10 Reasons to Love La'Porsha Renae from American Idol
Meet the artist who has been trending all season on AI.
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La'Porsha La'Rocking American Idol - As the last season of American Idol unfolds, one contestant has managed to keep the stagnant and dated show from being a total snooze fest (without meaning to) due to performers and contenders that teeter on the line of talent and reality show personality. La'Porsha Renae, who hails from McComb, Mississippi, is a front-runner to take the last, and 15th, American Idol title. With a story that's totally inspiring and tugs at your heart strings, and singing pipes that stop you dead in your tracks, there are so many reasons to love this future star. Find out some of them here. – Jon Reyes (Photo: James Patterson / FOX)
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Her Story - One of the best parts of American Idol has been getting to know the back stories of contestants. Back during Season 3 we got to know Fantasia and between a combination of her stage performances and candor, we fell in love. La'Porsha falls under that same category of stage and candor with her back story, and there's nothing like knowing someone really means what they sing. (Photo: James Patterson / FOX)
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Her Version of 'Ready to Love' - Are you ready for love? Well, one listen to La'Porsha's version of this India.Arie classic will have you in your feelings. (Photo: Ray Mickshaw/FOX)
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Always Stayed True - For like the first three months she rocked her illustrious fro, which she calls "Coco Mo." For a show that's super quick to make-over their contestants, La'Porsha made sure she let the world know she didn't need one. (Photo: Ray Mickshaw/ FOX)
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Her Version of 'Halo' - If there is ever sound advice for a singer it's to never cover a Beyoncé song unless you can totally and 100 percent kill it. Well, in this case La'Porsha killed. (Photo: Ray Mickshaw/FOX)
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Her baby girl - That little peanut she's holding is in the American Idol audience every week donning earphones and clapping for her mom. It's adorable-central every week. (Photo: James Patterson / FOX)
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Her Version of Diamonds - "Diamonds" might be one of the greatest songs ever, but La'Porsha takes this Rihanna modern classic somewhere else and that place is nice. (Photo: Ray Mickshaw/ FOX)
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It's Not Just R&B - The mark of any great singer is the ability to sing any genre. A couple of weeks back La'Porsha took a stab at the Beatles' "Come Together" — and to prove it wasn't a one-time fluke, last week, she took on another rock song: Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive." She brought out the gospel in a Bon Jovi song. Yeah, that's talent. (Photo: Michael Becker/ FOX)
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She Made Us Like a Katy Perry Song - Not too many contestants can really take a pop song and bring it to the next level, but it's La'Porsha and she tears that pop cut into a total ripper. (Photo: James Patterson / FOX)
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Her Version of 'No Drama' - We're just going to leave this Mary J. Blige cover right here for you. That's all. (Photo: Michael Becker/ FOX)
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