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It was a packed house for the first night of King’s Idol this season. In its third season, the show is featuring eleven students vying for the title of King’s Idol.
Each week, the students will have to select songs from a music genre and then perform them for the judges. Then King’s students, faculty and staff will vote once for their favorite performance. Based on the votes, a few students will be eliminated until we’re down to the final round of competition.
Last Friday, the students performed country songs for the judges in a room full of friends and peers in Connerton’s Café. When it came to song selections, some students needed some extra help.
“I don’t know a lot of county and I had to frantically text message friends for advice and songs in general,” said senior Ali DeGraaf. “Country can be such a fun genre and I think everyone did just that, have fun.”
Other contestants were thrilled it was country week.
“I love country music so it was familiar to me and I just knew I was going to sing Stay by Sugarland,” said junior Loriah Webby.
The eleven students competing in King’s Idol are Brandon Hall-Brown, Megan Buchala, Ali DeGraaf, Jen Kozerski, Mike Massa, Liz McCann, Casey Morgan, Alicia Scavone, Kelsey Skorny, Jackie Snover and Loriah Webby.
This year, no one was eliminated after the first show because another week was added to the competition. This week’s results will be combined with last week’s to determine the top eight contestants moving on to the performance show on March 4th.
Each performance show can be seen on KCTV until the voting ends. The voting ends at 4 p.m. every Monday.
Unlike Fox’s “American Idol,” the judges also have a say in who is advancing from week to week in the competition.
Each week, three judges and a guest judge will provide feedback to the students. This year, the judges are Joe Desciak, Louise Wasserott and Rob Yenkowski.
King’s Idol started two years ago, where students Kari Leach and Geren Woodbridge won the first and second seasons respectively. Some students who made it to the final rounds in previous seasons have come back this year.
“I decided to audition again because I enjoy singing and my family likes to come watch me,” said Webby, who said she also came back for another reason. “It’s also another chance to go to New York with three of my best friends!”
The prizes for this year’s Idol are a limousine ride for four to New York City to see the broadway play Wicked, a dinner at the Tavern in the Green and an overnight hotel stay in the city that never sleeps.
Even if you don’t win, you walk away with an unforgettable experience.
“There’s a cameraderie that develops between contestants,” says King’s Idol co-coordinators Sean Cryan. “They support one another through the entire process.”
Kathy Barber, the other coordinator of King’s Idol hopes the event will encourage student involvement in other campus activities, and most importantly, provide entertainment and a good time for the students.
The experience also helps students grow as individuals.
“I gained more confidence because even after entering before, I still get nervous up there,” said Webby.
DeGraaf hopes to take away a lot from this experience.
“I just hope to have a great time preforming and singing before I graduate, meet some new people, and just in general have fun!”
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