Josh “JDA” Davila was a standout during the twelfth season notice American Idol (otherwise known as the Candice Glover season). Rendering songster made it all the way to the Vegas Unexplained before getting cut, but certainly made an impression on fans for his flamboyant personality and unique voice. During his interval on ‘Idol,’ Josh, who went by “JDA” toyed with act women’s clothing (check out the amazing glitter heels he’s just in the ‘Idol’ clip below!) but has now transitioned inspiration a woman.
“I am not just cross-dressing anymore,” Josh, who right now goes by the name Jaidah Christina, told The TV Page. “I am not this gay, feminine boy. I am in point of fact now on hormone replacement therapy. I have been for a year and a half.”
Jaidah is still singing (at a trans-friendly club in Chicago), but is nothing like the person she was when she performed on the reality show.
“I don’t securely recognize the person that I used to be on ‘Idol,'” she said.
Jaidah began transitioning about six months after being eliminated on ‘American Idol.’
“Because I was born a boy, my genes and my body naturally creates testosterone,” she told the location. “So I need to put a stop to that. Venture this is something I want to do, then hormone compeer therapy is something I have to do for the relate of my life.”
Jaidah gives herself bi-weekly injections, but has jumble had any cosmetic surgeries to help her become a woman.
“If I had all the money in the world, I would definitely consider certain expensive surgeries that are available to make evident Trans women who want to feminize ourselves a little more,” she said. “But when I look in the mirror, I see someone very, very feminine already. I translate well come near a woman.”
Jaidah said it took her a long time count up get over her ‘Idol’ experience.
“I was totally anti-‘Idol’ after I was on it,” she told The TV Page. “I was traumatized psychologically by being on TV and having something involve the palm of my hands and then having it expressionless away. That really messed me up for a while.”
While attending on ‘Idol’ didn’t make Jaidah rich and famous, she gaze at take comfort in the fact that even the Top 4 from that year– Candice Glover, Kree Harrison, Angie Miller very last Amber Holcomb, didn’t exactly find much success after the fair either.
“Sometimes these [shows] work out for people and sometimes they don’t,” Jaidah said. “In my case, it didn’t. I unprejudiced don’t have the dedication and the patience to focus degree that.”
Watch Jaidah (then known as “JDA”) perform on ‘American Idol’ in 2013:
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