ABOUT SIMONE BATTLE
Rose to fame as a finalist on the 2011 season of the reality television competition The X Factor . She went on to perform with an all-female music group called G.R.L.
In her late teens, she acted in episodes of Everybody Hates Chris and Zoey 101 .
As a competitor on The X Factor, she performed songs by The Pussycat Dolls , The Beatles , The S.O.S. Band, and Elton John .
Her parents were Anthony E. Battle and Donna Morgan.
She starred in the 2012, Mario Van Peebles -directed film We the Party.