![]() ![]() I don’t have to worry about that anymore. A year-and-a-half ago, before Idol, I was battling homelessness. Right now, I am booked and blessed, honey, and I’m enjoying every minute of it. I requested a little two-week vacation for myself. I was performing and touring the country and the world. Right now, I’m sitting at the end of a little vacation I requested because after Idol, work was just exhausting. I did the finale, came home, and was there for two days before I flew out to start my tour - I haven’t gotten a break since Idol. How has life changed since you did “American Idol” as Ada? People see me in a different way when I’m onstage so I took it and ran with it. I became Ada and saw that I could do a lot more things. I guess she was kind of born out of that necessity. In the music industry, we always have some type of gimmick or some type of schtick to really stand out. When I turned 21, I was like, “Let’s try this little drag thing.” I started playing in makeup and started performing as Miss Ada so I could move my career forward. So, I said, “You know what? Maybe it’s time for a change.” Every time I auditioned, which was 13 times over the course of eight years, I was told I wasn’t marketable enough, I didn’t have a good image, or my voice didn’t match the way I looked - it all revolved around the way that I looked. I’m going to give it a shot and see what happens.” For the next two years, I auditioned for “American Idol” and tried to get another shot at it but it just wasn’t working out. ![]() I thought, “This is something I could look into and I could sing live. None of them were singing live and I was like, “What is going on here?” But when I showed up, I was watching the main stage and I saw these girls. It was a lot of fun and it was a crazy experience. I was kind of thrown into the middle of everything all at once. That was the first time I had ever been to Pride and it was the first time I had ever seen a drag queen. I never had any experience with any of this so after that, I was invited to perform at San Antonio Pride. I stayed busy in school and activities I never got out and I never did anything. I didn’t know we had Pride, clubs, bars, and things geared toward people like myself. I was exposed to a lot of things that I wasn’t exposed to before such as the huge thing that is the LGBTQPOC community. I was on “American Idol,” season 12, and I made it to the top 50 as Adam. Georgia Voice spoke to Vox about her plans for the future, her Idol experience, and the tea on her love life. She is currently touring her ass off and will headline Atlanta Pride on October 14. The 24-year-old San Antonio native went from the verge of homelessness to national stardom. Adam Sanders auditioned for “American Idol” over a dozen times before he struck gold as Ada Vox. ![]()
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