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  • Man, all Mark needs now is a ripped shirt, leather jacket and a Harley Davison.

  • It's amazing how much he sounds like Freddie... its uncanny. I remember when I first heard of Downhere on the radio a few years ago and the song was "How Many Kings." They always reminded me of Queen.

  • Man, you are amazing!!! Congrats!

  • I wish I could sing like that!

  • Even the song mistook him for Freddie.

  • he's really singing... and he really should be in queen....

  • fake

  • @zdepapepaify

    Stupid Piece of sh1t.. ur just jalous.. U Dicust me kid!!! BAAAHH

  • @zdepapepaify its not fake its his audition for queen extravaganza and he already won for the place of 1 of 2 lead singers- its him and this other girls. he made it through every round and now hes gonna tour with the tribute band this summer so its obviously not fake....

  • wow.....i first thought he was mouthing along to the song but NOPE

  • Give this guy a ripped shirt and Harley Davison.

  • They would be Crazy to not choose Marc as the New Freddie. I watched the video, then cued up the orriginal of Freddie and the video of Marc. I paused and played each as it when along and with very few exceptions could I tell them apart. Marc the clear choice for lead vocal.

  • @arrowfire Ok you're exagerating a little. Freddies natural singing voice was deeper and you can tell them appart if you really know freddies voice and style. But you are right. He is the closest thing I have ever heard to freddies STYLE of singing. He's really amazing!

  • He's got Freddie's powerful beautiful voice and he sings just like Freddie. So awesome!

  • Dearest Almighty,

    You've kept your end of the deal. Lady Gaga and Justine Beeber are yours.

    All the best,

    The Human Race.

  • Awesome

    

  • is that Freddie singing?

  • @vuquylam93

    Yeah, Freddie Mercury Jnr. 

  • fantastic voice well done

  • My my my, and i still have doubts of reencarnation thing. 

  • Marcie Marcury. 

  • What if he was somehow acually Freddies kid that he never met or even knew he had

  • @DDT53 or never actually had, though it appeared from outer space...

  • Somebody lend him a mustache.

  • @brettandtyler1 im pretty sure this guy is bigger than freddie was muscle wise. And freddie was bi BTW

  • cantas muy bien pero.......... freddie es freddie trata de poner la magia que ponía freddie mercury cuando cantaba (smile martin facebook)

  • Is he really playin that guitar? lol

  • Simply the best!

  • Amazing

    

  • "i ain't freddie!"

    oh wait.. he is freddie... 

  • holy jesus he sounds more and more like freddie every day =O

  • now only if this guy was gay had a mustache , got more muscle this would be freddie

  • He is Freddie's long lost son!!!

  • I'd give him lovin' in a heartbeat.

    

  • He must grow a mustache....

  • @pbmax

    yes he will!

  • @pbmax

    you can suck it

  • EL MEJOR DE TODOS, SIN LUGAR A DUDAS!!!!! MARC MARTEL MERECE ESTE LUGAR!!!!! ES UN ESPECTÁCULO ESCUCHARLO!!!

  • he can be lead singer for queen band again :D new songs awaiting

  • @aftersteps Well, he is really good imitator, but new songs? I really doubt it 

  • OMG!

  • seriously the original queen members woulda had to take a step back when they heard marc at just how freddie like he is even down to soe characteristics hes pretty fucken awesome hes won me as a fan go marc you good thing

  • WOW love it the likeliness is uncanny

  • Davvero molto molto MOLTO bravo!Complimenti Marc :))

  • Marc better win. I first saw his Somebody to Love submission, and it blew my mind.

  • @zppbonzo

    He did win. The band was announced a while back.

  • Here's his "We Will Rock You" live: watch?v=W_iMiVVCPlg

  • He's totes jelly

  • Congrats Mark. Do Freddy proud!

  • copycat

  • @tokillamockingbirdd how pathetic..

  • @tokillamockingbirdd you jelly? *trollface*

  • You still are the best contestant, no doubt in there. Good luck Marc, you're such a talented guy.

  • He even has eyebrows and nose like Freddy! Damn great. Best wishes from Poland, Greg

  • @maplesugar98

    UUUUUUU SSSSSSS AAAAAA

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  • Just for interest sake, let's take a poll of the frequent posters here - are you Canadian, American or (if from somewhere else), post your country. In a random way this might tell whether interest is equal in CA and US.

    I'm Canadian.

  • @maplesugar98 USA! USA! ;)

  • @maplesugar98 a VERY PROUD CANADIAN!....although my son is in the US Army, and lives in USA, so I have very strong ties there, too :)

  • any word if they have any canadian stops? please for the love of god i need to go to this.

  • The Winner Marc Martel ;)

  • .. excellent.. hope to see you on tour w/the Queen Tribute Band!

  • Wow! Awesome man.... Your voice is really close to what it should be... Very rare!!!

  • I bet that eventually Marc will sing with Roger and Brian... but probably not as part of the band, but as an invited singer, like George Michael or Paul Rodgers.

  • son of a bitch - this cheeky bastard is good! :)

  • You sing like him, you play piano, you play guitar ! can you make english muffin ?? damn u r good !

  • its freddie back in marcs body

  • Go ahead Marc! You're just the correct election of my boys of the Queen Band. The Queen Music comes alive again. Thanks God for that!!!

  • Gary Mullen. that is all.

  • If anyone wants to hear Marc do another rendition of CLTCL, I uploaded the interview he did on the radio on the 7th with an LA radio station where he also does an in studio Karaoke version of CLTCL....

    7OTeL3oNa2M

  • @deadliner I just heard the interview. I love his sense of humor. And the Karaoke version of CLTCL is still amazing and fun. I LOL'ed @ "I like it!" Thanks for uploading! =)

  • @deadliner just went and watched it LOVED all the pics and interview was great, thanks deadliner!

  • This brought tears to my eyes. Congratulations Marc!

  • Congratulations on the win Marc !!! 

  • @Nelletorre

    That is very true and I didn't mean to infer that they would directly pick up like nothing happened. I'm saying he has potential to do very well with what we know and love and possibly give us a few new things

  • @SBFlanker Totally welcome it if it happens. :)

  • Lambert gives me a headache

  • Sorry...this guys is good, but Roger and Brian should not tour with anyone at this point as Queen. A tribute band tour is fine, but if the original members want to make NEW music with this cat, that is fine, but please don't call it Queen. Create and tour all you want under a different name though. It may even sound like Queen, but don't use Queen. And Lamebert is brutal...sorry. Congrats to all winners and nice job Roger! Thanks Queen for all the music.

  • @NelleTorre

    It's a good thing that Marc will be touring with them. I'm saying this as a big queen fan. Think of it this way, if ACDC disbanded when Bon Scott died we would've lost a lot of years of very good music, but Brian Johnson stepped up and toured and even released great new songs. I expect much the same with Marc. This is a good thing

  • @SBFlanker AC/DC was a different monster all together. When Bon died, they fetched themselves another singer in about a year. Freddie has been gone for 20. We've already lost years of very good music. I'm not saying that they can't accomplish good music with Martel, I'm saying that it's a little late for Queen.

  • @NellaTorre

    Has there been some announcement i am unaware of ?

    Queen is not touring Queen extrvaganza is , they have a drummer a guitarist a bass player and two singers one female one male.

  • @DILLONSONG Nah. Someone mentioned Martel should join the Queen instead and I merely said that Queen had 20 years to find a singer and they hadn't. Rightfully so. I wouldn't mind seeing Martel perform with Queen, just not regroup with them.

  • No. Don't put Martel as frontman for Queen. I don't mind him performing WITH them, hell, I encourage and would love to see it. But not replacement. Its been 20 years since Freddie passed and Taylor, May, and Deacon have never replaced and will never replace him. Especially with new music.

  • @NellaTorre Marc should succeed Freddie, not replace.

  • I just heard that Queen were thinking of doing a tour with Adam Lambert. I heard them live in Ireland with him and they sounded like Adam Lambert's backup band doing a Queen song. It didn't sound like "Queen." I think Roger and Brian are too good for that. They need to tour with Marc so I can close my eyes and hear QUEEN! Not Adam Lambert or Bad Company or anybody else. This is the first time in 20 years this is possible. Put Marc in Queen so we can hear the band again.

  • @WJamzMan NO way they should not tour with Lambert & after everyone hears Marc in this tour, NO ONE will want Lambert fronting Queen or even singing with them!

  • Congratulations, Marc! I hope that this is the start of even greater things for you.

  • Step aside Paul Rodgers!!!!

  • he nailed it!

  • Congrats, Marc! You did it! I'm so happy for you!!!

  • Excellent! Uau! perfect!

  • EXCELLENT Marc we knew from the very first day that you could do it, and boy you are so deserving. I wish nothing but very good things for you, and they have already started. Hope you don't have too much trouble juggling your band Downhere, and married life, but I am sure there will be enough of you to go around. See you and the rest of the new tribute Queen band hopefully near Quebec in the new year. Bon Chance. Good Luck

  • YOUR IN MAN! :D But then again did anybody really dubt it from the star? :D

  • Totally awesome that Marc won. Awesome. Hope he gets to write new material and perform for/ with Queen now.

  • Great

  • Yea Marc!!!

  • there is only one Freddie Mercury....forever

  • HELL YEAH HE WON. excited to see this i cant wait

  • No, it's not "ready Freddie"... it's 'ready Marc" XD

  • I am saying "goodbye" to this page...movin' on

  • @1kalika Yeah, I get we've graduated to the next level. :)

  • @1kalika ohhh ok Kalika well its been nice "metin" ya and talking with you. Its been fun take care and I'll be prayin for your son while hes over in afghanistan and gets home safely! take care :-)

  • Amei!

  • I agree about finding repetitive movements bothersome. David's were far more pronounced, but I am also noticing Marc's left arm curl-punch whenever he doesn't have the piano or guitar. It's the smallest criticism, and one easily fixed. Meanwhile I think he's phenomenally talented and he'll only get stronger. I so hope it works out for him.

  • why aren't the views counts changing on the other video hes in with "One Vision"??

  • @88purplekiss Weird, isn't it? I think it's around 76,000 or 77,000 views now. You can guess the view counts when you switch the view from Date Added to Most Viewed in QE channel. Currently, it sits between Glenn and another singer's 2nd round auditions.

    Go Group C! ;)

  • @Yo1969Yo see really? Well he definitely looks like he does as well as Marc who definitely does. Didn't know Roger was the wild one but can see it hehe

  • @88purplekiss What I meant was that Roger sees himself in Cody by the way he acts. Roger was definitely the wild one. John, Brian and Freddie were the quiet, serious ones. On stage though Freddie was the wild one. Freddie turned into a totally different person on stage.

  • Oh and I didn't know he was in a band too. I'll check out the video later when my son gets off the computer :-)

  • @Yo1969Yo yeah I know but idk was never a fan of a Cody type, thought Sean was gonna be better but he's not the "yougin" they'd be looking for hehe.

  • @88purplekiss I got excited with just two: Marc & Cody. I don't know. I enjoy performers who look like they really enjoy doing what they are doing. Cody told me that he knows he is not a great singer but he loves performing. His smiles on set were uplifting. He comes out of the session and yells. Roger tries to see them out but they moved too fast. They were further down the hall. I think Roger sees himself in Cody when Queen first started out. Roger was the crazy one.

  • @Yo1969Yo Marc and Cody were the two bright lights on the day when it really counted. In discussions with others we feel that they edited the videos to show the singers' best moments, and if some of them were weak, their segments were kept short for their own sakes. The girls did come off weak this time, and that is disappointing. The levels seemed off, singers couldn't hear themselves in the monitors. All in all a tough situation in which to give a home run performance. But Marc did.

  • @maplesugar98 The one I really wanted to see was David. I had such high hopes for him. I really wanted him to do good because I loved the way he carried himself in the audition tapes and hoping he could carry it onto the stage. Not so. Didn't care for all the foot stomping. Don't care for repetitive things. In the Queen Live Aid Full Video HQ they performed for 20 minutes. Freddie rarely repeated a move twice especially during Hammer To Fall.

  • Posting from my phone to avoid having to keep getting that error and enter the scramble text anyone still getting that???

  • Testing 123

  • It was odd, too, how band D and E had to share a video...like Cingi was just thrown in for a spot

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  • wow...no post since 10:30...guess we have moved to the new page....bye

  • @1kalika Youtube was "stuck" for hours. A lot of complaints. It's working now.

  • @Yo1969Yo I am really disappointed in how things were run yesterday...

  • @1kalika You and me both. I don't understand why it took so long to upload the videos. I didn't like the cut and paste. I wanted to see the whole session uncut. We still haven't seen all the performances.

  • @1kalika Also, a lot of hype were given to the girl singers over the weeks. I didn't say anything because I didn't agree. They were too weak and doing the heavier rock songs it will catch up with you. Yesterday proved it. I knew it was going to happen.

    Very rarely will you find a strong female singer. I told NelleTorre yesterday that Freddie collaborated with a female singer by the name of Jo Dare. This woman can sing!!!

  • @Yo1969Yo Nice!!

    Did you read the interview where RT talks about Queen doing something with Lambert in the future? Also, they will release tunes with Freddie and Michael Jackson...

  • @1kalika Yes I have.  Adam is a very good singer but he even admitted that he has trouble on some Queen songs. He said he studied Freddie's voice and he can't get the thickness Freddie has. He said it seems like Freddie had an extra muscle in this throat. It's a thick power and I find this lacking in Marc's vocals. People take it wrong and act like I'm criticizing. No way. I love Marc's voice. I hope his voice gets stronger. I think it can.

  • @Yo1969Yo I didn't like the singers singing together. One singer should have sung a few verses and then let the other singer do the same.

  • @Yo1969Yo ya...it was an unfair situation for all the contestants...playing and singing with strangers, no time to rehearse, no sound checks...all in all, I felt sorry for all of them under the circumstances. And the site certainly did not deliver on its promise of non-stop videos, ..."we will not miss a beat"...and here we are, still waiting

  • @1kalika Youtube is messing up again. It will not let me link videos.

    Type Freddie Mercury Jo Dare Hold On.

  • It's 7:30 in LA...wonder how much wine the old boys drank last night, and if they are awake yet....hope they make their decision today

  • I think that once they have selected "the band", they should bring them all together for a final test, with lots of different styles, just to make sure....don't want to mess this up...lol

  • Here is my constructive criticism. None of the girls should be picked.

    Marc was good but his voice needs more power. He sang off key a couple of times. In one part trying to catch his breath so he needs more conditioning. Stage presence was okay. Wasn't impressed with Cingi with singing nor presence.

    Sean was okay and stage presence okay.

    I need to see more. What happened to Tie Your Mother Down, etc.?

    Audition videos were much better than the live performances.

  • @Yo1969Yo I agree and disagree with ya yeah ABSOLUTELY none of the girls should be picked and Cingi wasn't all that great I thought Sean was so so tho expected more from him from what I 've read him saying on the QE yt channel :-/ I don't think he "brought" it. And you should try going to a Downhere concert sometime he has the power :-)

  • @88purplekiss I've seen a few clips of Marc in concert and to me the true test would be the faster Queen rock songs. He should have sang with power yesterday. Was hoping to see him doing more rock songs. I hope they upload the rest.

    QE will be playing in larger venues with a larger stage. We also need to be entertained so I guess my picks would be Marc, Cody & Sean. I would be happy with just Marc & Cody. Marc for vocals & Cody for entertainment. :)

  • @Yo1969Yo

    yeah mmhmm well I have no doubt Marc can entertain us and in the larger venues lol I don't know about Cody like I saw someone say they thought he looked 12 and was much different from audition but not in a good way. I was thinking the same thing.

  • @88purplekiss IF they go with Marc I have NO clue who'd they pick for 2nd and 3rd. they might just have to nix that idea and just take 2 singers lol. I wonder if they'll have to wait a week for them to announce the band, this is big they gotta get it right.

  • @88purplekiss I understand what you're saying about Cody but people have to look at the whole picture. People are going to want to see two things when it comes to QE, vocals and excitement on the stage. Young fans will want to see someone close to their age bringing excitement to the stage. I think Roger knows this that's why he was smiling when Cody was performing.

    Cody is the frontman for Chasing Disaster.

    Here is his live performance: watch?v=GWPmnhVD_o8

  • wahooooooo just watched Marc's you ROCKED it man!!!! AWESOME job!!! I was jumpin in my seat! lol LOVED it!! Ok off to watch the others but imo NO competition!

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  • IMO..no worries for Marc

  • wow...just saw marc\s...not bad, not bad..:) roger seemed happy

  • @1kalika yeah the guys in the booth seemed real happy with band C :-D

    I sooooo hope its Marc, Roy, Zach, Brandon!! Have NO clue who I want for bass tho lol.My fave didn't make it and I didn't have a 2nd choice so....

  • good morning!!! by the looks of things, glad I went to bed when I did. Gonna check things out now...see you in a few

  • @yo yeah went to bed a litter after 2am and was at the puter since the same time as you!! I was soooooooo hoping to wake up and see Marcs video was it THAT bad?? :-)p lol oh well maybe by noon I hope!

  • You crazy people! I went to bed early!

  • good stuff

    

  • Okay peeps. It's 2am here in the penis of America and they're not going to post the other 3 vids until tomorrow. Looks like I'll be seeing Queen in my dreams. 'Til the morrow. Cheerio. Pip pip and all that.

  • @NellaTorre You have no idea how difficult it was for me to keep my mouth shut last night on DM's page (regarding certain comments by a certain rabid fan), but I had my go with her/him earlier last week :)

  • @1kalika DM's page? whos that?

  • Hurry up, Band C! We're waiting! It's around 10:43 pm here. =-)

  • AHAHAHAHA. I'll be working tomorrow. Might not be able to catch it til the afternoon. Grrrrrr. I'm dying to see Marc Martel and SSCingi.

  • I always stay up late with no problem. Right now I can't keep my eyes open and I know why. Because I've been sitting in front of this stupid computer since 2:00 PM!!!!!!!

  • I lied I can't fall asleep yet lol its 1:30 here too I'm giving it till 2

  • Friggin A. I too am staying up. It's 1:30 where I am and I work tomorrow bright and early. I'm giving it 15 more minutes and I'm counting sheep.

  • welp I'm headed to bed tired of refreshing been doing it all day between 3 pages lol and watch, they'll post the next vid RIGHT after I leave :-)p g'nite all!!

  • After Cody and the band finished I think Roger came out and said that they were having problems with the sound/equipment.

  • @Yo1969Yo your KIDDING me!! ugh well then thats gonna hurt Marc too shoot

  • @88purplekiss I think Roger said they were fixing it. I'm staying up because Marc is next. I'm hoping it won't take as long. I'm so tired!!!

  • @Yo1969Yo wss that tweeted somewheres?

  • so what did you guys think of group B? Nervous about how Marc's turns out, some of the sound on some of them don't sound right, or maybe its me

  • @88purplekiss Group B did great, I think. They seemed very happy about their performance also. Hope Group C will play well together. *Fingers crossed*

  • @peachpeach they didn't show much of Ty singing at all and at parts you couldn't really hear Cody. I'm VERY interested in hearing/seeing how Marc, Roy and Zach do together! :-)

  • "Thanks so much for a great, great day. The standard today has been extremely high and you have made it incredibly hard for us. Thank you for your time and your patience, it was wonderful to meet you all and we are going to go away and take our time before making our final decision."

    Roger Taylor, 5th December 2011

    More content packages are to be uploaded today and the next few days as we lead up to the winners announcement.

  • ok just got done watching group b you know what