Judges
Judge: Heather
Judge: Steph
Head Judge: Cryss
Vocal Edge: Country Crusade, is the second spin-off from the hugely successful Vocal Edge competition.
Launched on April 5th 2016, "VE: Country Crusade" surpassed the nummber of auditions received in Season One of Vocal Edge and got off to a great start with a fitting OPTIONAL challenge, dedicated to Merle Haggard (RIP April 6th 2016).
Sing a song performed by merle haggard,
in his memory
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Round One - Showdown
The crusaders were challenged to show their stuff in a showdown.
Sing any solo song, using only the single layer, and lets see what you've got!
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Round Two - Cowboys & Cowgirls
Next, the contestants were challenged to create duets...
Partners were assigned, and songs had to be classified as country on the specified source material!
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Round Three
Blown Away In The Dust
The contestants had only two choices of song...
Blow Away by Carrie Underwood
OR
Kick The Dust Up by Luke Bryan
Seems simple... right???
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Round Four
Mash 'Em Up
Simple. Take 3 or more country songs, and mash 'em together into one awesome track!
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Finals
Rockin' Acoustic
The final challenge was to use a non-country song, and then, using an acoustic track, turn that song into a country version.
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And the winner of the inaugural season of Country Crusade is....
