This season’s Canada’s Got Talent gets two Carleton County acts
Canada’s Got Talent (CGT) just got a lot more Carleton County.
Local musicians The Martin Boys from Woodstock and young Hartland songstress Iris Lloyd will perform on the CGT stage for the show’s season four. The first night of the new season is Tuesday, March 18, on CityTV at 9 p.m. Atlantic time.
For The Martin Boys, the audition journey started last September when a family friend suggested they should audition for the show.
“We were actually watching old CGT clips on YouTube when they suggested it, and then we signed up right away,” said Micah
The two brothers, Macauley and Micah, say they went through quite the audition process. They were required to send in various clips of them singing to the CGT casting team, one being their performance song, an original song, an acoustic cover song, a cappella, and a video explaining why they wanted to be on CGT.
One month later, in October, the Martin Boys were invited to audition in front of the judges in Niagara Falls.
“It was very surreal performing in front of the celebrity judges. We both recall it being a sort of out-of-body experience, almost like we blinked once, and it was over,” said Micah.
Macauley and Micah said they were most nervous about performing before judge and country music superstar Shania Twain. As a country music duo, the brothers said they were humbled to be able to perform for the Canadian country legend.
“It was an honour and also very nerve-wracking to perform in front of her and hear her critique of our performance,” said Micah.
The Martin Boys look forward to gaining exposure from their time on the show and hope to gain more fans and support outside Carleton County.
The duo says they are excited to represent Woodstock on CGT and hope the town will support them on their journey.
“For those who watch the show, they will see us talking countless times about how proud we are of where we’re from and just how much it means to us that we get to represent our hometown on Canada’s biggest stage,” said Micah.
The River Valley Sun contacted Iris Lloyd’s family to request an interview for our story, but they turned down our request, noting they were told to refer all media inquiries to CGT publicists. We reached out to them for comment, but no one responded to our emails.
The nationwide contest highlights people demonstrating various talents. Thanks to Rogers, the winner walks away with $1 million.
