{"id":622796,"date":"2026-10-07T01:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T01:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/622796\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T01:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T01:16:10","slug":"reaching-for-the-stars-pb-tech-searches-for-singing-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/622796\/","title":{"rendered":"Reaching for the stars \u2013 PB Tech searches for singing talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The eight finalists will receive coaching from experienced vocal coach Charlotte West before the grand final where they will perform with a live band in front of judges Delia Hannah, Bridget Costello and Tim Stewart. The winner will be chosen by a combination of 50 per cent public votes and 50 per cent judges\u2019 scores.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The eight finalists will each receive a prize pack worth over $1,000, while the top three finalists will each receive $10,000 cash plus a JBL tech prize pack worth over $1,500, $1,000 and $500 respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most popular entries each week will also win prize packs, while voters have a chance to win prizes through prize draws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The eight finalists will receive coaching from experienced vocal coach Charlotte West before the grand final where they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-622796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}