Jessica Vosk is opening up about her failed audition for American Idol and the harsh comment that she received from judge Simon Cowell.
The 41-year-old Broadway star, who has played Elphaba in Wicked and just recently joined the cast of Hell’s Kitchen, says she auditioned for Idol when she was about 20.
After graduating college, Jessica worked on Wall Street for three years before pursuing her Broadway dreams and she admitted in a new interview that the Idol audition caused her to take a break.
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“I walked in. I sang Heart’s ‘Alone.’ Everybody knows that song. I sang it and Simon looked at me and said, ‘That was pathetic,’” Jessica revealed on NBC News Daily with Kate Snow.
She continued, “Can you believe? And so yeah, I think that was a huge turning point for me and not wanting to put myself out there. And just sink a little bit deeper into the background, which was sad.”
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