Watch Rising Star on ABC 7 Sunday!

Rising Star completely reinvents the traditional singing competition -- for the first time ever, the audience has the final say in real time! During each performance, you can vote on the Rising Star app to determine if the singer advances or not. See yourself and your vote count in real time on your TV.

Watch the premiere this Sunday, June 22 at 9pm ET

Starring: Josh Groban | Brad Paisley | Kesha | Ludacris

The first set of phenomenal singers from across the country will perform on this Sunday's premiere including Brooklyn's own 21-year-old Lisa Punch and 20-year-old Jesse Kinch of Seaford, New York.



Other contestants include:



Joshua Peavy, Age 28, Soperton, GA
Maneepat Myra Molloy, Age 16, Los Angeles, CA
Sarah Darling, Age 31, Nashville, TN
Summer Collins, Age 18, Fayetteville, NC
Daniel & Olivia, (Daniel Wolfe, Age 24 and Olivia Thai, Age 25) San Gabriel Valley, CA
Colin Huntley, Age 16, Georgetown, TX
Beyond 5, Nashville, TN
(Members of Beyond 5: Zac Love, Age 19; Tanner Myler, Age 19; TJ Ryan, Age 16; Patch Crowe, Age 19; Ammon Soloasa Tuimaualuga, Age 17)

Will you raise the wall? Download the app now and become a Rising Star home judge:





OK, I downloaded the app - now what?

The App is essential to participate in the voting process, but it's totally FREE and easy to use. Just register with your Facebook or Twitter account, and you're ready to go. Before each performance, you'll be asked to check-in, and then when it's time to vote, swipe BLUE (to the right) to vote YES or RED (to the left) to vote NO. You'll see the results of the vote in REAL TIME on television - even if you are on the West Coast. In just seconds, your votes determine whether the wall rises, whether a contestant moves on or goes home, or if you're on the West Coast, whether a lucky contestant gets a second chance. And IF you give us permission through the app, you might also see your Facebook or Twitter profile picture on the Rising Star wall.





Watch this video for a step-by-step look at how the Rising Star app works:



Once the show starts, you can log into the app with your Facebook account or an email log-in.

When a performer walks out on stage, he or she is separated from the studio audience and the judges by a translucent floor to ceiling LED screen. As the performer begins to sing, the judges and viewers at home vote on the performance via the app. Images of the voters logged in via Facebook appear live on the LED screen facing the performer as the votes are tallied. Only if a singer wins over 70 per cent of the audience does the wall rise and the singer steps out as a new star to bask in the applause of the live studio audience.

Ready to help make history? Tune in this Sunday night at 9:00 p.m. on ABC 7!

The series airs over 10 weeks. The first 3 weeks "Qualifiers" showcase approximately 30 acts, and these episodes will be 2 hours each. Beginning July 13, the series is one hour weekly. The next phases of competition are the duels-where acts compete one-on-one. Those who survive return for the Quarterfinal and perhaps Semifinal rounds, as the field continues to narrow until the night of the Finals, when just 1 of the remaining acts will be named the Rising Star winner.



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