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Fans will vote now and during 49th GRAMMY Awards telecast to pick winner to perform with Justin Timberlake
During today's Super Bowl Pre-Game Show, The Recording Academy announced the Top 3 finalists in the "My GRAMMY Moment" program as it continues its mission of discovering and nurturing music makers.
Music fans will now be empowered to give three unsigned artists the opportunity to compete for a special performance slot on the 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards with multi-GRAMMY nominee Justin Timberlake (who also is performing in a solo segment). Fans can log on to Yahoo! Music, the official online partner of the GRAMMY Awards, to view the video submissions, bios and photos of all three hopefuls, and vote to determine their favorite.
The top finalists are: Africa Miranda, 30, of Montgomery, Ala.; Brenda Radney, 22, of Staten Island, N.Y.; and Robyn Troup, 18, of Houston, Texas.
The final three will fly to Los Angeles to rehearse individually with Timberlake during GRAMMY Week, as well as attend various Recording Academy events.
"The response we've seen through 'My GRAMMY Moment' confirms the value of this project; the Top 3 finalists are a diverse group of extremely talented singers whose passion for performing music is contagious," said Recording Academy Presidnet Neil Portnow. "We will welcome them to L.A. for rehearsals with Justin Timberlake in preparation for Music's Biggest Night. Voting for the final performer will continue through the telecast on Feb. 11, so anticipation will be high as millions watch the debut of a very deserving and talented new artist."
Fans can vote online for their favorite finalist beginning today up until 9:59 p.m. ET (8:59 p.m. CT/7:59 p.m. MT/6:59 p.m. PT), the night of the GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 11. Viewers also will have the opportunity to cast up to 10 votes through their text message capable mobile phones within a two-hour window during the live airing of the GRAMMY Awards from 8 to 9:59 p.m. ET (7 to 8:59 p.m. CT). Voters not watching the tape-delayed broadcast can text their vote from 5 to 6:59 p.m. PT (6 to 7:59 p.m. MT). The interactive mobile voting technology is enabled by VeriSign.
The final performer will be announced live before she takes the stage on the GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles, broadcast live on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. ET. In addition to a memorable "GRAMMY Moment" performance, the winner will also be awarded a distinctive, sunburst orange 2007 Chevy HHR fully loaded for the ultimate music fan with an in-dash six-disc CD changer, an audio input jack for an MP3 player and Pioneer premium seven-speaker sound system.
For more details on the finalists and voting procedures, click here.
