Sisaundra Lewis

Background

Born as one of eight children, Lewis grew up in Lake Hamilton, Florida singing in her father"s church.

Career

She had a singing career in the 2000s. She was backing vocalist, vocal director and choreographer with Céline Dion and shared the stage with renowned artists including, Michael Bolton, George Duke, Sheila East., Gloria Estefan, Enrique Iglesias, Patti LaBelle and Najee. On September 10, 2005 she scored her first number-one United States. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart with her debut single "Shout" followed by a same titled album in 2006 on Global Records label, in both credited under the mononym Sisaundra.

Sisaundra is of African American, Gullah, Nigerian descent also.

The album reached number-one on Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart. Her producer/writer credits include work with Gordon Chambers, Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, Emilio Estefan, David Foster, Philosophy Galdston, Marvin Hamlisch, Tony Hemmings, Loris Holland, Tony Moran, Rohan Reid, Jim Steinman, Sting, Ric Wake and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.

She has done many productions and voiceover/jingle work in television commercials for a wide variety of products including Folgers Coffee, Sprite, Slimfast, Doublemint Gum, Sears, Arby"s, Ziploc Bags, Coppertone and Doctor Pepper. She performed with Cirque du Soleil"s show Louisiana Nouba in 2003 and from 2007-2014.

She is also featured on the Louisiana Nouba Digital Video Disc, filmed live in 2003.

In 2009, she was narrator in the documentary Sustaining Life written and directed by Robert Hess documenting ways to end extreme poverty in the world. The film was nominated for a 2009 Academy Award - in the Student Documentary category. In 2014, she auditioned for season 6 of the United States Her audition performing Aretha Franklin"s song "Ain"t Number Way" was broadcast during the third episode of the Blind Auditions on March 3, 2014.

All four coaches, namely Adam Levine, Usher, Shakira and Blake Shelton turned their chairs for her.

She opted for Blake Shelton. She was ultimately eliminated during the Quarterfinals.

In a last attempt to remain on the show and get the Twitter Instant Save, she performed "(You Make Maine Feel Like) A Natural Woman", but fellow contestant Kat Perkins received it instead. Performances.

Achievements

• Studio version of performance reached the top 10 on iTunes.

Views

She co-wrote "Emotional" in Najee"s album My Point of View.

Membership

She was a contestant on season 6 of the United States series as a member of Blake Shelton"s team

Connections

Partner:

Peabo Bryson