Angela Martin

Angela Martin | Rett Syndrome

noreply@blogger.com (Darryl) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:45:00 +0000

Been reading a little bit more about Angela Martin online. Found a newspaper article which talks about her audition from the last time she was on American Idol. So again, Angela's a single mom. Learned though that her kid has something called Rett Syndrome. That means that her kid can't walk or talk. Angela herself explained it to the judges. She said that when her daughter was born, there weren't any complications. But then, when her daughter was two years old, she started to suffer from seizures. She goes on to explain what the American Idol competition is about to her. She says that winning American Idol isn't about her becoming famous. Instead, it's about allowing her to have the income to get her daughter the kind of medical care that Angela wishes to make available to her. Pretty heavy stuff.

So it's pretty clear that, to Angela Martin, American Idol means quite a lot. She maybe isn't like a lot of the other much younger hopefuls who just somehow managed to get in, and who don't really quite appreciate what they've gotten themselves into, so they go ahead and blow it in the Hollywood rounds. I'm pretty sure that Angela won't be holding back, or slacking off, especially since she appears to have managed to get herself a second chance on Idol, and really how many chances does a person get before American pretty much decides that a person's an American Idol goner? I don't quite have high hopes that even if she manages to get into American Idol for a third season, then somehow she'll find a way to win it, so really, this second time is probably her best shot.

And clearly time is important to her, because as the months pass, her child continues to grow, and continues to have to make do with what it seems isn't exactly the best medical care available. So really there's no doubt that Angela will be giving it her all. But the question is, how will she deal with the pressure? American Idol is hard enough as it is, just on your own. But to have to perform at your best, knowing that someone's hopes are riding on the outcome of your performances and auditions, well, that can just be emotionally gut wrenching, I'm sure.

I don't know if Angela Martin will be the next American Idol. I do know, however, that no matter how this season turns out, there will be many people, including me, who will be rooting for her and her daughter.

Angela Martin

noreply@blogger.com (Darryl) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:09:00 +0000

One of the contestants in American Idol 8 is someone named Angela Martin. It's actually her second time on Idol as she also participated in the last season. She actually came rather close that time, making it all the way to the Hollywood rounds, but that was also where she found her journey cut short. So now she's back. And she didn't waste any time. No taking a year off to regain her bearings or her confidence. No one year away from Idol to hone her craft or work on her voice. The very next season, she's back at the auditions, and it's looking like she'll do one better in 2009.

Perhaps it may have something to do with the fact that she's 27 years old. Unlike a lot of the other teen wannabees, she doesn't quite have that many chances left. A kid who doesn't make it past a certain round could always take 4 or 5 years off to get better, while Angela Martin doesn't quite have that freedom.

On her MySpace profile page, it seems she refers to herself as A'wun. No idea why that is. And I really don't have any idea how that can help her music career. Branding maybe? But why, A'wun? Then again, depending on how long she sticks around in American Idol, we'll probably hear the answer to that question. A'wun. It looks like one of her heroes is her daughter. That's kind of cute.

Some of the artists mentioned as her inspirations include, Brandy and Aretha Franklin, among others. Can I just add here that I really, really, really don't like sites, whether they're blogs or MySpace profiles or something else which automatically play music? Good grief. It just makes a site load so much more slowly. Not to mention make it more intrusive. Anyway.

It says here that Angela Martin doesn't just sing. She also dances, acts, and plays the drums. Cool. I'm thinking that her ability to dance will help her out if she makes it past Hollywood, since it'll probably give her a stage presence that some of the more neophyte contestants may lack. That said, some of the other contestants in past American Idol seasons were a bit too contrived. In their cases, the fact that they were too conscious of their presence on stage hurt them, instead of helped them.

I wonder how Angela Martin will do. Did she learn a thing or two from her previous American Idol try?

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