Vonzell Monique Solomon (born March 18, 1984), nicknamed Baby V, is an
American singer and aspiring actress who finished in third place in
the fourth season of the televised singing competition American Idol.
She also appeared in the independent movie Still Green.Born in Baxley,
Georgia, Solomon's family relocated to Fort Myers, Florida when she
was an infant. Her parents are Alice and Larry Goethie; Solomon uses
her mother's maiden name professionally. She has one older sister,
Zanobra, and two brothers, Kendall and Gabriel.Solomon attended high
school at the Cypress Lake Center for the Arts. She holds a black belt
in Sembact martial arts; her father is a martial arts instructor
affectionately known as "Master G". Prior to auditioning for American
Idol, she worked for the United States Postal Service as a Rural
Letter Carrier and sung with local bands in Southwest Florida. In
April 2004, she released a demo CD, My Struggle exclusively to her
website. It was made unavailable while she was competing on Idol.In
2002, Solomon auditioned for the second season of P-Diddy's Making the
Band, but was not selected for the group. Diddy has stated that he
does not recall her, and during an appearance on Live with Regis and
Kelly asserted that she was not well suited for a hip-hop group,
anyway.
American singer and aspiring actress who finished in third place in
the fourth season of the televised singing competition American Idol.
She also appeared in the independent movie Still Green.Born in Baxley,
Georgia, Solomon's family relocated to Fort Myers, Florida when she
was an infant. Her parents are Alice and Larry Goethie; Solomon uses
her mother's maiden name professionally. She has one older sister,
Zanobra, and two brothers, Kendall and Gabriel.Solomon attended high
school at the Cypress Lake Center for the Arts. She holds a black belt
in Sembact martial arts; her father is a martial arts instructor
affectionately known as "Master G". Prior to auditioning for American
Idol, she worked for the United States Postal Service as a Rural
Letter Carrier and sung with local bands in Southwest Florida. In
April 2004, she released a demo CD, My Struggle exclusively to her
website. It was made unavailable while she was competing on Idol.In
2002, Solomon auditioned for the second season of P-Diddy's Making the
Band, but was not selected for the group. Diddy has stated that he
does not recall her, and during an appearance on Live with Regis and
Kelly asserted that she was not well suited for a hip-hop group,
anyway.
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