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Great American Song Contest


10th Annual Great American Song Contest

(2008)

FINALISTS / HONOR AWARDS

The quality of songwriting in the 10th Annual Great American Song Contest was impressive across the board, according to GASC Judges. Excellently crafted songs were discovered in all categories of the 2008 contest.

So many noteworthy songs made the task of choosing the winners very enjoyable — but also very challenging.

We are proud to list the following Finalists/Honor winners, all of whom scored near the top of their respective categories.

(The number of category Finalists is proportionate to the number of entries received in our nine different categories for 2008.)

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Top 2008 Finalists:

Pop/Adult Contemporary:

"Angel In My View" Rachael Sage (New York NY)
"Davey Jones
" Gordie Sampson & Michael Logan (Halifax CANADA)
"So Ridiculous
" Natasha Cochran (Codette SK Canada)
"He Will Answer Me" Michael R. J. Roth (Los Alamos NM)
"Reachout
" Michael McGee and Rolf Schnyder (Lock Haven PA)
"It's True
" Peter Vun Chen - Ryan Harrison (La Verne CA)
"Shadowlands
" Gerald Kohlbeck & Gregory Lynch (New York NY)
"I Got My Own Thing" Natalie Reiss & Stuart Stuart (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
"Tell Me Now
" Debra Arlyn (Portland OR)
"Where on Earth
" Pete Kendal (Gibraltar GIBRALTAR)
"Not A Sad Song
" M. Franklin (Ottawa ON Canada)
"I Want To Fall" David Blair (Vancouver BC Canada)
"Never Been Better Street
" Mike Hyden (Ralston NE)
"Don't Know How To Seduce You" Denys Povaliy (Kyiv UKRAINE)
"Sunnyside" Curt Mychael (Milwaukee WI)
"You'll Always Be Superman
" Dan Santner (Mundelein IL)

"Spirit of Dubai" Brent St. John (Pacific Palisades CA)
"Blondes In Black
" Lance Harmon (Simi Valley CA)

"Who Am I Now?
" Risa Kaparo/Keithen Carter/Jon Smith (Chicago IL)
"Good For What You Got
" Albert M. Hammerman (St. Louis MO)
"Seal the Deal
" Peter Farrell (Glasgow UK)
"Words
" Zack Weber (New York NY)
"Carnival Ride
" Shay Dillon & Paul Kraushaar (Nevada City CA)
"New Girl
" Rebecca Sayre & Eddie Mugavero (Nashviille TN)
"Meet Me In London
" Phil Kominski (Washington DC)
"Buzz Buzz Buzz and Tweedlee Dee
" Michael Sottong (Earlysville VA)
"Bye Bye
" Tia Leslie (Playa Vista CA)
"Hypnotize
" Tim Poolman (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
"She's Got Nothin'
" Linda M (Toronto ON Canada)
"Warm Hea