Westfield 5 Minutes of Fame Finalists Announced

24 July 2012

Westfield 5 Minutes of Fame Finalists Announced

The voting has commenced to see who will be claim the title of overall winner in this year’s Westfield 5 Minutes of Fame talent competition.

During the July school holidays hundreds of talented young Kiwis aged 8-16 years took to the stage at a number of Westfield Shopping Centres around New Zealand to showcase their singing, dancing or musical abilities.

Eight finalists will now battle it out online with the public invited to vote for their favourite performer on the Westfield website. Online voting opens today and runs until Sunday 5 August, 2012.

The finalists are:

• Logan Anderson (15) from Kaikorai Valley College (Dunedin) who sang his original song Today at Westfield Riccarton
• Guru Pande (11) from Avalon Intermediate School (Lower Hutt) who performed a dance routine to Black or White by Michael Jackson at Westfield Queensgate
• Abby Christodoulou (16) from Spotswood College (New Plymouth) who sang Blue Moon of Kentucky at Westfield Manukau City
• Eric Chan-Foon (16) from Avondale College (Auckland) who played an electric guitar solo to Katy Perry’s Firework at Westfield WestCity
• Zane Nathan (13) from St Peter’s College (Auckland) who sang When You Say Nothing At All by Westlife at Westfield St Lukes
• Mia Downing (8) from Woodstock Primary (Hamilton) who sang Something in the Water by Brooke Fraser at Westfield Chartwell
• Rose Worrallo (15) from Howick College (Auckland) who sang Safe & Sound by Taylor Swift at Westfield Pakuranga
• The Khaos Dance Crew (Auckland) who performed a hip-hop dance routine at Westfield Glenfield

The performer or performers with the most votes not only leaps to stardom but walks away with a grant valued at $2,000 to put towards further developing their talent.

“Five Minutes of Fame has grown into an incredibly popular event that the community really gets behind,” says Linda Trainer, General Manager, Westfield shopping centres. “Each and every performer should be proud for getting up there on stage in front of the crowds that come to show their support.

“We now look forward to seeing who the public picks as this year’s Five Minutes of Fame supreme winner!”

Judging panel representative Kimberley Hill of KHM Management was impressed at the broad range of talent on display at this year’s 5 Minutes of Fame heats.

“It was great to see such a high standard of young talent out there,” she says. “Of course it made judging really difficult as only a handful of performers can reach the centre final – with just one from each centre making the nationwide final. Seeing so many young Kiwis putting themselves out there always puts a huge smile on my face.'

The 5 Minutes of Fame supreme winner will be announced on 17 August 2012.

To view all eight finalists’ performances and vote for your favourite, visit www.westfield.co.nz.

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