{"id":4069,"date":"2011-11-01T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/?p=4069"},"modified":"2011-11-01T11:12:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T15:12:00","slug":"marc-martel-queen-extravaganza-video-sensation-wins-popular-vote-for-best-fan-cover-on-mtv-o-awards-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2011\/11\/marc-martel-queen-extravaganza-video-sensation-wins-popular-vote-for-best-fan-cover-on-mtv-o-awards-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Marc Martel, Queen Extravaganza Video Sensation, Wins Popular Vote For Best Fan Cover On MTV O Awards 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marc Martel wins an MTV OMusic Award for Best Fan Cover. Whoo hoo!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0Marc Martel, lead vocalist for the Christian rock band Downhere, was honored last night at the MTV O Awards 2 where fans across the country voted him the winner of Best Fan Cover <\/em>for his rendition of\u00a0 Queen’s “Somebody To Love” in the Queen Extravaganza competition.<\/p>\n

His audition video has drawn over 4 million views, earned him an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres show, and prompted Queen’s Roger Taylor to call Marc \u201can extraordinarily good singer who would make a wonderful Freddie,\u201d during a recent Fox News interview.<\/p>\n

Marc wasn’t able to attend the online awards due to travel after a recent tour in Norway. But he accepted the award in a pre-taped acceptance speech thanking fans.<\/p>\n

Marc and the rest of the guys in Downhere will wrap up “The Called To Love Tour” that concludes November 13th<\/sup> and begin the group\u2019s “How Many Kings Christmas Tour” in Kansas City, KS on December 1st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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