WEBVTT - Gleeking Karaoke Knockout 0:00:01.760 --> 0:00:04.439 And That's what You Really missed with Jenna. 0:00:04.480 --> 0:00:07.119 And Kevin an iHeartRadio podcast. 0:00:09.280 --> 0:00:12.280 Welcome to and That's what You Really miss Podcasts. This 0:00:12.360 --> 0:00:19.040 is a very special episode, yes, featuring two of our 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:23.240 winners from the Karaoke Knockout competition. 0:00:24.160 --> 0:00:26.160 You texted me a couple months or like almost a 0:00:26.280 --> 0:00:30.480 year ago, I feel like about possibly doing something with 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:34.720 this two incredible organizations. And I was like, yes, whatever 0:00:34.760 --> 0:00:37.560 you need, So why don't you tell us about Yes, 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:41.360 these two incredible organizations, and that led to our guests 0:00:41.400 --> 0:00:42.400 being on the show today. 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:44.600 Yes, okay, So I. 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:47.000 Work with. 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:53.600 This organization called Help Us Adopt. It's a New York 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:57.640 based organization. It's a five to one C three so nonprofit, 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:02.840 but they work internationally domestically, they work through Foster Care 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:08.880 and it's a grant program that actually helps couples and 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:14.120 or individuals just with the cost of adoption by awarding 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:18.039 them grants up to like thirty thousand dollars. 0:01:17.680 --> 0:01:18.759 Ye, so expensive. 0:01:19.240 --> 0:01:22.440 It's so expensive to adopt. And this is amazing. And 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:27.600 the founder, Becky who Becky Fawcett, who I've connected with 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:30.120 for many, many years, obviously because adoption is very close 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:35.119 to my heart we have just always, you know, kept 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:39.920 in contact and collaborated together in any way we can. 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:44.000 And she has two adopted children, so she's amazing. The 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:46.280 work she does is really incredible. Check them out. It's 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:49.760 help us Adopt dot org. But then Colossal came in, 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:55.000 this really colossal organization, and they teamed up with help 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:59.080 us Adopt to help them raise more funds obviously for 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:04.240 the grants for these families to bring children into their family. 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:08.200 A Colossal was like, let's do this really cool competition 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:11.399 where we're gonna do It's gonna be karaoke because obviously 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:14.840 you are ugly person and it has to do musical 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:17.800 And they came up with this really cool idea and 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:22.840 there were submissions from around the world clearly, and people had, 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:25.600 you know, their friends and family and social media followers 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:28.679 vote and then the finalists got to come to la 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:31.200 if they didn't live here, and Kevin and I went 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:35.520 to the venue and we watched them all perform and 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:38.840 got to choose the winner no pressure. They were two winners. 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:43.960 One was based on more technical vocal ability and one 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:45.560 was more performance based. 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:48.440 Through that whole thing, we found out that day that 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:50.960 they raised over nine hundred thousand dollars. 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:54.799 Incredible. When they told me what they were like projecting 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:58.919 to raise, I was like, wow, I don't know, yah, 0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:02.160 good luck yeah yeah, but no, really incredible they do. 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:06.760 They do amazing work and it's one of the biggest 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:10.920 raises that Help Us Adopt has ever benefited from. And 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:14.160 it's just it's so great. So we had such a 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:20.440 fun time watching these performers, you know, give it they're 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:23.960 all and also doing this for a great cause. So 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:27.160 with all of that said, we have the winners here today. 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:28.320 Who do we have Kevin? 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:35.480 We have Megan Alba Dress and we have Rache Sanchez, 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:40.560 both respective winners for the different categories. They're both very talented, 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:46.600 saying very different songs. Everybody that like, we just want 0:03:46.600 --> 0:03:49.839 to say thank you to everyone that participated, that put 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:52.240 their name in the ring, and then those who made 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:54.920 it to the LA to the final eight, because it 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:58.920 takes so much gut sticked up there and perform and 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:02.000 they did it and everyone was so remarkable and so good. 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:05.840 But these two were our picks for the winners. Here 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:06.840 are Rashe and Meghan. 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:09.720 I want to hear from both of you how you 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:13.680 heard about the contest and how what it was like 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:17.040 like getting into the top eight. 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:20.800 So I actually saw something pop up on Facebook about it, 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:25.239 and my first thoughts was, Okay, this sounds like a scam. 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:27.919 But I was like, I'm going to sign up just 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:32.599 just for you know, to do it. And I remember 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:36.080 when it first started, I thought I wasn't going to advance, 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:40.960 And honestly, the first two rounds weren't weren't that hard 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:43.920 to get through. But when it came down to like 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:47.920 the last round, I remember me and this other girl 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:53.240 were just neck and neck, neck and neck, and my 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:57.440 parents actually bowling a bowling league. So they had the 0:04:57.680 --> 0:05:00.320 people at the front desk announced like three or four times, 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:02.640 Hey you guys vote boat boat boat boat. It's like 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:06.200 the last hour boat boat boat, And I swear like 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:08.640 the last two minutes. I bumped into first and I 0:05:08.720 --> 0:05:09.599 was just watching. 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:13.440 The amazing And did you how many times did you 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:16.000 have to record a video of you singing? Was it 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:19.040 just the same video that you submitted with or did 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:20.960 you have to do multiple videos? 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:24.960 So I think the videos were I don't know if 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:27.880 they were a requirements or not, but I was. I 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:31.440 posted a few different videos on Facebook and a few 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:34.960 on like my Instagram stories and stuff, and that's that's 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:38.120 pretty much how I got the boats and everything. 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:40.760 Okay, all right, Meg, and I want to hear about 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:43.440 that about your experience as well, and then we're coming 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:45.040 back to you, Riche, because I want to know about 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:49.120 your background and music. Okay, Megan, tell us about your experience. 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:53.800 So I saw it pop up on like as an 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:57.840 Instagram ad, like for at least a month, like for 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:00.920 a little while, and I was just like, oh, that's 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:04.360 like that sounds cool, but that's like not a real thing. 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:08.239 So I always scrolled past it until I was like, Okay, 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:09.720 what if it is a real thing. So I just 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:12.159 signed up just in case. I thought it would be 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:13.000 fun since. 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:15.960 I got got by the Instagram ads. 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:20.920 Yeah, god every time. So yeah, I ended up joining in, 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:23.839 and like Richet said, the first couple of rounds were 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:31.240 pretty easy and it started getting gradually a lot more stressful. 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:34.560 But yeah, and it was super neck and neck too. 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:35.120 Totally. 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:37.760 I had that same experience. You're just like watching the 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:40.520 timer and like in my family group chat and my 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:44.280 mom's like contacting our family in Mexico and they're refreshing 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:46.680 the page on their end over WhatsApp. It was like 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:50.480 a whole thing. I only did one video because the 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:54.160 videos were not mandatory. They were like weekly challenges more 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:58.800 so like incentives for like like your social media followers 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:01.240 to like see what you're doing and make them want 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:05.080 to vote. I should have done more, but I think 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:06.600 I don't know. 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:09.440 I just worked. Yeah, I guess. 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:12.080 Yeah. 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:17.520 And Megan, what is your background in music? Like what? 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:17.960 Yeah? 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:19.160 I mean I told you to this. 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:24.360 Well, I was making Glee videos. That's directly what pulled 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:27.440 me into this. If I wasn't like so heavily doing 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:30.120 like Glee content at the time, I don't know if 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:31.840 I would have been like so eager to jump on 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:32.520 something like this. 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:34.400 She's a real gig of the week, you know, She's 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:38.040 like a true. 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:39.720 Videos are very good, by the way, very so. 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:42.680 Oh my gosh, thank you. That's crazy. I mean, that's 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:43.200 so crazy. 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:44.120 I thank you. 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:48.040 It's like crazy. But yeah, I mean I went to 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:51.160 I graduated from Berkeley College of Music. So I've been 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:57.239 doing music like my whole life, essentially singing and stuff 0:07:57.280 --> 0:08:01.960 like that. So yeah, that's pretty much my journey. I'm 0:08:01.960 --> 0:08:04.640 a producer, so I love like arranging vocals and stuff. 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:07.440 That's how I got into Glee videos and started making 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:09.520 them really like advanced. 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:14.800 So yeah, amazing, I'm Rishee. What about you? What's your 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:15.840 musical background? 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:20.400 So fun fact, when I was like, I think it's 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:25.240 like eight or nine whenever Lee first came out. The 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:28.160 show choir part of Glee is what really sparked my 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:32.480 interest in doing music more. And when I got to 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:35.319 high school, they had a show choir, so I joined 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:39.040 show choir. I had a solo part in one of 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:45.559 the one of the songs we did. And after high school, 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:48.560 I wasn't really sure like what to do if there 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:52.160 was any show choir things or you know. So I 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:56.200 had found different competitions, so I started with state competitions, 0:08:56.400 --> 0:09:00.000 and then after that I was in an international compet 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:03.880 petition in Las Veiga, or not Las Vegas, Lachland, Nevada. 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:09.880 And then I saw the Karaoke Knockouts, so another competition, 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:13.040 and I was like, Okay, if it's real, I'd like 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:15.520 to do this. It sounds like a really cool opportunity. 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:21.680 So I did that, and now I'm actually going to 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:28.000 be in a national competition in Las Vegas, Nevada in August, 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:30.960 and if I advanced through there, I will be in 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:36.120 a world competition in Finland. So I'm excited for that. Yeah, 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:39.080 I'm so excited. So yeah, thank you? 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:40.920 Why sick? 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:42.240 Thank you? 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:43.199 How fun? 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:54.800 Jenna and I came into this like sort of intentionally, 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:57.960 like not knowing too much about who was going to 0:09:57.960 --> 0:10:01.560 be singing. Yeah, and the the act that first of all, 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:05.760 everybody was super super talented for real, everyone was very 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:09.640 different and very talented. And I love that you two 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:14.120 one and are so experienced, Yeah, because it fully showed 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:17.280 where you both have these incredible sort of like musical 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:21.360 backgrounds and resumes and love it. It seems like it's 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:23.240 such an important part of your life. And I think 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:26.120 that's just that extra spark that you can see when 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:26.959 somebody's performing. 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:33.359 Yeah, what was the experience of actually being in the finals? 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:38.960 Like for you guys, were you nervous? It seemed like 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:42.120 you guys are all pretty tight by the time we guys, 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:44.680 we got there, but you had just met probably the 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:46.960 night before, right, like tell us everything. 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:48.920 Well in just some context real quick for those. 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:50.679 Listening, Thank you. 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:53.000 You guys all got if you're not from LA, you 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:56.120 all got brought into LA and you had to perform 0:10:56.440 --> 0:11:01.120 in this sort of hotel ballroom I think is a stretch. 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:06.320 And it was a small issue room, conference room, and 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:08.839 they set up a stage, and they set up a 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:14.240 PA system and sort of like this a real karaoke system. 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:18.560 And as anybody who's a performer, performing in a small 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:22.120 thing like that is like my worst nightmare, and I 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:25.599 don't think anyone really loves that. It's almost easier, I 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:27.320 know this sounds in saying to perform in like a 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:30.640 full packed theater or an arena because you can't really 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:34.920 see anybody. It was daylight, like you could see the 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:40.200 sweat on everybody's mind, included like I don't know me, 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:45.440 but you all got up there like it was nothing. 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:48.720 And after each performance General Jenna and I were like, 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:51.160 how are they doing this? Because it was so impressive 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:55.600 and obviously you two, you know, were no exception to that. 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:58.640 It was incredible. So that was sort of the setup 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:01.480 for everyone listening and you guys, like, what was your 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:03.640 journey there? And I don't know if there was a 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:06.559 rehearsal or you know, everything through your performance? What was 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:06.920 that like? 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:13.480 So when we first got there, honestly, everything was like 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:19.480 everything was just all in order, like getting there and 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:24.360 everything hotel and everything, and I was super nervous to 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:28.040 meet everybody because being in past competition, I had thought 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:31.040 everybody was just kind of gonna be like, you know, 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:36.079 against each other. But everybody was super nice. We were 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:38.240 pretty much all like a little family, even that we 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:42.640 only knew each other for like a day, and I 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:45.320 mean even the moms. All of the moms befriended each 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:49.760 other on Facebook, and I've been in contact with some 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:54.320 of the girls still. But I mean, other than that, Yeah, 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:57.320 we did have a rehearsal, and I'm really glad that 0:12:57.360 --> 0:12:59.400 they did that so we could kind of see if 0:12:59.400 --> 0:13:03.320 we needed to just anything. So that was nice, and 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:07.480 I was pretty nervous, but I rehearsed in the room 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:11.400 before I actually had the hotel, like bring me tea 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:13.840 kettle because I was having some allergies and stuff. 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:14.560 Of that help too. 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:19.520 But yeah, I mean, other than that, after I started 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:23.000 performing on stage, I loosened up, got comfortable, and I 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:24.520 was really happy with my performance. 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:26.839 Yeah you should be. You were great. 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:28.680 Thank you really really great. 0:13:28.760 --> 0:13:28.960 Yeah. 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:32.280 I was so impressed when you started singing because you 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:34.720 were so shy and when you got up there and 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:39.400 just like unleash I was like, Holy Molly, that the 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:40.200 hell of a singer. 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:45.320 It was so cool and it was so shy. 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:48.760 That's the coolest though. It's it's so awesome. 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:51.360 Yeah, I was also. 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:56.880 Pretty nervous. I didn't I didn't have a plus one 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:58.800 for a second because I just didn't think my mom 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:05.640 would be able to make it. The Colossal team was 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:09.200 so so helpful, and they flew out my mom like 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.040 within like a day's notice. I found out that my 0:14:12.080 --> 0:14:13.840 mom would be able to come here. My mom just 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:16.280 like dropped what she was doing. She's like, yes, I'm 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:18.800 getting on that flight, And so that made me feel 0:14:18.840 --> 0:14:24.520 so much better. And also just because everyone else's moms 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:26.800 were there, that would have sacked if my wasn't for me. 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:32.840 But yeah, the moms were awesome. Yeah, but the I 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:35.120 was worried it was gonna I guess I feel the 0:14:35.160 --> 0:14:37.400 same way about competitions or Shay, Like I feel like 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:41.200 everyone's like they're competing, so they have this sort of 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:43.640 edge to them. I was worried about this like dance 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:47.240 mom's situation that would unleash, But it actually was like 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:53.520 really great, Like the cocktail party thing like the day before, 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:56.600 I think just like really gave us a good chance 0:14:56.680 --> 0:14:59.720 to talk and like get to know each other, and 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:04.960 that was really, really, really fun. And then once you 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:10.280 get to the actual competition, I was super nervous just 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:12.960 because I don't know, you know, you have all this 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:17.120 like family support and stuff, and not to say that, 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:19.840 you know, it was just it was nerve wracking, but 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:25.479 especially because I hadn't I don't really perform. I hadn't 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:28.640 in a really long time. So and my song got 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:31.880 changed last minut I didn't know what my song was 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:34.440 going to be until the night before. No I thought 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:37.840 I thought it was going to be a oh God, 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:41.480 oh Sherry by Steve Perry, and then I found out 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:43.760 it was actually Hot and Cold by Katy Perry, which 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:46.080 was one of the options that I put in, but 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:49.080 they never I didn't get the confirmation of which song 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:50.520 it was going to be, so I thought I got 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:52.880 to choose and I didn't find out, And so everyone 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:55.320 was talking like, oh yeah, I really wanted to do 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:57.560 that d song, but they said I had to do 0:15:57.600 --> 0:15:59.440 this one. I was like, they let me do what 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:03.600 I wanted, and then they were like I asked, and 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:05.840 I was like, oh my god, thank god, everyone's talking 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:09.240 about that or else I wouldn't have known. So, like 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:12.240 I was in my room, like I like came up 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:15.280 with some like very light choreography that I could just 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:18.560 like whip out, just because I felt like I had 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:19.120 to go. 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:27.080 For the choreography thrown together thing. 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:29.400 I was like with hot and Gold, I can only 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:32.400 go for crowd pleaser. Everyone else is singing these amazing songs. 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:35.120 I was like, all right, I'm figuring out the dances. 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:37.400 My mom was helping me in my hotel room. She's like, 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:41.160 what if in the middle of the second part you 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:44.560 take off the jacket and you're splinging it around like 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:48.000 that and throw it off the stage. I'm like, okay, stage, 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:51.200 Mom like she did? She? 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:52.080 I like. 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.400 She what it was like. I didn't even know she 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:57.440 had that in her I was. 0:16:57.360 --> 0:16:59.080 Like, wow, that's so cute. 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:01.320 It's awesome. Actually was giving me all these pointers. It 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:05.240 was so much fun though, and everyone was. And then afterwards, 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:07.439 I feel like everyone was all loosened up because it 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:09.320 was like, oh, finally it's like over with and I 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:09.960 was just. 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:12.080 Hang out all before. 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:14.479 Yes, then it was just fun. And then when we 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:17.879 were doing karaoke, like after everyone felt was just like 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:20.360 not nervous and like bringing their best too. 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:22.120 It was like it was really fun. 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:22.920 It was awesome. 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:25.560 I'm glad that the vibes were so good and it 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:30.439 wasn't stage bombs and like dance moombs type situation because 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:32.920 you just right, I think that it's safe to assume 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:36.560 that that might be the default. And we could feel 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:38.359 it that. There was so much love and support for 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:41.000 everybody as soon as we walked through that room, which 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:43.439 was very nice. It was nice to be able to like, 0:17:43.760 --> 0:17:46.399 it would be very different if everyone was on edge 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:49.280 and like, I have to win this because look, you 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:52.320 guys were you were competing. The prize was ten thousand 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:55.800 dollars and there were gonna be two winners and that's 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:59.320 not a small amount of money. And so even in 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:03.399 this joyful, you know, experience, and we're doing karaoke and 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:06.840 it can seem light, it's sort of a serious situation 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:09.879 on the other side of it, but everyone was just 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:12.920 it was so nice. The air and there felt light. 0:18:13.000 --> 0:18:15.680 It felt good and celebratory, and it was so nice 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:18.960 to get to watch you guys just sing your faces off. 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:21.160 Yeah, the feeling was very positive. 0:18:29.480 --> 0:18:32.600 I will say when getting your song change or finding 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:34.120 out what you were supposed to be doing the night 0:18:34.119 --> 0:18:39.440 before is crazy. But hot and Cold, I mean I 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:43.919 think how we were judging too about like the two 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:47.640 different categories where it wasn't necessarily about like a hot 0:18:47.680 --> 0:18:49.520 and cold has to be just the crowd pleaser. I 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:53.560 think it was. You can also it's hard to sing 0:18:53.600 --> 0:19:00.239 that song, yeah, yeah, or it's like I think we 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:03.679 know as performers, it's like you know, a good gusta 0:19:03.720 --> 0:19:05.800 wind or something, and all of a sudden, I'm flat 0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:08.719 or my throat's dry and I'm not gonna hit any 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:10.680 of these notes. It doesn't matter how hard or simple 0:19:10.720 --> 0:19:14.480 the song may seem. It's like being able to perform 0:19:15.080 --> 0:19:19.000 and dance and then also maintained the pitch through all 0:19:19.040 --> 0:19:21.360 of it, and like the breathing correctly and all the technique. 0:19:21.880 --> 0:19:24.760 You both had such incredible technique, and like we were 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:28.400 noticing that too, where it's like you both seem so professional, 0:19:28.960 --> 0:19:32.640 like this is clearly what they do. What went into 0:19:33.640 --> 0:19:37.719 picking an evanescent song, because I feel like when you 0:19:37.800 --> 0:19:41.240 came out and started doing they were like, oh, this 0:19:41.280 --> 0:19:44.680 is different, this is very different than what everybody else 0:19:44.760 --> 0:19:49.240 is doing. And also, yeah, so hard to sing there's 0:19:49.359 --> 0:19:51.800 a couple people I remember, like growing up watching American Idol, 0:19:52.119 --> 0:19:54.800 and people would come out and do like Alicia Keys, 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:57.960 and the judges would be like, it's really hard to 0:19:58.000 --> 0:20:01.200 do because her voice is so stinct. She's a very 0:20:01.200 --> 0:20:06.160 distinct style of singing. Evanescence is similarly similar. Yeah, exactly, yes, 0:20:06.680 --> 0:20:09.320 So what was that like? Is that like one of 0:20:09.320 --> 0:20:10.000 your go tos? 0:20:11.080 --> 0:20:16.040 So actually that my first song choice was not Evanescence. 0:20:16.920 --> 0:20:20.359 It was actually Hurt by Christina Aguilera. 0:20:20.520 --> 0:20:22.840 Oh cool, okay, even harder? 0:20:22.960 --> 0:20:24.800 Exactly, great, great, great. 0:20:26.119 --> 0:20:30.600 A few days before I found out what song I 0:20:30.680 --> 0:20:33.760 was doing, or a few days before the competition, they 0:20:33.760 --> 0:20:37.000 told me what song I was doing, and I honestly 0:20:37.040 --> 0:20:40.960 I had everything set to go for Hurt. I was 0:20:41.000 --> 0:20:43.040 so confident that that's the song I'm doing. I put 0:20:43.040 --> 0:20:45.760 in my song right away and it said you are 0:20:45.840 --> 0:20:49.480 doing call me when you're sober, and I was like, okay, 0:20:49.560 --> 0:20:53.679 And so I had to think of an outfit, idea, 0:20:53.800 --> 0:20:58.399 put that together, get my like performance going what I 0:20:58.440 --> 0:21:02.919 was gonna do, and I felt really good about it. 0:21:03.000 --> 0:21:05.400 I mean, I've sang that song a lot, like in 0:21:05.880 --> 0:21:08.480 karaoke bars and stuff, and I've been told that it 0:21:08.560 --> 0:21:12.520 really suits my voice and that I sound pretty similar 0:21:12.560 --> 0:21:14.920 to Amy Lee. So I was like, okay, so well, 0:21:15.400 --> 0:21:20.520 I'm gonna just thank you. I was just hoping, like, Okay, 0:21:20.640 --> 0:21:22.960 I'm gonna be confident with this, give it my all 0:21:23.119 --> 0:21:25.160 and just see where it takes me. So I'm really 0:21:25.160 --> 0:21:28.840 glad that everything turned out good. 0:21:29.720 --> 0:21:31.760 It did, I mean, it worked out. Your tone is 0:21:31.840 --> 0:21:36.280 very similar. So is hurt your go to karaoke song 0:21:36.480 --> 0:21:37.679 or is there another go to? 0:21:38.600 --> 0:21:42.919 Usually it is, yeah, And actually my top three songs 0:21:42.920 --> 0:21:46.120 that I put in were my go to. I don't 0:21:46.160 --> 0:21:49.520 know if you saw like the karaoke knockout picture that 0:21:49.560 --> 0:21:53.560 they had of me with the microphone, but that was 0:21:53.600 --> 0:21:58.320 a performance for a different competition, and I was just 0:21:58.480 --> 0:22:01.000 for a heartbreaker by at a Tard That was my 0:22:01.760 --> 0:22:04.440 song choice if I didn't sing call Me when You're Sober. 0:22:05.040 --> 0:22:07.920 Very good choices, all very different too. 0:22:08.080 --> 0:22:10.480 Megan, wonder is your go to karaoke song? 0:22:13.680 --> 0:22:16.400 You know that song by Hooty and the Blowfish that's 0:22:16.480 --> 0:22:21.040 like I don't want to be Ye. Actually it's like 0:22:21.160 --> 0:22:23.119 low key my go to song because I love to 0:22:23.240 --> 0:22:25.960 like it's always when I'm like out and I look 0:22:26.000 --> 0:22:28.760 good and I think it's funny to just like be 0:22:29.160 --> 0:22:31.560 like a cute looking girl go up on stage and 0:22:31.680 --> 0:22:33.640 just sell it in your best footing in the blow 0:22:34.880 --> 0:22:38.359 and so like it. I do love doing that. I 0:22:38.400 --> 0:22:41.439 also love a good like Grenade by Bruno Mars too, though. 0:22:41.800 --> 0:22:42.800 Oh that's a good one. 0:22:42.960 --> 0:22:45.840