IDOL INSTRUMENTAL will showcase young talent from throughout Napa Valley -- ages 12 - 17 -- in solo format on a variety of instruments of their choice. Auditions begin in early December with semis and finals taking place in mid-January.
Saturday, January 17, 2026 2pm - Semi-Finals
Sunday, January 18, 2026: 2pm - Finals
Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center
Tickets available beginning November 1
A singing competition for Napa County students ages 12 thru 17
St. Helena High School student wins IDOL NV singing competition (Napa Valley Register)
Congratulations to our winners!
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First Place, Myka Suhr, 15, St. Helena High School, won with the song "Stay," by Rihanna
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Second Place, Yadhira Torres, 16, Napa High School, won with the song "Almost There," by Randy Newman, for the movie, "The Princess and the Frog"
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Third Place, Jocelyn Paniagua, 17, Vintage High School, won with the song "Someone LIke You," Co-written by Adele and Dan Wilson
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Audience Award, Autumn Terradista, 13, "What a Wonderful World," written by George Douglass and George David Weiss
(Photo: Mitchell Glotzer)
Semi-Finalists:
Kiernan Upton Albright, 14, Robert Louis Stevenson School
Kale'a Dacanay, 15, American Canyon High School
Gabrielle Amira Della, 15, American Canyon High School
Rose Eiess, 17, early graduate, American Canyon
Roslyn Francis, 14, Redwood Middle School
Yadhira Torres Gonzalez, 16, Napa High School
Mallory Higgins, 16, Napa High School
Abby Johnson, 15, Vintage High School
Ruby Kinyon, 13, Unidos Middle School
Ezra Marcotte, 12, St. John's Lutheran
Ronan McGinty, 13, St. Apollinaris
Nolan Mendenhall, 17, Vintage High School
Addison Newman, 12, St. John's Lutheran
Jocelyn Paniagua, 17, Vintage High School
Addison Ready, 13, Unidos Middle School
Isabella Storms, 15, Napa HIgh School
Myka Suhr, 15, St. Helena High School
Autumn Terradista, 13, Stone Bridge School
