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Finalists announced for 2010 People’s Choice Awards

Finalists have been announced for this year’s Australian Country Music People’s Choice Awards.

For Best Female Vocal, the finalists are Jayne Denham, Harmony James, Amber Lawrence, Melinda Schneider and Felicity Urquhart.

For  Best Male Vocal ... Adam Brand, Troy Cassar-Daley, Adam Harvey, Lee Kernaghan and Graham Rodger.

For  Best Group or Duo ... Carter & Carter, Jetty Road, The McClymonts, Simply Bushed and The Sunny Cowgirls.

For  Best Song, A Hat Like That (written and recorded by Graham Rodger), Surviving Black Saturday (written and recorded by Carter & Carter, Big Big Love (written and recorded by Troy Cassar-Daley, Million Miles (written and recorded by Jetty Road) and Shake This Town
(written by Garth Porter, Colin Buchanan & Jayne Denham, recorded by Jayne Denham).

For  Best Bush Ballad ... The Dust Of Kalkadoon (written by Ian Quinn, recorded by Dean Perrett), The First Lady Of Country (written by Graham Rodger & Deirdre Wilmington, recorded by Graham Rodger), Last Mile Home (written and recorded by Troy Cassar-Daley), Old Black Quart (written by Stan Coster, Tracy Coster, Ian Quinn, Chris Pritchard & Roger Corbett, recorded by Tracy Coster) and When I Was A Boy (written and recorded by Greg Storer & Sara Storer).

For Best Album ... Be Yourself  by Melinda Schneider, I Love This Place by Troy Cassar-Daley, Life At A Million Miles by Jetty Road, Planet Country by Lee Kernaghan and We’re Gonna Be Alright by Graham Rodger.

For Most Promising Future Star ...  Liam Brew, Tori Darke, Bec Hance, Lianna Rose and Daly Stephenson.

For  Best Video Clip ... I Love This Place by Troy Cassar-Daley, Planet Country by Lee Kernaghan, Tangerine Sky by various artists, What Country’s All About by Graham Rodger and When I Was A Boy by Greg Storer & Sara Storer.

For  Most Popular Country Music DJ ... Larry Cann (of Kix Country), Jeff Dunn (of 3MBR and the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia network), Carter Edwards (of the Super Radio Network), Nick Erby (of Country Music Radio), Barbara Morison (of 2SER’s All Kinds Of Country), Gary Parkhouse (of 2CHR Cessnock, NSW), Brendon T Moylan (of Born In Boots, Curtin Radio, WA) and John Nutting (of the ABC’s Saturday Night Country).

For  Most Popular Country Music Radio Station or Program ... Cool Country 2KA (Western Sydney, NSW), “Country Music Radio” (interstate or national), CRN “Good Morning Country”  (interstate or national), Curtin Radio 100.1 (Perth, WA), FM 98.9 (Brisbane, Qld), KIX Country  (interstate or national), “Saturday Night Country” ABC  (interstate or national), Today’s Country 94one (Central Coast, NSW).

Australian Country Music People’s Choice Awards winners will be announced at a function to be held on Tuesday, January 19, at 6pm at the Australian Country Music Hall of Fame in Brisbane Street, Tamworth.

Weblink – www.peopleschoiceawards.com.au.

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