Cyclone Voice final is Thursday

Senior Nicholas Yeo is one of 15 singers to advance from the Cyclone Voice prelims to Thursday night's final competition. Alexander Gray/Iowa State Daily

Fifteen finalists will vie to become the next Cyclone Voice on April 11 in a competition hosted by country musician Mason Ramsey. 

A video of Ramsey yodeling went viral last year, leading the 12-year-old to release his first extended play record. Ramsey will introduce each of the student performers. He also will perform a few songs during the judges' deliberations.

The event will take place in the Memorial Union Great Hall with doors opening at 7:30 p.m. Singing starts at 8 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.

Thirty students took part in the April 1 preliminary competition and judges selected the 15 finalists.

Cyclone Voice finalists

• Raia Arbisi, junior, psychology
• Andersen Coates, sophomore, architecture
• Dylan Ehlen, senior, finance
• Sam Fletcher, senior, mechanical engineering
• Emma Heyen, freshman, speech and language pathology
• Collin Hillinger, sophomore, mechanical engineering
• John Hoelzer, senior, mechanical engineering
• Antonia McGill, sophomore, psychology and women and gender studies
• Conor Nolan, sophomore, management information systems
• Kennedy Plowman, senior, speech communications
• Konrad Powell, graduate, horticulture
• Krishna Rangarajan, sophomore, aerospace engineering
• Brandon Thomas, sophomore, design
• Alli Weaver, senior, journalism and political science
• Nicholas Yeo, senior, management information systems