In January 2013, Victoria Acosta auditioned for American Idol and was selected by judges Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey, Keith Urban and Nicki Minaj, to advance to the trials in Hollywood, California.
For her American Idol audition she sang a cover of Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry" and for the women's Hollywood rounds she sang "Killing Me Softly with His Song" by The Fugees.
She was eliminated from American Idol in the Hollywood group rounds.
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