![]() ![]() And you know what? In the end, she was 100% right, but she believed in my talent from the beginning. It was because she was thinking ahead, and she said wasn’t sure if America was ready to have a drag queen on that platform. The reason why she was on the fence about me was because I was a drag queen. In the auditions, I don’t remember if they showed it or not, but she was actually the only judge who was on the fence about me. What was it like having Katy Perry as a judge? I appreciate and love every single person that comes to me, letting me know that I’ve changed something in their lives or made it easier for them to be themselves. I am absolutely beyond grateful for the opportunity to touch people the way I have. I have had people from all over the world just telling me how much I changed their lives, and given them confidence to live their true selves. Oh my goodness, it has been so fantastic. What kind of feedback have you had from fans since appearing on the show? They loved me every single time and they supported me the entire way, because they knew that I was extremely passionate about all of it. If I didn’t have what I needed vocally, then I wouldn’t have gotten the responses that I did from the judges. But I think the main reason was that I had the talent to carry me through every single one of the trials. And the drag aspect of it all was simply to add a factor of marketability and for ratings and stuff for the TV show. I don’t mean to say this to sound any type of entitled or anything, but I feel like I’ve always had the talent I needed to carry me through a competition like this. There’s not been many drag contestants on music reality competitions. Seeing her on stage, seeing what she did, really inspired me to go ahead and give it a try. ![]() She was the first one I ever saw in person, and she was really scary, but she was the first one who ever befriended me. The first drag queen that ever spoke to me became a good friend of mine. My goodness! I have a lot of inspirations here, locally, from my hometown. Who are some of your inspirations in the drag community? So this last time I just said, ‘Hey, you know what? I’ve being doing this drag thing for a couple of years, let’s give it a go and see what happens!’ I went ahead, showed up in drag, and I guess it worked out! The thing that I had thought about was people telling me I’m not marketable, and there’s no way to push me out to the audience, that i needed something to catch people’s attention. I’ve auditioned for the show over a course of eight years, a total of 13 times! I decided that something wasn’t clicking. What inspired you to go on American Idol as Ada? I went ahead and said, ‘Let’s give this a shot, and see if I can switch things up a bit.’ So I did that, and I haven’t stopped since then. I didn’t know what drag was, I didn’t know that we had this huge community, and when I saw it I was like, ‘Hey! There’s something that I think I could do with, you know?’ Everyone’s lip syncing, everyone’s dancing, no one’s singing. That was the first time that I ever saw a drag queen in person. I never knew anything about it, I didn’t know we had one, I was very sheltered for the most part. When that happened, that was the first time I’d ever heard anything about Pride. When I was on there as a boy, I was invited to come back as a headliner for our local Pride. You know what? I was invited to do Pride for the very first time in my town, after the first time I competed on American Idol on season 12. I think my first time was… I was 21-years-old, and it may have been… My first time performing was June of 2015 or 2014, whichever one was four years ago! Hi Sam! I think I’m about four years into it. Hi Ada! I’ll start with an easy question: when did you first do drag? We caught up with the groundbreaking contestant and discussed her music, her time on the show, RuPaul’s Drag Race, and why Katy Perry thought American Idol (and America) wasn’t ready for Ada Vox. Now, she’s released her official debut single, Because of You, a stunning uplifting dance anthem. Her elimination sparked controversy online (she left before reaching top seven), and ever since, she’s become one of the most popular American Idol contestants ever. Week after week, she served looks and powerhouse vocals, and even performed with American actress/singer Lea Michele for a mind blowing performance of Defying Gravity. And you know what? In the end, she was 100% right.”Įarlier this year, former American Idol contestant Adam Sanders sashayed back into the music reality competition as his fierce AF drag persona, Ada Vox, and left us slain with a stunning rendition of House Of The Rising Sun by The Animals. “She said she wasn’t sure if America was ready to have a drag queen on that platform. ![]()
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