X-Factor USA Promotional Video

July 14, 2011 by Masterclass Lady 9 Comments


So, what do y’all think? Simon is a master at producing shows, isn’t he? And building drama and suspense. I never did like that song. Watch the video, you’ll know what I mean.

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Rosanne (Giallonardo) Simunovic began her musical career in Timmins, Ontario. She studied piano with Anne Pizzale and later, at an advanced level, with Soeur Anita Vaugeois (Sister Cecile of Les Soeurs De L’Assomption in Timmins). Her vocal and accompaniment skills were nurtured by her aunt, the late Dorothea Mascioli. When Rosanne graduated from O’Gorman High School, she moved on to the University of Toronto where she continued her piano and vocal studies while attaining a Bachelor of Arts Degree. She was hired as a piano accompanist for several musical companies, most notably, the National Ballet Of Canada. She presently holds an A.R.C.T. Teacher’s Diploma in Voice from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Rosanne has studied choral conducting with numerous well known Canadian Conductors, including Wayne Riddell of Montreal, Quebec and the internationally renowned Dr. Elmer Iseler. She has been a founding member of numerous community-based arts organizations: the Timmins Arts Council, later known as Arts & Culture Timmins, the Timmins Symphony Orchestra, and, the Timmins Youth Singers…as well as the TYS Alumnus choir, the Timmins Concert Singers. In 1987, she was also selected to be the conductor of the Timmins Board Of Education Choir, comprised of talented students from Grades 5 to 8. In 1988, she was elected to the Board Of Directors of the Ontario Choral Federation (now known as Choirs Ontario), where she served as Chair of the Festivals Committee for six consecutive seasons. In 1996, in honour of the Ontario Choral Federation’s 25th Anniversary, Rosanne was selected as one of 25 recipients of the OCF’s Distinguished Service Award for outstanding contribution to the choral art. The ceremony was presided by Lieutenant Governor, Hal Jackman. In November 1997, Rosanne Simunovic was selected by the Rotary Club Of Timmins to receive the prestigious Paul Harris Award for her years of dedication to the artistic development of young musical talent in Timmins. In August of 2002, Rosanne Simunovic was selected by the Board Of Directors of Choirs Ontario to serve as Conductor of both the Provincial Junior and Teen Choir Camps, now renamed in honour of the Camp Benefactors, Don and Lillian Wright. In November 2002, Rosanne was the one of the recipients of the Commemorative Medal for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, honouring her work in the development of the arts in Timmins. Under Rosanne Simunovic’s direction, the Timmins Youth Singers and the Timmins Concert Singers have been featured in numerous choral festivals and performing opportunities outside of Timmins. In 1985, they were selected to partici
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9 Responses to “X-Factor USA Promotional Video”

  1. pamela July 14, 2011 at 1:00 pm

    No surprise! It’s still all about him and money!

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  2. jrzgrl1 July 14, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    I’m really going to have to think long & hard about watching this show. At this point, I’m inclined to say “no”. There’s just a sliminess about him that’s going to be hard to ignore.

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  3. jrzgrl1 July 14, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    For some reason it is wanting to log me in as “JRZGRL1” But it’s me, Darlene.

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  4. Darlene July 14, 2011 at 2:31 pm

    Also, for the record, I’m having Blake Shelton withdrawal. Serious Blake Shelton withdrawal.

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  5. bee July 14, 2011 at 5:10 pm

    darlene-chuckling about the blake shelton withdrawal comment. 🙂 🙂 i didn’t know who he was before ‘the voice’, and i too, totally love the guy. such a good, decent, fun, sincere, down to earth guy. i mean, really, i could have him over for dinner. 🙂

    regarding the promotional video…i’ll give the show a chance just like i gave ‘the voice’ a chance. i never really could handle paula and her inability to make sense, and i didn’t like the paula/simon faux ‘fighting’, so i’m certainly not hyped up about that part of it.

    and i didn’t like the ‘pussycat doll’ person on dwts, so i’m not looking forward to her either. sooo…other than the big ‘personalities’ of the show that i’m not interested in, we’ll see how this goes…

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  6. Vonnie July 14, 2011 at 10:10 pm

    Darlene and Bee…you two talking about Blake is so funny…My mom has seen him in concert and that is all that she has talked about for a long time; I wasn’t a country music person until after I had heard Scotty; but anyhoo, after watching him on the voice, I am like daggone Mom, now I wanna go see him in concert…!

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  7. Anita July 15, 2011 at 12:40 am

    I’ve always liked Simon, even though I know he’s got an ego problem. The song used for this video is a horrible way to promote this show. It makes me wonder about his intentions with the contestants, and how he’ll treat them. Will it seem like he’s out for blood, and be more cruel than ever? Another thing that really turned me off was the other male judge saying to a contestant that he could slit his wrists! WHAT IN THE WORLD! That was just unbelieveable!

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  8. bee July 15, 2011 at 10:27 am

    still on the blake subject: yesterday i watched vh1’s ‘behind the music’ which features various artists. this was about miranda lambert. i recorded it because i know nothing about her either. she was a very interesting subject. miranda participated in the country version of idol (nashville something i think) and came in third. one of the judges worked for sony, and got her connected with sony. she was (is) very close to her dad who was very influential in getting her started on her musical career. when she met blake he was married.

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  9. Katheryn July 19, 2011 at 1:10 am

    From what I’ve read about the UK version of this show, it is very cutthroat and slimy indeed. That taken together with the fact that Mr. Cowell and the producers of the show in Britain were forced to admit they used auto-tuning on some of the singers makes it a complete turnoff for me. Simon was dubbed the “X-Faker” by the British press. As you may recall, the producers of American Idol rushed to make an announcement shortly thereafter that they had never used auto-tuning on A.I. I believe them, by the way. I mean, how many times did we hear Randy in particular say the word “pitchy”?!

    I could have gone to see the Seattle audition show gratis (they were offering tickets for free), but i declined. Judging by this promo, I made the right choice.

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