Last night , Patricia Canaleowned the stage on FOX ’s popular game show,“Don’t Forget the Lyrics . “The only pitiful thing about her win of $ 100,000 was that it signaled the end of her outspoken performance ! At a packed viewing party in the Valley , Patricia caught her breath to dish on karaoke bar , shuffling - off - to - Buffalo , and know when to take the air away .
Congratulations on beating the organization ! Are you prepared for hoi polloi to interrupt you in the grocery storage asking you to sing " Maniac " ?
I ca n’t hold off ! I ’m a born performer , darling — I’m quick to perform at any moment .
What was the casting appendage like for you ?
My Quaker was up for the show to be a contestant and I audition to be his back - up . He ended up not getting cast and the producers ended up call me a calendar month later out of the blue and bring me into the studio apartment . I had to fall out three written tests and then I was convey to the cast theatre director , where we did a praxis footrace of karaoke .
have dramatis personae plot shows , I ’d say you ’re a dream dissenter . Obviously ! But have you been on any other game shows ?
I was the tap - dance cupcake on " Grease : You ’re the One That I Want!“ I have the most audience response and producer order if they had n’t cut me , America would have voted me in . That was an exciting thing , as well .
I try you ’ve really work as a tap - dance cupcake .
Can you eat cupcake now ?
I ca n’t .
What were you feel or doing right before you walked on degree ?
I was a picayune nervous . I ’m a Buddhist , so I chant , and felt really centered because I had done a lot of studying prior to the show . I was middling confident that I had done enough studying to be successful . I had no mind what curves they were going to throw at me .
And the curves were " ¦
The one that cost me a hundred thousand dollar ! ( " You Ca n’t Hurry Love " by Diana Ross ) You think you live these songs , but when you really pick them aside word by word , not so much . They really get you on the specifics of the wording . " My Sharona" was one of those song that I think I know but I did n’t really . You do n’t know which part of the song they ’re work to use .
Did you endeavor to cram song lyrics prior to the tape ?
I really seek to learn categories I ’m not as inviolable in — 80s , rock candy , top ten — I trolled the internet . There are billion of web site dedicated to lyrics , but the words are n’t the same on all the website .
Was there a vocal you were in secret hoping would occur on ?
Was there a Song dynasty you were secretly dreading would come on ?
I was hoping that there would be no heavy metal because I would be lost — any birdsong that I had just absolutely no idea . I have it off I had a option of two , so I was concerned that I would n’t sleep together either one .
Anything you may disclose ?
He announced to the consultation my name , and then , " Actress , Singer , Comedian,“ and then said " I ’m not worthy!“ and begin bowing down to me . I was completely floored by that , given Wayne Brady ’s stature in the job , and I tried to keep composure . Then he face at me and said , " You ’re going to be a star . “
How did you stay focused between commercial-grade breaks ?
The producer would whisk me off and brief me on things I could say or could n’t say . They keep me separate from my family or anyone who could have helped me in any way . It ’s nerve rack because the integral studio audience is screaming your name , and knowing that that your fellowship is tolerate behind you .
Did you really have no hint that your family ( she ’s one of 12 ) was cash in one’s chips to be there ?
I had no idea that my family was go to be there . Complete surprisal to me . They had called my Uncle Cos and involve him to give him my parent ' number in the Bronx . And Fox called my family and fly them all out unbenownst to me . I did n’t understand why I had such acute security prior to the show — I had three security guards around me at all time ! It was because my family was in the edifice .
Have you done karaoke since ? How is it dissimilar ?
Do you have a signature karaoke song ?
What ’s your favorite karaoke place ?
I would have to say Robin Hood Pub — it ’s an English saloon in Santa Monica . There are so many foreigners who do n’t love American euphony and you get a much more honest and less jaded LA crowd . They would give me money to babble out certain strain . I made fifty bucks . They asked me to sing a Whitney Houston song—“One Moment in Time . “ One of them call for me to sing " Danny Boy . “ And an Italian guy asked me to sing something by Connie Francis — leave me ten dollar to sing " Where the Boys Are . “
Have you had any eldritch dreams about the show or your performance ?
I ’ve been take uncanny dreams that I was naked on the show — that I was on national television with no clothes on . I opine it was just my anxiety about how they were going to edit the show . I was a niggling nervous about how it was going to sound , etcetera .
What did you think of the way they abbreviate it ?
I was a little surprised that they used sure cuts of the songs , because I babble out them a brace of time . I did n’t know what they were going to play , I had no melodic theme what samara they were in . You ’re endeavor to sing a song , you do n’t have a monitor , and you ’re on stage in front of meg of multitude and your family . Under those lot , I intend I did well .
Your uncle helped you at the very remnant — if he had n’t been there , do you think you would have walked with the money ?
aboveboard , I knew instinctually that they were n’t the right words . Because my uncle was not sure , I take that a sign to take the air away . I just sleep with in my gut that it was n’t right-hand .
What ’s the reaction been like from your homies in the Bronx ?
This kind of publicity is really exciting – I’m being seen for project I normally would n’t be interpret for and I ’m really grateful to this for lift my visibility a small bit .
