Skokie Idol 2025- show your stuff!

The Contest Begins Jan 25, 2025.

Registration is open to everyone!

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The contest is open to everyone, ages 10 – 100, regardless of where you live. Contestants will be assigned to divisions based on age groups. Each division will have its own winner.

Unlike other contests, there are no weekly eliminations.  Each Saturday for five weeks, players will receive a new song challenges which they will perform live at Skokie Theatre starting at 1 pm.

You can sing to a track. You can sing a cappella. You can have someone accompany you. But you must be the only singer. (Occasionally, a pre-recorded song track contains background singers. That’s ok as long as you sing the lead).

Many contestants enjoy the challenge of playing for themselves. Others prefer to sing to a track. It’s all up to you.

Weekly live challenges begin on Saturday, January 25, and you will be asked to sing a song in the musical category that we’ve chosen for the week. Past categories have included Broadway, Country & Western, Beatles, Big Band, 60’s, etc. but there will be some new categories this year.

You will receive votes from the public, plus votes from our judges along with their immediate feedback to apply to your next challenge. Our panel of judges is comprised of vocalists, musicians, and casting directors from all over Chicago, so this is your chance to receive free coaching from industry professionals.

Your friends and family will have to attend in person at Skokie Theatre to vote for you. But you also have the chance to earn extra votes from the rest of the audience. Tickets for each week are only $5 and can be purchased at the door on the day of the event.

At the end of the weekly challenges, we will add up the weekly scores. We will drop your lowest week’s score to compute the rankings, so there’s no worry if you had to miss a song, or had difficulty with one of the song categories. The contestants who rank in the top half will be invited back to perform live in the semi-finals on Saturday, March 1 at 1 pm.

The top scoring semi-finalists will be invited back to sing live in our finals on Saturday, March 22 at 7 pm. The top scoring finalist in each division will win the Skokie Idol title.

Your first song challenge is an easy one:

SING YOUR FAVORITE SONG.

For official rules and registration, visit

SkokieTheatre.org/Skokie-Idol

Once we have your registration form we will send you instructions on how to send your song to us. In the mean time, good luck and have fun. We can’t wait to hear your sing.

You could be the next Skokie Idol