In This Issue
Texas Rocks over 2,000 singers
Challenge to Oprah
Sonic Records National TV
Sound Choice
Lebo's Cincinnati
Wildcard Voting

Texas Rocks

Fred Medrano of YouBeTheStar in San Antonio announced his 2nd set of KWCUSA local preliminaries will run Feb 28 thru June 6 with the Southern Texas State Finals to be held at Hooligans on June 27th. Fred says they had 2,233 contestants in their first round in the fall and expect as many for this round. They are also picking up new major sponsors.

Russ Wristen of Buffalo Wild Wings in Abilene and Dallas is setting up the Northern Texas State Finals along with the regionals which includes Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Regional will be in July

Challenge to Oprah Show

No word from Oprah yet. We know it is busy time of year for them so we will give them a little time.
Karaoke World Championships USA has sent a challenge to the producers at the Oprah Show. Wendell Payne President of Karaoke World Championships USA says,

"We had discussed our competition and all the great things about karaoke with two producers prior to their decision to run 'Oprah's Karaoke Challenge'. We were very happy that they portrayed Karaoke in a positive way and provided the opportunity to karaoke singers. However we felt that a few weeks of qualification was not comparable to our ten months of nationwide competition. So we made the decision to challenge the Oprah Show to allow our 2010 National Champions, 1 male and 1 female to compete on her next Karaoke Challenge."

KWCUSA anxiously awaits their decision. KWCUSA is providing the opportunity for karaoke singers across the country to compete and ultimately win the chance to represent our country in world competition in September 2010. Local qualifying competitions began in October and will continue to run until May 31, 2010. State and Regional competitions will follow in June and July.

 

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Sonic Records 
KWCUSA Contestants can Qualify for National TV

 Each KWCUSA venue can pay a one time $50.00 fee and submit all the videos of their finalist to compete for the chance to appear on Direct TV channel 225. There are additional opportunities for venues that have Direct TV.
Contact Wendell for more details.

Sonic Records and KWCUSA have entered into an agreement that provides the opportunity for KWCUSA competitors to appear on national tv. SonicRecords.com produces and airs a National TV Show entitled Sonic Records Showcase on DirecTV in 20 million U.S. households in 50 states. The show airs once every 6 weeks at 12 Midnight Eastern/9 PM Pacific. The purpose of the show is to promote its download music site. SonicRecords.com also manages a professional multi-camera HD video production crew that travels throughout the U.S. The content of the 30-minute show features bands and singers with music downloads available on SonicRecords.com and a Karaoke segment at the end of the show. Please check the KWCUSA web site for more details.

Venue signup now!

Sound Choice 
Sound Choice becomes co-sponsor 

Sound Choice has joined KWCUSA as sponsors. More details will be made available in the next newsletter. One of the key points of the sponsorship is to provide legitimate KJs that are part of KWCUSA with substantial discounts. For our part, KWCUSA will become part of KIAA in support of all karaoke manufacturers and legitimate KJs.

  Lebo's Host Cincinnati KWCUSA competition 
Lebo's of Cincinnati began hosting their Karaoke World Championship USA competiton February 9th and will continue for 9 weeks on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Winners from each night will advance to their finals. Lebo's will qualify 6 males and 6 females to advance to state competition.

Lebo's Bar
5869 Kellogg Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45230-7144
(513) 232-1763

Venue signup now!  

Wildcard Winners

KWCUSA announces a public challenge to select National Wildcard Karaoke Singers. Registered KWCUSA members will be allowed to vote for 1 male and 1 female to participate in the national competition. The karaoke singers you vote for must be qualified KWCUSA regional competitors. KWCUSA membership registrations are being accepted now and more details will be announced at a later date. The intention is to allow karaoke singers and fans to select two people from across the country to qualify for the national championship. Only KWCUSA members will be permitted to vote and membership is free.

We do this for the singers. By creating a fair national and international competion for you, we provide a great opportunity for the 15 million karaoke singers out there. This is the Real American Idol. We thank everyone that is part of this great event.

Sincerely,
Wendell Payne
Karaoke World Championships