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PHOENIX, ARIZONA METRO AREA - KARAOKE CONTEST
CRUISE TO CABO

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BEAT THE SUMMER HEAT WITH A

CRUISE TO CABO
KARAOKE CONTEST

SPONSORS:

AZkaraokealliance.com, Karaoke2Night.com,
Hensley & Co - Bud Light and Bud Select &
WEDJ Cruise

We would like to congratulate our winner

Nisha Kataria and our runner up Travis "T-Rock" Wachenduct

Nisha and "T-Rock" waiting on judges decision

Nisha celebrating while being applauded by finalist Zach Moore

Nisha performing I Will Always Love You!

We had an amazing city final... The competition was some of the best that I have ever seen ( I've attended over
100 karaoke contests over the years). At the end of the first round we chose five finalists. The audience voting and the judges were exactly in agreement on the top 3 selections. Nisha Kataria stunned the audience and actually brought the crowd of over
200 patrons to their feet several times while performing "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston. Travis "T-Rock" Wachenduct was 2nd in the 1st round with an amazing performance of "Living on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi. He had the crowd rocking from beginning to end as he circled the bar singing to groups as he moved around.. He definitely appeared to be the
ladies favorite as they all shrieked and screamed as he was finishing.. Not to be outdone, Frank Carbone came on and gave an extremely spirited version of "Ain't Goin' Down" by Garth Brooks. He also circled the crowd dancing, tipping his hat and twirling with the ladies in the club. The most amazing part was he was singing while country dancing with the ladies and never missed a word of a very fast paced song. Our finalist were rounded out by Zach Moore who did a great version of the Darkness' " I Believe in a Thing Called Love", and Kecia Mitchell who wowed the crowd with her powerful version of "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion.

As the finalists began all scores were erased and we started from scratch again. Frank opened with a ballad "Don't take the Girl" by Tim McGraw. He did a great job with the song, but could not get that same crowd frenzy he had achieved in the earlier round. Kecia followed working the crowd while performing "I'm Going Down" by Mary J Blige. Nisha came out and blew everyone away with "Power of Love" by Celine Dion. She worked her way around the crowd singing to each table as she did so and got the audience erupting in cheers and applause 3 different times during the song. It seemed she had it won, but T-Rock was not going to surrender. He came out and sang "What It Takes" by Aerosmith.. He stayed up front and the vocals were amazing. If I had closed my eyes I might have believed Steven Tyler was in the house. Zach rounded out our finalists doing a rousing version of "Bed of Roses" that had the ladies in the crowd screaming again. As the judges votes were tallied and the audience votes were counted the crowd and the judges agreed on Nisha as our winner and Travis "T-Rock" as our runner up.. the judges had a tie for the third spot and audience votes were used to break the tie. Frank received the most votes of the remaining contestants and thus took 3rd place.

Nisha received her $500 cash prize and her reservations were completed for her cruise to Cabo leaving on Sept. 30th. Her parents were in attendance and with a few calls to the cruise line they and Nisha's sister, will be going along on the cruise.

We would like to thank
Jersey's (formerly Copper Canyon) for hosting our
City Karaoke Finals
5945 W. Ray Rd.
480-705-9700
on Thursday. September, 13th 2007.

Schedule of Club Finals Nights:

Club Finals
Tuesday Nights-

Club Finals
Wednesday Nights

Club Finals
Thursday Nights

Club Finals
Friday Nights

Club Finals -
Sunday Nights

Buffalo Wild Wings
WINNER -
KELI HONEYCUTT
*Alternate - Tom Fleetwood*
Mesa, AZ
4425 E McKellips Rd
Greenfield & McKellips

Drafthouse -
WINNER -
GARY SHREFFLER
*Alternate - Cheryl Morrow*
Chandler, AZ
393 W. Warner Rd.
480-963-5520

Famous Sams - Mesa, AZ
2730 E. Baseline Rd.
480-497-1252
WINNER -
BOBBY PEHRSON
*Alternate - Mike Kulaya*

The Stadium Club
2060 W Chandler Blvd Chandler AZ
(480) 963-3866
WINNER -
LIONEL WOODARD
*Alternate - Nisha Kataria*

Native New Yorker
Brown & Mesa Dr.
(NW corner)
WINNER -
BRAD MATTESON
*Alternate -Alyssa Harrison-*

Native New Yorker
Maricopa, AZ
21164 N. John Wayne Parkway
480-675-9724
WINNER - FRANCO
*Alternate - Angela

Joe's Crab Shack
1604 E. Southern Ave.
Tempe, AZ 85282

(480) 730-0303
WINNER -
NISHA KATARIA*
*Alternate - Ryan Smith*

O' Kelley’s -
Mesa, AZ
2120 W. Guadalupe
480-756-6069
WINNER - NATALIE FOX
*Alternate - Scott Doozer

Top Shelf
Southern Ave. (East of Dobson Rd.)
WINNER - ZACH MOORE
*Alternate - Colleen Sullivan

Dukes - Scottsdale,
7607 E. McDowell Rd
480-675-9724
WINNER - DERRICK
*Alternate - Olivia

Copper Canyon
5945 W. Ray Rd.
480-705-9700
WINNER - LEXI KANTHAK
*Alternate - Tom Fleetwood

Corvette Lounge - Chandler, AZ
6225 W. Chandler Blvd.
480-961-3388
WINNER - ERIC GARM*
*Alternate - Paul Luna*

Club Finals
Saturday Nights

Famous Sam's - Mesa Main and Lindsay
2860 E Main St MESA, AZ (480) 924-1305
WINNER -
AARON 'WILDMAN" BERRY*
*Alternate - Becky Belancourt*

Chuy’s – Tempe
Baseline Rd. (East of McClintock Dr.)
WINNER - TRAVIS "T-ROCK" WACHENDUCT
*Alternate- Robert "Mr. Skeeta" Ferrin
Manhattans -
Phoenix, AZ
4025 E. Chandler Blvd. Suite #1 480-706-3234
WINNER - ANGELA MANDLEY
*Alternate - Jeff Ammons

Priceless Prime Time

3016 N Dobson Rd Chandler AZ
(480) 831-8082
WINNER - SCOTT JONUTIS
*Alternate - Ryan Cranford*

Chuy’s – Mesa
McKellips & Gilbert Rd. (NW corner)
WINNER - FRANK CARBONE
*Alternate- Brook Defeo*

Club Finals, Monday,
Sept. 10th

The Octane Lounge
13420 W Bell Rd,
Surprise, AZ 85374
(623) 975-6832
Winner - KECIA MITCHELL
*Alternate - Anthony Robbinsr

AZ Karaoke Alliance Members:

Starz Entertainment
www.starzentertainment.net
480-830-1308

UR Entertainment
www.urentertainment.net
480-363-1131

Kokopelli Karaoke
www.singkokopelli.com
602-481-0391

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