>> Nikki: OUR OH, SAY CAN YOU
SING COMPETITION HAS MOVED TO
THE SEMIFINALS.
20 SINGERS WERE INVITED TO
CALLBACK AUDITIONS AND PERFORM
IN FRONT OF OUR JUDGES.
♪♪
M
OH, SAY CAN YOU SEE ♪♪
BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ♪♪
WHAT SO PROUDLY HAILED ♪♪
AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING
WHOSE BROUGHT STRIPES AND BRIGHT
STARS ♪♪
THROUGH THE PERILOUS NIGHT ♪♪
>> Nikki: WE CHOSE 8
SEMIFINALISTS NOW WE IN ADDITION
YOUR HELP.
JOINING US NOW IS, RIGHT HERE AT
CHANNEL 4, WE'VE BEEN WORKING
TOGETHER FOR YEARS ON THIS
COMPETITION.
YOU KNOW, I GOT TO PASS THE
TORCH ON TO FOLKS AT "RIVER CITY
LIVE" IT IS INTERESTING TO BE ON
THIS SIDE OF IT AND SEE
EVERYTHING.
>>> YOU GET TO SIT BACK AND
WATCH.
>>>.
>> Nikki: SIT BACK AND WATCH
AND ASK YOU GUYS TO VOTE LIKE
YOU GUYS DO.
WE'RE DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE WE
HAVE THE SEMIFINALIST WHAT IS
NEXT FOR THE EFOLKS AM HOME TO
DO.
>>> NOW WE NEED EVERYONE AT HOME
TO HELP.
EIGHT SEMIFINALISTS CHOSEN.
IF YOU GO T
NEWS4JAX.COM/OHSAYCANYOUSICK.
>> GET FOR KNOW THEM A LITTLE
BIT AND IF YOU SCROLL DOWN THE
PAGE YOU'LL SEE ALL EIGHT
PICTURES AND IT SAYS PLEASE VOTE
NOW.
AND YOUR VOTE WILL COUNT THIS
YEAR, BECAUSE THE BAST WE'VE HAD
OUR TEAM OF JUDGES CHOOSE OUR
FINAL 3.
>>> THIS YEAR THEY'LL DO THE
SAME.
WE'RE ADDING A FOURTH FINALIST
AND THAT WILL BE CHOSEN BY THAT
VOTE ON-LINE.
>>> AND THAT IS FANTASTIC.
BECAUSE, ESPECIALLY FOR THESE
INDIVIDUALS TO REALLY RALLY AND
GET THAT SUPPORT.
>>> YEAH, IT REALLY HELPS THEM,
IT REALLY HELPS THEIR CONFIDENCE
AND HELPS US BECAUSE, THE
SINGERS WERE SO GOOD THIS YEAR
THAT WE HAD TROUBLE NARROWING IT
DOWN THE 8.
AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE SINGERS
WHO JUST BARELY DIDN'T MAKE THE
CUT, BUT I ENCOURAGE THEM TO
COME BACK NEXT YEAR.
>>> THAT IS WHAT WE DID.
THAT IS SOMETHING IS VERY REAL
AND IS TOLD PEOPLE PLEASE COME
BACK AGAIN, THEY WORKED OON
DIFFERENT THINGS AND CAME BACK
AND MADE IT OR WON.
>>> BOTH LAST TWO WINNERS WERE
PREVIOUS CONTESTANTS OR
AUDITIONERS.
>>> THAT IS WONDERFUL.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER -- I KNOW
ONCE THEY GO TO THE PICK OUR
FOUR AND THEY SING ON THE FINAL
SHOW.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SHOW.
THEY'RE GOING TO SING LIVE ON
TV.
>>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS
YEAR OUR FIRE WORKS SPECTACULAR.
THIS YEAR MAKING IT A BIGGER
EVENT, A PRIMETIME SPECIAL ON
JUNE 29th.
A ONE-HOWEVER SPECIAL WHERE ALL
FOUR WILL SING AND PERFORM LIKE
THEY DID ON THE FIREWORKS
SPECTACULAR IN THE PAST IN FRONT
OF YOUR JUDGE, OUR JUDGES WILL
GIVE THEM FEEDBACK.
>> Nikki: THAT IS THE NIGHT
YOU GET TO VOTE AND WE DECIDE
THE WINNER.
WILL THEY DECIDE THAT MIGHT
THIS.
>>> YES, THEY WILL, ATTEND OF
THE SHOW.
>>> COME BACK ON THE FOURTH OF
JULY AND SING THE A NATIONAL AN
THEM.
>>> WITH THE NEWS4JAX APP YOU
CAN SIT THERE AND VOTE.
THE SEMIVINAL YOU'RE ALLOWED
ONCE PER DEVICE.
IT COMES DOWN TO THAT NIGHT YOU
NEED TO SIT THERE AND VOTE FOR
YOUR FAVORITE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN
TO GET THEM TO WIN.
IT IS A GIANT HONOR TO GET TO
SING LEADING INTO THE FIREWORKS
IN OUR FOURTH OF JULY SPECIAL
BUT THEY GET OTHER STUFF, TOO.
>>> THEY DO GET TO SING THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM, THEY WILL GET
$500 PRIZE AND ONE OF OUR JUDGES
IS GOING THE WORK WITH THE
WINNER AS WELL AND INVITE THEM
TO BE ON THE AMATEUR NIGHT HERE
IN JACKSONVILLE.
>>> THAT IS PRICELESS.
>> SHE'S FANTASTIC DURING
CALLBACK AUDITIONS BECAUSE SHE
WORKED WITH THEM AND SHE FORCED
THEM TO WORK HARDER AND MADE
THEM BETTER SINGERS DURING THE
AUDITION.
>> Nikki: THANK, TOM.
AND AGAIN, TO VOTE RIGHT NOW ON
THE SEMIFINALIST GOES TO THE OH,