BIG WHITE IDOL

JULY 24, 2008

I had to practice my Paula Abdul today.
Sonia Sidhu, Daniel O'Hara and I were asked to be judges for BIG WHITE IDOL which happened earlier today!  Heather from Big White and Susan Knight hosted.  It was so much fun!  There were so many people brave enough to get up in front of a large crowd outside of Prospera Place and belt out some karaoke.  We had the incredibly difficult job of judging them and picking the best BOY and GIRL singers.  Everybody did SO awesome I don't think anyone scored lower than a 7/10.  And one lucky guy got straight 10's across the board.

Of course we gave out some awesome prizes just for gettin up there and singing.  But the grand prizes went to Kayla and Cheyanne who won for the GIRLS when they sang a duet version of "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield.  VERY GOOD!  (And it didn't hurt that Sonia and I are obsessed with "The Hills" and it's also the theme song ha ha.)  And then Zachary won for the GUYS when he blew the crowd away with his rendition of "Hey Jude" and the ladies were freaking out over him the same way girls did for Paul McCartney back in the day.  Kayla, Cheyanne, and Zachary were awarded with Oakley Sunglasses for their incredible singing abilities.

Also there were very good performances of some Hannah Montana and High School Musical Songs which I couldn't pretend I knew...  Plus an all boy group doing "We Will Rock You"... a solo "Strawberry Wine" was very touching it reminded me of slow dancing at School Dances... a "U Can't Touch This" duet including a last minute HammerDance... and the women who were forced on stage by their team signing them up and sang a very good on the spot version of "Crazy in Love". 

Congrats to everybody who had the courage to get up on that stage and sing!  It's not an easy thing to do.  And good luck in the games!  You rock :-)

xx ~ BRI