TMC
04-14-2020, 12:58 AM
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/the-goldbergs-actress-hayley-orrantia-helps-out-her-friend-on-songland-premiere-030330780.html
When Songland, a.k.a. “Shark Tank for Songwriters,” returned for its second season this Monday, it could have been mistaken for some sort of cross-network “Where Are they Now?” reality show reunion special. In one corner, we had Ryan Innes from The Voice Season 4. And then there was Tim Halperin, an early fan favorite from American Idol Season 10. And helping Halperin was none other than Hayley Orrantia, whom most viewers probably know as Erica from the hit sitcom The Goldbergs, but whose first-ever television appearance was on Season 1 of The X Factor USA, when she was part of the Paula Abdul-mentored country girl group Lakoda Rayne.
Skeptics who might have thought that Orrantia’s cameo was a stunt casting should know that she and Halperin go way back: In 2012, one year after they both were booted off their respective TV talent shows, they dueted on the holiday single "I'll Be Home for Christmas.” They’ve collaborated a couple other times since then, so when this week’s celebrity Songland guests, Lady Antebellum, requested that Halperin transform his song submission into a duet, his friendship with Orrantia was the Christmas gift that kept on giving.
When Songland, a.k.a. “Shark Tank for Songwriters,” returned for its second season this Monday, it could have been mistaken for some sort of cross-network “Where Are they Now?” reality show reunion special. In one corner, we had Ryan Innes from The Voice Season 4. And then there was Tim Halperin, an early fan favorite from American Idol Season 10. And helping Halperin was none other than Hayley Orrantia, whom most viewers probably know as Erica from the hit sitcom The Goldbergs, but whose first-ever television appearance was on Season 1 of The X Factor USA, when she was part of the Paula Abdul-mentored country girl group Lakoda Rayne.
Skeptics who might have thought that Orrantia’s cameo was a stunt casting should know that she and Halperin go way back: In 2012, one year after they both were booted off their respective TV talent shows, they dueted on the holiday single "I'll Be Home for Christmas.” They’ve collaborated a couple other times since then, so when this week’s celebrity Songland guests, Lady Antebellum, requested that Halperin transform his song submission into a duet, his friendship with Orrantia was the Christmas gift that kept on giving.