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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, June 20, 2008

SOS
Trias joining SOS Las Vegas at Outrigger Waikiki

By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Staff Writer

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Jasmine Trias

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Jasmine Trias, an "American Idol" Season 3 finalist, will guest-star with The Society of Seven Las Vegas during a six-week engagement beginning today at the Main Showroom of the Outrigger Waikiki hotel.

Trias, who finished third in the Fox reality series in the year Fantasia Barrino won, previously appeared with the original SOS group, led by Tony Ruivivar, at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.

"The seven-man band now will have a wonderful diva connection," said producer Frannie Kirk, the Outrigger's director of entertainment. "This is new and exciting for Waikiki."

Society of Seven founder Ruivivar arrived the first week of June to rehearse SOS LV and Trias.

"It was Tony who persuaded Jasmine to go into the nightclub genre, and he is the perfect person to integrate her into the show," Kirk said.

Trias, now 21, was the first "American Idol" star to appear in a production show on the Las Vegas Strip when she appeared with the Society of Seven.

She also appeared with Ruivivar's group, along with Lani Misalucha, in a 2007 Blaisdell Concert Hall engagement.

Shows are at 8:30 p.m. daily except Mondays, through July 31. There is a dinner package available, including an all-you-can-eat Ali'i Buffet, with seating at 7 p.m.

For reservations, call 923-7469.

Reach Wayne Harada at wharada@honoluluadvertiser.com.