Music

Tenelle’s Full Circle Advances to the Finale

Tenelle Luafalemana, the only Polynesian artist on NBC’s American Song Contest has moved to the semi-finals and on to the finale on the television show’s state to state competition.

If you haven’t seen it, American Song Contest is a music reality competition television series, which sees all 50 U.S. states, five territories and Washington, D.C. compete for the title of Best Original Song, between March 21 and May 9. The show is hosted by Snoop Dogg and Kelly Clarkson.

Throughout her social media platforms, Tenelle has revealed that all of her efforts in advancing in this contest are to lift up all Pacific Islander artists — encompassing the peoples of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia. Polynesia includes Hawaii, Samoa, American Samoa, Tokelau Tahiti and Tonga. Daily, Tenelle will take you through her journey as she progresses through each event. She’s even sending her fans a PDF of her flier to post them everywhere they go, urging people to vote for Tenelle and uplift Pacific Islander artists in this contest.

Check out Tenelle’s performance video

Tenelle has been breaking it down for her followers on Instagram:

“On May 2, Tenelle advances to the shows finale with her song Full Circle

We have 10 hours to vote on MONDAY 5/2 🚨 🚨
Voting polls open from 5pm ET to 3 am ET
Performing 8 pm PST on NBC and I’m ready!
I’ve been working so hard to make sure they remember who we are after this show.”

“It’s about bringing it back to my roots. Whether performing in Samoa or all over the U.S. it’s me coming back and representing all of my people … We are so small in numbers but big in heart,” Tenelle said in a Reel about her small island country brothers and sisters.

HOW TO VOTE:
Viewers and fans of the singer can go to https://www.tenellemusic.com/basic-01

Once Tenelle’s performance airs, voting will be open for 30 hours. During this voting window you are allowed to vote 10 times on each platform: the NBC App, the NBC Website and the TikTok App. That comes to a total of 30 votes for each viewer.

Details:  www.tenellemusic.com, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter

Melina Paris

Melina Paris is a Southern California-based writer, who connects local community to ARTS & Culture, matters of Social Justice and the Environment. Melina is also producer and host of Angel City Culture Quest podcast, featured on RLN website and wherever you get your podcasts.

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