Chikezie

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Chikezie
File:ChikezieEze.jpg
Chikezie at the American Idol, Season 7, Top 12 after party on March 6, 2008.
Background information
Birth name Chikezie Ndubuisi Eze
Born (1985-09-11) September 11, 1985 (age 38)
Inglewood, California, United States
Genres R&B, soul
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocals, guitar, harmonica
Years active 2007–present

Chikezie Ndubuisi Eze (/ˈtʃɪkiːziː/; born September 11, 1985) is an American singer and the tenth place finalist on the seventh season of the television series American Idol.[1]

Early life

Chikezie was born in Inglewood, California, attended high school at the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies in West LA and Bethel College in Kansas.[2] Before auditioning for American Idol, he was a Transportation Security Administration screener and a cashier. He also attended Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California.[3]

American Idol

Season 6

He previously auditioned for the show's sixth season and made into the Hollywood Round, where he was cut before the top 40. He was good friends with Danny Noriega, who was also in the Hollywood Rounds for Season 6.

Season 7

Holding number 613, Chikezie successfully auditioned again for Season 7 of American Idol and made the top 24 and then the top 12. He was eliminated from American Idol on March 26, 2008, coming in tenth place. He was in the bottom 3 with Jason Castro and Syesha Mercado, who both made the top 4. According to his AmericanIdol.com profile, his musical influences are Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, John Legend, Sam and Dave and others.[citation needed] While on American Idol he roomed with David Archuleta.

Performances

Week # Theme Song choice Original artist Order # Result
Top 24 (12 Men) 1960s "More Today Than Yesterday" The Spiral Starecase 2 Safe
Top 20 (10 Men) 1970s "I Believe to My Soul" Donny Hathaway 8 Safe
Top 16 (8 Men) 1980s "All the Man That I Need" Linda Clifford 8 Safe
Top 12 Lennon–McCartney "She's a Woman" The Beatles 2 Safe
Top 11 The Beatles "I've Just Seen a Face" The Beatles 10 Safe
Top 10 Year They Were Born "If Only for One Night" Luther Vandross 4 Eliminated

Discography

File:Chikezie.jpg
Chikezie performing during the American Idols Live! Tour 2008.

Singles

These are just most downloaded songs and performances from iTunes:

Tours

Post Idol

After his elimination, Chikezie made appearances on Live with Regis and Kelly, The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Chikezie completed the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2008 which covered over 50 cities from July 1 to September 13, 2008.

Chikezie is mentioned in the skit Metaphor by nerdcore rapper mc chris.

During an interview for LifeScript, Chikezie announced he recently went vegan to avoid future health problems.[4]

He hosted a special called American Idols: Where Are They Now? on TV Guide Channel succeeding Sanjaya Malakar

On March 19, 2009, Chikezie confirmed via interview that he is working on an album that will be released "sometime in the next 3 months". He also stated that he has had various offers from a few labels, but denied them, claiming that they wanted him to be a certain way. He stated that his album is going to be a "culmination of everything I've learned as far as musically and style-wise". He also stated that he has plans to tour for his album's release.[5] As of July, 2014 no album has been released.

During August 2009, Chikezie taped with the soap opera General Hospital playing a singer.

Personal life

Arrest

Chikezie was reportedly arrested February 25, 2010 at the Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills and charged with felony identity theft.[6] He claimed this was the first time he used this card.

Marriage

Chikezie wed his longtime girlfriend Linda Iruke on July 10, 2011 in his hometown of Inglewood, California.[citation needed]

References

  1. ↑ California Birth Index, 1905-1995, lists name as Chikezie Ndubuisi Eze, born 11 Sep 1985 in Los Angeles County, California, and mother's maiden name listed as Emerueh.
  2. ↑ http://napavalleyregister.com/eagle/entertainment/american-idol-finalist-to-visit-idol-nv/article_5e6f50cd-2f17-5e17-b58e-704c67e0751e.html
  3. ↑ http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-03-19-idol-elimination_N.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.lifescript.com/channels/healthy_living/Life_Tips/idol_worship.asp?page=2
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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