 At the contest, Edna swaps dresses with a blues singer named Doris, and even changes her song at the last minute, infuriating her mother, who leaves before seeing Edna win the competition.An excited Edna decides to use her grand prize winnings to record a demo.The studio producer (Richard Schiff) tactfully delivers the painful truth to Edna that not only are girl singers not getting signed, the record companies are trying to get rid of the ones currently on their rosters.