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Is Tori Roze the Next Voice?

“None of us even knew we were part of it,” Tori Roze says of a recent poll held on SoundDiego. In the poll, ten area musicians were selected to compete for a slot on The Voice this fall. “The people at Sound Diego, or NBC.com, or whoever they were, voted on the best voices in San Diego.” Five of the ten, including Roze were chosen to represent at the auditions in Los Angeles.

“But the next level is open to the public. It’s not anything special. They’re holding open auditions on August 30 and 31 in L.A.” The only advantage to winning the SoundDiego straw poll, she says, is that the five San Diego winners get to go to the head of the line and will not have to “camp out over night in order to get a spot to audition.”

They include locals Greg Gibson, Ashley Matte, Alyssa Jacey, and Matt Commerce.

SoundDiego is a blog on the web site of the local NBC affiliate, KNSD TV, at nbcsandiego.com. The Voice, entering its second season on NBC, bills itself as a reality talent show. The series consists of three phases: the blind audition before celebrity ‘coaches,’ the battle phase, and the live performance. But at this point, Roze and her fellow contestants have yet to reach the blind audition, which is televised.

“What they don’t tell you about all these TV shows is that there are three rounds before the celebrity judges even get near you. Basically, you go through some producers and interns for a couple of rounds, and then you get to the blind auditions.”

Roze says the next step is to perform a tune minus accompaniment. “I’m probably going to sing an Amy Winehouse song from her first album.”

Has she actually seen the show? She has. Assuming Roze is selected as one of the final four and lands up on broadcast, how does she plan to hold her own in the midst of what is easily the single most gaudy, over-the-top, over-wrought set on television? “I’ve done theater my whole life.” She laughs. “I’d use it to my advantage. That whole set would be my bitch.”

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“None of us even knew we were part of it,” Tori Roze says of a recent poll held on SoundDiego. In the poll, ten area musicians were selected to compete for a slot on The Voice this fall. “The people at Sound Diego, or NBC.com, or whoever they were, voted on the best voices in San Diego.” Five of the ten, including Roze were chosen to represent at the auditions in Los Angeles.

“But the next level is open to the public. It’s not anything special. They’re holding open auditions on August 30 and 31 in L.A.” The only advantage to winning the SoundDiego straw poll, she says, is that the five San Diego winners get to go to the head of the line and will not have to “camp out over night in order to get a spot to audition.”

They include locals Greg Gibson, Ashley Matte, Alyssa Jacey, and Matt Commerce.

SoundDiego is a blog on the web site of the local NBC affiliate, KNSD TV, at nbcsandiego.com. The Voice, entering its second season on NBC, bills itself as a reality talent show. The series consists of three phases: the blind audition before celebrity ‘coaches,’ the battle phase, and the live performance. But at this point, Roze and her fellow contestants have yet to reach the blind audition, which is televised.

“What they don’t tell you about all these TV shows is that there are three rounds before the celebrity judges even get near you. Basically, you go through some producers and interns for a couple of rounds, and then you get to the blind auditions.”

Roze says the next step is to perform a tune minus accompaniment. “I’m probably going to sing an Amy Winehouse song from her first album.”

Has she actually seen the show? She has. Assuming Roze is selected as one of the final four and lands up on broadcast, how does she plan to hold her own in the midst of what is easily the single most gaudy, over-the-top, over-wrought set on television? “I’ve done theater my whole life.” She laughs. “I’d use it to my advantage. That whole set would be my bitch.”

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