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As the ring announcer on Raw, Lilian Garcia has performed the National Anthem at hundreds of WWE, NBA, New York Jets games and other sporting events.

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 **** laude from the University of South Carolina.

Lilian has made WWE history by becoming the first female to announce WrestleMania, at WrestleMania 22. In November 2001, she sang on WWE's float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Garcia's first single, "Shout," released in 2002, became a hit. Garcia's Spanish language debut album ¡Quiero Vivir! was released in October 2007, which includes 12 tracks and two duets--one featuring Latin recording artist Jon Secada.


Don't take Lilian Garcia, the Former Ring Announcer/Diva for the past 10 years on USA Networks 1 Rated Cable show WWE's “Monday Night Raw”, monthly Pay-Per-Views, “WWE Superstars” and Wrestlemania 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. She was also a top 10 finalist in the Miss South Carolina pageant, grew up in Spain for eight years and is fluent in both English and Spanish.

Lilian has been singing since the age of five. Her vocal talents have been displayed as a featured performer at the Macy's Day Parade, Summer Olympics, Univision Morning Show, Mun 2, USS Intrepid, NY Wall Street, on LIVE with Regis and Kathy Lee and CBS's Eye on People. In 2007, Lilian fulfilled her life long dream of releasing an album titled “Quiero Vivir!” in which she wrote and co-wrote 11 of the songs. She worked with two very talented and famous producers, George Noriega and Tim Mitchell and not only co-wrote 3 songs with Jon Secada, but recorded a duet in English and Spanish with the infamous singer. She is the vocalist on WWE Diva, Torrie Wilson's Entrance Theme Song titled “Need A Little Time”, which is on the WWE Anthology CD and co-wrote and performed the song “You Just Don't Know Me At All”, which is on the WWE Originals CD. She also released the single, “Shout” which was produced by Merideth Brooks. She has been on the cover of four music magazines and the feature story on numerous magazines and newspaper articles. She has even opened up for the legendary James Brown. She has made appearances on MTV, Fox & Friends, The Best Damn Sports Show, Mike & Juliet Morning Show & Your World with Neil Cavuto, among many others. In 2007 she was even the 4 “Most searched on Yahoo” and in 2006 she made history by being the first Latina & female to announce Wrestlemania.

In addition to her broadcasting duties with the WWE, she sings the National Anthem before each and every WWE event. Vince McMahon, the Chairman of the WWE paid her the highest compliment possible when he asked her to sing the “National Anthem” at WrestleMania 2000 and SummerSlam 2003 along with “America The Beautiful” at WrestleMania 2005. Previous to Lilian's performance, Mr. McMahon had gotten such superstars as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, John Legend, Gladys Knight, Boyz II Men, Reba McEntire, Ashanti and Michelle Williams from Destiny's Child to do the honors. In essence, she has performed all the over the world including supporting our troops in the Middle East, which is dear to her heart since she is an Army Brat with her father being a Lt. Colonel. She is also a fixture in professional sports with annual performances with the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB.

Lilian has done voice-overs for such great companies as Coca-Cola, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Ford and McDonalds, has done jingles for Toyota and has utilized her bilingual skills singing jingles in Spanish for J.C.Penney and the drink Squirt. She was also in the Lucille Roberts Health Club television commercial. Her talents go further than her vocal and broadcast skills (which also included a stint at WYYS, Yes 97 as the morning show & afternoon drive-time on-air personality). She is also an accomplished actress performing in the theatre productions of H.M.S. Pinafore, Godspell, The Miracle Worker, Tom Sawyer and Fiddler On The Roof.