The 2011 Senior Idol is… Eddie Gentile, of Bay Ridge!
When the winner of the 2011 Brooklyn Senior Idol was announcedat Xaverian High School on Saturday night, October 1, it was a BayRidgeite who walked away with the title.
Crooner Eddie Gentile, 61, captured the imagination and votes ofthe three judges and around 400 audience members with his voice,which organizers said was nearly indistinguishable from that ofFrank Sinatra, whose hit New York, New York Gentile sang toclinch the win.
If you closed your eyes, you would’ve thought Sinatra was inthe place, said guest-judge Frankie Marra, who is a musician inhis own right, with his own popular local band. He had emotionsand captured the artist who made that popular, besides LizaMinnelli. It was really good.