JoJo

Her dad, Joel Maurice Levesque died on November 14, 2015 at 60 years old.

Grew up in Foxborough, Massachusetts. In Foxborough is Gilette Stadium, where the New England Patriots and Revolution play. Jojo was there to flip the coin for a Revolution game in April, 2007.

Is friends with celebrities such as Sara Paxton and Emma Roberts, who were also her co-stars in Aquamarine (2006).

Was offered a record deal at the age of 6, but her mother turned it down because of her age. Later on, she competed on America's Most Talented Kids (2003), but lost to Diana DeGarmo. However, competing on "America's Most Talented Kids" landed her a record deal.

However, it was at the 2001 Gospelfest that she brought an entire crowd to its feet.

Joanna Noëlle Levesque was born in Brattleboro, Vermont to Diana Levesque (born: Diana Blagden) & Joel Maurice Levesque. She has Polish, English, Irish & Scottish ancestry on Diana's side and French-Canadian ancestry on Joel's side. Her mother, a church soloist and theatre performer, would sing hymns when JoJo was a baby. She grew up being a big fan of Whitney Houston, Etta James, Aretha Franklin & Ella Fitzgerald. A few years later she wanted to show her talent to the world and found an audition for Kids Say the Darndest Things (1998). She appeared at the audition and was allowed into the episode on the spot. Then, at Bill Cosby's request, she performed Respect for the audience, and got an amazing response from Cosby. That's when the calls started pouring in. First Oprah Winfrey asked her to appear on her super-popular talk show, followed by the Republican National Convention, the Boston Celtics, and Rosie O'Donnell.