Students
display Almost Idol
By Daniel Frias
On-line Forty-Niner
If
you are looking for the next Shakira or
Mariah Carey, then look no further because
she is right here in Long Beach. Susan Muñoz,
a Cal State Long Beach music major, beat
out 17 other contestants in the Almost Idol
competition put on by the CSULB Public Relations
Student Society of America Thursday night
at New York Bryan’s Bar and Grill in downtown
Long Beach.
The contest was hosted by five CSULB public
relation students as a class project for
the Bateman team contest. The Bateman team
contest is a nation wide competition sponsored
by the Public Relation Society of America,
which is the parent society of PRSSA.
The PRSSA group at CSULB is one of the participants
in the nationwide contest held once each
year to promote certain products. This year
the PRSSA promoted Nutella.
“The Bateman team put this on and it was
promoted by PRSSA at CSULB to make Nutella
a household name,” Monique Acosta, a CSULB
senior public relations student said.
“The show [Almost Idol] is a spin off of
‘American Idol,’” senior Jenny Pyott, CSULB
public relations major said. “The event
was held to promote Nutella.”
Almost Idol was just that. They had three
judges just like on “American Idol” and
contestants were critiqued after their performances.
Students Rasheed Richardson played the role
of Randy Jackson, and Brittney Meridith
played the role of Paula Abdul. Matt Cabot,
a professor at CSULB, played the role of
Simon Cowell.
Out of the 18 contestants only five would
be selected to go to the final round. Every
contested had to be over the age of 17 and
sing a cappella, in which they performed
everything from Elton John to Hoobastank.
“Everyone was really talented,” Richardson
said. “We had a good caliber of people and
it was really hard for us to pick the final
five and three.”
“It feels great. It feels awesome. I’m so
happy,” Muñoz said about winning.
“It gave me the opportunity to perform what
I like, which is pop [music].”
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