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Kaplan joined Pentatonix in 2011, when original members Kirstin Maldonado, Mitch Grassi and Scott Hoying were searching for a bass singer and a beatboxer. The group met the day before the auditions for the third season of The Sing-Off began. [14] The group successfully auditioned for the show and eventually went on to win the season. [15]
On May 12, 2017, Avi Kaplan announced that he would be leaving the a cappella group Pentatonix after six years. [2] In a video announcing his departure, Kaplan stated that although he enjoyed being in the group, he found it difficult to keep up with their schedule, which required him to spend less time with his family. [3]
Pentatonix also appeared in the 2023 Amazon Prime movie Candy Cane Lane starring Eddie Murphy. Pentatonix appeared as a group of side characters known as The Carolers who were cursed to be living glass figurines by the movie's antagonist Pepper the Elf (portrayed by Jillian Bell) while also voicing the Carolers' glass figuring forms. The ...
Stars have been a theme throughout Pentatonix’s career. The a cappella group covered Nicki Minaj’s “Starships” early on, performed “Stars” from the musical “Finding Neverland,” and ...
Three of the five members of Pentatonix — Kirstin Maldonado, Matt Sallee and Kevin Olusola — became parents to daughters between 2021 and 2024. Maldonado, 32, and her husband, ...
In 2017 Pentatonix singer Avi Kaplan announced his departure. Soon after, it was reported that he would be replaced by Matt Sallee. Sallee made his first appearance during the group's last Christmas concert of 2017. Sallee’s first album was A Pentatonix Christmas Deluxe. [3] He is the bass vocalist and has been fairly active in participating ...
"I asked if they ever just transferred audio files to archives and it turns out, they sent a lot of the University of Canberra," he says. "I called the university but they said they didn't have it.
Pentatonix is a quintet a cappella collective, with most of their songs being covers, and much of their success comes from touring, including internationally. [ 8 ] [ 29 ] They gained national attention in the U.S. competing on NBC 's a cappella reality show The Sing-Off in 2011, which they won. [ 19 ]