2009 has certainly been quite a year! Just for starters, our “Male Karaoke Vocalist of the Year” winner from KaraokeFest 2009, Abraham McDonald, went on from there to win “Oprah’s Karaoke Challenge” and took home a check for $250,000 and a recording deal! Wow! Way to go Abraham!

Some of you may know that the Oprah Team came out from Chicago and spent almost the entire day at KaraokeFest 2009 taping and interviewing the contestants from our singing competitions for possible inclusion in their show. That’s where they found Abraham McDonald…and the rest is history, as they say.

Karaoke Scene would like to express our thanks to the “Oprah Winfrey Show” for their positive portrayal of Karaoke on national television. They have done a great deal for the Karaoke community as they showed Karaoke as it really is, not just a bunch of drunks with a microphone, but real people with real talent, reaching out with something wonderful to offer. We would also like to thank Oprah’s staff for their courtesy and professionalism. They are really a class organization.

The Karaoke industry continues to move in new directions with new hardware and software choices popping up all the time. And Karaoke, as an entertainment medium, continues to flourish. Karaoke remains the number one form of live entertainment in Southern California with hundreds of venues from Ventura County to the Mexican border. And Karaoke Scene Magazine is available in all of them to be enjoyed by everyone.

Our “Singer’s Showcase” at www.KaraokeScene.com continues to be a huge favorite with singers all around the world. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you should because you have really been missing a great time. It’s like an online Karaoke party.

KaraokeFest 2009 has come to a close…but what a party it was! This was, by far, the biggest and best “Fest” ever with the finals for 3 major singing competitions and 5 Karaoke stages going all day and night. And did they go! Most of the stages had well over an hour rotation for most ...

BIG NEWS! Beginning with this issue, we are proud to announce the launching of the new “digital edition” of Karaoke Scene Magazine, “Karaoke Scene DE.” This is an electronic version of our publication that will be available to everyone, everywhere, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The “DE” will be filled with all ...

“LET THE COMPETITIONS BEGIN!” This is the season of KaraokeFest singing competitions, and there are 3 to choose from again this year. The hugely popular and prestigious Crème de la Crème singing competition will be held at 25 venues throughout Southern California beginning on July 5th and continuing through the month of August. This is ...

The Songburst ’09 singing competition at the Orange County Market Place (OCMP) was a huge success! More than 200 contestants turned out for the competition in both the Junior and Adult categories…and what talent! In fact, the event was so successful that we unfortunately had to turn away contestants after the first 40 sign-ups in ...

 It’s SongBurst time! Karaoke Scene is very pleased to again be presenting this year’s SongBurst singing competition at the Orange County Market Place, “America’s greatest outdoor shopping festival.” The excitement begins on Saturday, February 14th and continues every Saturday for 4 weeks (February 21st, February 28th and March 7th.) Rain out dates will be the corresponding ...