 At the age of 19, Barba tried out for the sixth season of "American Idol" with a high school friend in East Rutherford, New Jersey.For her audition, she performed Deniece Williams' 1976 single "Free".In later portions of the show, she went on to sing Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (1998), Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me" (1996), and Corinne Bailey Rae's "Put Your Records On" (2006).