The Union Activities Board is hosting a two-week contest in search of an NC State student musical act to open for Tori Kelly at the homecoming concert on Oct. 29.
Students have two weeks from today to submit a video of a song they would sing at the homecoming concert to the UAB website. After the two-week contest period has ended, anyone who visits the UAB website will have the opportunity to vote for his or her favorite act.
The top three videos at the end of the voting period will perform at Campout in front of Talley Student Union on Oct. 23. The UAB will also select two wildcard videos from those who were not in the top three to perform at Campout.
“When voting online, it’s just sometimes people will have more friends because of popularity,” said Jeremy Mason, UAB’s Leisure and Recreation chairman and a sophomore studying industrial engineering. “We want to make sure other artists that are really good have a chance.”
At Campout, the audience will be able to vote for its favorite performance via a live Twitter poll. There will be a panel of celebrity judges, including the student body president and athletes, who will choose their favorite performance.
The panel of judges, along with the live Twitter poll, will determine the winner of the contest who will be announced later that night.
“Most likely some of [Tori Kelly’s] agents and managers will be at the homecoming concert, so it really is a huge opportunity for aspiring artists,” Mason said.
Amanda Cannon, a senior studying business administration and the UAB vice president, proposed the idea for the contest.
“I just really hope we can showcase the many talents of our student body — but musical talents mainly,” Cannon said.
This is the first year that UAB will be hosting this competition, but the organization hopes to make it a tradition, according to Mason.
The official contest rules are posted on UAB’s website. Contestants must be current NC State students and in good standing with the university to be eligible to enter. For group performances, at least half of the members must be enrolled at NC State.
At the beginning of the video, contestants must say “I want to open for Tori Kelly!”
The video must be five minutes or less and submitted on the UAB website by Oct. 5 at 5 p.m.
For all of the official rules and regulations, visit the UAB website at uab.ncsu.edu.
