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2008 CMA Nashville
Rising Star Competition Winners
Congratulations to all of the contestants who participated
in this competition. We really enjoyed hosting you and
having you with us. Thank you for sharing your
talents with us!
Below are the names of the first
through fifth-place
winners in each age category, the recipients of the Overall
Awards, the Top
Five and the Music City Rising Star Champion.
Congratulations!
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Twelve
Year Old Age Group:
| 1st Place - Greylan Egan |
| 2nd Place - Celina Miranda |
| 3rd Place - Alexis Page
Woodrough |
| 4th Place - Ashton Ballard |
| 5th Place - Jorrin Tyler |
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| Thirteen
Year Old Age Group: |
| 1st Place - Kristen Bowman |
| 2nd Place - Sadie Ann Diehl |
| 3rd Place - Kirsten Sparrow |
| 4th Place - Rachel Farley
(tie) |
| 4th Place - Caitlyn Porayko
(tie) |
| 5th Place - Rachel Oldham |
| Fourteen
Year Old Age Group: |
| 1st Place - Jernie Talles |
| 2nd Place - Jordan Humphrey |
| 3rd Place - Kandyce Simpson |
| 4th Place - Brittany
Schmeltzer |
| 5th Place - Casey McCarter |
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| Fifteen
Year Old Age Group: |
| 1st Place - Caley Caperton |
| 2nd Place - Michaela
Williams |
| 3rd Place - Jordan Mallory |
| 4th Place - Natalie Carter |
| 5th Place - Nicole Worsham
(tie) |
| 5th Place - Taylor Rice
(tie) |
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| Sixteen
Year Old Age Group: |
| 1st Place - Anna Brook
Higdon |
| 2nd Place - Mary Katherine
Kutter |
| 3rd Place - Emma Meeks |
| 4th Place - Sidney Brannan |
| 5th Place - Lainey Wilson |
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| Seventeen
Year Old Age Group: |
| 1st Place - Morgan Grotheer |
| 2nd Place - Jennifer
McIllwain |
| 3rd Place - Morgan Cooper |
| 4th Place - Kestin Howard |
| 5th Place - Christina Nicole
Carmody |
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| Eighteen
Year Old Age Group: |
| 1st Place - Ashley Vitale |
| 2nd Place - Julia Rhine |
| 3rd Place - Macy Palacini |
| 4th Place - Diane Burlow |
| 5th Place - Cassidy Adkins |
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| Best Overall Stage
Performance -
Mary Katherine Kutter |
| Best Overall Original
Selection -
Celina Miranda |
| Best Overall Instrumentalist -
C.J. Solar |
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| TOP FIVE: |
| Music City Rising Star
Champion - Jernie Talles |
| 2nd Place Overall - Morgan
Grotheer |
| 3rd Place Overall - Kaley
Caperton |
| 4th Place Overall - Anna
Higdon |
| 5th Place Overall - Jennifer
McIllwain |
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| (Photo of the Top Five at
the Reveal on the Riverfront Stage)
From Left to Right: Carla
Snyder (MUSIC FESTIVALS), Jennifer McIllwain, Anna
Higdon, Kaley Caperton, Morgan Grotheer, Jernie Talles,
Rachal Smith (MUSIC FESTIVALS) |
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