Plus-sized 'American Idol' ambitions
"American Idol" contestant Joanne Borgella has been hearing for years that she's too big to make it in show business.
She's just never listened.
"Because of my size, every producer, everyone I ever met, would say to my parents, 'Your daughter doesn't have the package. She's an amazing singer, but she has to have the look,'" the 25-year-old plus-sized model from Hoboken told the Daily News. "Because I've come from such a strong family, I stayed true to myself and just kept at it."
It's a good thing she did.
Borgella beat out more than 100,000 contestants to be one of the final 24 singers set to duke it out on the hit show.
Her path was not paved with gold.
The Hofstra University grad with the sultry voice slept outside for two days before getting a chance to audition in front of Simon Cowell and his fellow judges in Philadelphia last year.
She caught a cold in the process, but decided to keep it to herself. "I didn't want them to think I was using it as leverage," she said.
Though Cowell gave the Long Island-born Borgella the thumbs-down, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson were impressed with her soulful rendition of Celine Dion's "I Love You."
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She's just never listened.
"Because of my size, every producer, everyone I ever met, would say to my parents, 'Your daughter doesn't have the package. She's an amazing singer, but she has to have the look,'" the 25-year-old plus-sized model from Hoboken told the Daily News. "Because I've come from such a strong family, I stayed true to myself and just kept at it."
It's a good thing she did.
Borgella beat out more than 100,000 contestants to be one of the final 24 singers set to duke it out on the hit show.
Her path was not paved with gold.
The Hofstra University grad with the sultry voice slept outside for two days before getting a chance to audition in front of Simon Cowell and his fellow judges in Philadelphia last year.
She caught a cold in the process, but decided to keep it to herself. "I didn't want them to think I was using it as leverage," she said.
Though Cowell gave the Long Island-born Borgella the thumbs-down, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson were impressed with her soulful rendition of Celine Dion's "I Love You."
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