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MEET THE HOST
Gaard Swanson is once again the host of this year's Seattle's Stars. You may recognize him as KIRO 7's very own Sports Director. Gaard joined KIRO 7 Eyewitness News in July 2002. A native of San Francisco, Gaard came to KIRO Television from Fox Sports Northwest where he worked as the primary anchor. More Details

MEET THE JUDGES
Chris Ballew
Chris Ballew sits in the oval office in Seattle's music scene. More...

Sam Kelly
Sam Kelly is one half of the highly-rated morning show at Spirit 105.3 in Seattle. More...

Scott Valentine
Scott Valentine of "Scott & Sam". More...

Glenn Lorbecki
Recently numbered among the top 50 most influential forces in Seattle music by Seattle Sound Magazine. More...


Prizes
The Seattle's Stars Champion will win a trip for two to the 2008 Grammy Awards! Find out what else the winner will take home? More.

2006 Seattle's Stars Champion
Rachel Krohn wins it all! Congratulations to Rachel Krohn of Sammamish! Rachel was not only the Judges choice, but the favorite singer of Seattle's Stars viewers. Those viewers voted her into the Viewer's Choice Show, she then relied on viewer support to secure the final position in last year's Championship Show. Poised and determined to not let down her thousands of fans, Rachel was flawless, garnering two perfect scores from the Judges to become the 2006 Seattle's Stars Champion!

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2007 Seattle's stars champion

Debbie Cavitt Congratulations to Debbie Cavitt from Seattle, the 2007 Seattle's Stars champion! Debbie entered the Finale show as the top qualifier, scoring the highest number of stars in any of the six semi final rounds.

As top qualifier, Debbie received an automatic spot in the Championship round of the Finale. Debbie takes home a wonderful prize package including a trip to the 2008 Grammy awards! Click Here to watch Debbie!

Congratulations also to the six talented semi-finalists who competed against Debbie in the Finale: Rashonn Johnson, Elaine Patterson, Fysah Thomas, Jody Ellen, Tillie Sager and Katie Webster. Thanks for watching Seattle's Stars - Only on KIRO 7

Spirit 105.3 Viewer's Choice Competition

Thanks to the many KIRO 7 viewers who voted in the Spirit 105.3 Viewer's Choice contest. On March 31st, six of your favorites battled it out on the Viewer's Choice show. Your favorites were: Jacque Hamilton, Amy Hyatt, Camila Recchi, Katie Webster, Amber Swanigan and Bridget Hermano. Out of these six, only one advanced to the Grand Finale.

You voted and you got it! Katie Webster from Poulsbo gathered the most viewer votes and made it to the Seattle's Stars Grand Finale. Congratulations to Katie for winning the Seattle's Stars Viewer's Choice Show! To see a clip from one of Katie's performances, click here.

Click here to read How The Viewer's Choice Competition works



American Family Insurance "Sing Our Jingle" Contest
Congratulations to the American Family Insurance Sing Our Jingle Contest Winner, Amber Swanigan! Amber captured the most viewer votes and was featured in the Seattle's Stars Championship show singing her rendition of the famous American Family Insurance jingle. To see Amber sing the jingle, click here. Thanks to everyone who voted in the contest!

Thanks to everyone who voted in the Pierre Money Mart Name the Car Contest! The new name of the little Red Car is.....TURBO! Congratulations also to our Grand Prize Winner of the contest, Diane De Mots, who has won a trip for two to Turtle Island Fiji! Click below to see a clip of Diane receiving her prize.

Who are the 36 Seattle's Stars contestants? How did they get this far? Personal interview clips with each of the 2007 contestants Click here!

Blimpie Winners Circle

Congratulations to Tillie Sager, winner of Seattle's Stars semi-final show number 6. Watch for Tillie in the Championship Show on Monday, April 2 at 9:30 p.m. More Details


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