Vonzell Solomon

[@YungJRoc203]

Amazing its years later and this performance is still so very relevant to me!! I love Carrie but Vonzell should've won this year!

[@theonlyexception54]

One of the best performances of the season and she was in the bottom 2??? wtf America!

[@ThaGreatestof93]

I LOVED HER AND I WAS SSOOO PISSED WHEN SHE WENT HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She's amazing!

[@Fattah86]

Carrie, Bo & Vonzell. 3 different people, 3 different styles & 3 different genres. One similarity: GREAT singers!!

[@anthill927]

this performance is so underrarted!!! it needs to be on peoples american idol lists because she did really good on this!

[@dmann3g]

She ripped this! Such a pure, yet powerful soprano.

[@brandonbrown1916]

Mezzo soprano

[@andremarks3073]

Absolutely! Vonzell is not a mezzo, Jason. She’s a full stop spinto. Carrie’s a mezzo. If you listen to where Vonzell’s best notes lie, they’re not at the bottom. She doesn’t have enough bottom to qualify as a mezzo and her top notes are pure. The way I can always tell if a soprano is singing below her fach is to listen for the lows. Sopranos will always go sharp on the lows when the song sits there for too long a time. It’s the same way mezzos will go flat on the high notes if they stay up too long. Vonzell had a vocal teacher, but I’m not sure how good of one because her instrument was amazing, but she often had trouble moving fluidly through her registers.

[@momash6440]

@@brandonbrown1916 why do u think she had trouble moving through registers? and can you give examples of songs she sang on AI?

[@brandonbrown1916]

@@momash6440 Because shes a gut mezzo. If u play 'note for note' w her, youll lose

[@honeybun13]

i'm going to see her live on saturday. i am sooooo excited. she is the best!

[@ScottyG124]

She came in 3rd...and was the 2nd place girl..she was that good!

[@konrox]

oh my god thank you soooo much i love VONZELL! go baby V! i think she should have won american idol, or at lease have a cd! seriously! thankyou. THIS IS MY FAVOURITE SONG FROM HER!

[@hearmylisten]

one of the extremely few who actually do have the TALENT and the LOOKS.. she comes with the COMPLETE PACKAGE.. making it big would only make her shine even brighter

[@crazyasianman07]

Thank u for uploading this. This is one of my favorite performances too! Been searching for it.

[@MAL2BASIC]

I genuinely believe they decide before hand who they want to win. And Simon I believe uses his dagger tongue to help secure their decision.

[@dadizzie]

o thats interesting u joined this site on my birthday and my fav singer ever is your fav singer thats tight

[@GRomance0804]

ONE WORD: STUNNING

[@XOANTY]

damn America. can't believe we let this incredible talent down. where the hell is Bo at right now? ugh just makes me sick to my stomach. LOVE U VONZ!

[@Sirbananasir]

Goosebumps that's goo to the se to the bumps

[@MayorOfTheCaribbean]

Vonzelle was the real champ! Carrie usually sang basic songs with simple chord progressions and a predictable "big note" at the end. Vonzelle, on the other hand, really utilized the extremes of her vocal range, and had the most challenging song arrangements. Simon's inaccurate and disparaging comments - and obvious favour toward Carrie - really hurt Vonzelle!

[@Blakmajik78]

This was the prettiest song that she sang on the show...she really was the best singer to me...it would have have been hot to see her on Season 3 against Fantasia, Jennifer and Latoya...

[@Lilmama111]

i agree most definately!...

[@eddylester]

Great

[@ScottyG124]

I think she sang this song amazingly. Her voice does get a little thin in the higher notes, but I think she executed the last note perfectly and overall she was a better performer Season 4. Its amazing to see the transformation from heatwave to her last AI performance. Carrie sang every song the same, vonzell showed more versatility. Both great singers, especially within their own genres!

[@dmann3g]

Ive said it bfore..Simon was going for Carrie, as a business strategy, so he tried to use his influence to keep the votes from getting marred. Ruben n Fan didnt sell the albums execs want (go figure, the 2 black winners). He knew Vonz was a vocal beast, but Carrie can blow n she's a much more lucrative commodity being a country singer

[@mellynumerounooo6908]

Carrie vocally destroyed Vonzell, lmao.

[@dmann3g]

Im not even gonna entertain that foolish statement

[@mellynumerounooo6908]

Perhaps if you weren't so tone-deaf, the statement wouldn't have been perceived as foolish to you. Carrie had a bigger, stronger, more robust sound to her voice. No, she hadn't been vocally trained as Vonzell had been for 5 years prior to auditioning for the show, but her natural voice and ability simply pulverized that of Vonzell. Vonzell had such a thin, shrill sounding little instrument and yet insisted on covering songs that were way too big for her voice.

[@dmann3g]

Thanks for ur pointless words

[@mellynumerounooo6908]

You're right, they are pointless in the grand scheme of things. You know why? Because Vonzell wasted absolutely no time in going back to the NOBODY that she was before her AI audition right after the show ended, whereas Carrie went on to attain massive superstardom - acclaimed by critics and praised by long-time industry legends that span across several genres. Vonzell is essentially a youtube cover artist these days - and not even one of the more popular ones!

[@islezeus]

I agree with you and it is more apparent this season with their already chosen winner David Archuleta.

[@diegomelen]

lol! i know! can't believe simon never recognized her voice! :@

[@ScottyG124]

of auditions? There are three rounds in the beginning of American idol, first is a mass audition where you audition in front of the shows many producers. The second round you audition for the shows 2 main producers, then finally you get to see the three judges.

[@hedunlap]

Where is she now? I havenn't heard her name mentioned since the day she was voted off. Maybe it's because I don't live in Ft Meyers.

[@sikatgigi1]

WHERE IS SHE???? This season especially the top 3 are amazing!

[@mradkins2011]

she was gonna be the next fantasia !

[@dadizzie]

@sikatgigi1 she's still making music her new single is available on itunes. It's called dirtbag

[@kclee1]

Looking back at 2021: Having witnessed her performances in this season, the way she performed better and better from the audition till the finals, I was surprised to learn that she's the only one not getting a contract from any label from that season! Can you imagine it? She could have been another Whitney, Chaka, Diana, and Dionne, if she was given a chance. What a waste!

[@brandonbrown1916]

Facts. After Ruben and Fantasia didn't sell huge #s (white ppl don't buy rnb albums) they were hell bent on making sure another blk person didn't win that year. Carrie was cute, country and could sing her face. Cash cow. But Vonz didn't get a fair shake.

[@jon_low]

It's true. His comments swayed voters, no question about it. Obviously, Carrie was the more marketable artist but Vonzell trumps her when it comes to live performances.

[@Hershey_Gregg]

the Supremes (flo, mary and diana) did a great version of this song as well.

[@xxkmlsmpxx]

Nice

[@GraceForlu]

She was almost d best. Carrie has not got a voice soo good as Vonzell. Vonzell has some amazing performances and I think American idol choses who to win.

[@felipemajo5770]

Como lo odio a Simon. Totalmente subjetivo

[@qg6ff]

Carrie's voice is great, but i agree with you other than that...Simon knew who he wanted to win so he had to make sure that happened.

[@justinjackson8670]

I always wondered why she did that hard head turn on the last “the”.

[@benzmusiczone]

Justin Jackson I loved that...it was so Broadway

[@ScottyG124]

yeah, there's a lot of them though.

[@Lancerman213]

Simon was such a hater. It was like he was determined to put negative energy out there for her to lose that season. He was so annoying on that show. Lol

[@sk8tagal11]

vonzell was awesome. I so wanted her to win. But i'm glad carrie won over bo I really liked carrie too. I still do.

[@ayzax14]

I was a Carrie fan that year, so I was ecstatic she won. But Vonzell was fantastic as well, and for once I found Simon's comments a little off-putting. I usually agree with him, but his comment to the judges "don't get carried away", is a little ridiculous. Wasn't he the one who prematurely predicted Carrie to sell more records than any Idol contestant (he was right, I admit)...it goes to show he gets a little "carried away" himself. (No pun intended, haha)

[@nc2888ksw]

I loved Vonzell, I was very dissappointed when she lost. And then a season later Taylor Hicks beat Katherine Mcphee so I do not watch anymore. I'm so sad she didn't

[@dadizzie]

Actually she still can become popular. Enjouchi's right though we HAVE to support her. She has a single coming out late Feb or early March and I love it. It's called dirtbag. I'm on what's known as her street team, people who help promote her and help give advice to her, so any ideas by you guys would be helpful. I'll keep y'all posted as well.

[@Hanky0626]

i have been saying that for years, you dont even understand. I noticed it, I really think it was a scam. vonzell was the best hands down

[@naijabouy]

Simon hated on her the entire season. She was the bomb.

[@MNBluestater]

I liked Vonzell, she had a problem with staying in tune, though. That's what sunk her.

[@ScottyG124]

I've auditioned but didnt make it, its all luck really...and then if you are lucky enough your most likely really good...or really really bad!

[@user2398]

and she got in the bottom 3 for that???? WHAT???

[@dadizzie]

Lol no its not just you i've been seeing that myself...

[@hedunlap]

If she was that good why didn't she come in at least 2nd?

[@TommyGDub]

Vonzell could take Tamyra easily. Listen to Tamyra's warbly rendition of the National Anthem. She wasn't nearly as good as the judges thought she was.

[@barose1]

That show is so fixed

[@MistaRichardz]

@antyfreeman2008 i liked bo but vonzell was better and should have won

[@hoseaainsley6477]

simon's favorite is Carrie Underwood....he is just unfair...vonzell is way better than carrie...carrie's voice is so common...

[@notabadguy06]

this is the only performance that I liked from her

[@hedwigkiesler]

uuuuhhh, that is really not good. she has absolutely no idea what the song is about. and the belt in the end would have been better left out.

[@iluvuholyspirit]

Simon is so riduculous.... gosh!!!!!