Viral voice 5
Introducing the challengers
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CHALLENGER 1
Dorian Dragon
Dorian Dragon is a real-life teacher and persona coach. He is also a singer and a songwriter. Since his teen aging, he has been involved in various music projects whilst performing within several Rock Bands. His genre is ranging between thrash metal, punk rock, gothic metal and Avant Garde metal. He started his music journey in SL since June 2023. His influential musicians and bands are The Beatles, Queen, Deep Purple, Van Halen and Metallica. Dorian decided to participate in TVV5 to gain experience in SL singing which would make him move forward to the next level of his career.
CHALLENGER 2
Premium Composer
Premium Composer was a natural singing talent. She has been singing since she was 8 years old with no lessons given. She was in School and church musical events. In addition, she performed as singer in a Country band in real life. Premium launched her music journey being the vocalist she is now in SL for 14 years. She Thinks she was blessed with the opportunity to be part of TVV5 considering it a good promotion and experience not only for her but also for the rest of live singers.
CHALLENGER 3
Raven Zenoria
RZ is a builder, singer, performing artist. She has her hands in many things, but the stage is her home. On stage, she tries to reach out to many different audiences. She loves sharing the love of music with everyone, in hopes that it makes a positive impact on their lives. In Real Life, RZ first started singing when she was almost 6 years old in school choir, and solo at various places. As an adult, she has performed anywhere she could. In Second Life, she started singing back in 2014 and for 9 years now. I have performed all over Second Life. RZ sings all genres, but her favorite has always been rock. She decided to join TVV5 in hopes to get to know new people, and have a lot of fun.
CHALLENGER 4
Kitty Sparrows
Kitty Sparrows has performed on SL for 7 years as Kitty Zeddmore. She has been singing and performing most of her life. She studied music extensively for many years. She sings and plays instruments as well such as trumpet, harp, guitar, keyboard, hand percussion and a conch shell. In Addition, she has performed music in RL locally playing in small bars and hosted open mic. She joined several bands during her real-life musical journey such as "6th Street Jazz Band", "Park Avenue Uprising" and "Amanita". Kitty currently writes and records her own music with her husband from "Stelli Theater", their own home studio. Kitty and her husband are performing several times a week in SL and are hoping to increase their fan base and gain exposure. Their Duet group in SL called "Stelli". Kittey likes rock, psychedelic rock, and ambient music. Her favorite genre is Jazz. She thinks that The Viral Voice winner will have a great voice and an ability to connect with variety of audience & judges on a wide level.
CHALLENGER 5
Mr. Eddy Bear
Eddy Bear is coming from a long line of musicians in Real life. His family introduced him to classical and opera music. Since he was 15, he has been volunteering his time singing and playing his guitar. He has been performing for over 50 years and singing for over 40 years. At seniors’ homes in his town, he has proven his presence and continued his journey for over 22 years reaching various range of audience. His musical events in SL started three years back when he felt the urge that he need to share his talent and putting feelings whilst interacting with audience. His favorite genres are Ballads, rock and pop. Eddy thinks that The Viral Voice winner has a great voice and an ability to connect with audience & judges on a global level.
CHALLENGER 6
Jaik Mario
Jaik Mario is Guitarist, Singer and Instrumentalist in Second Life since 2023. He started his career performing Rock genres such as Classic Rock, soft rock, pop rock and Alternative Rock. In real life, He has been playing Guitar since 2011 and is involved in Live Performances since 2015. He is also a Music composer and does mostly Gospel and Worship. He composes original Guitar Instrumental solos as he has his music posted in JC Guitar Tonez YouTube channel. He has his own channel in YouTube too, where he spread his composed tunes. He also does instrumental shows at his local place. In Second life, he is playing with his guitar and singing live during his shows. Jaike thinks that TVV5 is an ultimate theme to conduct challenging environment just like American Idol in RL. He feels excited to have such competition in SL too.
CHALLENGER 7
Merry Jest
Merry is a fully-trained opera singer with world-class training under a student of Beverly Johnson. He has a flair for the dramatic and creating complete experiences in Second Life to draw the listeners to his unique performance. He likes to have fun and he has a deep love for opera and classical music, though he is not afraid to touch other genres as longs as he knows he can sing them well. Merry Cheshire cat avatar summarizes him perfectly, He thinks he is unorthodox, colorful, often loud, but ultimately aiming to give everyone a smile or a good laugh. When Merry first subscribed to SL 18 years ago, he was a student. He got immediately inspired by Live musicians there such as Mel Cheeky and Effinjay then started singing in-world. He collaborated with director Berardo Carboni and sang in his 2009 film Vola Vola, the first movie to take place partially in Second Life. He returned back to second life in 2023 to perform regularly again, starting off with performing on the main stage at SL20B. By Joining TVV5, he is convinced it is a great opportunity to stretch his creativity!
CHALLENGER 8
Lady Q.
Lady Q passion about the music existed since her young age. She started singing in church, school choirs, funerals of loved ones passing, Clubs like The Eagles and talents shows. She is a singer and song writer and guitarist. She enjoys passing her time in SL indulging herself where the music is. To her Second life is all the journey she needs to pursue her music career. Her favorite singers are Anne Murray, Patsy Cline, Connie Francis, Brenda Lee, but she has a wide range of likes as she is not limited to just these artists. She can cover from 50's till current. Lady Q thinks that TVV5 is great opportunity for experience and exposure.