Avon Voices: 10 Finalists Announced
As you know, for the past few months, I’ve been excitedly following the progression of the Avon Voices competition – it’s just so exciting to see “real people” get amazing opportunities!
Just last week, Avon announced the name of 10 finalists from nine countries who will be advancing to the final round of Avon Voices, which is the company’s first-ever global online singing talent search. The 10 Finalists (in alphabetical order by last name) are Pauline Alencar from Brazil, Evelina Anusauskaite from Lithuania, Cissy Crutcher and Jaclyn Dustin from the Unites States, Selena Gittens from Canada, Joy Loria from the Philippines, Roslynn Mahe from the United Kingdom, Rapeeporn Pratum-Anon from Thailand, Claudia Santos Morandi from Venezuela and Natalia Terekhova from Russia.
These 10 talented women started their Avon Voices journey in December 2010 by simply submitting a 30-second performance video. Since that time, the Finalists have advanced through three rounds of voting, with 2.4 million votes cast from around the world. As part of this journey, they have travelled on two unforgettable trips on behalf of Avon Voices, the most recent in July when they ventured to Hollywood, California to record their final performance videos.
Ultimately, two winners, one an Avon Representative, will be announced in November when the Finalists travel to New York City for the Avon Voices Finale and the Avon Foundation for Women Gala — At the Gala, the Avon Voices winners will be announced, and will receive an opportunity to record a professionally produced album. The finalists will be selected by a combination of online public voting and a renowned judging panel of music industry leaders from around the world, including, Fergie, six-time Grammy award winner, Diane Warren, legendary songwriter and Natasha Bedingfield, Grammy nominated singer and songwriter.
I can’t wait to see what happens next, and report on it to all of you! (I wish I had an actual voice and could enter. I don’t, so I will just live vicariously!)