Introducing the 2023 Mr. East Contestants

Q: What is your Mr. East name and what is the significance of it? A: "My Mr. East name is Mr. Intangible and its a play on words of in-tang-ible because that’s a cool name and it has my last name in it, which is why I chose it." Q: What pop star did you choose to represent and why? A: "I chose Rick Astley, but I initially chose The Weekend because my junior prom date danced with somebody el...

Q: What is your Mr. East name and what is the significance of it? A: "So my Mr. East name is Mr. Cheeks and my last name is Cicco. It’s kinda just like a branch off from my last name. I’ve been called ‘Cheeks’ before by my friends, it’s kinda just like a nickname that gets thrown around every once in a while. There's not a lot of significance to it other than just that it's connected to me ...

Q: What is your Mr. East name and what is the significance of it? A: “Mr. Chris. It's significant because it is my name.” Q: What pop star did you choose to represent and why? A: “We are having a little bit of an issue with my selection right now…I chose Beyonce but one of my co-patraints Rome chose Shakira so we are discussing if it's ok to have 2 female stars. For now Beyonce.” Q...

Q: What is your Mr. East name and what is the significance of it? A: “I thought it would be funny to be Mr. Lunch and Learn. I’m sure Dr. Perry would enjoy it, he really seems to like Lunch and Learn.” Q: What pop star did you choose to represent and why? A: “I chose Elton John just because I thought it would be funny to perform and I think he has good music.” Q: How have you prep...

Q: What is your Mr. East name and what is the significance of it? A: "My Mr. East name is Mr Saxxy. I chose that name because I’ve been playing sax for my whole life and I believe I'm a pretty saxy man." Q: What pop star did you choose to represent and why? A: "I chose Bruno Mars. I ‘ve always listened to him my whole life, and I feel like I represent Mr. Bruno a lot." Q; How have yo...

Q: What is your Mr. East name and what is the significance of it? A: "My Mr. East name is Mr. Ji-sus. I feel like this really represents me because I am a very influential and well-loved figure of the community." Q: What pop star did you choose to represent and why? A: "I chose Justin Beiber because he also kind of has a bowl haircut and I’m kind of dressed like him already, right? So I fee...

Q: What is your Mr. East name and what is the significance of it? A: "My Mr. East name is Mr. Rome-ance and there is no significance. I just like the play on words." Q: What pop star did you choose to represent and why? A: "I chose to represent Shakira because I think my hips don't lie and I'm really good at shaking it, so I think I'll be good out there with her." Q: How have you prepared...

Q: What is the main role of the dance chairs? Alison: “We want to create an effective opening number that’s going to make sure that everyone remembers this year’s Mr. East.” Carson: “[The opening number] is an introduction to the theme and it’s the first time the audience is going to see the ‘pop stars’ so we want to make sure that they each have their own section of the music so ...

Q: When you guys were selected what was your first task as chairpeople? Sophie: “First we picked our theme and our charity.” Q: How did you guys choose the theme and the charity of this year's event? Hannah: “We wanted the theme to have a bunch of different people-something that would give a good dance so then the pop stars give the dance chairs a lot of opportunity for smaller music cho...