Nadia Turner

Nadia Turner
Born	Miami, Florida, U.S.
Genres	Rock, funk
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer, songwriter, television personality
Years active	2005-present
Labels	Knodic Records

Nadia Turner is an American singer, songwriter, actress and radio/television personality. She rose to fame in 2006 as a contestant on the fourth season of American Idol and finishing in eighth place.

Nadia was born and raised in Miami, Florida and started singing at 5 years old. Nadia won her first trophy at age eleven in the Betetees Sorority talent show. She won her first pageant at age fifteen singing in the Miss Martin Luther King, Jr. pageant. She continued to compete in many other talent driven pageants in the U.S. and the Caribbean. She attended art-driven schools in Miami from elementary throughout college at Florida International University. She was a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader in 1996.

In 2000, she sang at the 26th G8 summit to President Clinton and seven world leaders in Okinawa, Japan.

Since exiting American Idol, Turner has made guest appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Tony Danza Show and served as a guest host on The View in December, 2006.

Turner has performed and hosted many charities such as Big Brothers Big Sisters "Big Event" at the American Airlines Arena, UM Sylvester Cancer Foundation, The Pet Project, and SOS Children Village. She was invited to Kuwait by a bloodline of Kuwait's royal family to perform at a private New Year's Eve party.

Turner also performed at the 30th Anniversary Gala of FIU Biscayne Bay Campus. She hosted and performed at the post-game show at the home opening game of the 2007 season of the Florida Marlins at the Dolphin Stadium, along with fellow Idol contestants Ace Young, Mandisa, Anthony Fedorov, and Jessica Sierra.

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