Arts & Entertainment
Springs Resident Shooting for Stardom
27East article profiles Lilly Merat, a Springs resident making a second stab at Fox's "The X Factor."
As the saying goes, if at first you don't succeed, try, try, again.
And that's just what Springs resident Lilly Merat is doing, according to a 27East article.
The article states that after an a capella group she was part of - The Sonneteers - didn't make the final cut this past summer to make it onto the Fox TV show "The X Factor," the 22-year-old is making a solo stab at it, awaiting word after she sent an audition tape to the show in late December.
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Melanie Amaro was crowned the winner of season one of the American version of the series on Dec. 22.
Readers can check out Merat's audition tape on Facebook.
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Merat recalled the audition - which she flew to Seattle for, along with 10 other vocalists - saying that host Simon Cowell used the word "wonderful" to describe her after she sang a solo.
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