Vivian Hicks

Vivian Hicks (born October 10, 2003) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer. She was a Mini Pop Kid, a finalist on The Launch, and a golden ticket winner on American Idol.

Life and career Vivian Hicks was born and raised in Georgetown, Ontario. She started singing and dancing when she was three years old and began uploading YouTube videos when she was four years old. She has won awards and scholarships for her singing and dancing and was later homeschooled.

Hicks had desired to be a Mini Pop Kid idol since she was seven years old and tried out three times before being chosen at the age of 11. As part of the group, she toured across Ontario and recorded the Mini Pop Kids 13 CD, which was released on November 27, 2015. She released her second single, "Start Over", in 2017.

In 2018, Hicks competed on the first season of The Launch, on which she received one-on-one training from Shania Twain.

In 2020, Hicks became the first Canadian to win a golden ticket on American Idol. Entertainment Tonight Canada labeled her "one of the most high-profile talents" to audition that year because she had 1.3 million followers on TikTok and 386,000 followers on Instagram at the time of her audition. The rallies were sponsored by the Bullies Reality Foundation.