Rosita Vai
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Rosita Vai (born June 4, 1981 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a singer who rose to popularity after winning the second season on NZ Idol. On NZ Idol she was not in the bottom 3 in the whole competition.
After she had won NZ idol, NZ entertainer Sir Howard Morrison made comments about Vai's large body size, saying it would affect her career and give the wrong image to her fans. Morrison and Vai reconciled on the television show Close Up,[1] and the two performed a duet together at a live concert in 2006.[2]
Unlike NZ Idol season one winner Ben Lummis, who was dropped by SonyBMG citing poor sales, Rosita Vai is still signed under the SonyBMG Banner.
Rosita is currently in the studio recording her follow-up album to the debut album Golden.
She is of Samoan ethnicity.
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[edit] NZ Idol performances
- Auckland Auditions: I Have Nothing, Whitney Houston
- Top 60: Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Marvin Gaye
- Top 36: Work It Out, Beyoncé
- Top 24: I Have Nothing, Whitney Houston
- Top 10: Nobody's Supposed To Be Here, Deborah Cox
- Top 9: I'm Coming Out, Diana Ross
- Top 8: Always Be My Baby, Mariah Carey
- Top 7: Golden, Jill Scott
- Top 6: You're All I Need (To Get By), Aretha Franklin
- Top 5: If It Makes You Happy, Sheryl Crow
- Top 4: Sweet Lovers, Holiday Makers
- Top 4: Language, Annie Crummer
- Top 3: I Can't Tell You Why, The Eagles
- Top 3: Dangerously In Love, Beyoncé
- Grand Final: All I Ask (winners single)
- Grand Final: Golden, Jill Scott
- Grand Final: How Come You Don't Call Me?, Alicia Keys
[edit] Discography
[edit] Album
[edit] Singles
- (2005) Dedicated To The One I Love, with the finalists of NZ Idol - #5 NZ
- (2005) All I Ask - #1 NZ (2weeks) (Platinum x2; 20,000)
- (2005) Golden - Failed to Chart
