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Leah LaBelle Vladowski (September 8, 1986 - January 31, 2018) was a contestant in Season 3 of American Idol.

For more about her life, see Leah LaBelle/Personal.

Audition[]

Leah auditioned in New York. She sang "I Believe in You and Me" by The Four Tops. Randy and Simon both voted "yes", sending her to the next round.

Hollywood Round[]

Leah was shown in a group with Dina Lopez and Elizabeth LeTendre singing "Young Hearts Run Free" by Candi Staton. She survived the cut that occurred shortly thereafter. She was later shown singing for the judges one final time on the fourth day of Hollywood Week. She did enough to make the judges' Top 32.

Top 32[]

Leah was shown in Group 3. She sang "I Have Nothing" by Whitney Houston. Although she did not receive enough votes to make the Top 2, she was selected to compete in the Wild-Card show.

Wild-Card[]

Leah sang "Let's Stay Together" by Al Green. She was selected by Paula Abdul to compete as a Top 12 finalist.

Top 12[]

Leah sang "You Keep Me Hangin' On" by The Supremes. She received the lowest number of votes that week, and was eliminated.

Death[]

On January 31st, 2018, she and her husband Rasual Butler were killed in a car accident.

Trivia[]

  • Leah auditioned under her birth name, Leah Vladowski.
  • Leah became the third American Idol finalist, and first female finalist, to die, after Michael Johns and Rickey Smith.
    • She is also the second Season 3 contestant to pass away, after Marque Lynche.


Season 3
Finalists
Fantasia Barrino  ยท Diana DeGarmo  ยท Jasmine Trias  ยท LaToya London  ยท George Huff  ยท John Stevens  ยท Jennifer Hudson  ยท Jon Peter Lewis  ยท Camile Velasco  ยท Amy Adams  ยท Matthew Rogers  ยท Leah LaBelle
Semifinalists
Elizabeth LeTendre  ยท Matthew Metzger  ยท Suzy Vulaca  ยท Katie Webber  ยท Heather Piccinini  ยท John Preator  ยท Tiara Purifoy  ยท Lisa Wilson  ยท Charly Lowry  ยท Jonah Moananu  ยท Eric Yoder  ยท Lisa Leuschner  ยท Marisa Joy  ยท Kara Master  ยท Briana Ramirez-Rial  ยท Jesus Roman  ยท Noel Roman  ยท Marque Lynche  ยท Ashley Thomas  ยท Erskine Walcott
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