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Raymond Salgado joins Host Peter McCully to talk about competing on the television show º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿ÉçœCanadaº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™s Got Talent.º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™
º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç˜Once I got the opportunity to participate this year, it really wasnº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™t something that I was expecting, a lot of the memories, a lot of the opportunities coming my way. This whole experience has been very validating to me.º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™
Salgado says that he had just finished auditioning for º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç˜American Idolº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™, when the opportunity arose.
º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç˜Itº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™s interesting because at the time I just came off of auditioning for American Idol and that didnº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™t really go my way at the time, I think that was a huge turning point for me because I realized, itº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™s not that I wasnº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™t vocally ready, it was just not the right time in that moment.º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™
The only person in British Columbia to make it as a finalist, Salgado talks about the talented people in and around Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.
º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç˜Itº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™s just crazy. Thereº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™s so much talent in Nanaimo and itº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™s really cool to see people just being able to share their gifts with our community and being able to share that on a world platform. Thereº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™s just so much talent. Iº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™m not surprised, but Iº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™m also just so happy that weº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™ve been able to represent well with music and with the arts.º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™
Lauren Spencer Smith and Cameron Whitcomb competed on º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç˜American Idolº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™ and Carlow Rush and Jacksun Fryer of º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç˜Funkanometryº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™ recently competed on º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç˜Americaº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™s got Talent,º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™ all of Nanaimo.
The podcast contains Salgadoº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™s version of º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç˜Feeling Goodº¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Éç™, which launched him into the final.
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