Joshua Ledet, American Singing Reality Show, American Idol season 11 contestant

Joshua Ledet, American Singing Reality Show, American Idol season 11 contestant

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Joshua Ledet

Joshua Ledet

Joshua Ledet was born on April 9, 1992. He is from Westlake, Louisiana. Joshua writes songs and lyrics for and attends the House of Prayer Holiness Church. He auditioned in Houston, Texas. He originally auditioned for American Idol season 10, but he did not make it past the audition stage. He was dubbed "Mantasia" (as being the male version of American Idol season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino) during the semi-finals. He performed "Blue Suede Shoes with Shannon Magrane, Amber Holcomb, and Curtis Finch Jr. " His musical influences are his mother, Christina Aguilera, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Fantasia Barrino, James Brown, Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder and Elton John. He was eliminated on May 17, 2012 and came in third place.