Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
>> WELCOME BACK TO THE SEARCH
FOR A STAR AND OUR FINAL
PERFORMER TODAY IS FROM ADAM LA
BANK FROM THE LAKEVIEW -- ADAM
LEBLANC FROM THE LAKEVIEW
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU,
SO TAKE A LOOK.
>> HI, I'M ADAM LEBLANC.
I'M WINDY CITY LIVE'S NEXT BIG
STAR.
I GREW UP IN DULUTH, MINNESOTA.
I'M ONE OF FIVE KIDS AND SCHOOL
WAS ALWAYS KIND OF A CHALLENGE
FOR ME.
I TOOK A COUPLE YEARS OF COLLEGE
AND DECIDED TO GET AWAY AND TRY
SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE WHAT
I WAS TRYING WASN'T WORKING AND
I CAME TO CHICAGO AND GOT AN
APARTMENT AND MY DAD AND GRANDPA
AND I LOADED UP MY DAD'S TRUCK
AND DROVE TO CHICAGO AND, YEAH.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE TO ME
GROWING UP IS MY PARENTS.
MUSICALLY THEY INSPIRED ME.
THEY WERE ALWAYS PLAYING MUSIC
AROUND THE HOUSE AND DANCING AND
SINGING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEY MET WHEN THEY WERE IN BAND
AT COLLEGE.
THEY PLAY DIFFERENT MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS.
I STARTED TO SING '80'S MUSIC TO
MAKE MONEY AND HAVE FUN.
I RESPONDED TO AN AD AND HAD AN
AUDITION AND THEY SEEMED EXCITED
AND I THOUGHT THEY WOULD GIVE ME
A CALL AND THEY DID AND THAT WAS
IN NOVEMBER, AND BY FEBRUARY WE
WERE PUTTING ON OUR FIRST SHOW
AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT ABOUT
NINE YEARS NOW.
IT HAS BEEN AWESOME TO SEE ALL
THE OTHER AMAZING SINGERS AND
JUST THE TALENT THAT CHICAGO HAS
WITHIN ITS LIMITS.
I LOVE GOING TO THE
CONSERVATORY BECAUSE IT REMINDS
ME OF GROWING UP IN DULUTH AND
JUST BEING BACK TO NATURE KIND
OF AND LINCOLN PARK IS GORGEOUS
AND THE CONSERVATORY HAS BEEN
THERE SO MANY YEARS AND IT'S A
GOOD PLACE TO GO AND TAKE A DEEP
BREATH AND GET SOME REAL OXYGEN
INSTEAD OF AIR MIXED WITH CAR
EXHAUST, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF
STUFF.
THE MAIN REASON WHY I WANTED TO
COMPETE IN THE WINDY CITY LIVE
SEARCH FOR A STAR WAS DEFINITELY
THE MAZDA.
THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT
APPEALED TO ME.
I HAVE A 1990 BUICK RIVERA THAT
IS MY FAVORITE AND I HOLD ON TO
IT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE
YOU SHOULD JUNK IT AND GET
SOMETHING MORE MODERN AND
WHATEVER, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF
ON THE FRITZ, I NEED A GOOD
VEHICLE TO GET BACK AND FORTH.
>> ADAM LEBLANC!
SINGING "OUT OF REACH."
♪ I TRULY FEEL LIKE I DO
YOUR SMILE IS SO TRUE
HOW COME YOUR EYES SEE SO BLUE
HOW CAN I BE SO FOOLISH
AND WHY DOES YOUR HEARTBEAT SO
RED
IT FEELS LIKE MINE IS BLUE
INSTEAD
THESE THOUGHTS ARE RUNNING
THROUGH MY HEAD
BUT OUTLOUD IT SOUNDS SO FOOLISH
I'M WAY TOO SCARED
YOU'RE OUT OF REACH
I NEED STAIRS TO REACH YOU
JUST DON'T SAY ANYTHING TO MY
FACE
I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE
WASTING YOUR TIME
AND I'VE MADE UP MY MIND
AND I WISH YOU WEREN'T SO HIGH
YEAH NEW NEW AM I THAT HARD TO
READ
SOMEBODY TELL ME, PLEASE
I JUST CAN'T HELP MYSELF WHEN IT
COMES TO YOU
I SOUGHT YOU
I THOUGHT YOU KNEW
YEAH, I'M WAY TOO SCARED
YOU'RE OUT OF REACH
JUST DON'T SAY THAT TO MY FACE
I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE WASTING
YOUR TIME WASTING YOUR TIME
TIME
YEAH
YEAH, YEAH
♪♪
>> ALL RIGHT!
ADAM LEBLANC.
NICE JOB.
>> ADAM PERFORMING AN ORIGINAL
SONG, JO DEE, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK HE HAS THE
SLIPPERIEST SHOES OF ALL THE
CONTESTANTS.
HE'S SLIDING ALL OVER.
KUDOS TO DOING AN ORIGINAL SONG.
IT IS TOUGH TO GET UP AND SING
SOMETHING THE AUDIENCE WASN'T
FAMILIAR WITH.
IT WAS GREAT.
THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.
I'M GOING TO DO IT MICHELLE --
>> I'M NOT IN IT.
>> OK.
THE PURPLE VEST SHOULD BE MINE
BECAUSE IT'S MY FAVORITE COLOR
BUT I THINK YOU LOOK SEXY ON THE
T.V. AND JUST LIKE THE T. SHIRT
AND REGULAR STUFF AND IT'S
EASIER TO ROCK OUT WITH THE TATS
AND ALL THAT STUFF.
DON'T TAKE IT FROM ME.
I HAVE BEEN ON MANY WORST
DRESSED LISTS.
>> I LIKE THE WAY YOU SOUNDED
AND THE WAY YOU LOOKED.
>> SHE WANTS TO SEE MORE OF YOU!
>> THERE YOU GO!
>> MICHELLE, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I APPRECIATE THAT THE MUSIC
IS ORIGINAL AND YOU SOUND RADIO
READY.
IMA LIKE OH, MY GOODNESS, I CAN
CLOSE MY EYES AND HEAR YOU ON
THE RADIO.
THE HARMONIES, THE PLACEMENT
WHERE YOU PLACED THOSE HARMONIES
WERE ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.
OOH, I THOUGHT, I WANT TO YOU DO
SOMETHING FOR ME.
>> OPENING DOORS HERE ON WINDY
CITY LIVE.
>> JASON?
>> WELL, CONGRATULATIONS FOR
DOING AN ORIGINAL SONG, AND IT'S
DEFINITELY CATCHY.
YOU ARE THE MASTER OF CATCHY.
YOU HAVE COME IN HERE AND DONE
THAT.
LAST WEEK, IT WAS FAITH.
THIS ONE IS AN EAR WORM.
IT IS NOT LEAVING MY HEAD.
WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THE
CONTEST, THAT SHOULD BE
RECORDED.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS, ACTUALLY.
LAST WEEK I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT
THE LOOK AS WELL.
I THINK I REFERRED TO IT AS 7TH
GRADE SCIENCE TEACHER.
>> OH!
>> I THINK WE WENT TO NEWTOWN
BARTENDER TODAY.
>> HEY!
>> I THINK I NEED AN ARMBAND.
>> YOU CAN WRITE SONGS.
YOU CAN SING EFFORTLESSLY,
YOU'VE GOT POP STAR WRITTEN ALL
OVER YOU.
>> YOU'RE A CUTIE!
>> WHAT SHE SAID!
>> ADAM, WAS THERE A LOT OF
DEBATING ON WHETHER TO DO AN
ORIGINAL SONG OR DID YOU KNOW
YOU WOULD DO THIS TUNE?
>> I GOT THE IDEA EARLY ON IN
THE COMPETITION THAT IF I MADE
IT THIS FAR IT WOULD BE A GOOD
PLATFORM AND I HAD PEOPLE
ENCOURAGING ME AND SOME NOT, BUT
IT FELT RIGHT AND IT IS
SOMETHING I HAD TO GET OUT AND
HAD TO DO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL SEE IF YOUR VIEWERS
ENJOYED IT.
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR THE
WINNER.
WE WILL HAVE MORE WINDY CITY
LIVE AFTER THIS.