Mary Kate Connor performs during the blind audition on The Voice Season 23. (NBC Photo)
Here’s more about Mary Kate:
* She was 17 at the time of her audition and is a senior at Stone Bridge High School. In fact, there’s a great video on her Instagram of Mary Kate’s reaction to an in-school announcement regarding her upcoming appearance on the show.
* Mary Kate said she’s been watching The Voice since she was little. In fact, the first time she heard the song “Stars” was while watching The Voice.
* Of her chance to appear on Season 23, Mary Kate writes: “3 years. That’s how long it’s taken me to get to this point. 3 years of triumphs and battles. To be able to make this post with The Voice across the page is a dream come true.”
* Her love of music comes naturally. Her dad played in a worship band at their church.
* During her bio segment, Mary Kate recalls begging her dad to let her have a turn with the mic while they were rehearsing in the basement. “I was just so bad (as a singer), but it was so fun,” she recalled.
* When she was just 8, Mary Kate landed the role of young Cosette in a high school production of “Les Misérables.”
* The show wound up being nominated for a national theater award, so the cast got to perform at the Kennedy Center in D.C.
* “I remember running with my little broom across the stage, sweeping. I had like the smallest little part,” said Mary Kate.
* She has continued with music theater and won a
National Youth Arts Award for best lead actress for the role of Ariel in “The Little Mermaid.”
* But according to her Voice bio, she’s now more interested in becoming a singer-songwriter than appearing on Broadway.
* Said Mary Kate about performing on The Voice: “I am just so incredibly excited to go out and just be myself and not have this whole script and this whole character already planned. I just get to be me.”
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