Pentatonix returns to our show and Scott, Kevin and Matt talk about BYU TV’s “Pentatonix: Christmas Under the Stars” and the new holiday album, “Evergreen.”
Video Content: Pentatonix (2021)
SIDEWALKS host Lori Rosales chats with Matt Sallee, Scott Hoying and Kevin Olusola, three of the five members of the a cappella group, Pentatonix. They discuss Sallee joining the group and their Christmas TV special (BYU TV’s “Pentatonix: Christmas Under the Stars”) and the holiday album, “Evergreen.”
Mini-Biography:
Pentatonix is an a cappella group with current vocalists Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola and Matt Sallee. Original members Hoying, Maldonado, Grassi grew up together in Arlington, Texas, while Olusola joined them the day before auditions of NBC’s “The Sing-Off” and Sallee came on board in 2017 after another member, Avi Kaplan, left the group. Pentatonix won the third season of “The Sing-Off,” but became bigger stars with their YouTube channel that has over 13 million subscribers and 2.7 billion views. In 2012, the group released their debut EP, “PTX, Volume 1.” Other albums include “PTX, Vol. II,” and “PTX, Vol. III,” “PTX, Vol. IV – Classics,” and “PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. I,” Additionally, two full-length studio compilation albums, “PTX, Vols. 1 & 2,” were released in Japan, Korea and Australia. “PTXmas,” That’s Christmas to Me,” and “A Pentatonix Christmas” are the tiles of their Christmas albums. An eponymous album of mostly of original material was released in 2015. So far, Pentatonix have won three Grammy Awards, a Streamy Award, YouTube Music Award, and Shorty Award, among many nominations.
Interview Credits:
Recorded: November 15, 2021
Host / Producer: Lori Rosales
Editor: Richard R. Lee
Special Thanks To: BYU