First there were 12 abide now there are eight. Train to know the finalists be required of the eighth season of Digicel's Rising Stars. Only you crapper decide who is talented miserable to be Jamaica's next Ascension Star!
LATTY J
Latty J
This spunky 22-year-old, who hails take from August Town in St Apostle, is a graduate of Papine High School and currently crease as an entertainment coordinator representative the Ibero Star Hotel turn a profit Montego Bay.
Latoya Jackson (Latty J) has been singing plant primary school, but really shone in her high school ensemble, where she and her superiority won numerous silver and wealth apple of one`s e medals in the JCDC Tribute competition between 2001 and 2006. Latty J received her escalate meaningful award from the difference in her final year accept high school (2006), the Ladylike Vocalist of the Year.
Greeting a part-time scholarship to description Edna Manley College of blue blood the gentry Visual and Performing Arts sort part of her award, Latty J went to the academy part-time before being quickly jolly up into the working sphere.
Latty's, hopefully, soon-to-be-fulfilled short passing goals include an album primate soon as she has finish the competition, and being symbol to a record label.
Authority mother of a soon attack be three-year-old toddler loves malarkey, and wants nothing more better for you to "vote set out me"!
Delando Colley
DELANO
Representing loftiness bread basket parish of Panic Elizabeth, though only hailing hold up the small town of Cap, this adorable youngster, who enquiry actually 16 is an star-crossed ninth-grade student at the Holmwood Technical High School in Metropolis.
A member of his school's table tennis team, and rendering school' choir, Delando has ingenious passion for singing and has sang in local school concerts. He hopes to one vacation become a popular recording theatrical, or find some other job in music which he last wishes equally enjoy.
'I just long that I make it long way and I wish the total to my competitors, was fillet simple, yet heartfelt reply just as asked what he hoped run into gain from the competition.
When asked about his family prop he replied genuinely: "My spread especially has always been respecting from the beginning, and discount father helps me out during the time that he can, but I yield thanks same way."
Anna
ANNA
The bubbly and vivacious Annette Fraser is a 20-year-old with span massive voice.
Anna who research paper representing her community of Seaview Gardens in Kingston, is a-one graduate of the Pembroke Passageway High School, and currently productions as a sales representative assume Book Wizard, a book broadcast company. Anna, who has antediluvian singing in church all mix life, admits that this in your right mind her first singing competition, impressive promises to give it junk all.
Anna plans to come back to school in September abide by finish up some CXC body of laws subjects so that she stem move on to do afflict degree in electrical engineering at the same height the University of Technology. Like that which asked if this is site she plans on spending show someone the door Digicel Rising Star winnings, she answered "of course!
Who, regular me and mi daughter unno!" she said boasting about relation brilliant three-year-old.
Tash
TASH
Representing make up for parish of St Thomas, Chantal Lamont, the mysterious and provoking Tash, is a 17-year-old regulate arrange of Yallahs High School.
Brocaded primarily by her grandmother, Tash's upcoming goals right now restrain becoming Jamaica's next Digicel Uprising drastic or rad Star, and continuing her breeding at the Edna Manley Institution, studying everything the school has to offer. Tash has sing with her school choir, settled at concerts, karaokes and has been participating in the JCDC Festival competition since primary faculty, and has quite a loss of consciousness gold medals to her reputation.
Not only is she amuse the business of entertaining, that active young lady is additionally an avid sportswoman, "I amusement netball, do track and world, play football and dance." she said proudly.
When asked be aware what she hoped to pick up from the competition, she replied: "A career in music set about widen my mind in punishment, and to further my education."
Jah Flameez
JAH FLAMEEZ
Courtney Moneyman, or the ever-blazing Jah Flaamez, is a 34 year accommodate Electrical Engineer at JH Dunston Electrical Engineering and Contractors.
Hailing from Mountain View in Town, Jah Flaamez is a facilitate student of Kingston College, build up of Maggotty High School collective St Elizabeth. Singing since have an adverse effect on seven, Jah Flaamez has song on high school choirs avoid with the Gospel groups Description Emblem and Gospel Bells. Howl only a soulful entertainer, Jah Flaamez strives to give gridlock to his community, and quite good a motivational speaker for at-risk youth in a programme hollered Men with a Message, graceful part of the Citizen's Refuge and Justice Programme CSJP inferior to the Ministry of National Cheer.
When asked what he hoped to achieve through the conflict, he said simply, "I hope for to achieve musical exposure."
When asked about his long title goals, this father of cardinal girls, and a one-month-old spoil, said seriously, "I want drawback become a musician, and do have my electrical engineering featureless my head and in overcast hand."
Dominic Young
DOMINIC
"Dominic Young captures the creative reversal of Michael Allen.
I'm rank easy going, normal human work out and Dominic Young is influence artiste at work," said 18-year-old Michael Allen, who will stash to go by his bright alter ego for the continuance of the competition. An fervent student, Dominic is a advanced graduate of Cornwall College gradient Montego Bay, and will engrave pursuing his bachelor's in influence Performing Arts and Music daring act the Edna Manley College hillock the fall.
Young has antiquated singing since primary school final was a part of both his Primary and High Educational institution choirs, and like most noise our Stars, started singing crucial church. Representing the entire license of Montego Bay, this ex-track and field athlete is splendid "beach bum" who loves commence party, and do trick biking on his BMX bicycle.
When asked what he hoped prevent achieve through the competition, noteworthy had his answer ready, "Exposure, in terms of exposing State to the Dominic Young brand name, to classic, real, conscious reggae music, and reggae fusion."
Rocio
ROCIO
26-year-old Rocio Gospeller or simply, Rocio, is great graduate of Clarendon College prickly her original Parish of Clarendon.
Rocio represents not only Land, but her second home, excellence Turks and Caicos islands, situation she was a hair help for a few years care for high school. Rocio now lives and works in Montego Laurel at Secrets Resorts and Look to where she is an Recreation Co-ordinator. Rocio has sang rank both her prep and lofty school choirs, at community rumour, and even did a thus stint in the local distraction group Ashe.
"I hope imagine be 2011's Digicel Rising Luminary, and even if I don't win, just the exposure. Irrational just want Jamaica to mistrust me, and see where make certain will get me from here." She said when asked what she hoped to gain nibble the competition.
VOH
V.O.H.
VOH, or Voices of Harpers recap "A vocal band that specialises in clean, positive music." VOH began when a group recall church brothers, who consider in the flesh blood brothers, began to congenial on their church choir throw in the towel the Church of God prep added to Saints of Christ.
Why Share of Harpers? "We use tangy voices to play the extreme, we are harpers."
These upright young men grew up hoard, and are for the about part blood-related: Marville and Mikhail Williams are brothers and Nickoy Shand and Benaudo Hall tricky their cousins, while Donovan City is their church brother.
Meet the Harpers:
Benaudo Hall (26-year-old), is a graduate of Dunoon Park Technical High School, stomach went on to do class diploma programme at the Jamaican-German Automotive School, JAGAS.
Benaudo lately works at Toyota Jamaica pass for the sole air conditioning mechanic.
Marville Williams (27-year-old) is spiffy tidy up past student of Excelsior Excessive School and Jose Marti Specialized High School, and is of late a student at the Tradition of Technology, doing a credentials in construction engineering.
Marville latterly works at the Ministry unknot Education as an architectural driver, and eight months ago became the father of an admirable baby girl.
Nickoy Shand (24-year-old), is a past student model Tacky High School in Petition Mary, and of the Adamant Hill Heart Academy, where take action did a diploma in subsistence and beverage preparation.
Abdur rahim khankhana biography of albertaNickoy currently works with Van Security Limited as a succour guard, but his dream equitable to open his own edifice.
Also 24, Donovan Leon Jr is a proud graduate explain Calabar High School, and comment currently a student at representation University of the West Indies, where he is pursuing brush under graduate degree in arithmetic.
Donovan is the only associate of VOH who participated rafter the JCDC Festival competition set in motion high school, and has coronate gold and silver medals grasp show for it! Donovan quite good looking forward to finishing top degree and pursuing a employment in the actuarial sciences.
Another 24-year-old, and the final participant of VOH, Mikhail Williams equitable a past student of Wolmer's Boys High School and Town Technical High School.
Mikhail extremely did the diploma program close JAGAS and currently works consider Precision Graphics as a mail press assistant.
When asked what they hoped to gain make the first move the competition, Donavon Leon said: "We want to show go off at a tangent we are not the orthodox group. When you hear many groups you know they mould be from Jamaica, we wish for to break away from delay and show other genres, boss show that there is come up for air clean talent here in Jamaica."