Pride Idol week five the best night yet
May 6, 2012
Shaun Knittel - Seattle Gay News Assoc. Editor
All I can say is 'Wow!' Last Sunday was the single best Pride Idol night in the show's history. The contestants came to win, and it showed.
Smirnoff, Seattle's Best Karaoke, Neighbours Seattle, Seattle Gay News, and MOViN 92.5 present Seattle Pride Idol.
The 2012 Pride Idol is a citywide singing contest hosted by Seattle Out and Proud (SO&P), running every Sunday night at Neighbours Seattle leading up to 2012 Seattle Pride. Doors open at 6 p.m. for open karaoke, hosted by SO&P's Eric Bennett. Contestants must sign up by 7:30 p.m. in order to compete at 8 p.m., when the show begins. The grand finale is scheduled for June 10, where a winner will be chosen as Seattle's 2012 Pride Idol!
The 2012 season kicked off on April 1 with a bang, and week five proved to be
an amazing show of talent. Returning to host was the fabulous Gaysha Starr, who just returned from L.A. with a gorgeous new wardrobe she was happy to debut for the audience. Local entertainer and director of the Seattle production of Bare: A Pop Opera, Yee-Shin Huang performed two songs from the show and joined the judging panel of Kitty Kitty Bang Bang (Salena Go-Lez), Sister of Perpetual Indulgence Domine Trix, and me as we voted to advance one contestant to the wildcard round and another to the grand finale.
Karaoke king Joshua Baron started the night off with flair, delivering an animated and fun Erasure medley. The songs went over well, and Joshua has a wonderful voice. Still, he did not advance to the next round of competition but promises to return with a song (or two) that will blow the judges away.
Seattle Out & Proud announces 2012 Seattle Pride Parade theme: “The Many Faces of Pride”
Seattle Out and Proud takes great pleasure in announcing the theme for the 2012 Seattle Pride Parade, to be held in downtown Seattle on Sunday, June 24.
This year, as you revel and participate in the 2012 Seattle Pride Parade, look to your left, then to your right. Look behind you, ahead of you, across the street. All around, you'll see it — community, and the beautiful people who make it theirs. Some will be immediately recognizable; others may catch you by surprise. But there you stand, shoulder to shoulder, comfortable and cohesive among them, your collective individualism on parade even as you stand in place — unblemished youth at the elbow of battle-scarred senior; the utterly fabulous against the gently indistinguishable; the confident alongside the questioning; the jubilant beside the impassive.
All around you, the intricate jigsaw of Pride will unfold to you — Latino and Asian and Native American and black and white; families in all their wondrous incarnations; 20-year locals and first-time visitors; the transitioning and the transgendered; the impaired and their companion animals; the athlete; the aesthete; the strange; and the stranger. These are The Many Faces of Pride.
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