The Jayme Starr Podcast

Kandace Harbin is a model, social media influencer, and Miss Nascar. Prior to COVID, she is likely to be found at several nascar races around the country. In the recent months, she has started a podcast called cultured with her friend Olivia Squires. Harbin has experience in all different types of modeling, and is proud to display her work on Instagram. Besides working in the modeling industry and...

Anilee List is fresh off the American Idol scene as she competed in this past season of the show. Over the course of her life, List has had a true passion for music, and claims that being a performer has helped her through all the celebratory and challenging moments in her list thus far. This past season, Anilee originally made it only to the Top 40, but due to another contestant dropping out she...

Lacey Jade Evans is an entrepreneur, and content creator from Alabama. She currently co-owns 2 online businesses, Hellion Reborn a fashion company/clothing brand and Conceptual Collaborations, a marketing and design agency with her boyfriend. Additionally, Evans is a content creator with over 25K followers on Instagram. Besides work, she is a big dog lover, and hers is like her little co-pilot in...

Savanna Woods competed in this past season, Season 20 of The Voice on NBC. Woods competed on "Team Kelly" with superstar, Kelly Clarkson as her coach. Although she got voted off in the four way knockout, Woods impressed all four coaches with her talents over the course of her experience on the show. Prior to being part of the show, Savanna was in a band called "Waking Maya" which eventually allowe...

Stephanie Jae Park is a musical theater performer who is no stranger to both Broadway and touring. For starters, Park made her Broadway debut in The King and I which starred Broadway legend, Kelli O'Hara. Another Broadway company she was part of was War Paint with another Broadway legend, Patti LuPone. Stephanie made her touring debut in Cinderella alongside podcast guest, Audrey Cardwell. Just be...

McKenzie Kurtz graduated from the University of Michigan in 2019 with a degree in musical theater (MT19). Over the course of her career at University of Michigan she was lucky enough to participate in several different musicals like The Drowsy Chaperone and The Little Mermaid. She even got to play Ariel Moore in Footloose at The Muny which was directed by Broadway veteran, Christian Borle. Kurtz w...

Alanis Sophia is an actress/singer who was just recently on this past season on American Idol, where she made it to the top 16. This Florida natives passion for music was something that she discovered at a young age and knew that being in the business was right for her. Sophia has been an Idol fan for as long as she can remember and she is a huge fan of the OG AI Kelly Clarkson as well as other fa...

Brittany Conigatti is a Broadway star who has starred in A Bronx Tale and The Prom on Broadway. Besides working in NYC, Conigatti has gotten the chance to tour the country in shows like Matilda, A Bronx Tale (she did both productions Bway and tour) and most recently, Mean Girls. Brittany's favorite musical is Beauty and The Beast, and has been able to perform in a regional production of the show....

Christina Ricucci is a actress, singer, and dancer who has been sharing her passion with the world for more than half her life. She began her career as a dancer, and has been rising to the top ever since. Christina has appeared in several films and TV shows over time, and has even released a visual album which is the score to a short film she got the opportunity to work on. Some of Ricucci's role...

Happy 100th EPSIODE! After 16 months, we have finally reached the 100th episode of The Jayme Starr Podcast. In this episode, I am chatting with Ciana Pelekai from this past season of NBC's The Voice. At 20 years old, Pelekai was part of Team Legend on Season 20 of The Voice. She was one of those lucky people who was granted a version of the "Welcome to Team Legend." song that John Legend performed...

Lauren Jbara is a sports journalist from Metro Detroit. She is an alumni of The University of Michigan where she double majored in Nuro-Science and Communications. After finding a love of sports and broadcasting from her Dad, Jbara made it known that working in this field is something she wanted to do. Currently, Lauren resides in Denver, Colorado where she covers the Colorado Avalanche and the Co...

Rachel Moore is no stranger to musical theater. She has spent years working in musical theater icon, Andrew Lloyd Webber's productions of both Phantom of the Opera and Love Never Dies. Moore got her first glimpse of the show in Germany where she got the chance to perform as Christine Daae as well as cover a few other roles. She even travelled the country as Daae on the Love Never Dies National Tou...

Savannah "Vanni" Latimer Lynch is a social media influencer. She has a passion for fashion, cooking, and all things social media. With 167k followers on instagram, Vanni uses her platform to share what she loves most. In addition to her work on social media, Vanni also has a blog and website (wwww.savannahlatimer.com) that she uses to expand her work as a social media influencer. Here she also dis...

Arielle Jacobs is a musical theater performer who has gotten the opportunity to take in part in several iconic shows. She made her professional theater debut performing as Gabriella Montez in the national tour of High School Musical. (I unknowingly saw her in the show when I was 5) She then went on to be part of the original touring cast of In The Heights where she played Nina, and eventually made...

Jess Carroll is a social media influencer and TV host. She has worked on several red carpet events, and has interviewed some of the biggest stars like Meghan Trainor, William H. Macy, and Shaq. In addition to working on the red carpet and on TV, Carroll is also a social media influencer with over 20,000 followers on Instagram. Carroll is also the founder of the #YesLife Program which is a program...

Abby DePhillips is a concert producer and social media influencer. She is known for working on several shows at the New York venue, 54 Below and working with some of today's biggest names on broadway. One show DePhillips is known for working on is Broadway Princess Party, which is a concert with Broadway stars who have portrayed Disney princesses on stage and some of the actresses who have lended...

Meghan Faddis is a musical theater performer from St. Louis. She began pursuing her passion for musical theater at the age of 6 when she performed at The Muny, an iconic outdoor musical theater venue in St. Louis. Ever since then, she has took park in several productions there over time. Faddis has also shared her talents and passion with Scotland, when she got the opportunity to travel there in h...

Jenna Nicole Schoen is a musical theatre performer who has toured with some of the most successful productions. She started off her route of iconic shows when she toured with the hit broadway musical, Jersey Boys. Prior to the pandemic, Schoen was on tour with Wicked where she was a swing and understudied Nessarose. Additionally, Jenna and I find out that we have TONS in common especially when it...

Teale Dvornik is a broadway dresser who (prior to the pandemic) is currently working at Wicked. She is responsible for assisting female ensemble members with their quick changes and making sure they are back on stage in time for their next number. Additionally, she has also dressed principal cast members when their personal dressers have been out. Additionally, Dvornik has worked on Aladdin and Th...

Kourtney Kellar has been fortunate enough to have found many passions throughout her life. For starters, Kellar spent a nice portion of her childhood as a cheerleader, where she performed in several competitions over time. In 2017, Kellar became Miss Texas International which is a title that has always been on her brain. Now, she is a model and social media influencer with just over 500,000 follow...

Lauren Drew has starred in several iconic musical theater productions across the pond in the UK including Evita, Sweet Charity, and Kiss Me, Kate. Prior to the pandemic (and when the pandemic is over with) Drew will be touring the UK as Catherine of Aragon in the nee musical, Six. In addition to her work in theater, Lauren was a semi finalist on The Voice in the UK. She began her journey on the sh...

Tory Trowbridge is an actor/singer who has been in some of the most memorable pieces of movies and TV shows. For starters, she had a guest starring spot on the hit TV Show Law and Order: SVU, and she was in the film Isn't it Romantic which starred Rebel Wilson, Liam Hemsworth, and Priyanka Chopra. Trowbridge also has a spot on the hit Netflix show, Tiny Pretty Things. In addition to all of her on...

Mollie Downes is a native NYC girl with a passion for musical theater. Downes starred as Brooke in the hit musical, Legally Blonde as Brooke where she was able to travel with the show to Singapore. Prior to the pandemic, Downes had the opportunity of a life time to join the national tour of the hit broadway musical, Chicago, where she is starring as the one and only Roxie Hart (hence the tile). In...

Eden Espinosa has had a magical career in the world of musical theater. She made her broadway debut in Wicked, playing Nessarose and she was the stand by for the OG Elphaba herself, Idina Menzel. Eventually, the role of the green girl became hers a few years later. Espinosa was the original Brooklyn in Brooklyn the Musical where she played her very first title role. Eden made one of her absolute d...

Samantha Harris is a TV host/journalist and health coach. Fans may know her best from cohosting Dancing with the Stars opposite Tom Bergeron for seasons 2-9. Additionally, she was a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight as well as various other media networks where she has gotten the chance to interview some of the biggest names in the industry today. Now, Harris is life coaching with her progra...