The Third Annual Sxm Interscholastic Idol was held on Sunday the 1st of April 2012 at the Celebration Palace, the competition consisted of three categories, the Primary school cycle 1 category, the Primary School Cycle 2 category and the secondary school competition. In the cycle 1 segment there were 7 participants, in the cycle 2, 12 participants and in the secondary competition 7 partcipants.
The mid afternoon show was greatly received by the close to 1000 persons present, the schools were not only well represented in song but the overall participation from the audience which was packed with various school supporters was tremendous.
In the cycle one competition the #1 participant Little Jamaar Hilton stole the show with his rendition of "I believe" which set the tone for the show and he won the most popular prize.
However the winner for Cycle 1 was another young man, Keivon Daniel who sang "Reach for the Sky" and represented the Mac Rev. John A. Gumbs campus and won a ninetendo Wii as the 1st prize , the 1st runner Up was another young man who stunned everyone present with his harmonious voice as he sung "You Raise me Up" from Josh Groman, persons were so intrigued with this youngster but even more so after hearing that he had undergone an emergency surgery the night before to remove his appendix, however this young man determined to represent his school and showcase his talent showed up and shocked everyone with his melodious voice even though he was still in pain and he won a portable dvd player. The 2nd runner Up was young Ms. Ava gaelle Gibson, who sang a very hip song "Who says’ Ava along with her back Up dancers put on quite a performance and she won a sony dvd player.
The cycle 2 segment saw more partcipants almost twice the amount of participants, so the talent was doubled and so was the immensity of the voivces of the youngsters who sang. Kyanni Atmopawiro of the Sister Magda Primary school was the victor and she also took home the most popular prize as well with her extremely powerful rendition of "My Reedemer Lives" and as first prize she won a lap top, the 1st runner was Jocelyn lambert of the Catribbean International Academy (CIA) who actually commutes to school as he is originally from St. Barths and he sang a song in English as well as in French "What you are made of" and he won a nintendo wii, the 2nd runner up was Mark McAlmont, hailing from the MAC Reverend John A Gumbs Campus, he sang "Call on Jesus" and he won a sony digital camera, 3rd up was Friche-Ann Soriano from the Hillside Christian Schools, who sang "The impossible dream" and she won a portable dvd player and the 4th runner up was Vincia Nelson from the MAC Browlia Milliard campus, she sang "Not guilty", and she won a dvd player.
In the secondary school competition Milton Peters college almost had a sweep, the school took
the top 2 prizes, with Geraldine Nicourt as the winner she prepresented the HAVO section singing "Listen" and she won a lap Top, 1st runner up was Mr. Edwin Barry representing MPC TKL section, he sang "Human nature from Michael Jackson" and he won an IPAD, 3rd runner up went to Sinatra Bauld of the St. Maarten Academy academic section, she sang "I was here" and she won a digital camera.
The participants in this competition did extremely well and the judges definitely had a difficult task. The audience seemed pleased with the outcomes of the 3 segments and with the show overall.
The president of "The St. Martin Promoting Young Ambassadors Foundation Ms. Angelique Martis-Romou also thanked everyone present for making the show the huge success that it was but stressed on the fact that it would not have been possible without the enormous talent of the youngsters who participated. She also told everyone to mark their calendars and save the date of Sunday the 7th of April 2013 when they would be holding the 4th annual St. Martin Interscholastic Idol, she also asked the schools to start preparing from now as they can also hold their mini idol shows in school and send their winners to represent the school at the Sxm Interscholastic Idol competition.
The foundation will be introducing a new segment next year which will be a choir competition for all schools.
The foundation is so proud of the youngsters who continue to shine and exhibit their God given talents as the foundation’s main goal is to promote youngsers to be the best they can be in every way possible and to be the future ambassadors of St. Martin, you can go to their website which is www.sxmyoungambassadors.com for more info.