WCTE Upper Cumberland PBS will premiere Jake Hoot at The Hoop, a one-hour edited show of his recent performance at the Hooper Eblen Center in Cookeville. The show will air on WCTE Thursday, February 27 at 8 p.m. Some of Jake’s special guests included Judah Akers from Judah and the Lion, and other friends as well as Lonestar was a surprise guest. Hoot, a country singer who is the winner of season 17 of the talent competition, The Voice on NBC, resides in Cookeville, Tennessee. Hoot moved to Tennessee to attend Tennessee Tech University and play football as an offensive lineman in 2010. He went on to graduate from TTU with a degree in interdisciplinary studies in 2013.
“It was a thrill to have the opportunity to shoot Jake Hoot and some of his friends from The Voice at the Hooper Eblen Center earlier this year! WCTE is so proud of Jake and his musical accomplishments and we hope to work with him again soon one day,” said Brent Clark, WCTE’s Director of Content & Digital Media. At the beginning of the competition, Jake sang “When It Rain It Pours” by Luke Combs. He went on to win the finale on December 17, 2019. There was an overwhelming response in his hometown of Cookeville and surrounding towns during the competition. There were watch parties and so many people voted and kept his songs in the top ten on the charts.
Jake has gone on to performing many shows since coming home. He has even debuted on the Grand Ole Opry on February 4, 2020. He was invited by another hometown star, Jamie Dailey of Dailey and Vincent. Cookeville is so proud of Jake and we wish him nothing but great things.
