Sarah Hayley Orrantia

Sarah Hayley Orrantia, born on the 21st of February, 1994 was an American actor, singer and song writer. Her most well-known role is her role as Erica Goldberg, a comedian on ABC's The Goldbergs. She was a member Lakoda Rayne (a country-pop girl group created by Paula Abdul in the first season of The X Factor). In 2015 her first single "Love Sick," was released. The debut EP, The Way Out, was released in May of 2019. Orrantia began singing when she was nine years old. She began training professionally at 12 years. Her first song was written when she was 13. By 15, she had recorded her first EP of covers and was writing songs with her songwriter Jamie Houston who at the time was best known for writing hits for the three Disney High School Musical movies. Orrantia auditioned to The X Factor in the summer of 2011. Orrantia was selected from a YouTube submission , and received four votes of approbation from judges during the live audition stage in Seattle. The audition was initially solo artist. But during Hollywood Week, Orrantia and three other female performers were put together for the rest of the auditions. The group was eliminated at the conclusion of the fifth week of the live stage.