Nadia Turner Biography (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Nadia Turner is an American singer, songwriter, actress and radio/television personality, best known as the 8th place finalist on the fourth season of American Idol.

Before Idol

Nadia was born and raised in Miami, Florida and started singing at five years old. Nadia won her first trophy at age eleven in the Betetees Sorority talent show. She won her first pageant at age fifteen singing in the Miss Martin Luther King, Jr. pageant. She continued to compete in many other talent driven pageants in the U.S. and the Caribbean. She attended art-driven schools in Miami from elementary throughout college at Florida International University. In 2000, she sang at the 26th G8 summit to President Clinton and seven world leaders in Okinawa, Japan.

Performances on American Idol

Date	Theme	Song	Original Artist
February 22, 2005	No Theme	The Power of Love	Ashley Cleveland
February 29, 2005	No Theme	My Love	Paul McCartney
March 8, 2005	No Theme	Try A Little Tenderness	Otis Redding
March 15, 2005	1960s Music	You Don't Have to Say You Love Me	Dusty Springfield
March 22,2005	Billboard Number Ones	Time After Time	Cyndi Lauper
March 29, 2005	1990s Music	I'm The Only One	Melissa Ethridge
April 5, 2005	Broadway Musicals	As Long As He Needs Me	Oliver!
April 12, 2005	Year You Were Born	When I Dream	Crystal Gayle

Post American Idol

Since exiting American Idol, Nadia Turner has made guest appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Tony Danza Show and served as a guest host on The View in December, 2006.

Nadia Turner has performed and hosted many charities such as Big Brothers Big Sisters "Big Event" at the American Airlines Arena, UM Sylvester Cancer Foundation, The Pet Project, and SOS Children Village. She was invited to Kuwait by a bloodline of Kuwait's royal family to perform at a private New Year's Eve party.

Turner's debut album, entitled Standing On Love, is scheduled for a late Spring release and is currently without a label.

Turner has a lead role in the urban romantic comedy Lord Help Us, which premiered at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival and was released on DVD by Image Entertainment in May 2007.

Songs

Year	Song	Album
2005	"You Don't Have To Say You Love Me"	American Idol Season 4: The Showstoppers

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