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The Grand Prize Winner, CMT Listeners' Choice Award Winner and Finalists have been announced for the 8th Annual CMT/NSAI Song Contest. The contest is an international songwriting competition, offering thousands of dollars in prizes, that accepts all genres of music.
Diana Kelley of Nashville received Grand Prize honors for her song “Hard To Stumble.” A transplant from Northwest Indiana, Diana is a seasoned writer's night performer who has attended NSAI’s Spring Symposium, SONGPosium and Song Camp series. Among many additional prizes, Diana will be awarded an exclusive mentoring session with hit songwriters/artists Dave Berg, Jim Peterik, Matt Scannell.
The song "Come Around" by bandmates Joey Avaros and Chris Cleveland received 27 percent of the votes to emerge as the favorite in the CMT Listeners' Choice Award. Joey is from Gilbert, Ariz. Chris is from Tulsa, OK. Their band, Stars Go Dim, is set to release their first full-length EP in this summer. Music fans across the world were able to log on to www.CMT.com between Feb. 20 and March 10, 2008, to listen to songs from the contest's 15 finalists. Fans then voted on their favorite song, giving contest entrants a second chance to win big. The CMT Listeners' Choice Award competition received 60,000 online votes.
The complete list of winners, including all finalists, runners-up and honorable mentions are listed below. Congratulations to all our winners! (Please note: All songs, regardless of placement, will receive numerical judging reports, which will be sent via U.S. Mail after the April 1-5 Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival.)
8th Annual NSAI/CMT Song Contest Winners
Grand Prize Winner
"Hard To Stumble"
Diana Kelley (Nashville, TN)
CMT Listeners' Choice Winner
"Come Around"
Joey Avalos (Gilbert, AZ)
Chris Cleveland (Tulsa, OK)
Finalists
"The Dog Don't Know Sit"
Will Hopkins (Washington, D.C.)
Steve Mitchell (Nashville TN)
"Grow Slow"
Beth Walker (Flemington, NJ)
Bob Dewald (Sewell, NJ)
"I Let Her Leave"
David Stewart (Brooklyn, NY)
Tony Hoylen
"Bad Tattoo"
Jerry Holthouse (Murfreesboro, TN)
Tony Seibert (Nashville, TN)
Runners-Up
"70s Radio" -- Shevy Smith (Nashville, TN)
"The Bouqet" -- Roy Holdren (Bloomington, MN)
"Stay" -- LaLa Deaton (Nashville, TN)
"Massive" -- Freddy Litwiniuk (Alberta, CANADA)
"Black Violin" -- Compton Maddux
"Light At The End Of The Bottle" -- Megan Laurie (Lubbock, TX)
"Beautiful Life" -- Will Hopkins (Washington, D.C.), Claire Ulanoff
"You're Not One" -- Courtney Fera (Coquitlam, CANADA), Stephanie Fera, Matthew Rose
"Eight" -- Daphne Nissani (Toronto, CANADA), Ron Lopata
"Sometimes" -- John Langan (Alexandria, VA), Chuck Smith (Ashburn, VA)
Honorable Mention
"Look Over Your Shoulder" -- Helene Cronin (Plano, TX)
"Rootin Around" -- Jerry Ranger (N. Hollywood, CA)
"When The Time Comes" -- David Stewart (Brooklyn, NY), Janice Fitzgerald, Armand Mele
"Who Can We Blame" -- Felicity Combs (Statham, GA)
"The Wrong Finger" -- Jamie Collins (Nashville, TN)
"Best Friends" -- Amanda Brown (Charlottesville, VA), Jill Spencer (Portland, OR), Reno Holler (Sisters, OR)
"Life" -- Tom Bohn (Decatur, GA)
"Unfailing Love" -- Marci Garrett (Siloam Springs, AR)
"I'd Take You Back" -- Will Hopkins (Washington, D.C.), Joan Walker, Bill Warrington
"The Jealous Kind" -- Jaclyn Brown (Antioch, TN), Beau Bristow
"I Miss Her, Too" -- Lynn Case (Saskatchewan, CANADA), Russ Case (Saskatchewan CANADA)
"Good To Hear Your Voice" -- Tim Cain (Boca Raton, FL)
"Highway To Yesterday" -- Brandon Lepere (Seabrook, NH), Anthony Resta
"Broken Place" -- Suzanne Strickland (Starke, FL), Rigo Sanchez
"September In My Mind" -- Ray Phillips (Rowlett, TX), Richard Davis
"I Will Love You Now" -- Kristen Jones (Toronto, CANADA)
"If Here Is Where You Want To Be" -- Mark Ward
"If I Was" -- Ryan Bizarri (Lavergne, TN), Kevin Barton
"What If'n" -- Dustin James (Nashville, TN), Will Hopkins
"Lover Of Life" -- Simon Shapiro (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)
"Tough Love" -- Charlie Hutto (Nashville, TN)
"I Know Where Love Is" -- Claire Ulanoff (Nashville, TN), Donna DeSopo, Brian Payne
"Today Is The Good Ol Days" -- Barton Dupas (Winnipeg, CANADA)
"Cause of You" -- Vicki Genfan (Fairview, NJ)
"Keepin Busy" -- Dave MaClean
"Turn It Over" -- Mike Rimmey (St. Louis, MO)
"Half-Hearted Moon" -- Andrea Standley
"She's Late" -- David Stewart (Brooklyn, NY), Avram Gleitsman, Mary Beth Stone
"Breakfast at Suppertime" -- Alison Block (Los Angeles, CA)
"Come On Over" -- Deborah Hunseder (St. Petersburg, FL)
"She Takes My Breath Away" -- Ray Phillips (Rowlett, TX), Richard Davis
"The Road To Here" -- Britt Reynolds (Franklin, TN)
"Call That Christmas" -- Bryan Field-McFarland (Greensboro, NC), Tommy Brown
"Give It Away" -- Maylee Thomas (McKinney, TX)
"Modern Man" -- Trent Tavson (CANADA)
"Waiting For The Right Time" -- Britt Reynolds (Brentwood, TN)
"Find Me A Way" -- Gary York (Lebanon, TN), Brenda York
"No Goodbye" -- Steve Hostetler (Mishawaka, IN)
"When Autumn Leaves" -- Bill Maier (Franklin, TN)
Congratulations to all the 8th Annual CMT/NSAI Song Contest winners! |
