Brandon Rogers (singer)

Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Brandon Rogers

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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Brandon Rogers
Born = birth date and age|1977|12|11
Origin = North Hollywood, California
Occupation = Singer
Genre = Pop, R&B
Years_active =
Label = Brand CR Music (Independent)
URL =

Brandon Rogers (born December 11, 1977) is an American singer who has worked as a professional backup vocalist, and who was the 12th place finalist on the sixth season of "American Idol".

Music career

Rogers is a graduate of the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Rogers attended UNT from 1996 to 1999 and performed in the UNT Jazz Singers, the centerpiece ensemble of the university's vocal jazz studies program. His classmates included Grammy-winning musician Norah Jones and singer song-writer David Angerstein. Rogers' mother is a published songwriter.

His first big break was part of a group brought together through a radio boy band competition in Dallas, Texas in 2000. The Kidd Kraddick in the Morning show on 106.1 "KISS-FM" put together an audition originally as a joke to see if they could really construct a boy band. However, they ended up with five talented singers which they named Sons of Harmony. Mexican pop singer Marcos Hernandez was also a member of this band. When the group broke up, Brandon moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in music.

As a professional backup vocalist, Rogers performed on Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera's 2003 Justified and Stripped Tour and Anastacia's 2005 Encore Tour. Rogers has also worked as a voice coach and wedding singer.

In 2008 Brandon Rogers signed an independent record deal with Authentik Artists to release his new single "Broken". He can be found playing regional shows in Southern California and doing international events with American Idol alumni.

Acting career

On May 12,2008 Rogers guest starred on the crime drama "Bones" on FOX.Fact|date=January 2008

Brandon is set to appear (as a recurring character) on a web-oriented series, "Valley Peaks".

American Idol

Rogers auditioned for "American Idol" in Los Angeles, where the judges (including guest judge Olivia Newton-John) were impressed with his vocals. Judge Simon Cowell later mentioned he was the best who auditioned from Los Angeles. He got through the subsequent Hollywood, cut-down, and semi-final rounds to make the Top 12 finals round. However, in his initial performance he forgot the words to several bars of "You Can't Hurry Love", and was the first finalist eliminated from the show on March 14, 2007.

Rogers, along with 11th placer Stephanie Edwards, were not performing on annual summer tour.

"American Idol" performances

External links

* [http://www.brandon-rogers.com/ Official Brandon Rogers Website]
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*imdb name|2554064|Brandon Rogers
*myspace|brandonrogers|Brandon Rogers