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Through online and text message voting, she was placed in the top three along with 30-year-old Africa Miranda and 22-year-old Brenda Radney and attended the Grammy ceremony.
Through online and text message voting, she was placed in the top three along with 30-year-old Africa Miranda and 22-year-old Brenda Radney and attended the Grammy ceremony.
Troup attended Yates High School in Houston. She is currently enrolled at University of Southern California. She previously auditioned for American Idol Season 6 during Summer 2006.
She made it past the initial site auditions to the "Hollywood" selection phase later in 2006, but was cut in the second (group) round.
The episode showing this was first aired on February 13, 2007. Since winning the "My Grammy Moment" contest, Troup has recorded a cover of "Back in Black" with Carlos Santana and rapper Nas for Santana"s latest release, Guitar Heaven and is currently in the studio writing and recording her full-length debut.