{"id":347162,"date":"2026-09-15T08:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/347162\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T08:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:14:15","slug":"star-choir-contest-returns-to-nbc-4-new-york-and-telemundo-47-nbc-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/347162\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Choir contest returns to NBC 4 New York and Telemundo 47 \u2013 NBC New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NBC 4 New York\/WNBC and Telemundo 47\/WNJU\u00a0announced the return of their annual holiday Star Choir contest for Tri-State youth singing groups.\u00a0 Continuing through Monday, October 12, organizations can submit their application by visiting\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/choir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">nbcnewyork.com\/choir<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telemundo47.com\/choir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">telemundo47.com\/choir<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/on-air\/contests\/nbc-star-choir-2026-round-1\/6543161\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CLIC HERE TO APPLY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The winner will be invited to perform during NBC\u2019s \u201cChristmas in Rockefeller Center\u201d broadcast, scheduled for Wednesday, December 2.\u00a0 Previous Star Choir winners include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/entertainment\/ps-103-ensemble-stars-win-the-nbc-4-star-choir-contest\/3425506\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">P.S. 103 in The Bronx<\/a> (2021),\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/queens-school-wins-star-choir-contest\/3969196\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">P.S.14 in Corona, Queens<\/a> (2022), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/entertainment\/holidays\/star-choir-winners-high-tech-high-school-in-secaucus-new-jersey-to-perform-at-rockefeller-tree-lighting\/4887475\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">High Tech High School of the Hudson County Schools of Technology<\/a> (2023), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/entertainment\/holidays\/jersey-shore-student-choir-nbc-new-york-telemundo-47-star-choir-winner\/6011260\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Neptune High School\u2019s Scarlet Sound A Cappella Choir<\/a> (2024)<a> and <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/the-kelly-clarkson-show-franklin-high-school-nj-choir-2025-star-choir-winner-nbc-christmas-rockefeller-center-nyc\/6422522\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Franklin High School\u2019s Gold &#8216;N Blues Student Choir<\/a> (2025).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to offer this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to a remarkable group of young singers in our community,\u201d said Eric Lerner, President and General Manager of NBC 4 New York and Telemundo 47. \u201cOur \u2018Star Choir\u2019 performers have been inspiring viewers from coast-to-coast with their incredible energy and spirit. We cannot wait to continue this special NBC 4 New York and Telemundo 47 holiday tradition and welcome this year\u2019s winners to 30 Rock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Specific holiday singing competition rules include:<\/p>\n<p>The contest is restricted to participants residing within WNBC\u2019s viewing areas in New York, New Jersey, Fairfield County, Connecticut and Pike County, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Singing groups must have a minimum of 10 members and a maximum of 35 members.<\/p>\n<p>All entrants must be between the ages of 6 and 18 years of age.<\/p>\n<p>Entrants can submit a video performance of any holiday-themed song, up to 3 minutes long.<\/p>\n<p>Entrants chosen for a second round:<\/p>\n<p>Will be required to submit formal parental consent to proceed in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Will be asked to perform and submit an original, second performance of \u201cUp on the Housetop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information about NBC 4 New York, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.nbcnewyork.com%2f&amp;c=E,1,XPUsLYIG91Jeez4INizAWxoMZAvJI3ZDRCOS8JgAUfzEnWfUs_h8e4Pj4DNHyclib9zGBBPK1gnDyHPcR-q6cIzcCiaaXqqz1UnB5zZX3gBX&amp;typo=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NBCNewYork.com<\/a>.\u00a0 For more information about Telemundo 47, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Telemundo47.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Telemundo47.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBC 4 New York\/WNBC and Telemundo 47\/WNJU\u00a0announced the return of their annual holiday Star Choir contest for Tri-State&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[12565,610,9,11,10,10684],"class_list":["post-347162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-christmas","tag-local","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}