Career
Music career Pacitti began pursuing a popular career in her teenage years. When she was 14 years old, Michelle Young met her and was impressed by her demo tapes. Young introduced her to various people in the music business, ultimately resulting in a five-year record deal with Ron Fair of Agricultural and Mechanical records.
In 2003, Pacitti was one of three participants in Music Television"s First Year, which detailed the process of obtaining various professions over the course of a year.
Pacitti is seen attempting to launch a music career in the show. In 2004, she had a brief appearance on the show What I Like About You, in which she played a singer named Amber and sang her song "Ultraviolet".
Pacitti"s first single, "Let lieutenant Slide", was finally released in May 2006 under Geffen Records and went to radio at the end of June. Her debut album, This Crazy Life, was released on August 15, 2006.
The album debuted at Number.
31 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. Throughout 2006, she toured with Sheryl Crow and Nick Lachey. She then joined Teen People"s Rock"n’Shop Tour in July.
During the first half of 2007, Pacitti recorded the song "Out From Under" for the Bratz: Motion Picture Soundtrack.
When Geffen Records underwent budget cuts, Joanna had to leave the label in 2007. She had been working on a follow-up to This Crazy Life at the time.
Pacitti auditioned for the eighth season of in Louisville, Kentucky, in an episode that aired on January 21, 2009. She passed the audition into the Hollywood round.
Pacitti"s career before this time has caused debate about whether contestants should be strictly amateur performers.
On the February 11 Idol broadcast, she was advancing into the Top 36. FOX issued a press release the next morning announcing that Pacitti was "ineligible to continue" and was removed from the competition. According to Star magazine, the reasoning behind this was that Pacitti has "very personal connections" to Michelle Young and Roger Widynowski, two executives that work at the Los Angeles office of "s 19 Entertainment.
She was replaced on the program by Felicia Barton.