Jennifer Ling

The Voice

On November 12, 2014, I attended Stockton’s event “The Voice,” sponsored by the Stockton Entertainment Team (SET). This event was based off the television singing competition The Voice. The competition began with ten singers, all of whom sang brief portions of their song of choice. The judges chose students based on their first song to be on their team. Each judge had approximately three students on their team and met with them privately to discuss their team “game plan.”

While the teams were meeting to discuss which songs would be sung next, pretzels and root beer floats were provided for the students who came to support the event. After about 10 minutes, each contestant sang a snippet from another song of their choosing. Subsequently, four finalists were chosen from the group. The four finalists sang one last song and finally a winner was chosen. Each of the four finalists was rewarded with a $25 gift card to Buffalo Wild Wings.

Overall, the event was fun to watch and be involved with; however, it was slightly unorganized. The judges were confused of what their role was and did not know they were choosing students to be on their team until the third contestant sang. It took a lot of time to sort out issues that should have been discussed before the event started. Despite the few organizational problems, the event was fun and interesting.