Uche’, last year’s winner of the ACUVUE 1-DAY Contest is on the road with one of the contest mentors, global music sensation Demi Lovato. While on the road, he motivated and encouraged young people with dreams of breaking into the music business to upload an audition video for this year’s 2014 ACUVUE 1-DAY Contest.
“It can happen to anyone just like it happened for me. One day, I had a break between classes and went to my dorm. I saw a commercial for the ACUVUE 1-DAY Contest. I said well I would like to be a superstar. I want to be a singer. I looked up some information online. I uploaded a video of me performing a song I wrote, ‘Man of Steel’ and I submitted it,” said Uche’.
It didn’t take long for Uche’s dreams to come true. Several weeks after entering the contest, he received an e-mail notifying him that he had won the contest.
“It was the first e-mail that had popped-up. It read, ‘Congratulations! You have won the 2013 ACUVUE 1-DAY Contest’. I couldn’t believe it. I had actually forgotten all about it and didn’t give it a second thought. Now I am thinking. I just won. What is my life? I wonder,” said Uche’.
His life has changed remarkably from being a second-year student at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX majoring in Psychology.
After winning the contest, he was flown to Los Angeles and paired with one of the celebrity mentors, Joe Jonas.
“I thought I was going to be this cool guy when I met my celebrity mentor. I screamed, I was a b-a-d boy. I was like “Oh, my god. It scared me, I was just really excited. Meeting the celebrity mentor, it was obviously the icing on the cake,” Uche’ said.
Uche’ gained valuable insight from his celebrity mentor. He said working with the celebrity mentor has taught him that the business is back-to-back hard work, nonstop and very fulfilling.
“I wanted to know everything about the music industry. I asked a lot of questions. I just took in everything that was being taught and absorb the entire experience,” said Uche’.
The ACUVUE 1-DAY Contest has open many doors for Uche’. He was the opening act one of his celebrity mentor’s concert. He has walked the Red Carpet at award shows and has been interviewed on several talk shows.
“I love, love performing, singing, dancing, writing song and being on stage. It’s pure energy like an adrenaline rush. It is my passion. I just love the energy,” Uche’ said.
You can follow Uche’ on twitter @UcheSings and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/music. Follow @ACUVUE on twitter for Information for the 2014 ACUVUE 1-DAY Contest.