Lilian Garcia has seen her share of the limelight, while most of sitting at hoem don't fully experience Lilian's presence it is msot definetly felt at any live event. Announcing the entrances for all the superstars, and singing the National Anthem for all to hear, Lilian has voice that no business could do without. I believe this is why Vince scooped her up for a voice talent.
While she did start backstage interviewing the WWF roster it was made known that this woman had talet and needed her share of the spotlight. One of my favorite interviews I remember with Lilian is where while interviewing The Rock before a match he asked Lilian if she liked "pie" and then corrected himself by saying she was probably more interested in the Rock's "struddle". I was sitting at home and I still to day say I could see her blush on my TV.
Any World Wrestling Entertainment fan who has seen RAW in person knows that ring announcer Lilian Garcia can sing the "Star Spangled Banner." But that's certainly not the only song she performs.
Garcia's first single, "Shout," was released last fall and became a hit. She's currently working on writing an entire pop/rock album.
Garcia has been singing since she was a small child in Madrid, Spain. In her early teens -- by then Garcia's family had relocated to Columbia, S.C. -- she was singing with a band at clubs around the area; her mom chaperoned so she could get in. Garcia went on to graduate cum laude from the University of South Carolina.
In more recent years, she's performed in her current hometown, New York City -- including several times at WWE's Times Square complex, The World. In November 2001, she sang on WWE's float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
As the ring announcer on RAW, Lilian has performed the national anthem at hundreds of WWE events, as well as at several NBA games and at a Chicago Cubs game at historic Wrigley Field.
LILIAN'S BIO
Don't take Lilian Garcia the ring announcer for the WWE’s #1 cable-rated "RAW" show, the backstage interviewer for "SMACKDOWN" and MTV's "SUNDAY NIGHT HEAT" at face value. This young lady is an exceptionally gifted vocalist with a four octave range who graduated cum laude from the University of South Carolina, was a top 10 finalist in the Miss South Carolina pageant, lived in Spain for 8 years and is fluent in both English and Spanish.
Her vocal talents have been displayed as a featured performer at the 2001 "MACY'S DAY PARADE", '96 OLYMPICS in Atlanta, on "LIVE WITH REGIS AND KATHY LEE", CBS's "EYE ON PEOPLE", in the movie "MODERN LOVE", on the COVER OF TWO MUSIC MAGAZINES and for the Papal visit in New York, to name a few. She has opened for JAMES BROWN and GEORGE LAMOND, in addition to performing with the acclaimed STARLIGHT ORCHESTRA of New York City for several years. In addition to her broadcast duties with the WWE, she sings the National Anthem before both the "RAW" and "SMACKDOWN" shows. Vince McMahon, the Chairman of the WWE, paid her the highest compliment possible when he asked her to sing the National Anthem on his pay-per-view, "WRESTLEMANIA 2000". Previous to Lilian's performance, Mr. McMahon had gotten such superstars as ARETHA FRANKLIN, RAY CHARLES, GLADYS KNIGHT, BOYZ TO MEN and REBA McENTIRE to do the honors. She is also currently performing the National Anthem at numerous NBA Games.
She has done jingles for such great companies as Coca-Cola, Toyota, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Ford and McDonalds and has utilized her bilingual skills singing jingles in Spanish for J.C. Penny and Squirt. Her talents go further than her vocal and broadcast skills (which also included a stint at WYYS, Yes 97 as the drive-time on-air personality). She is also an accomplished actress performing in the theater productions of H.M.S. PINAFORE, GODSPELL, THE MIRACLE WORKER, TOM SAWYER and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. When you add it up, you have a cultured, intelligent, well educated young lady who has been blessed with beauty and the indisputable talent to take her to the top.