06.17.2008 8:34 am

McDonald’s R&B Soul Search finalists named

The 12 finalists for the McDonald’s R&B Soul Search have been selected, and are getting ready to compete for a Sony music contract at 7 p.m. June 27 at the Loft.

Those finalists are Kimyetta Huffman, Nikki Pye, John Fritz, BJ Rice, Ronata Johnson, Kantrell Lee, Flirt, Kristin Stimage, Sieglinda Fox, who were voted in by the judges, and J’Var, Bernard Jefferson, and Cheron Phillips, voted in online.

The deal with Sony is for one song, and will be recorded locally at Phat Buddha recording studios.

The finals are free. Go to www.mcdonaldsStl.com for more information.

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I will be there!!! BJ Rice should be the winner in my opinion, but I look forward to hearing the other finalists as well.

— JOT

1:43 pm June 17th, 2008

Although I didn’t have the pleasure of attending all of the competitions, I was in town to see the performances on May 30. If all of the finalists have the total package that Kimyetta Huffman had the night I was there, then everyone will be in for a great show!

— proacting75

6:07 pm June 17th, 2008

I saw the last competition before the finale, as well as the final at The Loft on 06/27/08. Ronata Johnson was compleletely robbed! I swear those judges had to have been paid off. First Ronata had to compete in a tie-breaker for the final slot to advance to the finale. After winning the tie-breaker she performed beautifully, a capella mind you, in the finale. How could the judges absolutely praise her performance, commending her decision to give it to us a capella then not even allow her to place in the competion. Shame on those judges for jumping on the bandwagon of mediocre shower singers hamming it up to the crowd, while allowing true God-given talent to fall by the wayside.

— stlgem3

4:24 pm July 11th, 2008

McDonald’s R&B Soul Search finalists named

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