A Quick 60
The Challenge
MSGVarsity.com Sports Talk
High School SportsDesk
Male Vocalist
FINALS
**WINNER**
Name: Elya Vasiliev -- WATCH
School: Colts Neck, NJ
Performances: SEMIFINALS -- QUARTERFINALS
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Name: Peter Richardson -- WATCH
School: Oceanside, LI
Performances: SEMIFINALS -- QUARTERFINALS
EPISODE 5 (Airs: May 15):
Name: Elya Vasiliev -- WINNER
School: Colts Neck, NJ
Performing: "Hey, Tonight" -- WATCH
Bio: Elya's favorite types of music are Blues, Jazz, Opera, and Pop, because of their "freedom," and "ability express any emotion." Elya's family is his inspiration: his father, who gave him his first guitar when he was seven years old, his mother for her encouragement, and his sisters who look up to him.
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Name: Dany Milano
School: Union City, NJ
Performing: "Get Ready" -- WATCH
Bio: Dany's top four favorite singers are Lady Gaga, John Legend, Elton John, and Freddie Mercury -- all, he says, great voices and great performers. Dany enjoys any music that makes him "feel something." He believes that music is "something almost spiritual. If it has no soul, it's no good."
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EPISODE 6 (Airs: May 22):
Name: Peter Richardson -- WINNER
School: Oceanside, LI
Performing: "You're Beautiful" -- WATCH
Bio: Peter's biggest inspiration is the band Coldplay for their "style and spirit." If he could perform as anywhere, he would choose Madison Square Garden, where he would "give the crowd one heck of a show." Peter describes performing as his passion, adding "I love to amuse others through doing what I love and I want to hear the crowd yell and feel that rush down my spine."
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Name: Danny Ward
School: King, CT
Performing: "Small Town" -- WATCH
Bio: Danny's favorite singer is Nicki Minaj, because "she's bold, focused, multi-talented, and awesome." His favorite type of music is Rap, because, he says, "it tells a story." If he was able to perform at any event, he would choose the Grammy's, what he considers "the biggest night for the music industry."
EPISODE 1 (Airs: Apr. 17):
Name: Elya Vasiliev — WINNER
School: Colts Neck, NJ
Performing: "Come Fly With Me" -- WATCH
Bio: Elya's favorite types of music are Blues, Jazz, Opera, and Pop, because of their "freedom," and "ability express any emotion." Elya's family is his inspiration: his father, who gave him his first guitar when he was seven years old, his mother for her encouragement, and his sisters who look up to him.
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Name: Ahmad Rashad Buie
School: Piscataway, NJ
Performing: "I Don't Wanna Talk About It" -- WATCH
Bio: Ahmad's favorite types of music are R&B, Soul, Jazz and Pop. His favorite singers include Michael Jackson -- his biggest inspiration -- as well as Luther Vandross and Stevie Wonder. If he could perform at any event, it would be the Grammy's or BET Honors.
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EPISODE 2 (Airs: Apr. 24)
Name: Dan Berk
School: Oceanside, LI
Performing: "I Turn To You" -- WATCH
Bio: Dan is inspired by John Legend and rock band Maroon 5, whose lead singer, Adam Levine, he praises as "a really versatile musician with a great sense of rhythm and style." Dan says that actor and writer Larry David of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" would play him in a movie about his life.
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Name: Dany Milano -- WINNER
School: Union City, NJ
Performing: "Use Somebody" -- WATCH
Bio: Dany's top four favorite singers are Lady Gaga, John Legend, Elton John, and Freddie Mercury -- all, he says, great voices and great performers. Dany enjoys any music that makes him "feel something." He believes that music is "something almost spiritual. If it has no soul, it's no good."
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EPISODE 3 (Airs: May 1)
Name: Christopher Dunlop
School: St. Dominic, LI
Performing: "Proud Mary" -- WATCH
Bio: Christopher listens to different genres of music from Rock to Rap, "all different types and styles of music which makes it interesting to listen to." Christopher would pick Jake Gyllenhaal or Justin Timberlake as actors to play him in a movie about his life, because, he says, they are "good actors that put a lot of effort into their work, as I do in my singing."
Hear more from Christopher in this one-on-one interview from St. Dominic High School
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Name: Peter Richardson -- WINNER
School: Oceanside, LI
Performing: "Suddenly I See" -- WATCH
Bio: Peter's biggest inspiration is the band ColdPlay for their "style and spirit." If he could perform as anywhere, he would choose Madison Square Garden, where he would "give the crowd one heck of a show." Peter describes performing as his passion, adding "I love to amuse others through doing what I love and I want to hear the crowd yell and feel that rush down my spine."
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EPISODE 4 (Airs: May 8)
Name: Danny Ward -- WINNER
School: King, CT
Performing: "Hero" -- WATCH
Bio: Danny's favorite singer is Nicki Minaj, because "she's bold, focused, multi-talented, and awesome." His favorite type of music is Rap, because, he says, "it tells a story." If he was able to perform at any event, he would choose the Grammy's, what he considers "the biggest night for the music industry."
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Name: Al Calderon
School: Sachem East, LI
Performing: "I Want You Back" -- WATCH
Bio: If Al could perform at any event it would be the Grammy's, because he would consider it a dream to "perform on stage with all (his) favorite artists and role models." He says that Drake would play him in a movie about his life. He credits his mother as his biggest inspiration.
