Jessica Vosk, Simon Cowell. Getty Photographs (2)
Jessica Vosk can nonetheless vividly keep in mind her American Idol audition — and Simon Cowell’s lower than complimentary suggestions.
“I walked in. I sang Coronary heart’s ‘Alone.’ All people is aware of that music. I sang it and Simon checked out me and stated, ‘That was pathetic,’” Vosk, 41, stated throughout a Friday, December 13, episode of The Drink with Kate Snow. “Are you able to imagine [it]?”
Vosk defined that she was in faculty on the time. “‘That was pathetic. It was determined. It sounded so determined,’” Vosk recalled of Cowell’s criticism. “I keep in mind saying to myself, ‘Don’t cry on digital camera. Don’t cry on digital camera.’ As a result of after you allow that room, they comply with you all the way in which out to your automotive, and I keep in mind being like, ‘Don’t cry.’”
Vosk famous that American Idol, which was additionally judged by Paula Adbul and Randy Jackson on the time, was her “first foray into actuality TV.” When requested whether or not the expertise made an influence on her, Vosk replied that it did.
Jackie Tohn had an ideal expertise on American Idol, however she wouldn’t check out once more. “To begin with, I can’t. I’m 110 and I feel the age drop off is the cutoff is 28,” the No one Needs This actress, 44, solely advised Us Weekly. “Humorous sufficient, after I tried out for the primary time, when […]
“I wasn’t absolutely shaped but. I didn’t have an opinion of myself essentially to really feel so robust in who I used to be and what I wished to do,” she stated. “You are feeling like you might be disappointing folks by not making it.”
Vosk known as the audition a “large turning level” for her to not need to “put myself on the market.” She added, “And simply sink a little bit bit deeper into the background, which was unhappy. It was unhappy.”
Vosk famous that the expertise was “in all probability” what led her to pursue a profession in finance. “I did very well when it got here to working within the company world and graduating faculty and going instantly right into a job,” she stated. “It was type of loopy. However I did, I put all the things musical proper down.”
Vosk stayed at her job on Wall Road for about three years, whereas battling panic assaults, earlier than leaving the position to pivot again to musical endeavors. Now, Vosk has added Broadway star to her resume, notably enjoying Elphaba within the musical Depraved.
Maren Morris, Luke Combs and Tori Kelly are among the many stars who’ve been turned down by singing competitors reveals earlier than their huge breaks. Morris shared an image of her American Idol audition ticket from 2007 by way of Instagram in July 2022. “I didn’t make it previous the first-round cattle name,” Morris admitted within the caption. “I […]
Exterior of theater, she has continued to pursue music — releasing a Christmas album known as Sleigh earlier this yr. Vosk solely advised Us Weekly in November that the best recipe for making a festive tune consists of authenticity.
“There’s love, there’s authenticity, there’s only a feeling of reminiscence,” she stated on the opening night time of Elf on Broadway. “It at all times takes me again to being in the lounge with a document participant and my mother and father and studying to sing. So, for me, it simply echoes again to being a child.”
