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'''Christina Christian Cewe''' (born June 21, 1981<ref name="Amazon.com 2024">{{cite web | title=Christina Christian: Biofilmografía | website=Amazon.com | date=2024-01-18 | url=https://www.amazon.com/prime-video/actor/Christina-Christian/amzn1.dv.gti.e1079f1d-b03b-4e71-9332-d7e92f5d271f | language=es | access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref>) is an American |
'''Christina Christian Cewe''' (born June 21, 1981<ref name="Amazon.com 2024">{{cite web | title=Christina Christian: Biofilmografía | website=Amazon.com | date=2024-01-18 | url=https://www.amazon.com/prime-video/actor/Christina-Christian/amzn1.dv.gti.e1079f1d-b03b-4e71-9332-d7e92f5d271f | language=es | access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref>) is an American singer and author notable for being a finalist on the [[American Idol (season 1)|first season]] of ''[[American Idol]]'', and for being [[hospitalized]] immediately prior to her elimination.<ref name="Maynard 2002"/><ref name="Susman 2002"/> |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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Cewe was born Christina Christian in [[Brooklyn, New York |
Cewe was born Christina Christian in [[Brooklyn]], New York.<ref name="fox.com 2002">{{cite web | title=Finalists: Christina Christian | website=fox.com | date=2002-11-06 | url=http://fox.com:80/idol/contestants/ind/christina_christian/index.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021106004123/http://fox.com:80/idol/contestants/ind/christina_christian/index.htm | archive-date=2002-11-06 | url-status=unfit | access-date=2024-01-20}}</ref><ref name="Drake 2020">{{cite web | last=Drake | first=Barbara | title=Escape to Reality | website=University of Florida Advancement | date=2020-12-05 | url=https://www.uff.ufl.edu/gatornation/escape-to-reality/ | access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref> and grew up in [[North Miami]] and south [[Miami-Dade County]].<ref name="Gehrke-White 2005"/> She is of [[Trinidadian]] descent.<ref name="News 12"/> At the time of ''American Idol'', Cewe was an undergraduate at the [[University of Florida]] majoring in sociology.<ref name="CNN.com 2002">{{cite web | title='Idol' family: 'We feel pretty confident' | website=CNN.com | date=2002-07-31 | url=https://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/31/idol.family.cnna/index.html | access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref><ref name="Gainesville Sun 2002"/><ref name="Valdes 2002"/> |
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==''American Idol''== |
==''American Idol''== |
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Cewe successfully auditioned for |
Cewe (as Christina Christian) successfully auditioned for the [[American Idol (season 1)|first season]] of ''American Idol'' in Miami with the [[Stevie Wonder]] song "[[Isn't She Lovely?]]"<ref name="Adams 2022">{{cite web | last=Adams | first=Benny | title=American Idol Season 1: Where Are They Now? | website=ScreenRant | date=2022-10-06 | url=https://screenrant.com/american-idol-season-1-where-are-they-now/#christina-christian | access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref><ref name="Guerra 2012">{{cite web | last=Guerra | first=Joey | title=Delete these tunes from 'Idol' play list | website=Chron | date=2012-01-17 | url=https://www.chron.com/life/article/Delete-these-tunes-from-Idol-play-list-2587943.php | access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref> and subsequently advanced through Hollywood Week and the Top 30, Top 10, Top 8 and Top 7 rounds. Her performance of "[[Ain't No Sunshine]]" in the Top 7 round was acclaimed by judge [[Simon Cowell]], who compared her to the band [[Sade (band)|Sade]] and admitted having a small crush on her.<ref name="TODAY.com 2005">{{cite web | title=Some 'Idol' performances still reverberate today | website=TODAY.com | first=Ellen | last=Kim | date=2005-05-18 | url=https://www.today.com/popculture/some-idol-performances-still-reverberate-today-wbna7875356 | access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref> |
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On August 7, 2002, the day after her Top 6 performance of "[[The Glory of Love]]", Cewe suffered a collapse backstage as she was preparing for the results show and was hospitalized.<ref name="Maynard 2002">{{cite |
On August 7, 2002, the day after her Top 6 performance of "[[The Glory of Love (song)|The Glory of Love]]", Cewe suffered a collapse backstage as she was preparing for the results show and was hospitalized.<ref name="Maynard 2002">{{cite news | last=Maynard | first=John | title=Christina's Bad-News Night | newspaper=Washington Post | date=2002-08-09 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/08/09/christinas-bad-news-night/f4e4f943-e9a5-4eac-b3d2-0bdec459921e/ | access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref><ref name="Susman 2002">{{cite web | last=Susman | first=Gary | title=What really happened to Idol's Christina? | website=EW.com | date=2002-08-08 | url=https://ew.com/article/2002/08/08/what-really-happened-idols-christina/ | access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref> The collapse was reported as being due to [[Psychological stress|stress]] by ''American Idol'' co-executive producer [[Nigel Lythgoe]],<ref name="Maynard 2002"/> though Cewe denied this in a subsequent interview, stating she had just had a bad headache and felt weak.<ref name="Gainesville Sun 2002">{{cite web | first=Erich | last=Spivey | title=UF 'Idol' contestant in good spirits despite loss | website=Gainesville Sun | date=2002-08-10 | url=https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/2002/08/10/uf-idol-contestant-in-good-spirits-despite-loss/64293487007/ | access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref> Cewe was eliminated the night of her hospitalization, receiving the fewest votes of the remaining contestants, and placed sixth.<ref name="Maynard 2002"/><ref name="Tanasychuk">{{cite news |last=Tanasychuk |first=John |date=2002-08-10 |title=Not an Idol, but Pines Woman Maintains Winning Attitude |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/0F55431565E7A769&f=basic |newspaper=[[Sun Sentinel]] |accessdate=2024-02-03 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240203101019/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/0F55431565E7A769&f=basic |archivedate=2024-02-03}}</ref> She made a full recovery.<ref name="Gainesville Sun 2002"/> Cewe's elimination prompted [[conspiracy theories]] among some fans who believed she had not in fact received the lowest number of votes and had been eliminated by producers.<ref name="Maynard 2002"/><ref name="Shaw 2003">{{cite web | last=Shaw | first=Jessica | title=Shocker! Christina Christian gets booted off ''Idol'' | website=EW.com | date=2003-07-04 | url=https://ew.com/recap/shocker-christina-christian-gets-booted-idol/ | access-date=2024-01-20}}</ref> Journalist Richard Rushfield, in his book ''American Idol: The Untold Story'', called her exit the series' "very first flurry of conspiracy talk".<ref name="Rushfield 2011 p. 91">{{cite book | last=Rushfield | first=R. | title=American Idol: The Untold Story | publisher=Hachette Books | year=2011 | isbn=978-1-4013-9652-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vbiZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT91 | access-date=2024-01-20 | page=91 | quote=}}</ref> |
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=== Performances === |
=== Performances === |
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==Later life== |
==Later life== |
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After ''American Idol'', Cewe received offers from several major |
After ''American Idol'', Cewe received offers from several major record labels, as well as some television opportunities.<ref name="Valdes 2002">{{cite web | last=Valdes | first=Jennifer | title=UF 'American Idol' reflects on experience, moves on | website=The Independent Florida Alligator | date=2002-09-09 | url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EFZOG5oUEAIXwlm?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 | access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref> She was signed to [[19 Entertainment]] alongside the other top 10 finishers and participated with them in the ''[[American Idols Live! Tour 2002]]'',<ref name="Gehrke-White 2005"/> as well as the ''[[American Idol: Greatest Moments]]'' CD.<ref name="Cohen">{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Howard |date=2002-11-16 |title=South Florida's Hot Shots |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |via=[[Google Books]] |page=59 |accessdate=2024-02-03 }}</ref> In 2003, she was a presenter for ''[[TV Guide]]'' covering the [[American Idol (season 2)|second season]] of ''American Idol''<ref name="Cohn 2003">{{cite web | last=Cohn | first=Angel | title=Christina Christian's Idol Chatter | website=TVGuide.com | date=2003-01-21 | url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/christina-christian-idol-41470/ | access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref> and contributed to the ''American Idol: The Great Holiday Classics'' compilation album.<ref name="Genius 2003">{{cite web | title=American Idol: The Great Holiday Classics by American Idol | website=Genius | date=2003-10-14 | url=https://genius.com/albums/American-idol/American-idol-the-great-holiday-classics | access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref> In 2004, it was reported by the ''[[Associated Press]]'' that Cewe would release an album in Europe that summer.<ref name="Daniels 2004 ">{{cite web | last=Daniels | first=Karu F. | title=Many 'American Idol' losers are winning big | website=Associated Press/Ocala StarBanner | date=2004-05-11 | url=https://www.ocala.com/story/news/2004/05/11/many-american-idol-losers-are-winning-big/31306002007/ | access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref> Cewe returned that year to the [[American Idol (season 3)|third season]] of ''American Idol'' to give a guest performance of her new single, "Forever or Never."<ref name="Wilkes 2004">{{cite web | last=Wilkes | first=Neil | title=Tarantino to guest on 'American Idol' | website=Digital Spy | date=2004-04-11 | url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a14192/tarantino-to-guest-on-american-idol/ | access-date=2024-01-20}}</ref> |
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A 2005 article in ''[[The Miami Herald]]'' noted Cewe as hoping to produce an |
A 2005 article in ''[[The Miami Herald]]'' noted Cewe as hoping to produce an album of songs that she had written, but that she was also aiming to finish her sociology degree and go to law school, and that she had appeared on an episode of ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''.<ref name="Gehrke-White 2005">{{cite web | last=Gehrke-White | first=Donna | title=Christina Christian, after 'Idol' | website=Miami Herald | date=2005-05-05 | url=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/special_packages/5min/11416593.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060127084836/http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/special_packages/5min/11416593.htm | archive-date=2006-01-27 | url-status=unfit | access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref> She ultimately put singing professionally on hold, and as of 2012 had become an [[account manager]] for an [[IT company]].<ref name="The Daily Beast 2017">{{cite web | title='American Idol' Finalists: From Sanjaya to Taylor Hicks, Where Are They Now? [PHOTOS] | website=The Daily Beast | date=2012-05-21 | url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/american-idol-finalists-from-sanjaya-to-taylor-hicks-where-are-they-now-photos | access-date=2024-01-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610162517/http://www.thedailybeast.com/american-idol-finalists-from-sanjaya-to-taylor-hicks-where-are-they-now-photos | archive-date= 2017-06-10}}</ref> |
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In 2022, Cewe released a |
In 2022, Cewe released a children's book titled ''I Believe in Me: Do You Believe in You?''.<ref name="News 12">{{cite web | title=Our Lives: American Idol top 10 winner writes children's book | website=News 12 – Connecticut | date=2022-12-11 | url=https://connecticut.news12.com/our-lives-american-idol-top-10-winner-writes-childrens-book | access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref><ref name="CBS News 2022">{{cite web | title=Christina Christian Cewe joins us! | website=CBS News | date=2022-12-20 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/gooddaysacramento/video/christina-christian-cewe-joins-us/ | access-date=2024-01-23}}</ref> |
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Cewe was the first of the ''American Idol'' first season finalists to get married, which was in 2004 to Nicholas Cewe,<ref name="People">{{cite news |last1=Smolowe |first1=Jill |last2=Lipton |first2=Mike |last3=Helling |first3=Steve |last4=Rizzo |first4=Monica |last5=Atlas |first5=Darla |date=2005-01-17 |title=Life After Idol |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |volume=63 |issue=2 |id={{EBSCOhost|15587688}} | quote="Christina Christian. Age: 23. Hometown: Gainesville, Fla. After doing a post-Idol tour through Europe, Christian became the first in her class to get hitched when she wed Nicholas Cewe, 24, her boyfriend of six years, last January. Christian appeared on Idol twice last season and covered the prior season for the TV Guide Channel. These days, she's writing songs, working on an album and dodging recognition. "I'm not a big fan of fame," she says."}}</ref> her fiancée at the time of the show.<ref name="CNN.com 2002"/> The pair have three children together.<ref name="The Daily Beast 2017"/> |
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She was married in 2004 to Nicholas Cewe, her fiancée at the time of ''American Idol''; the pair have three children.<ref name="The Daily Beast 2017"/><ref name="CNN.com 2002"/> |
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Born | Christina Christian June 21, 1981 New York City, United States |
Known for | American Idol (season 1) finalist |
Spouse | Nicholas Cewe[1] |
Christina Christian Cewe (born June 21, 1981[2]) is an American singer and author notable for being a finalist on the first season of American Idol, and for being hospitalized immediately prior to her elimination.[3][4]
Background
Cewe was born Christina Christian in Brooklyn, New York.[5][6] and grew up in North Miami and south Miami-Dade County.[7] She is of Trinidadian descent.[8] At the time of American Idol, Cewe was an undergraduate at the University of Florida majoring in sociology.[9][10][11]
American Idol
Cewe (as Christina Christian) successfully auditioned for the first season of American Idol in Miami with the Stevie Wonder song "Isn't She Lovely?"[12][13] and subsequently advanced through Hollywood Week and the Top 30, Top 10, Top 8 and Top 7 rounds. Her performance of "Ain't No Sunshine" in the Top 7 round was acclaimed by judge Simon Cowell, who compared her to the band Sade and admitted having a small crush on her.[14]
On August 7, 2002, the day after her Top 6 performance of "The Glory of Love", Cewe suffered a collapse backstage as she was preparing for the results show and was hospitalized.[3][4] The collapse was reported as being due to stress by American Idol co-executive producer Nigel Lythgoe,[3] though Cewe denied this in a subsequent interview, stating she had just had a bad headache and felt weak.[10] Cewe was eliminated the night of her hospitalization, receiving the fewest votes of the remaining contestants, and placed sixth.[3][15] She made a full recovery.[10] Cewe's elimination prompted conspiracy theories among some fans who believed she had not in fact received the lowest number of votes and had been eliminated by producers.[3][16] Journalist Richard Rushfield, in his book American Idol: The Untold Story, called her exit the series' "very first flurry of conspiracy talk".[17]
Performances
Episode | Theme | Song choice | Result |
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Audition | Contestant's Choice | "Isn't She Lovely" | Advanced |
Top 30 | Contestant's Choice | "At Last" | Advanced |
Top 10 | Motown | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | Safe |
Top 8 | 1960s | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | Safe |
Top 7 | 1970s | "Ain't No Sunshine" | Safe |
Top 6 | Big Band | "The Glory of Love" | Eliminated |
Later life
After American Idol, Cewe received offers from several major record labels, as well as some television opportunities.[11] She was signed to 19 Entertainment alongside the other top 10 finishers and participated with them in the American Idols Live! Tour 2002,[7] as well as the American Idol: Greatest Moments CD.[18] In 2003, she was a presenter for TV Guide covering the second season of American Idol[19] and contributed to the American Idol: The Great Holiday Classics compilation album.[20] In 2004, it was reported by the Associated Press that Cewe would release an album in Europe that summer.[21] Cewe returned that year to the third season of American Idol to give a guest performance of her new single, "Forever or Never."[22]
A 2005 article in The Miami Herald noted Cewe as hoping to produce an album of songs that she had written, but that she was also aiming to finish her sociology degree and go to law school, and that she had appeared on an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.[7] She ultimately put singing professionally on hold, and as of 2012 had become an account manager for an IT company.[1]
In 2022, Cewe released a children's book titled I Believe in Me: Do You Believe in You?.[8][23]
Cewe was the first of the American Idol first season finalists to get married, which was in 2004 to Nicholas Cewe,[24] her fiancée at the time of the show.[9] The pair have three children together.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "'American Idol' Finalists: From Sanjaya to Taylor Hicks, Where Are They Now? [PHOTOS]". The Daily Beast. May 21, 2012. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ "Christina Christian: Biofilmografía". Amazon.com (in Spanish). January 18, 2024. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Maynard, John (August 9, 2002). "Christina's Bad-News Night". Washington Post. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ a b Susman, Gary (August 8, 2002). "What really happened to Idol's Christina?". EW.com. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ "Finalists: Christina Christian". fox.com. November 6, 2002. Archived from the original on November 6, 2002. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Drake, Barbara (December 5, 2020). "Escape to Reality". University of Florida Advancement. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ a b c Gehrke-White, Donna (May 5, 2005). "Christina Christian, after 'Idol'". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on January 27, 2006. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Our Lives: American Idol top 10 winner writes children's book". News 12 – Connecticut. December 11, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ a b "'Idol' family: 'We feel pretty confident'". CNN.com. July 31, 2002. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ a b c Spivey, Erich (August 10, 2002). "UF 'Idol' contestant in good spirits despite loss". Gainesville Sun. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ a b Valdes, Jennifer (September 9, 2002). "UF 'American Idol' reflects on experience, moves on". The Independent Florida Alligator. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ Adams, Benny (October 6, 2022). "American Idol Season 1: Where Are They Now?". ScreenRant. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ Guerra, Joey (January 17, 2012). "Delete these tunes from 'Idol' play list". Chron. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ Kim, Ellen (May 18, 2005). "Some 'Idol' performances still reverberate today". TODAY.com. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ Tanasychuk, John (August 10, 2002). "Not an Idol, but Pines Woman Maintains Winning Attitude". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
- ^ Shaw, Jessica (July 4, 2003). "Shocker! Christina Christian gets booted off Idol". EW.com. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ Rushfield, R. (2011). American Idol: The Untold Story. Hachette Books. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-4013-9652-7. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ Cohen, Howard (November 16, 2002). "South Florida's Hot Shots". Billboard. p. 59. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ Cohn, Angel (January 21, 2003). "Christina Christian's Idol Chatter". TVGuide.com. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ "American Idol: The Great Holiday Classics by American Idol". Genius. October 14, 2003. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ Daniels, Karu F. (May 11, 2004). "Many 'American Idol' losers are winning big". Associated Press/Ocala StarBanner. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ Wilkes, Neil (April 11, 2004). "Tarantino to guest on 'American Idol'". Digital Spy. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ "Christina Christian Cewe joins us!". CBS News. December 20, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ Smolowe, Jill; Lipton, Mike; Helling, Steve; Rizzo, Monica; Atlas, Darla (January 17, 2005). "Life After Idol". People. Vol. 63, no. 2. EBSCOhost 15587688.
Christina Christian. Age: 23. Hometown: Gainesville, Fla. After doing a post-Idol tour through Europe, Christian became the first in her class to get hitched when she wed Nicholas Cewe, 24, her boyfriend of six years, last January. Christian appeared on Idol twice last season and covered the prior season for the TV Guide Channel. These days, she's writing songs, working on an album and dodging recognition. "I'm not a big fan of fame," she says.