KADC presents the Mississippi State Final of the 29th Annual Clogate Country Showdown, America's largest country music talent search, at The Central Mississippi Fair in Kosciusko. The show will open for The Colonels, the 2009 State of Mississippi winners, and will be held on August 14, 2010 at6 :00pm.
Contestants at this year’s Colgate Country Showdown MississippiState Final represent radio stations: WJDR Columbia, WMSI Jackson, WCKK Kosciusko, WBBN Laurel-Hattiesburg, WRJW Picayune, WWMS Tupelo, and WBYP Yazoo City. The Central Mississippi Fair runs from August 11– 14. Admission to the Fair is $5.00 which will include the Colgate Country Showdown.
Annually, over 450 radio stations across the country sponsor local contests.Winners advance to their state events where prizes include $1,000 and the opportunity to compete in one of five regional events. Regional winners receive an all-expense-paid trip to the televised National Final hosted by LeAnn Rimes on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville to compete for $100,000 and the coveted title of Best New Act in Country Music.
Each year, more than 50,000 artists compete throughout the U.S. Past local, state and regional winners include Martina McBride, Garth Brooks, Miranda Lambert, Neal McCoy, Sara Evans, Brad Paisley and Billy Ray Cyrus.For more information about the Colgate Country Showdown and how to enter their national sweepstakes to win a LeAnn Rimes autographed guitar or a trip to the National Final in Nashville, visit www.colgatecountryshowdown.com.
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