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America’s longest-running talent show, Amateur Night at The Apollo, crowned saxophonist Emmanuel Garilus as the winner of the show’s grand finale on June 25. From a global pool of vocalists, rappers, dancers, instrumentalists, comedians, spoken-word artists, and other performers, Emmanuel Garilus won over the notoriously tough “Be Good or Be Gone” audience with his saxophone performance of Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” to receive the highly coveted Amateur Night Grand Prize, of $20,000, alongside a new, exclusive opportunity to work with top music engineers, writers, and producers at the Coke Studio at L.A. Live to hone his craft. Emmanuel was also presented with the newly released Bulova and Apollo Ella Fitzgerald special-edition timepiece, which captures the soulful elegance of Ella Fitzgerald and commemorates her historic debut at The Apollo Theater. 16-year-old Nyla Martin clinched the title of “Child Star of Tomorrow” and accompanying $5,000 prize with her rendition of Jennifer Holiday’s “I Am Changing.”
