Biography
22 December 1989, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Sparks made her name as the winner of the sixth season of the popular Fox TV reality show American Idol, in the process becoming the youngest artist to succeed in the series. She was raised in a deeply Christian household and the fact that she made no secret of her beliefs led to some criticism from liberal American Idol viewers. Sparks was singing and playing guitar from an early age, and began performing in public in her early teens. In 2003, she recorded a five-track EP with CCM artist Matthew Ward, and the following year won an edition of NBC’s talent show America’s Most Talented Kid. She also appeared on stage with several Phoenix-based theatre groups. Despite misgivings from some of the judges on American Idol that she was too clean-cut to succeed, Sparks battled through several pre-qualification rounds to reach the final of the show on 23 May 2007, where she triumphed over beat-boxer...
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