Now, Vox is participating in pageants in a different way: As a performer, she's set to take her vocal talents to the Ultimate Miami Drag Queen competition at Magic City Casino on Saturday, March 28. “I was brought up surrounded by people like the House of Andrews,” she says, even earning a Miss Gay Corpus Christi USofA at Large title and placing in the top five of a state-level USofA pageant. Vox spent the next few years cutting her teeth in pageantry - a natural transition for a drag performer hailing from southern Texas, where pageant legends such as Erica Andrews and Layla LaRue built their careers. “As Ada, I can just freely express myself even though it was not what I wanted to do, and I still want to be nothing other than me, I'm riding the Ada train to get where I need to get and to make my dreams come true one way or another, whether it's in a dress or not.” “I turned to drag in order to become that diva that I was on the inside as an artist,” she says. “So I said, Well, you know what? I have to find a new way to be seen and be heard and be taken seriously.” Soon, Ada Vox was born. Because of his high vocal register and tendency toward “big diva songs,” music executives often told him they couldn’t market him in a way that consumers would easily digest. I never wanted to be anyone other than me,” he says. The live performance-centric medium of drag came into Sanders’ life more as a necessity and less of a personal desire. I want to affect other people the way she has.”īy the age of 13, Sanders had launched a professional singing career that has grown considerably over the years. “ American Idol Season 1 also aired at that same time, so I saw someone like Kelly Clarkson achieving their dream of singing, which is something that I loved to do, and that was the immediate point when I was like, This is what I want to do. “I was 8 years old when I had brain surgery and was told that there was a possibility I could never speak again, that I could be paralyzed, and all these other different things that could happen because of the surgery,” Sanders tells New Times. The desire to appear on Idol came from a deep desire to achieve his wildest dreams that had been forged during one of the most difficult points in his life. Sanders, better known as American Idol alum Ada Vox, has made a name as a performer who can handle the powerhouse vocals of divas like Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin since his first appearance on the show's 16th season in 2018. However, wearing a dress and a full face of makeup didn’t factor into those original plans. For San Antonio-bred singer Adam Sanders, that dream was self-evident from an early age: Achieve worldwide success as a vocalist, sell out arenas, and win Grammys for his powerful vocals. We will do our utmost to update our stories to reflect cancellations, but please call ahead before setting out for any events.ĭreams often feel out of reach until the moment they aren’t. NOTE: Owing to the volatile situation surrounding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, New Times readers should not assume that any event that was "on" at the time of publication will not be canceled at a later time.
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