Asia'h Epperson - Who is She?

Asia'h Epperson is the amazing woman from American Idol Season 7 that stunned the crowds with her voice, and her story.

You see, just a couple of days before her audition, her father was tragically killed in an automobile accident. This occurred just minutes after she spoke to him from her audition city.

Asia'h Epperson demonstrated great courage and strength in singing "How can I live" by LeAnn RImes, choking through the song with emotion to go on to Hollywood.

Paula Abdul was so touched by the song and Asia'h Epperson's song that she had to leave the stage from judging for a few minutes to compose herself.

There are many reasons why people love Asia'h Epperson. However, probably the most widely known reason is because of her amazing story about her audition.

Asia'h is from Joplin, Missouri so she traveled to Atlanta for her audition with American Idol. A couple of days before her audition, she called home and spoke to her dad to see how things were. Asia'h was very close to her father and wished he had been able to come with her.

Just a short time after hanging up from talking to her father, Asia'hs brother called to let her know that her dad had been killed in an automobile accident.

The amazing thing is that Asia'h stayed for the audition and through the strength she had deep within her, she was able to pull it off and make it to Hollywood.

Watch the amazing audition video below that had Paula Abdul crying.

Asia'h Epperson's great trip on American Idol ended early in March. She must have had a feeling she was leaving early as she had spoken about it to reporters.

"I kind of had an idea I was going home," she told reporters during a Friday conference call. "I definitely think I deserve to be in the Top 12 -- but at the same time, when they told me that I was first, I actually called my mom at that moment, and was like, 'I think this is going to be my last time performing on this stage.'"

Asia'h felt that the main reason she was voted off wasn't so much for her performance of Whitney Houston's "I wanna dance with somebody" as it was because she was first.

"I don't think that I failed myself, because I didn't take what number I was going to go," she said. "I thought I did a very good job, as good as I could do. I do believe that them picking me to go first was a downfall... You're coming out with a fast upbeat song, it's a little overwhelming, like a little too much at the time. You want to wait and ease into that, and then make people get up... So, I think it was a little bit of a downfall that they put me first."

When Asia'h was voted off of American Idol, it set the stage for the final 12 contestants for this season.