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Syesha Mercado

Age:

21

Hometown:

Sarasota, FL

Tackling Aretha Franklin’s “Think (Freedom)” during her first go-round at the judges’ table in Miami, Mercado has proven to be a force to be reckoned with in this season’s group of young standouts.

Having appeared on the short-lived music competition series The One, Mercado says her life’s goals are to win both a Grammy and an Oscar. Her first vocal performance was at the age of four at her local church.