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Heather Youmans is an American principal and session singer. Opening for a UNICEF benefit concert in 2005, featuring Sting and Natalie Cole, cemented Youmans' future goals for the stage,<ref name="Brunner 2020"/><ref name="Youmans 2012 LATIMES">{{cite web | last=Youmans | first=Heather | title=Youmans: Heading to Hollywood | website=Daily Pilot | date=2012-01-26 | url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/tn-dpt-xpm-2012-01-26-tn-dpt-0127-youmans-20120126-story.html | access-date=2024-02-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127154132/https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/tn-dpt-xpm-2012-01-26-tn-dpt-0127-youmans-20120126-story.html|archive-date=2023-01-27}}</ref> opportunities then arose with 20th Century Fox motion pictures, both as a singer and songwriter.<ref name="Brunner 2020"/>
Youmans has had a long running association with Disney since 2005, {{ref}} and completed a tour of China, ''Disney 100 Wonderland'' in 2024.<ref name="Things to do in Shenzhen, China 2024 l244">{{cite web | title=Heather Youman Disney 100 Wonderland with Disney Concerts @ Bay Opera Shenzhen – Bao’an | website=Things to do in Shenzhen, China | date=2024-01-19 | url=https://events.nowshenzhen.com/calendar/heather-youman-disney-100-wonderland-with-disney-concerts-bay-opera-shenzhen-baoan/ | access-date=2024-02-22 | archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221180851/https://events.nowshenzhen.com/calendar/heather-youman-disney-100-wonderland-with-disney-concerts-bay-opera-shenzhen-baoan/}}</ref>
Youmans enjoys singing the national anthem for professional sports teams (MLB and NHL), video footage of Youmans' anthem performances have gone viral.<ref name="Fowler 2021 l599">{{cite web | last=Fowler | first=Kate | title=Woman Reveals Shocking Reality of Singing in a Stadium With Sound Delay | website=Newsweek | date=2021-07-01 | url=https://www.newsweek.com/heather-youmans-reveals-shocking-reality-singing-stadium-sound-delay-1605905 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620092724/https://www.newsweek.com/heather-youmans-reveals-shocking-reality-singing-stadium-sound-delay-1605905 | archive-date=2023-06-20 | url-status=live | access-date=2023-11-28}}</ref>
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'''Heather Youmans''' is an American singer-songwriter, actress, tap dancer and journalist, her work has been featured in ''American Songwriter'' magazine,<ref name="American Songwriter 2019"/> [[Forbes|''Forbes Women'']] and ''Parade'' magazine profiled her career and music in 2020.<ref name="Brunner 2020"/><ref name="Whitmore 2020 Shine"/><ref name="Headliner Magazine"/>
Youmans tap dancing on [[I Can See Your Voice (American TV series)|''I Can See Your Voice'']] episode 4 (FOX),<ref name="See Your Voice #4"/><ref name="Upadhyay 2020" /> convinced the judges that she is a professional dancer,<ref name="San Diego Union-Tribune 2020" />
a video depicting her delivery of the national anthem and dealing with acoustic delay effect of a large stadium (Oakland Coliseum) went viral on social media in 2021.<ref name="Fowler 2021 l599">{{cite web | last=Fowler | first=Kate | title=Woman Reveals Shocking Reality of Singing in a Stadium With Sound Delay | website=Newsweek | date=2021-07-01 | url=https://www.newsweek.com/heather-youmans-reveals-shocking-reality-singing-stadium-sound-delay-1605905 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620092724/https://www.newsweek.com/heather-youmans-reveals-shocking-reality-singing-stadium-sound-delay-1605905 | archive-date=2023-06-20 | url-status=live | access-date=2023-11-28}}</ref>
<ref name="Fowler 2021 l599">{{cite web | last=Fowler | first=Kate | title=Woman Reveals Shocking Reality of Singing in a Stadium With Sound Delay | website=Newsweek | date=2021-07-01 | url=https://www.newsweek.com/heather-youmans-reveals-shocking-reality-singing-stadium-sound-delay-1605905 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620092724/https://www.newsweek.com/heather-youmans-reveals-shocking-reality-singing-stadium-sound-delay-1605905 | archive-date=2023-06-20 | url-status=live | access-date=2023-11-28}}</ref>
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In 2005, Youmans earned a voice-over part, playing Becky Thatcher in Disney's ''[[Tom Sawyer's Island]]'' and the following year, won the part of Shana the Rock Star in a pre-production musical ''[[Teen Witch the Musical]]'' (2007).<ref name=TWTM/><ref name="AllMusic Credits"/> These accomplishments led to featured artist performances on the soundtrack for [[Moondance Alexander]] (2007).<ref name="Moondance at Allmusic"/> Youmans' single, "Girl to Change Your World", was a (2011) hit on [[Radio Disney]],<ref name="Daily 49er"/> and it is one of the two Youmans songs included in the film ''Love by Design'' (2014), starring Giulia Nahmany, [[David Oaks]] and [[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]].<ref name="Love by Design"/><ref name="Girl To Change Video"/><ref name="Girl to Change Allmusic"/>
<s>The [[Teen Witch the Musical]] project was successful in its primary goal of reproducing the missing soundtrack for the Halloween classic film [[Teen Witch]] (1989).<ref name="SCS Never Gonna be (Live)"/> The musical stage-play never made it out of [[Workshop production|workshop]] and has yet to achieve the secondary goal of becoming a viable [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] offering.<ref name="18 Fun Facts About 'Teen Witch'"/> This association with Weir Brothers Productions led to additional soundtrack features in the films ''[[Moondance Alexander]]'' (2007), ''[[Flicka 2]]'' (2010) and ''[[Marley & Me: The Puppy Years]]'' (2011).<ref name="Daily 49er"/>
While concurrently studying journalism and music, Youmans auditioned and stacked up credits in Southern California regional theater and wrote for national and regional newspapers on entertainment topics. <ref name="Daily 49er"/> She has produced and hosted an entertainment format radio show,<ref name="Daily 49er"/> interviewed entertainment industry legends,<ref name="Chita Rivera"/><ref name="Wilson Interview"/><ref name="Martina Interview"/><ref name="Carey and Shields Interview"/> and ran a marketing campaign for [[Jon MacLennan|Jon MacLennan's]] iBook, ''Melodic Expressions: The Art of the Line'' (2012).<ref name="Melodic Expressions"/> She works as a communications professional in [[Los Angeles]].</s>
=== Theatre and live performances ===
==== Beverly Hills opener ====
An opening solo for a UNICEF benefit in 2005, headlined by [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] and [[Natalie Cole]],<ref name="Brunner 2020"/> led to soundtrack work in the films, ''[[Flicka 2]]'' (2010) and ''[[Marley & Me: The Puppy Years]]'' (2011).<ref name="Daily 49er"/>
==== American Idol ====
In 2012, Youmans performed "[[Some Kind of Wonderful (The Drifters song)|Some Kind of Wonderful]]" at the [[American Idol]] San Diego competition and won a golden ticket after a unanimous decision from the judges ([[Steven Tyler]], [[Jennifer Lopez]] and [[Randy Jackson]]), which advanced her to the [[American Idol (season 11)#Hollywood week and Vegas rounds|''Hollywood Week'']] competition.<ref name="Daily 49er"/> Youmans was eliminated during ''Hollywood Week'' in Season 11. She attributes the elimination to nerves and an ambitious music selection, [[Heart (band)|Heart]]’s "[[Crazy on You]]".<ref name="IDOL Elim"/>
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=== Recorded and broadcast ===
<s>In addition to performing in nationally televised commercials, Youmans has been involved in several cutting-edge media projects. </s> In 2005, Youmans played the part of Becky Thatcher in Disney's [[Tom Sawyer's Island]], a voice-over project.<ref name="Daily 49er"/> The performance was delivered via hand-held computers issued to visitors on [[Disneyland|Disneyland's]] Tom Sawyer's Island. A pilot project, titled "Available Light", was one of the first to test Sony Blu-ray camera technology.
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