BY BRANDY FULTON Music filled the Wilfrid Laurier Theatre on Nov. 26 for the fourth season of The Shot, a singing competition for anyone over 16. The top eight competitors were finally on the big stage after a month of auditions, callbacks, boot camp and semifinals. Through this time they had become like a family. They were singing, hanging out and just having fun backstage like they had known each … Continued
BY BRANDY FULTON On Nov. 4, a Conestoga College alumnus returned to his hometown to give singing another shot. Jeff Wilkinson took part in The Shot, a singing competition that was started in 2014 by C.J. Allen. Its goal was to unify schools in Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge but, after three seasons of success, organizers decided to open it to everyone over the age of 16. Wilkinson was born and … Continued
BY BRANDY FULTON The fourth season of the singing competition The Shot is coming to Kitchener this November. With over 200 contestants, this season will be the most intense and best season yet. The Shot was started in 2014 by C.J. Allen, who is the executive director of the competition. He used to live abroad in South Korea where he worked as a professional in the entertainment and music industry; … Continued
BY RACHEL ROY Students in Waterloo Region had the chance to give it their best shot at The Shot. The singing competition was open to post-secondary students at the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University and Conestoga College. The Shot is a week-long event where individual students or groups perform in front of four music industry professionals. It’s like America’s Got Talent mixed with American Idol. The Shot just wrapped … Continued
BY JUSTIN FORD The Shot – a Kitchener-Waterloo talent competition – is back for its second season, riding on the overwhelming success of the first, and I decided to dust off my beat-up guitar and test my chops in the competition held on March 14. “I’ve always been a huge advocate of emerging talent,” said C.J. Allen, executive producer of The Shot. “We started putting together the program in July … Continued
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