Anoop Desai -Kansas City – 21 – Chapel Hill, NC
Videos:
- Audition – “Thank You” by Boyz II Men
- Hollywood – “My Perogative” by Bobby Brown
- Chair Episode
- Semi Final Week 1 – “Angel of Mine” by Monica
- Results Group 1- “I’m Yours”- Group Sing
- Results Group 1 – Anoop is eliminated
- Wildcard – “My Perogative” by Bobby Brown
- Wildcard – Anoop advances to the Top 13
- Top 13 – “Beat It” by Michael Jackson
- Top 13 Results – Jackson 5 Medley – Group Performance
- Top 13 Results – “We Will Rock You” – Queen – Ford Commercial
- Top 11 – “You Were Always on My Mind” by Willie Nelson
- Top 11 Results -“Trouble” – Group Performance
- Top 11 Results – “Here it Goes Again” – Ford Commercial
- Top 10 – “Ooh Baby Baby” by Anoop Desai
- Top 10 Results – “Motown Medley” – Group Performance
- Top 10 Results – “Pocket Full of Sunshine” – Ford Commercial
- Top 9 – “Caught Up” by Usher
- Top 9 Results – “Mixed Up” – Ford Commercial
- Top 9 Results – “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey – Group Performance
- Top 8 Results – “True Colors” by Cyndi Lauper
- Top 8 Results – “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” – Group Performance
- Top 8 Results – “Circus” – Ford Commercial
- Top 7 – “Everything I Do” by Bryan Adams
- Top 7 Results – “Freeze Frame” – Ford Commericial
- Top 7 Results – “Maniac” by Michael Sembello
- Top 7 Redux – “Dim All the Lights” by Donna Summer
- Top 7 Redux Results – Ford Commercial – “I’m Good I’m Gone”
- Top 7 Redux Results – Group Video – “Shake Your Body Down to the Ground by Michael Jackson
- Top 7 Redux Results – Group Performance – “Shake Your Body Down to the Ground by Michael Jackson
- Top 7 Redux – Anoop Desai is eliminated
- Hollywood AI Video – Intro Top 36 – AI Top 13
- Dance!
Anoop’s charming geek-i-tude coupled with soulful vocal chops have already made him a fan favorite. He’s currently earning a post-graduate degree at the University of North Carolina. As an undergraduate, he performed with the a’cappela group, the Clefhangers. Check a slew of Clefhanger videos HERE Plus, the recording studio that worked with the Clefhangers put up some of his tunes HERE.
If you really want to geek out–and I know you do–check out Anoop’s American Studies Honors Thesis “Why Barbecue Matters in the South” HERE.