Sometimes reaching for the stars can be a difficult task, but Jessica Williams does not give up easily.

Williams, psychology pre-health and music junior, was supposed to audition for the singing competition, The Voice, on Saturday, Feb. 1. The February audition at the Nashville Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn., was the last audition session for the upcoming season. Unfortunately, Williams did not make it to the competition.

“My friend and I had car complications that prohibited us from going,” Williams said.

The car belongs to Anne Dougherty, psychology junior.

“I woke up that morning to a flat tire and the earliest I could get the tire replaced was two,” Dougherty said. “When the mechanic replaced my tire and he checked out the rest of the vehicle and reported that my car would need work before it could safely make it to and from Nashville.”

Williams planned to sing either “Who You Are” by Jessie J or “Prayer of The Children,” composed by Kurt Bestor.

“It was really hard for me not being able to go. I had been looking forward to the audition for a long time but sometimes things just don’t work out,” Williams said.

According to The Voice’s website, the audition process is broken down into four steps: creating an artist account, choosing an audition city, printing out the artist audition pass and then the on-stage audition in front of the judges. All auditions must be a cappella.

“I am very passionate about singing and have been wanted to do something big like this for some time now,” Williams said, whose concentration in music at Loyola is voice.

Williams will not let this little bump in the road detour her from using her talents.

“With school, I often put my talent on the side but this year one of my resolutions is to try and preform more and be involved more with music,” Williams said.

Raquel Derganz Baker may be reached at [email protected]