November 10, 2025
Students sang in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish, and, for the first time, in Swedish at the 11th Annual International Karaoke Night-a night of fun, food, music, and friendly competition. Winning songs were chosen in 3 categories based on such factors as the difficulty of the song, voice quality, pronunciation, and crowd response.
Winners were
SOLO Acts
1st Place: Louise Block singing Solo tú by Luis Miguel in SPANISH
2nd Place: Natalie Turnage singing Cruel Love by Philip Kirkirov in RUSSIAN
3rd Place: Chama Mwansa singing C'est si bon by Eartha Kitt in FRENCH
SMALL GROUP Acts
1st Place: TPM Zingerz singing Bara Bada Bastu by KAJ in SWEDISH
2nd Place: La Resistenzia singing Bella ciao in ITALIAN
3rd Place: The German House singing Einmal um die Welt by CRO in GERMAN
WHOLE CLASS Acts
1st Place: ITAL103A singing Sarà perché ti amo by Ricchi e Poveri in ITALIAN
2nd Place: FREN103B singing Sympathique by Pink Martini in FRENCH
3rd Place: CHIN302A singing Reflection from Mulan by Coco Lee in CHINESE
Special thanks go out to our judges: Linda Heck, Travis Parker, and Sarah Rimkus; our emcee Garron Greiner; Alessandro's Italian Bakery for catering an international menu; the Tiger Bay Pub; and TAS for setting us up with a great sound system.
We are grateful to the following departments for their financial support: Asian Studies, E.L. Kellermann Language Resource Center, French & French Studies, German & German Studies, Global Citizenship, International & Global Studies, Russian, Spanish & Italian, Student Life
