2. Name: Syesha Mercado
Age: 25
Gift: Singing
YouTube Hits: 759,276
Facebook Followers: 9,653
Twitter Followers: 133,590
Her Story:
• Voted off American Idol in
2008 (season 7)
• In 2009 landed the lead role in
Dreamgirls national tour
• 2011 big buzz over her dressing
room cover of Beyonce’s “Love on
Top”

3. Name: Jeremy Passion
Age: 24
Gift: Singing/Songwriting
YouTube Hits: 25,644,549
Facebook Followers: 4,681
Twitter Followers: 23,538
His Story:
• Filipino American raised in San
Francisco, CA
• Gained attention from his notable
covers of Ne-Yo’s “So Sick”,
Usher’s “My Boo”, and his original
composition “Lemonade”
• Just released online album before
Christmas 2011

4. Name: Sean Bankhead
Age: 22
Gift: Dancer / Choreographer
YouTube Hits: 77,696
Facebook Followers: 4995
Twitter Followers: 3,144
His Story:
• First Youtube video uploaded in
2006 drew in over 1.5 million views
• Has worked with Beyonce, Brittany
Spears, P.Diddy, Drake, Keri Hilson
• Backup dancer for Beyonce’s
“Single Ladies” on the Tyra show

5. Name: Sujata Day
Age: 28
Gift: actress / screenwriter
Webseries YouTube Hits: 6,278,232
Facebook Followers: 1,567
Twitter Followers: 1,052
Her Story:
• Appeared in Desperate
Housewives, Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, & the Secret Life of the
American Teenager
• Plays Ce Ce in a current currently
successful webseries that soon to
air on a cable network

6. Name: Jessica Sanchez
Age: 16
Gift: singer
YouTube Hits: 44,481,725
Facebook Followers:5,902
Twitter Followers: 6,998
Her Story:
• At 9 had sit down auditions with
Warne Bros. Records
• At 10 performed at the Apollo
theatres capturing the attention of
Whoopi Goldberg
• At 11 was a finalist on “America’s
Got Talent”
• Is scheduled to be a contestant on
the 2012 American Idol
competition

7. Name: Chyna Layne
Age: 20’s
Gift: Actress
YouTube Hits: 35,172
Facebook Followers: no data
Twitter Followers: 1,341
Her Story:
• Jamaican/Asian actress raised
in East New York, BK
• Played Rhonda in the hit movie
Precious
• Touted as the modern day
Diahann Carroll
• Featured on the cover of
Fearless Magazine’s “Young
Black Hollywood” issue
• Has done over 30 independent
films

8. Name: Angel Laws
Age: 27
Gift: Blogging
Site: ConcreteLoop.com
Facebook Followers: 4,953
Twitter Followers: 35,429
Her Story:
• First got noticed when website
was featuring as one of Time
Magazine’s 50 best websites
on the internet
• At 26 received the Lifetime
achievement award winner
• Russell Simmons and
Jermaine Dupri both made
offers to buy her site
• Author of top selling book on
Amazon, “Angels Laws of
Blogging”
• Coined the CNN of Black
Entertainment News

9. Name: Melodie Robinson
Age: 20’s
Gift: Blogging
Website: PopCulturefix.com
Facebook Followers: 307
Twitter Followers: 3,195
The Buzz:
Pop Culture Fix.com is the next
generation of the Pop Culture
Junkie
Melody’s Mission:
Pop Culture Fix is your daily dose
of entertainment new, salacious
gossip, new music, and all things
popular