Elise Testone was a contestant on the eleventh season of American Idol, the year Phillip Phillips won. She was eliminated far too early, only really showing America what she was made of the couple works prior to her leaving the show. In my opinion, she is one of the most underrated contestants the show has ever had. Elise was one of my favorite contestants from the start, and it broke my heart when she was eliminated. Thankfully, Elise is getting ready to release her debut album which was written and produced by herself. The first single 'I Will Not Break' was released a few days ago, and it's powerful. It's a simple guitar and piano driven track, that relies on Elise's strong husky vocals to carry the song. I love how she sings "not" in the chorus, switching intervals. It's quite gorgeous, and then when it gets to the bridge I lose it. It hits me straight in the heart. Elise brings emotion to life in this song which most artists can never accomplish. Please support her because we need more music like this. Unfortunately, I cannot for the life of me find a version of this song online so I can't embed anything here. But trust my judgement and buy it from iTunes, or stream it on Spotify if that pleases you more. You won't regret it.