Brandon Rogers (singer)

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Brandon Rogers
Background information
Birth name	Brandon Rogers
Origin	North Hollywood, California
Genre(s)	Pop, R&B
Occupation(s)	Singer
Label(s)	Brand CR Music (Independent)

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

Rogers has a musical family background; his mother is a published songwriter. 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.

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 backup singer 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.

For American Idol, Rogers auditioned in Los Angeles. After hearing his audition song, the judges (including guest judge Olivia Newton-John) were impressed with his vocals. Judge Simon Cowell later mentioned he was the best auditioner coming 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.

[edit] American Idol performances

[edit] Semi-finals

• "Rock with You" by Michael Jackson
• "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper
• "I Just Want to Celebrate" by Rare Earth

[edit] Finals

• "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes - Eliminated March 14, 2007

[edit] External links

• American Idol page
• Brandon Rogers (singer) at the Internet Movie Database