Top Ten Ultimate ETA Contest Finalists Announced

August 12, 2009Top Ten Ultimate ETA Contest Finalists Announced
Congratulations the following Elvis tribute artists who will be moving on to compete in the final round of the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest. One of the finalists below will be named Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist of 2009 on August 13.

The top ten finalists are (in random order):

Leo Days
Pete Paquette
Joseph Hall
Bill Cherry
Steve Kabakos
Thane Dunn
Nathan Belt
Justin Shandor
Donny Edwards
Kevin Mills

Kevin Mills!!
Wow, hom many people on here watched the Jonathan Ross documentary "VIVA ELVIS" all the way back in 1990?
It covered the old Bad Bob's Vapors competition and Kevin was the winner that year. At the time he was the only 50s Elvis in the competition, and he even beat a young Doug Church!
Of course during this period, the Elvis Estate / EPE was putting huge pressure on Doc Franklin to shut down the whole competition as EPE at the time were firmly against ETAs and competitions and any usage of the name ELVIS.
How times have changed...