Students, staff, faculty and friends joined together at Irazú Coffee for the fourth annual GlobalVision song contest. Performers can either do karaoke, sing an original song, or lip sync, the one stipulation is that it must be in a language other than English.
Students, staff, faculty and friends joined together at Irazú Coffee for the fourth annual GlobalVision song contest on May 2. This contest, co-hosted by the Global Neighborhood and the Department of World Languages and Cultures, brings students across majors and disciplines together.
Performers can either do karaoke, sing an original song, or lip sync — the one stipulation is that it must be in a language other than English. This year, there were 13 performances with songs in five different languages: French, Arabic, Spanish, German and Korean.
GlobalVision was inspired by the EuroVision song competition. However, the event at Elon is for languages across the globe, not only languages spoken in Europe.
The first GlobalVision happened in the spring of 2022 in Global Commons. Since then, the event has grown and is now an annual event in Irazú. This event has seen a lot of change in just three years, and will continue to evolve in the years to come.
There were three prize baskets for the winners filled with international candies, snacks and drinks. All winners also got a bouquet of fresh flowers. In addition to the other two prizes. The first place winners also went home with a trophy.
The first place winners, sophomores Ali and Andi Dalton ’27, sang an original song with guitar in French. First-year student Andrew Juhasz ’28 was the second-place winner and sang a song in German. In third place was a trio who sang karaoke to “Cómo la flor” by Selena. Their charisma had the audience involved and excited about the performance.
Although not all 13 groups that performed went home with prizes, they all went home with a fun and memorable experience.