Clearly, Season 13 is looking like the year of the guitar on American Idol.
Unless your name is Viviana Villalon. In which case it might be the year of the ukulele.
After all, the 19-year-old from Mission, Texas, writes this on her Twitter profile: “I play ukulele. And I dream big.”
So far, so good on Idol, where we saw a snippet of her audition with her ukulele on the season premiere.
She sang Maroon 5’s “Love Somebody” as one of her two songs and earned a golden ticket to Hollywood with three yes votes from the judges.
Viviana is a communications major at the University of Texas Pan American and says she’s been watching American Idol since age 11.
Heck, a former contestant even serves as her musical inspiration. That would be Jason Castro who — you guessed it — played the ukulele on the show and is now a Christian artist.
Besides the ukulele, Viviana thinks her vocal sound might help her stand out on Idol. She says Jennifer Lopez referred to it as “rich and deep” during her audition.
“My voice definitely makes me unique,” she says in her Road to Hollywood video. “I’ve never heard anyone else with it before. I hope that’s a good thing, not a bad thing. I hope people think, ‘She’s different.’ I like it.”
You can check out her voice — certainly more than you heard on Idol — in the videos below. And you can hear more of Viviana on her YouTube channel.
If you’d like to follow her, here are links to her Facebook page and Twitter account (@VivianVocals).
“You and I”
“Hey Brother” (cover)
Related Posts
-
February 22, 2021 -
March 21, 2020 Anders Drerup talks about his blind audition on The Voice
-
March 21, 2020 Meet Anders Drerup of The Voice Season 18
The Voice Season 24 Profiles
The Voice Season 24 Profiles
Chechi Sarai
Claire Heilig
Claudia B.
Corii
Crystal Nicole
Deejay Young
Dylan Carter
Eli Ward
Elizabeth Evans
Ephraim Owens
Huntley
Jackson Snelling
Jacquie Roar
Jarae Womack
Jason Arcilla
Jenna Marquis
Jordan Rainer
Joslynn Rose
Julia Roome
Juliete Ojeda
Kara Tenae
Kaylee Shimizu
Kristen Bown
Lennon Vanderdoes
Lauren Williams
Lila Forde
LVNDR
Mac Royals
Mara Justine
Ms. Monet
Nini Iris
Noah Spencer
Olivia Eden
Olivia Minogue
Rachel Nguyen
Reid Zingale
Ruby Leigh
RUDI
Sophia Hoffman
Stee
Talakai
Tanner Massey
Taylor Deneen
Tom Nitta
Willie Gomez
Leave a reply