Diamond White (singer)

Diamond White^[1] (born January 1, 1999) is an American singer, actress, and voice actress from Los Angeles, California.

At 8, she starred in a Chicago-based production of The Color Purple that also toured nationally. She is the voice of Francine "Frankie" Elma Greene in Transformers: Rescue Bots and has had cameo appearances on The Haunted Hathaways and Sofia the First and a recurring role on Phineas and Ferb. In 2012, she was a contestant on the American version of The X Factor.

Career

2012: The X Factor

White auditioned for The X Factor in San Francisco, California^[2] with "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" by James Brown. At the Bootcamp Part 1, White sang "I Have Nothing" by Whitney Houston, from the movie The Bodyguard. At Part 2, she was against Dinah Jane Hansen, and they sang "Stronger". In the judges' home round, Diamond sang Avril Lavigne's "I'm With You". Her mentor Britney Spears chose her to compete in the live shows. White performed "Hey, Soul Sister" during the first live show on October 31, 2012. On November 1, 2012, during the first live results show, White, along with Arin Ray were put into a sing-off, with 1 of the contestants remaining in the competition and the other going home. White performed "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word". Spears selected Ray to remain in the competition, sending White home. However, on the November 7, 2012 episode, White was re-instated into the competition as a wildcard, creating a Top 13.

On the second live show on November 7, 2012, she again performed "I Have Nothing" by Whitney Houston, receiving positive reactions from the judges, and advancing into the Top 12. On November 14, 2012, she performed "Halo" and advanced into the Top 10. On November 21, 2012, she performed "Because You Loved Me" which earned her a spot in the Top 8. On November 28, 2012, she performed "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", and was put into the Bottom Two along with Vino Alan, where she performed "I Was Here". The judges saved White and sent home Alan, advancing White into the Top 6. White performed "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" and "Diamonds" during the December 5, 2012, and was put into the Bottom Two for the second time along with Fifth Harmony, where White performed "I Hope You Dance". The judges saved Fifth Harmony and sent home White, who finished fifth in the competition.

2013-present

In March 2013, White had a small role of The Big Bang Theory.^[3] She also performed a song with Toby Gad ("Peace") for world refugee day. She has been signed to an unknown label, possibly Columbia Records, and is working on music with Toby Gad. On her official Twitter page, she told her followers that she has signed with Syco. In July 2013, Diamond was featured in an episode of The Haunted Hathaways, thereafter becoming a recurring character on the show. She also voices the recurring character Ruby on the Disney Junior program Sofia the First. She confirmed on January 5, 2014, in one of her YouTube videos, that she got signed to Syco, however the label hadn't responded to her for more than 7 months.^[4] She stated that she would release a new song every week for 5 weeks. Her first song, "Richocet" was given positive reviews.

References

External links

• Diamond White at the Internet Movie Database