Backstage Pass with Victoria

Caitlyn Stupi won the state title of Miss Maryland in 2019, and competed on the prestigious Miss America State in Las Vegas in ‘20. She is interviewed here by Brooke Hatcher, guest junior podcaster for Backstage Pass.

Bobby Hoock is a fitness trainer, lifestyle and wellness coach/entrepreneur & renowned Irish Step dancer who qualified for the world championships at only 12 years of age. Hoock is currently enjoying a residency at Raglan Road at Disney Springs in Orlando FL, where you can find him performing authentic Irish routines nightly.

Connect with him at bobbyhoock.com

Andrea and Irene Ramos (born March 18, 1988), also known as the Double Dragon Twins, are a Peruvian-born & raised singing duo and performers. The twins made their TV debut at the young age of 8 years old at Peru's children television show "De Colores" (1996) as back dancers, where they remained until the cancellation of the show and it's subsequent spin-offs "Tornasol" and "Club de las Gemelas" (Twins' club).
The identical twins were born in Lima, Peru, to Percy Gustavo Ramos and Ethel Aldana Lovell. They have an older brother, Percy Luis.

In 2004, at the age of 16, Irene auditioned to a singing competition called "Desafio de Estrellas" (Stars Challenge) in channel 4 (America TV) where the winners of 7 groups of 7 participants each would face off to determine who was the best singer with Irene prevailing as the absolute winner. The same year Andrea would audition to a TV reality/competition called "Pop tu Show" and she would go on to win a spot in the prize which was to be casted in a girls' band of 5 members. Despite that, the group would never come to fruition. The twins expressed that their inspiration to start participating in this competition was Simon Cowell. They became huge fans of the American Idol judge at the time since they enjoyed watching him on cable television.

In 2012, Andrea and Irene were part of the TV show known as "Divas" in "America TV" where again they were casted to participate as a duet. The show would go on to become a success and they were crowned the winners and the new "Divas" of Peru.

In 2014 the twins, would go to become participants of La Voz Peru (The Voice), they auditioned separately, Irene spinned all 4 chairs in her rendition of "Fallin' by Alicia Keys" and Andrea followed her sisters audition by doing the same her in blind audition and getting all four judges to turn their chair with her interpretation of "Greatest Love of All by Whitney Houston". Irene picked Jose Luis Rodriguez as her coach, and Andrea picked Eva Ayllon as hers.

After the success of La Voz, the twins continued to perform at private venues and small concerts throughout Lima until they decided to migrate to America in 2017 after their naturalized U.S Citizen father asked them to accept his petition to become permanent U.S Residents. However, destiny would deliver a heavy blow to the sisters' the following year when their father was diagnosed with stage IV cancer to the bile ducts and was given a few weeks to live in the month of April.

Their father was an avid soccer fan, and given that Peru had finally managed to classify the World Cup after a 36 year absence. The sisters' managed to get a hold of a professional soccer player that shared their fathers' story to the entire Soccer National Team and given that they understood he would not make it to watch Peru in the world cup they sent videos encouraging him to stay strong. However, Percy Sr. would go on to express that he was deeply saddened to miss his daughters accomplishing their long term dream of meeting Simon Cowell and participating in a US Talent TV Show.

Felicia Dortch is an entrepreneur, published author, motivational speaker, and business owner, having assisted authors from around the globe publish their works through her own Company, Purpose Publishing. Dortch is also a runway and print model who will be gracing the runways of New York Fashion Week with her son, Kerry, this coming September.

You can find out more about her company at www.purposepublishing.com

Heath McNease is a Christian contemporary artist who has performed at venues accross the US as well as a resident show at Disney Springs. Previously signed to Sony Records, Heath wrote /directed and started in the film, Fort Wayne and recently released the album Be Clean Again. You can check out his website at heathmcneasemusic.com

Cast Member of Saturday Night Live (2013-14)
-Had the #1 comedy album on iTunes with the release of his debut album, “This is cool, Right?” which was hailed by many outlets as one of the best comedy albums of 2015
-Released a Comedy Central Half Hour special
-Appeared on Conan
-Appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers
-Appeared on Girls
-Appeared on AP Bio
-Appeared on MTV’s Ridiculousness
-Appeared on @Midnight

-Appeared on Comedy Central’s This Is Not Happening
-Appeared on Comedy Central’s Adam Devine’s House Party
-One of Comedy Central’s 10 comics to watch in 2012
-Voice of Fred on Disney’s Big Hero 6 television series
-Montreal Just For Laughs Festival in 2013, 2014, and 2016
-RollingStone named him as one of the top 45 acts from the 2014 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
-Also performed at Comedy Central’s South Beach Comedy Festival, SXSW, Sasquatch Music and Arts Festival, Moontower Comemdy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and many others.

Voices of Service part of the nonprofit (Center for American Military Music
Opportunities) CAMMO is a singing quartet which includes retired Master Sgt. Caleb Green,
retired Staff Sgt. Ron Henry, Sgt. Maj. Christal Rheams and Sgt. 1st Class Jason Hanna.
VOS uses their platform to increase awareness of what music can do, for service men and
women who are coping with post-traumatic stress and other invisible/visible wounds.

They have been singing together seven years and now their journey and purpose has now reached a
new dimension. After their successful competition in Season 14 of America’s Got Talent placing
fifth, they have been able to create national awareness to the struggle our service members,
veterans and their families go through when dealing with visible and invisible injuries. They
represent the excellence that exists within our military and veteran communities and
are an inspiring example for the nation that they serve, have served, and continue to
serve through music.

They recently were part of a live stream with Kodaline. This is the song Brother https://www.facebook.com/Kodaline/videos/231450181468979 and when they sang on AGT https://youtu.be/iBJih2GYkFE

Christian Stoinev, is an established hand balancer, who was born into a circus family and toured the world throughout his childhood. He became a 5th generation performer when he made his performing debut at the age of 5, and continued working on his skills, which led to a scholarship to attend Illinois State University. He was a recruit for the ISU circus program which allowed him to continue developing as a performer while earning a degree in Broadcast Journalism. After graduating in 2013 he and his dog Scooby auditioned for America’s Got Talent and their performances earned them a place in the Finals. From there on the act known as Christian and Scooby took off nationally and led to appearances on many other TV shows and are now also known as one of the top featured halftime shows for the NBA. Most recently they were crowned winners of Germany’s Got Talent and were getting ready for the NBA Playoffs just before the coronavirus paused the season.

You can follow the duo on Instagram @castoinev

Despite being born with a disability in both arms, Ryan Niemiller, the self-proclaimed “Cripple Threat of Comedy” shares his views of the world from the perspective of the handicapped. Ryan began his comedy career in Los Angeles, California, and hasn’t looked back since, performing in clubs and colleges across the country. Covering topics such as dating, trying to find employment, and attempting to find acceptance in a world not designed for him, Ryan tackles the issues in a way that makes you think while laughing the entire time. With his quick wit, great timing, and a gimmick that only he can exploit, Ryan hopes to prove to the comedy world that he may be unarmed, but he is dangerous.

Camm was raised in a strict, athletic household where sports became his priority. His mother, a registered nurse, and his father, an Army Ranger, always pushed him to play two sports. Camm loved basketball and dreamed of playing in the NBA until an injury in high school turned his focus toward music. He dedicated himself to singing in choir and taught himself to play piano after spending all of his free time practicing. Camm has put college on hold while he pursues music full-time.