Saturday, March 23, 2013
It's been an eventful year since Jeremy Rosado was voted off "American Idol" as a Top 13 finisher. He's set to release his first single, "Don't Be Afraid," on iTunes and Amazon and then his CD, at the Nativity Catholic Church Youth Center.
It's been an eventful year since Jeremy Rosado was voted off American Idol as a Top 13 finisher. He's poised to release his first single on iTunes and Amazon and to host a CD release party at Nativity Catholic Church. Rosado gave a preview of what's to come at the final round of the 2013 Riverview Idol contest, held March 19 at Riverview High School. He both performed at and judged the contest, which featured five final contestants from which two winners were crowned: Monica Krajewski and Madison Kinney. What's to come is the March 26 release of "Don't Be Afraid" on iTunes and Amazon, a single off Rosado's debut CD, which will be released April 6 at the Nativity Youth Center. Dubbed "JerBear" by American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez, Rosado…
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The Riverview Idol contest at Riverview High School returns for a final round tonight, March 19, with a live band and Valrico's 2012 "American Idol" Top 13 finisher Jeremy Rosado set to perform and judge.
Jeremy Rosado of Valrico, cheered on by the Greater Brandon community in his 2012 run for the American Idol crown, is set to both perform and judge at tonight's Riverview Idol competition, at which a new top singer will be crowned. Five singers have advanced to the final round of competition, which is set to begin tonight, March 19, at 7 p.m., at Riverview High School. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $5. En route to the finals, the contestants performed Feb. 26 in a field of 25 singers, followed by a Top 10 round a week later. In all, about 45 students had auditioned to compete, according to according to choral teacher and Riverview Idol founder and director Liz Bennett Stewart The Top 5 contestants are: The five finalists …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
The Riverview Idol contest at Riverview High School returns for a second round Tuesday, March 5. See who advanced to the Top 10 round of competition.
Ten singers have advanced to the second round of 2013 Riverview Idol competition after performing with 15 of their peers at Riverview High School on Tuesday, Feb. 26. In all, about 45 students had auditioned to compete for a Top 25 spot. Jeremy Rosado of Valrico, cheered on by the Greater Brandon community in his 2012 run for the American Idol crown, is set to judge the final round of the Riverview Idol contest, March 19. But first, the second round of competition kicks off 7 p.m. March 5, also at the high school. Advancing, and vying for the competition's seventh-year crown, are: For the second round of competition, the Top 10 finishers have been "paired into duets randomly, which means a country girl could end up with a rhythm-and-…
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Riverview High's Riverview Idol begins tonight, Feb. 26, with three nights of competition scheduled before a crown is earned. At the final round in March, Jeremy Rosado of Valrico, a 2012 Top 13 "American Idol" finisher, will both perform and judge.
Jeremy Rosado, cheered on by the Greater Brandon community in his 2012 run for the American Idol crown, is set to judge the final round of the Riverview Idol contest in March. The first of three rounds begins tonight, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m., at Riverview High School. Twenty-five students are vying to take home the seventh-year crown. Advancing through audition from a field of 40 to 45 contestants, "all 25 students will sing [tonight], and each audience member will get one ballot on which they will circle 10 names," said Liz Stewart, the school's choral director. The singers with the most votes will advance to the second round of competition — the "Top 10 Round" — March 5 at the high school. The third, and final round, will be held the …
