A Special Thank You to the Nebraska State Fair,
Our Sponsor & Host for Six Years!

The Results Are In!

It was an exciting afternoon at the Galaxy of Stars Talent Search for our Finalists!  We appreciate all of you who came to support and enjoy our contestants, the featured performances of our past Galaxy of Stars winners and the showcase of the Top  Three Songwriters original songs.   - Wynne
       

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OVERALL CASH AWARDS
Presented by

AGE DIVISION CASH AWARDS
Presented by
Nebraska State Fair
& Vision Productions, Inc.

SONGWRITING CASH AWARDS
Presented by
Nebraska State Fair & Vision Productions, Inc.

Dee Lichtenberger - Laser Art Design - Callaway

Wynne Adams - Executive Producer - Nashville

A grateful thank you to the judges, auditors and entertainers who freely give of their time and effort to the Galaxy of Stars program.

Richard Floe - Videographer

Billye Huff - Galaxy Production

Geri Floe - Galaxy Production

Ben Knievel - Sound Engineer

JUDGES - Jamie Roberts, Tomy Mattson & Amy Keiser

JUDGES -Frain Wilson, Peggy Malzacher & Kelly Terrell

JUDGES' CHAIRMAN Marci Walker & AUDITORS Amanda Baxter & Wanda Westphalen

Galaxy of Stars
Featured Entertainers

Josh Mackey - MC - Ogallala

Josh Mackey, News Director atKOGA/KMCX Radio, and Trish Linscott have been Galaxy of Stars MCs and supporters of the program for many years. Their enthusiasum is enjoyed and appreciated.    

Trish Linscott - MC - Omaha

Kristina Craig, Katie Edwards, Deanna Floe and Todd Kramer, Entertainer & Stage Manager

Katie Edwards - Omaha

Deanna Floe & Dance Team - Lincoln

Teresa Scanlan - Miss NE 2010 Gering

Emily Freeman - Olathe, KS

Amber Peterson - Cheyenne, WY

Don 'Shuggy' Mittan - Beatrice

Kristina Craig Peforming with Greg Giovannetti - Murfreesboro, TN

AWARDS

WINNERS OF THE 2010 TALENT SEARCH

2010 Mega Star

AMANDA WINTER
Nova - Hastings - Vocal 
"Whatever You Say"

AMY DUNN
Falls City - Original Song"Enough For Today"

1st Place Songwriter

Shining Star

Amanda Winter
Nova - Vocal - Hastings

Superstar

Keith Long
Nova - Vocal - Oxford

Shining Star:  Highest Scoring Contestant in Star Quality,
   "The Shine Factor" Out of All Age Divisions
Superstar:  Voted Overall Best Performance by All
      Contestants Out of all Age Divisions

Age Division Winners

COMETS
(12 & Under)

1st Place - Mariclaire and Merrilee Prill

1st Place - Mariclaire and Merrilee Prill
Dance - "Evacuate The Dance Floor"
Holdrege
2nd Place - Kathleen Juhl
Vocal - "Swiss Cowboy Country"
Shelton
3rd Place - Andrea Hoffman
Dance - "Singing In The Rain"
Gordon

3rd Place - Andrea Hoffman

2nd Place - Kathleen Juhl

COMETS - 1ST, 2ND & 3RD PLACE

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SHOOTING STARS
(13 to 18)

1st Place - Mollie Shevlin and Joel Ostdiek

1st Place - Mollie Shevlin and Joel Ostdiek
Vocal - "Come Home"
Columbus
2nd Place - James Yu Buettner
Instrumental - Solfeggietto-Bach, Sonata in C Major-Mozart
Grand Island
3rd Place - Katie Marie Goesch
Vocal - "Down In Mississippi And Up To No Good"
Grand Island

2nd Place - James Yu Buettner

3rd Place - Katie Marie Goesch

SHOOTING STARS - 1ST, 2ND & 3RD PLACE

NOVAS
(19 & Over)

1st Place - Amanda Winter

2nd Place -Kyle J. Corr

3rd Place - Nathan Miller

1st Place - Amanda Winter
Vocal- "Whatver You Say"
Hastings
2nd Place - Kyle J. Corr
Vocal - "Me and Mrs. Jones"
Hebron
3rd Place - Nathan Miller
Vocal - "God Bless The USA"
Grand Island

NOVAS - 1ST, 2ND & 3RD PLACE

Amanda Winter, Kyle J. Coor, Nathan Miller and Keith Long

Dance Scholarship
Highest Scoring Dance - All Ages
Winner
TORI WADMAN
"Show Me Heaven"
Omaha

Recording Session Winners

Highest Scoring Vocal or Instrumental - 1st & 2nd Place & Highest Scoring Songwriter - 1st & 2nd Place

     1st-Amanda Winter-Vocal             2nd-Kyle J. Corr-Vocal            1st-Amy Dunn-Songwriter        2nd-Royce Swain-Songwriter   

DURING THE AWARDS CEREMONY

A special presentation to Wynne from James Yu Buettner

INTERVIEWS

Josh Mackey - News Director KOGA/KMCX Radio - Ogallala

Ginger ten Bensel, Reporter - KHAS TV - Hastings

NTV Good Life Host - Leslie Means (2nd from Left)

ntvgoodlife.com and nebraska.tv

KHASTV.COM

Katie Edwards and Wynne

2010 PRESS RELEASES

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MEETING BEFORE THE START OF THE COMPETITION

BEFORE THE FINALS . . . MEETING FOR PARENTS & FINALISTS

2010 Finalists Performances

COMETS (12 & Under)

Mariclaire & Merrilee Prill - Holdredge

Kathleen Juhl - Shelton

Andrea Hoffman - Gordon

Josh Mackey - MC - KOGA Radio, Ogallala

SHOOTING STARS(13 TO 18)

Trio + David: Rachel Stevens, Amy Dunn, David vonBehren, Colton Martin - Falls City

Weightless - Jacob Pavelik, Nick Nagengast, Alex Hollman, Dakota Burgenhoff - Bloomfield

Trey Hunnicutt - Aurora

Hannah Jane Robbins - Elm Creek

Brekkan Rae Martinosky - Paxton

Lianna & the M&Ms - Mariclaire, Lianna, Merrilee Prill - Holdrege

Chari Mikkelson & Luke More - Hebron

Alex Fegley - Grand Island

Bailey Bond - Clarkson

Katie Marie Goesch - Grand Island

Tori Wadman - Omaha

Elle Benes - Lincoln

James Yu Buettner - Grand Island

John Schnoor - Hildreth

Mollie Shevlin & Joel Ostdiek - Columbus

Lianna Prill - Holdrege

NOVAS (19 & Over)

Amanda Winter - Hastings

Kristina Brandl - Humphrey

Kyle J. Corr - Hebron

Nathan Miller - Grand Island

Keith Long - Oxford

Risa Mann - Burwell

Sara Brown - Friend

Kyle J. Corr, shown above, competed in the Nova Age Division.

Contestant Pictures on Insert Pages of Six Page
Galaxy of Stars Talent Search Finals Program
Courtesy of John Becker, Owner of Copycat Printing,
Kearney, Nebraska.
Design layout by Kacee Geiger. 

To View Individual Pictures of Semi-Finalist Contestants, Go To:  Past Contestants

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