On Wednesday, November 12, I participated in TheVoice, hosted by the Stockton Entertainment Team. I had signed up on the Monday before and got to work preparing my songs for the competition. I had not sang for real since I got to college, as I sing very loudly. I felt uncomfortable subjecting my entire floor to the sound of my practicing. However, the flyer for TheVoice promised prizes and I love prizes, so I got over it.
For the competition I had to prepare one minute portions of three songs. The first song that I chose was “Boots” by Liv Devine. I could not find an instrumental version of this song anywhere, so I messaged the artist on Facebook. She sent me the instrumental track under the condition that I send her a video of my performance. The second song that I chose was “Out Here on My Own” from Fame. The third song that I chose was “Cupid’s Got a Shotgun” by Carrie Underwood. I cut my songs to the one minute requirement and practices rather loudly for the next two days.
When I got to the Campus Center Theater on the day of the competition, SET was still trying to gather people to compete. Only three people had signed up and they needed fifteen to do what they had planned. By the start of the show, there were ten contestants. The majority of my floor made up the majority of the audience for the competition. That made me feel loved.
The show began and each of the contestants performed in the first round. Because there were only ten people, no cuts were made. We were separated into teams and each team was coached by one of the judges. Between the first and second rounds, an additional contestant joined, so we were up to eleven. After I sang and between the second and third rounds, we had a sort of jam session in the green room. One guy played guitar, some people rapped, and some of us sang. It was really cool.
It came time for the third round and the top four contestants were announced. I was in the top four, so I sang my third song. While the judges deliberated we had another jam session, but this time it was in front of the audience and smaller than before. In the end, I came in fourth. Everyone in the top four received a twenty-five dollar Buffalo Wild Wings gift card, so I was content with my placement.