Mikalah Gordon
Season 4 · Eliminated 11th
Where are they now
As of November 7, 2024, Mikalah Gordon co-hosted the Chet Buchanan Show on 98.5 KLUC and held residencies at Delilah at the Wynn and the Nowhere Lounge at Fontainebleau in Las Vegas. As of October 2026 she promoted the podcast So Funny It Hurts and a residency. She released the single Hands Off on August 5, 2022.
Key figures
- Career score5 points of 100Rank on Encore Index: #206 (tie) of 365
- Wikipedia views, 12 months6,483 pageviewsRank on Encore Index: #198 of 303
- Wikipedia views since 2015139,968 pageviewsRank on Encore Index: #178 of 303
Interest over time
Monthly views of the English Wikipedia article, July 2015 – September 2026.
Career
- 2005
American Idol, season 4
Eliminated 11th
- 2005
At the fourth-season finale she hosted the pre-show, sang in a Beach Boys medley, and sang another song with Lindsey Cardinale and Babyface.
- 2006
On February 24, 2006 she appeared on The Tyra Banks Show, and Tyra Banks then hired her as a correspondent.
- 2007
On April 6, 2007 she appeared on the game show Identity, posed as an American Idol finalist.
- 2007
On October 30, 2007 she played Lila Lee, a country singer on a USO tour, in The Unit episode M.P.s.
- 2013
She released her first single, Honey, on July 23, 2013.
- 2023
As of April 2023 she hosts the Totally Weird and Funny Videos show. In May 2023 she spoke about her TV host job and a new podcast.
- 2023
She created the podcast So Funny It Hurts. FOX5 Las Vegas covered a new podcast on May 2, 2023, and on November 7, 2024 Deluxe Version said Audacy had picked the show up for a live-audience second season.
- 2024
On November 7, 2024, Deluxe Version reported that she co-hosted the Chet Buchanan Show on 98.5 KLUC on weekday mornings and held residencies at Delilah at the Wynn and the Nowhere Lounge at Fontainebleau.
More milestones
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Before American Idol, she performed with the Helen Joy Young Entertainers and sang at the White House.
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She performed in a residency at Rose Rabbit Lie, a club inside the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, until 2018.
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She played Brianna on the sitcom Living with Fran. A 2024 profile calls that role co-starring.
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She released the singles Sugar & Spice on December 16, 2019, Cry Love on June 30, 2021, and Hands Off on August 5, 2022.
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She was a co-host of American Idol Extra for its first two seasons.
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She was a contestant on the second season of Gone Country and performed a song she wrote, You're Ugly When You're Drunk, in the finale.
Sources
- Mikalah Gordon: A Girl On Fire With New Podcast & Live Performances — Deluxe Version Magazine, November 7, 2024.
- Mikalah Gordon official website — Mikalah Gordon.
- Apple Music search for Mikalah Gordon albums — Apple.
- American Idol season 4 — Wikipedia, September 14, 2026.
- List of American Idol finalists — Wikipedia, June 10, 2026.
- Mikalah Gordon (Wikipedia revision 1371033717) — Wikipedia, August 24, 2026.
- Local entertainer Mikalah Gordon launches podcast — FOX5 Las Vegas, May 2, 2023.
- Rose. Rabbit. Lie. — Vegas Legal Magazine.
- Monthly pageviews of the English Wikipedia article "Mikalah Gordon", July 2015 – September 2026 — Wikimedia Foundation.
