Rejected 5 Years Ago, Drag Queen Wows Judges On "American Idol" Reboot

Ada Vox on American Idol

When Adam Sanders was 19-years-old he made the Top 50 of American Idol in Season 12.

Clearly, Top 50 means he was cut and had to head home.

But Sanders admits he "wasn't ready."

“After American Idol I started getting messages on social media every day, people attacked my weight, my sexuality…telling me that I was horrible, that I sucked, that I didn’t deserve to be here, that I shouldn’t be who I am. And I let it get to me in the wrong way. It killed me inside, almost as much as people telling me I should have killed myself.”

“I just kind of disappeared from the world for a while, and in doing that I kind of hurt myself even more. That’s really when I was at my worst, thinking maybe I shouldn’t be here. Maybe I’m not worth the fixing, maybe I’m not worth another try. But through all of the negativity I have managed to build myself up as a new person, as a stronger person. I have recreated myself in ways I could not have imagined.”

Sanders is a bit older and wiser now, and back for a second go-round on American Idol. And this time, he's Ada Vox - ready to show the world who he is.

There's a lot of story-telling in the clip below (because that's what American Idol does...) but get to the where Vox wows the judges with a bit of "House of the Rising Sun."

RuPaul's Drag Race might not be the only place a queen can make a name for herself on TV, ok...?

Watch below.