Gleek Talent Showcase Round 2 – Top Ten
Filed under Glee Contests, GleeFan.com Exclusive, Videos by Rob on 08-03-2010
All the entries are in and it’s time to announce the Top Ten finalists for our Gleek Talent Showcase Contest.
It’s Round 2!
We’ve looked through all the entrants’ videos, and we’ve picked our Top Ten! These finalists displayed some of the best talent with their videos entries. I’m really excited to announce them to you throughout the week!
Here’s how this is going to work: Every day (Monday through Friday) for this week, we will be announcing two of the Top Ten finalists in the contest. Make sure you check back every day to see if you or your friends have been added to the list!
Keep in mind the prizes that are at stake for the winners:
First Place -- 1 Signed Glee Script & 1 Signed Poster from the Gleek Tour
Second Place -- 1 Signed Glee Cast Photograph
Third Place -- 1 Glee Hat
Note that the Top 10 are revealed in random order and voting will start on Friday once all the finalists have been revealed.
Voting will end on March 29th, which is when we will announce the winners. Good luck!
So without further ado, here are the first two of our finalists!
1) Stephanie Ciotta
Singing “Hole in My Heart” by Alphabeat
Stephanie is 19 years old. Though she attends school in Boston, she was born and raised in New York. She loves music and hopes to pursue a career in the field later on. Enjoy her cover of the song “Hole in My Heart” by Alphabeat! She actually spliced together video of her singing both of the parts! Neat!
2) Jack Savige
Short Film -- “Don’t Stop Believin’”
Jack is 19 years old, from Melbourne, Australia and currently studying screenwriting. He made a hilarious video based on the concept of three Glee fans writing an episode for the premiere of Glee’s second season. It is hilarious and definitely shows off his talent for film making! When deciding who to vote for, remember: W.W.C.C.D.?
3) Mary Pascoe
Singing “Mercedes Benz” by Janis Joplin
Mary lives in Los Angeles, California, and submitted a video of a live performance she did there. She’s both an actress and a singer-songwriter. She plays the guitar, trumpet, and piano, and even self-produced an album called “Who Brings a Cat to the Disco?”! Enjoy her lively rendition of “Mercedes Benz” by Janis Joplin!
4) Cara-Lynn Branch
Painting…
Cara-Lynn Branch is 21 years old and lives in Canada. She writes books, lyrics & scripts for musicals. Despite her major in musical theater, the talent she chose to display is more unique. Describing it just as “painting” doesn’t do it justice. Just watch it. If you don’t appreciate it, then you aren’t a true Gleek! XD
5) Celeste Kamiya
Singing “A Case of You” by Joni Mitchell
Celeste lives in San Francisco, California and has been a huge Glee fan since the first 2 seconds of the pilot. Also a huge fan of the Broadway musical Spring Awakening, she enjoys singing, acting, and dancing. Although she’s too young to audition for Glee, I think you’ll love her version of “A Case of You” by Joni Mitchell that she sang for our Gleek Talent Showcase.
6) Steven Karunphand
Singing “Ordinary People” by John Legend
Steven Karunphand is from Belleville, New Jersey. He’s 21 years old and currently attending college at Fordham University in New York. For our contest, he sang “Ordinary People” by John Legend. Enjoy!
7) Rebecca Michelson
Singing “Terrified” by Kara DioGuardi & an Original Song
Rebecca goes to school in Boston, but lives just outside of Philadelphia. She’s a freshman in college and loves to sing, play the guitar and play the piano. She says that she secretly wants to be on Broadway someday, but has major nerves. Maybe one day! Enjoy an original song about her love of Glee, a Kara DioGuardi song and a bit of piano playing.
8) Jean Ryan Escalante
Singing “Swallowed in the Sea” by Coldplay, a cappella
Jean is 22 years old and his hometown is Yellowknife, NT in Canada. He’s currently attending Vancouver Film School. His musical background includes three years in his high school’s choir, one semester in concert band, and a supporting role in a musical with a solo. Also, he gets a lot of vocal practice by singing in the shower every day. Here’s his a cappella version of “Swallowed in the Sea” by Coldplay.
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That’s all for now! Come back tomorrow to see 2 more finalists! :)
Today is our very first Flashback Friday! From now on, every Friday (at least, that’s our plan), we will be bringing you a Glee-related blast from the past. It could be an old (but still awesome) Glee video/article that you may have missed. Or maybe, as is the case with today, it will be something related to a Glee cast member’s work before Glee.
Check out this interview with Jennifer Lopez where she talks about her upcoming guest appearance on Glee. She says that she would be willing to give them her entire catalog to work with because she’s a huge fan of the show herself. Awesome! Do you think we’ll have a JLo episode somewhere in Season 2?
