Pipefitter Wins Boston Logan Airport Voice Contest

Pipefitter Wins Boston Logan Airport Voice Contest

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A Massachusetts pipefitter has been selected as the new voice of Boston Logan International Airport, a role that will greet the airport’s 43 million annual travelers, WCVB reported. Christopher Donisi, a 43-year-old from Burlington, won the contest and will provide the voice for the official overhead announcements.

“It feels amazing; I am so thrilled to be able to represent my city. It is unreal,” Donisi said while appearing on “Good Morning America.” He said his mother encouraged him to audition for the contest, which had more than 6,000 applicants. “You have to follow your dreams, but you also have to follow your mother’s dreams,” Donisi said.

Contest Details and Selection Process

The contest, which began in September, was designed to find someone with an authentic Boston accent to make travelers feel at home. Donisi was one of eight finalists chosen from the submissions. Massport, the agency that runs the airport, announced that more than 35,000 people voted in the contest, with Donisi emerging as the favorite.

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Donisi’s selection was announced Thursday on Kiss 108’s “Billy and Lisa in the Morning Show.” MassPort CEO Richard Davey called Donisi, a natural baritone, “a pipefitter with pipes.” “He will start recording holiday announcements next week,” Davey said.

A Pipefitter with a New Voice

Despite his new role, Donisi is keeping his day job as an HVAC pipefitter, a profession he has held for 22 years. “This is my 10th time in front of a microphone, and it’s all been today. I usually have a wrench in my hands,” he said after speaking with reporters at Logan. The search for “The Voice of Logan” kicked off in September and quickly went viral. Jimmy Fallon brought it up on “The Tonight Show,” and Massachusetts native Ben Affleck, while a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, performed the “Voice of Logan” script.

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Photo: WHDH

Donisi, a married father with two children, including a four-year-old daughter and a two-year-old son, said he’s expecting to have “a good, long career” at Logan. “My daughter got to see me on TV for the first time ever and her face lit up,” he told reporters, according to CBS News. “You always gotta follow your dreams, but you also gotta follow your mother’s dreams,” he told Kiss 108’s Billy Costa and Lisa Donovan. “I’m overjoyed with it,” he said. “I’m going to have some fun with it.”

Donisi’s Distinctive Voice and Boston Roots

“It wasn’t any like transition into it, it was just – bang!” he told CBS. “I’ve never thought about really doing any type of voicework. People have been telling me for years.” “I think it’s so cool. I’m so excited about that. I’ll probably be one of them,” Donisi said. “It’s just how I flow,” he said in his deep, baritone voice.

This pipefitter’s pipes will echo throughout Boston Logan International Airport

A Transition for the Previous Voice

LoGiudice is not retiring from Massport. Rather, he will be concentrating on his other responsibilities at the airport, where he has been employed since completing his degree from Bridgewater State University in 1993.

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