Melinda's Top 20 Performance

2/28/07: Performs "My Funny Valentine" by Frank Sinatra in the Top 20 Competition

3/01/07: Voted to advance to the Top 16 Contestants

Melinda's Top 24 Performance

2/20/07: Melinda performs "Since You've Been Gone" by Aretha Franklin.

2/21/07: She is voted to go on to the Top 20 Contestants!

Hollywood Week: Melinda makes it forward to the Top 24 Finalists

Melinda finds out that the judges unanimously voted for her to continue in the Top 24 Contestants.

Melinda tries out for American Idol in Memphis

1/24/07: Melinda Auditions for American Idol in Memphis, singing "For Once in My Life" by Stevie Wonder. The judges loved her and she wins the Golden Ticket to Hollywood!