Background
Adanna Duru was born on October 10, 1996 in Whittier, California and raised in Diamond Bar, California.
Adanna Duru was born on October 10, 1996 in Whittier, California and raised in Diamond Bar, California.
Duru graduated from Walnut High School in 2014, where she was class president
She also participated on Adam Levine"s team on season three of Her parents were both born in Nigeria and moved to the United States for college. Duru has an older brother named Zim and a younger brother named Koby. At the age of 10, Adanna wrote her first song, "Come Back to Maine".
She also played two varsity sports: track and field and volleyball.
She currently attends college at University of California in Riverside. In 2012, Duru was a contestant on season three of She auditioned with "The Edge of Glory" where she defaulted to Adam Levine"s team
She was eliminated in the Battle Rounds, where she was paired with Michelle Brooks-Thompson to sing "Crazy in Love". Her appearance on is notable for being one of the only contestants who twice had only snippets of their performance shown, rather than the full rendition.
After, Duru competed in the Mission California Teen United States of America pageant in 2013.
She released her first music video on YouTube that she directed and choreographed to a song that she wrote called "Throwback!" in 2013. She also began work on her debut album but it was not finished. Two singles, "Amplify" and "Chief Executive Officer" were released in the Fall of 2014, both on iTunes.
On her 18th birthday, Adanna released the single, "Chief Executive Officer" along with a music video in which she co-directed that is now on YouTube.
Duru auditioned in San Francisco, singing "You and I" by Lady Gaga. She sang "lieutenant"s A Manitoba"s Manitoba"s Manitoba"s World" in Showcase Week, where she got a standing ovation by Jennifer Lopez and was advanced into the Top 24.
She originally was not voted into the Top 12 but was chosen as a wildcard to continue. She was eliminated on March 25, 2015 where she placed joint 10th/11th with Maddie Walker.
