Karaoke Super Stars, in conjunction with Country Concert at Hickory Hill Lakes and the Diamondback Saloon conducted an "Official USA Karaoke Finals Preliminary Entry Contest" at the Diamondback Saloon on Sunday, June 8, 2003. The area's most talented singers made the event a rousing success.

Thanks to our distinguished panel of judges:

• Mark Stevens, radio personality for WCXI-AM 1160 in Fenton.
• Larry Garcia, Board Member of the Music City Music Foundation, official photographer for Freedom Hill Amphitheater and founder of DetroitCountryMusic.com.
• Lisa Hummel, webmaster for DetroitCountryMusic.com.

First place went to Tracey Palfalvi of Westland for her beautiful rendition of "No Place That Far" by Sara Evans. Tracey earned the right to compete against the winners of the other preliminary contests in the USA Karaoke Finals at the Country Concert at Hickory Hill Lakes in Ft. Loramie, Ohio, on Friday, July 11, 2003. She took first place. Congratulations, Tracey!!!

There was a tie for second place between Rachel Williams of Belleville who thrilled the crowd with her rendition of "Me and Bobby McGee" by LeAnn Rimes and 14-year old Sarah Lenore of Plymouth who gave a flawless performance of "A Broken Wing" by Martina McBride.

In 2004, Rachel Williams went on to qualify for Nashville Star, where she placed in the top 15 singers. She was the youngest contestant and the only teenager to qualify for the show. Later that year, she moved to Nashville and got a record deal with Regaltone Records. For more information, click here.

Sarah Lenore also went on to a music career. Visit here web site by clicking here.

Third place went to Michael Goga of Warren for his animated performance of Travis Tritt's "T-R-O-U-B-L-E."

Even though we were only able to award three prizes, all of the contestants were excellent performers and so all of them were winners in their own right. All of the audience members were also winners, because we saw an awesome show.