Priya Vedula

Height: 151 cm

Priya Vedula started off her singing career when she was five years old. She sang for a school function for her cousin in India. Throughout her pre-teen and teenage years, Priya participated in Indian ...Show More

Priya Vedula started off her singing career when she was five years old. She sang for a school function for her cousin in India. Throughout her pre-teen and teenage years, Priya participated in Indian Classical Odyssey and sang American and Indian songs including the National Anthems of both Nations on various occasions. Mentored by her music teacher, Priya also began singing at the Sacred Heart Parish every week for school masses. When she was in 8th grade, Priya was asked to sing for "Proud to be an American" for the funeral of a soldier in her local community. When she was 15 years old, Priya won the Gratiot Idol competition in Alma, MI. She participated in various talent shows in her high school years and often times placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. She was invited to sing twice for the WNBA Shocks. She was also played the lead female role of Gabriella Montez for the Gratiot County Players production of High School Musical; her first and only lead role in theater. Throughout college, Priya participated in numerous talent shows including Michigan's Got Talent and the MTalent competition at the University of Michigan; she won first place in both competitions. She has often times competed in Soaring Eagle Casino's Superstar competition in which she has also won first place for the weekly competitions. Priya got her first big break when she turned 20 on the hit reality show American Idol Season 13 where she made to the group rounds before her elimination. Since then, she sang for her first NBA game: Minnesota Timberwolves versus the Detroit Pistons. Hide