Mikalah Analise Gordon is an American singer and eleventh-place finalist on the fourth season of.
Background
Gordon was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, the same city as her audition. Her mother, Victoria Cavaricci, is Italian American, and her father, Rocky Gordon, is Italian and Jewish. During her formative years Gordon regularly performed on stage with her father, a jazz musician who mentored his daughter, attempting to improve her versatility.
Education
Gordon was raised Catholic and attended Saint Francis de Sales Roman Catholic School from 3rd to 8th grade.
Career
She was the second finalist eliminated on March 25, 2005. Before Idol, she was with the Helen Joy Young Entertainers, sang at the White House, and worked at an oxygen Barometer Gordon was eliminated during "Billboard #1 Hits" week, on the March 24 show.
This was also the week when the show mixed up the voting numbers for three of the Top 11 contestants, Anwar Robinson, Jessica Sierra and Gordon herself.
Her last song on the show was a rendition of "Love Will Lead You Back" by Taylor Dayne. Mikalah Gordon returned to as a host for the pre-show on the series finale of Season 4 and also sang during the finale in the beginning medley of The Beach Boys songs and later sang in the program with another Idol finalist Lindsey Cardinale and singer Babyface.
Gordon is often compared to actress Fran Drescher, and Bette Midler. She signed a development deal with Warner Brothers
Gordon landed a guest-starring role on Fran Drescher"s new sitcom, Living with Francisco
She played Fran"s cousin Brianna, a Broadway singer. Following an appearance on the February 24, 2006 episode of The Tyra Banks Show, Tyra Banks hired her as a Tyra Show correspondent. Mikalah was a Company-Host of Extra for the first 2 seasons.
The show gives a behind the scenes look at after the taping each week.
Mikalah appeared on National Broadcasting Company"s Identity on April 6, 2007. She posed as an "Finalist."
Mikalah played Lila Lee, a country singer on a United Service Organizations tour in Iraq under the watch of The Unit, Columbia Broadcasting System"s military drama, episode "M.P.s" on October 30, 2007.
She was at the finale where she was at David Cook"s hometown cheering and talking to the crowd in 2008 and performed the same activities in Kris Allen"s hometown in 2009. Gordon currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
She was a contestant on Gone Country 2, on CMT. During the show, she wrote a song called "You"re Ugly When You"re Drunk" which she performed in the finale.
Gordon can now be seen in multiple venues throughout the Los Angeles area weekly, performing standup comedy and singing. Gordon released her first single, "Honey" on July 23, 2013, on iTunes.