UPDATE:Joanne Osewe has been named 2024 Wake Tech Idol, winning a $2,000 scholarship.
Come see who will be crowned Wake Tech Idol this year!
The finals of the college's ninth-annual singing competition is set for 7 p.m. November 8 in the Lecture Hall on Scott Northern Wake Campus. Tickets are $8 each.
The following students will be competing for scholarship prizes of $2,000 for first place, $1,500 for second place and $1,250 for third place:
Jackylaine Calva
Tamira Eason
Naomi Kolela
Ashley Lainez
Taliya Lewis
Kumera Nuhamin
Joanne Osewe
Gabriella Ramos
Sydney Russell
Braden Shepstead
Zeinab Yasser Hikal
The guest judges for the competition are Quinton Taylor, a piano teacher and vocal coach who won the 2023 Wake Tech Idol competition; Rheji Burrell, a songwriter, music producer and co-founder of the Nu Groove record label; and Jacqueline Williams Whittenburg, co-founder and executive director of The Dereck Whittenburg Foundation for Education.
Wake Tech Idol is hosted and sponsored by the Entrepreneurship & Small Business Center, the Scott Northern Wake Campus Hospitality Committee and the Wake Tech Foundation.
