contender Frenchie Davis was dismissed because of the topless photos she took in 1998 when she was 19 years old. The photos also caused outrage because it was felt that students at Catholic University should not take such photos, and it especially outraged some that Barba was not expelled from the university.[8]
American Idol performances
Week # Theme Song Choice Original Artist Order # Result Top 24 (12 Women) N/A "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Aerosmith 5 Safe Top 20 (10 Women) N/A "Because You Loved Me" Celine Dion 5 Safe Top 16 (8 Women) N/A "Put Your Records On" Corinne Bailey Rae 3 Eliminated Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions Album US US
PopUS Dance CAN 2010 "Jersey Girl" - - - - Antonella Barba's Upcoming Debut Album References
- ^ "The Young Turks interview with Antonella Barba". http://www.theyoungturks.com/info/guests. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
- ^ "Former American Idol Contestant Antonella Barba Becomes Spokesperson for ElectionMall's Voter Space". Send2Press. 2008-03-04. http://www.send2press.com/newswire/2008-03-0304-002.shtml. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1854545/fullcredits#cast
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2554057/
- ^ Nude 'American Idol' vixen voted off show
- ^ 'Idol' chatter dominates Playboy bash
- ^ 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for Feb. 26
- ^ Culture Wars article attacking CUA for tolerating Barba etc.
Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- American Idol participants
- American musicians of Italian descent
- English-language singers
- Musicians from New Jersey
- American female singers
- People from Point Pleasant, New Jersey
- The Catholic University of America alumni
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