Talent Competition Help

[GetBackUp25]

Posted: 4/25/13 at 3:22am

I cannot say which one for fear of revealing my location but a popular TV singing competition is holding auditions near me and I want to give it a try. The only problem is that the requirements are so loose that I am completely overwhelmed with potential audition songs.
All my song needs to be is a 1:30ish selection from a song from any popular (as in not Broadway) music genre. It also needs to be family-friendly or easily editable to be (like if it has just one curse word)

Here are the songs I've been considering (Be warned, there are a ton of them)

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton
The A Team by Ed Sheeran
Teenage Dirtbag by Girls Aloud (originally by Wheatus)
Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye
It's Time by Imagine Dragons
Price Tag by Jessie J
The Middle by Jimmy Eat World
Blue Jeans by Lana Del Rey
How To Be A Heartbreaker by Marina & The Diamonds
Concrete Angel by Martina McBride
Gunpowder & Lead by Miranda Lambert
Little Lion Man by Mumford & Sons
Torn by Natalie Imbruglia
Suds In The Bucket by Sara Evans
Gypsy by Shakira
Unpretty by TLC
Waterfalls by TLC

So which would be the most appropriate for an 18 year old girl given the requirements I stated?

[~tiny~]

Posted: 4/25/13 at 3:37am

I'm not familiar w/all your songs, but I definitely like GUNPOWDER and LEAD, and think it's gutsy/upbeat/sassy and good for numerous interpretations. Some of your other songs are very FOLKY, nice, but maybe not exciting enough for an audition of this magnitude. If you're willing to sing your guts out and can do a twist on this song, it could be fabulous, if you're a fabulous singer. Good Luck!

[GetBackUp25]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 2:08am

Ballads have been done on this show by contestants who made it through, including two on my list, Blue Jeans and Torn.
Anyway, I've decided against doing any country song (because there's been complaints these past few seasons that the show's getting a bit too country-heavy) and added to and revised my list accordingly.

My new list is:
Ain't No Rest For The Wicked by Cage The Elephant
Birdhouse In Your Soul by They Might Be Giants
Copacabana by Barry Manilow
Everytime by Britney Spears
Here's To Never Growing Up by Avril Lavigne
I Am Woman by Helen Reddy
I Follow Rivers by Lykke Li
Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls
It's Time by Imagine Dragons
Little Things by One Direction
Manic Monday by The Bangles
Pumped Up Kicks (Outrun My Bullet) by Foster The People
Sk8r Boi by Avril Lavigne
Some Nights by fun.
The A Team by Ed Sheeran
The Middle by Jimmy Eat World
Unpretty by TLC
White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane
You Oughta Know by Alanis Morrissette


So which of my revised list would be best suited for something of this magnitude?
(If you don't know a song, look it up on YouTube)

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 2:14am

(If you don't know a song, look it up on YouTube)

Um no.

[trentsketch]

Posted: 6/3/13 at 7:14am

Good luck at The Voice auditions. It's a total crapshoot. About half the contestants they air on TV are actively recruited for the show, so your odds are better than Idol and worse that America's Got Talent.

Honestly, go upbeat for your first song. Everyone does a ballad because they think it makes them a serious artist. Be upbeat and pleasant to the poor producer who has to sit there all day listening to people who don't fit the criteria they're casting for at their audition table; sometimes, that's enough to get through even if you're on a bad or novelty singer line. It worked for me at Idol. It can work for you here.