Christina Christian

Christina Eva Christian (born June 21, 1981 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American television correspondent on the TV Guide Channel and is also an American singer. She first gained prominence as an American Idol contestant on the show's first season placing 6th. In 2003, she was a guest star on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation during the show's third season in the episode, "Lucky Strike." During her run on American Idol, Christian was heavily praised by Simon Cowell, who admitted to having a crush on the engaged singer. Christian had a powerful voice, but struggled to keep her heavy vibrato under control. Her final performance was "The Glory of Love" on 'Big Band Night'. She did not attend the results show the next evening when she was eliminated, having been hospitalized with exhaustion.