Hudson County Teen Sings Anthem At NY Giants Game (VIDEO)

HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — Brianna Paradiso stepped onto the field at MetLife Stadium, balanced on her high heels before the start of the New York Giants’ first preseason game. As her name echoed over the public address system and honor guard flags waved in the background, the 15-year-old took a deep breath and leaned into the microphone.

And she began to sing.

On Aug. 9, before the Giants v. Cleveland Browns game, Paradiso, a rising junior studying musical theatre at High Tech High School’s Performing Arts Academy in North Bergen, took on what may have been her biggest challenge to date… performing the National Anthem at MetLife Stadium. (Watch the video below)

Paradiso began singing when she was 6-years-old and successfully completed two rounds of auditions with NBC’s “The Voice.” Aside from her burgeoning music career, she’s also a local activist, having participated in the school’s recent March for Our Lives rally for tighter gun control laws.

Check out more of her performances at her YouTube channel here.

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Photo: YouTube / Brianna Paradiso