December 20, 2004- Leah on TV! The Christmas in the Northwest Holiday Concert Special airs throughout Washington and Oregon.
December 17, 2004 - Leah sings with the Nationally recognized Jazz Band from Garfield at Winterfest in the Seattle Center . Leah performs 3 Christmas songs.
December 9, 2004 - Leah performs at Admiral Theatre in Bremerton , WA as part of a live taping for the “Christmas in the Northwest” special that will be aired on regional television stations.
December 6, 2004 - Leah performs at the Seattle Seahawks game and the game is aired on ABC’s Monday Night Football. She sings the National Anthem and the halftime show with Matt Rogers
December 1, 2004 - Leah sings for the Rotary Club in a performance for the largest Rotary chapter in the world.
November 23, 2004 - Lisa Leuschner’s Christmas Album, “Sing me Home” is released. “Silent Night” is the Leah Lisa Duet! LL2!!!!
November 15, 2004 - The LaFans do their second interview with Leah, via email using questions that were compiled from all of the message boards. This one is MUCH longer!
November 5, 2004 - Leah sings the National Anthem at the 2004-2005 Supersonics home-opener. Seattle bests Atlanta 106 to 85.
October 15, 2004 - Leah leaves to go to NC to sing on both of Lisa Leuschner's new albums. The Christmas Album and Lisa’s Debut Album. eeeek! LL2!!!
October 1, 2004 - “Christmas in the Northwest 7” is released featuring Leah singing “Christmas time.”
September 30, 2004 - Leah preformed at Butch Blum’s 30th Anniversary Celebration of Excellence “Dance to the Music” for the benefit of the SPSD Elementary Instrumental Music Programs at The Armory on South Lake Union. The cheapest plate for the event was $125!!! Sooo worth it! LOL
September 27, 2004 - Camile makes arrangements for Leah and Sia to come and catch up with the Season 3 American Idol tour in HAWAII !!! They attend the Idol’s concert The Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu . Mr. Trias plans a party for all of the finalists and Leah and her mother attend.
September 26, 2004 - Leah performs at Seattle 's 18th annual AIDS Walk sponsored by the Lifelong AIDS Alliance of Seattle, which hopes to raise $500,000 to help foster AIDS awareness and pay for AIDS-related services in the region. Organizers estimate that about 3,000 people turn out at the event, about 500 more than last year.
September 9, 2004 - Leah starts the last year of school at Garfield High! SENIORS RULE THE SCHOOL!!! LOL!!!
September 8, 2004 - HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY LEAH!!!
August 26, 2004 - Leah’s contract ends for American Idol and 19 Productions. She is free to field new production deals!
July 10, 2004 - Leah takes a plane to Boston to attend the Summer Performance Program at Berklee College of Music. Leah is interviewed over the phone by a radio station, while she is there.
July 2, 2004 - LaFan Club is officially chartered!
June 28, 2004 - Leah chooses Strawberry-Soft of London , England to do her official website!
June 25, 2004 - Leah sent this message in to say thanks.. Dear LaFans.... This is Leah LaBelle. I just want to say thank you so much for your consideration and your wonderful gift that you sent me!! I received the book today and it is just the perfect thing. I am so happy and so grateful. Thank you so very much. From the bottom of my heart. I hope that you are all doing well and may God Bless you always. I will check in again later. Just wanted to drop in my thanks and show my appreciation for your support. Love you guys.-Love, Leah LaBelle
June 16, 2004 - The 12 finalists and most of their family members, sign a petition that LaToya London started, to get Leah and Matt on The Idol Tour. Leah returns to L.A. for one last time to meet with some music producers. While she is there, she goes on Ryan Seacrest’s show, “On-Air” and sings with the rest of the Top-12 for the last time! The LaFans do their first interview with Leah, via email, using questions that were compiled from all of the message boards.
May 26, 2004 - Leah is reunited with the rest of the Season 3 cast for The Final Show and the crowning of the American Idol Season 3 winner! Congratulations Fantasia! Leah sings to the crowd on the outside stage and makes a lot of fans out of the UCF!
April 27, 2004 - American Idol season 3: Greatest Soul Classics Album drops and Leah sings “Betcha By Golly Wow” and the track is “crackin!” In a FOX poll, Leah's track is voted the second best track on the album.
April 12, 2004 - Leah makes an appearance in The American Idol Forum just to tell the LaFANS... THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU... I truly am grateful for all the support. No joke. Wow!! This is amazing. I am happy that you guys keep on posting for me and keep me in your minds. What a journey this has been. I've gone through a lot in this competition and it's you supporters who kept me going. I have read the message boards throughout this whole process and many people seem to hate me and talk badly about me and it really started to bring me down, but when I came across the good posts from you fans out there who have had my back since day 1, it made me stronger and ready to go out there and do my thang!!! (Awwww, Leah you are too sweet!)
March 17, 2004 - Results show for “Soul Night” and Leah is found in the bottom three and sadly she is voted out. The LaFANS cry..
March 16, 2004 - The big show! First night of the top 12 and the theme is “Soul night” Leah looks great and is singing, the now cursed, “Keep me Hangin’ On” The judges don’t like her performance. “Hangin’ On” is the same song that gave Vanessa Olivarez (Season 2) the boot on the first night of the Top-12 in 2002.
March 10, 2004 - Wildcard Result show, America votes in their favorite and each judge chooses a contestant... Low and behold, “The Fairy Grandmother, Paula” chooses Leah! “You’re in the top 12 darling!”
March 9, 2004 - Leah lands a Wildcard slot; making it past the controversial Wildcard cuts (Lisa Leuschner and Suzy Vulcaca are two of the favorites to be eliminated from the show.) Leah sings “Let’s Stay Together,” which got great marks from both Randy and Paula, but not from Simon. Paula reviled his harsh remarks by saying, “There is nothing ordinary about this girl!”
February 25, 2004 - American Idol Results Show for Group 3. All three Judges predict that America will vote Leah to the top 12. Simon’s prediction is for “the two L’s – LaToya and Leah...” Sadly, America didn’t agree and Leah cried.
February 24, 2004 - Leah delivers one of the best performances of the night with her rendition of “I have Nothing” during the Group 3 Semi-Finals and gets an unusual compliment from the “Infamous” SIMON COWELL: “You are like a beautiful Designer dress, that when you take it home, there is a slight rip in the back; In other words you have almost everything right, but you’re not—quite—right yet. I think, potentially—you are without question, the best we’ve seen tonight.”
January 2004 - Leah survives the HOLLYWOOD round and makes her way to the Semi-finals!!
January 2004 - America gets their first glimpse of Leah LaBelle, when she appears on American Idol for the NYC auditions. Leah wows the judges and wins her way to HOLLYWOOD!!!