Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Miss America Will Have 16 Finalists.. and yet another format!

MISS AMERICA: AMERICA'S CHOICE
America Votes for 16th Finalist!


This year, America has the opportunity to select a surprise 16th pageant finalist with Miss America: America's Choice, an online competition that allows viewers to vote for their favorite Miss America contestant.

Fans can vote by visiting
www.tlc.com/missamerica beginning Friday, January 4, following the first episode of Miss America: Reality Check through Saturday, January 26 (3AM EST).

The contestant with the most votes, who is not already included as a Top 15 finalist, will be chosen as "America's Choice," and be revealed during the MISS AMERICA LIVE! finale on Saturday, January 26 8:00PM ET live/PT tape-delayed.

The following was supposedly sent out to State Directors:


We are pleased to announce the Final Show Rundown for 2008 Miss America Live! As you will see, there have been some changes made to accommodate our 2-hour time frame.

2008 Miss America Live! Show Rundown

Top 16 - Swimsuits*
Top 10 - Evening wear
Top 8 - Talent
Top 8 – Questions


After the on-stage questions, the 4th - 1st runners up will be announced, followed by the announcement of Miss America 2008!

While we know, many of you were excited about Top 10 Talents, please remember that for the last few years we have only been able to show 5 talents - and in 2005 only 2 talents - during the live event. Our Executive Producer of the show, Tony Eaton, tried his best to showcase all ten talents, but he simply was unable to make it happen with this year's show format. And while we would have loved to see 10 of our contestants perform their talents live, because of time constraints the list had to be cut down to 8.

*This year, America has the opportunity to select a surprise 16th pageant finalist with Miss America: America's Choice, and online competition that allows viewers to vote for their favorite Miss America contestant. Fans can vote by visiting www.tlc.com/missamerica beginning Friday, January 4, following the first episode of Miss America: Reality Check through Saturday, January 26 (3AM EST). The contestant with the most votes, who is not already included as a Top 15 finalist, will be chosen as "America's Choice," and be reveled during the MISS AMERICA LIVE! finale on Saturday, January 26 8:00PM ET live/PT tape-delayed.


CLICK HERE for the original 2008 format, which included a cut to 12, then Top 10 Talent presentations.

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