Nick Verreos Attends "Vive Tu Musica With 5" Grand Finale, "L.A. Live" Club Nokia Los Angeles

Latino Musica Reality...

Nick Verreos on the black carpet of "Vive tu Musica with 5™" Grand Finale, "L.A. Live" Club Nokia

Last Tuesday, on August 9th, I was invited by my Chica Orbit/Wrigley clients (as you know I am the "Chica Orbit Style Guy") to attend the Grand Finale of the 3rd Annual "Vive tu Musica with 5™" Presented by 5 Gum®, at the L.A. Live, "Club Nokia" in Downtown Los Angeles. I decided to throw on one of my white "dinner jackets", skinny black jeans and deep-V t-shirt (and scarf of course). I didn't know that the red carpet would be BLACK, which turned out to be a good thing since I "stood out"!



"Vive tu Musica with 5™" is a Reality TV Show featured on LATV, a bilingual music and entertainment network founded in 2001 by Luca Bentivoglio. It airs every Sunday at 9 p.m. EDT, on LATV Nationwide. Here's more on what the show is about:

Boston band "El Frente" performing at the Grand Finale of "Vive tu Musica with 5™"

"Vive tu Musica with 5™" offers a chance to aspiring musicians to become the next Latin rock & pop stars. In March, several unsigned music bands auditioned in several cities of the country for the opportunity to be part of the TV Show.

The band Alas Blancas getting comments from the judges, Grand Finale of "Vive tu Musica with 5™"

There were 10 semifinalist: Por que No (Nueva York), Cano 22 (Los Angeles), El Frente (Boston), La Gente Naranja (Miami), Katrin (Dallas), Castellano (Chicago), Teoria Quintuple (Nueva York), Alas Blancas (Houston), Odas (Miami), Los Despiertos (East Los Angeles). After several weeks of online voting, these bands were selected to participate on the "Vive tu Musica with 5™" Reality TV Show, which visited 5 cities in the US where each episode was shot.

One of the most popular bands--with the Nokia Live LA crowd--Los Despiertos from East LA--waiting for the judges' comments, Grand Finale of "Vive tu Musica with 5™"

Five Finalists won the chance to compete at this Grand Finale, which I attended! And, may I add, from the looks of the sold-out packed "L.A. Live" Club Nokia--and the throngs of screaming fans I witnessed, well, it's a VERY POPULAR SHOW!!

It was fun to be part of this FAB Musica Show-Down. The five bands competed in front of a panel of judges which included Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop singer Cristian Castro (above)...

Mexican synthpop band Belanova (above) and singer-songwriter record producer (and yes, brother of the late Selena!) A.B. Quintanilla.

The Finale Event was hosted by the gorgeous Cash Money Recording Artist T. Lopez.

Black Carpet View From Above, "L.A. Live" Club Nokia

With my crazy/hectic schedule of traveling, filming and designing--I don't usually get much of chance to go out and attend a Music Concert...so this was a great chance to do both and to also support my Latino Music peeps! (did I just say "peeps"???) Perdon :)

Ciao for now...

Nick Verreos Gets PINK'ed! Tarina Tarantino Beauty Launch Party

Shimmer, Sparkle...and Lots of Pink!Party People: Nick Verreos, Tarina Tarantino and Jennifer Uner, Tarina Tarantino Beauty Launch, Siren Studios Hollywood

Tarina Tarantino held a fabulous Hollywood Bash to launch her complete cosmetics collection last night Siren Studios in the heart of Hollywood. Inspired by her popular jewelry line, Tarina is offering fun products such as Conditioning Lip Sheen, Eye Dream Hypershadow and Fleur de Lash Mascara, as well as items like the Sparklicity Shimmer Dust, which sprays a mist of glitter (it was in my Goodie Bag and YOU KNOW I will be using it!). The line is available exclusively at Sephora stores.
Pink Diva: Tarina Tarantino on the pink carpet

I was so excited to stop by and congratulate my good friend Tarina and her husband Alfonso Campos. They've always been so kind and supportive of me, and I just LOVE THEM! I made sure to wear my very own Tarina Tarnatino "Wizard of Oz" crystal-studded Heart Pin, of course.
If Only I Had a (Red Sequined) Heart: Nick Verreos on the pink carpet

I was happy to meet up with my other good friend, Jennifer Uner, who oversees the Los Angeles Fashion Week Calendar and created the Los Angeles Fashion Awards, in which I was a presenter one year. Since I arrived alone, I was happy to make her my official party date!
Make-up Vanity Booths, Tarina Tarantino Beauty Launch, Siren Studios Hollywood

The party was HUGE. A DJ spinning great retro tunes (I am sure HALF the 20-something crowd didn't even recognize those great late 70's disco songs!), bars serving and yummy hors d'oeuvres being passed around. There were even Make-Up Vanity Booths with make-up artists ready to "Tarina Tarantino" you up with lots of shimmer! Of course, there were lots of celebs: At one point, I spotted Kelly Osbourne (in leather and plaid with a big ol' Chanel bag) and... Debi Mazar, who always looks fabulous, sporting a gorgeous Tarina Tarantino necklace.
I also ran into the two cutest girls of the night: Actresses Ariana Grande and Elizabeth Gillies, who play "Cat" and "Jade" respectively on Nickelodeon's Victorious TV show which premieres March 27Th. They actually approached me and confessed what big fans they were and how much they love my designs and Project Runway. Ahhhh, Love them! A perfect way to end a fun evening.