OurStage.com Announces Winner Of Canadian Intel® Superstars Competition

OurStage.com Announces Winner Of Canadian Intel® Superstars Competition

After Fan Vote, Industry Panel Chooses AndrewVictoria As Grand Prize Winner

NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OurStage.com, the innovative online social platform for discovering music, and Best Buy Canada today announce AndrewVictoria as the winner of the Intel® Canada Superstars Competition. After four years of amplifying musicians' careers in the U.S., the Intel Superstars competition expanded its reach to find superstar artists in Canada. After over 150,000 online judging battles by the fans to find winners in seven separate genres, the grand prize winner was chosen by a panel of industry heavyweights. With their track "Repeat Yesterday," AndrewVictoria was able to come away with over $5,000 worth of prizes from brands that include Fender®, Intel, Shure®, Casio® and Avid(TM).

The industry panel that judged the finalists, and ultimately determined AndrewVictoria as the grand prize winner, was made up of: Bruce Tyler - Entertainment Consultant/Executive Producer; Jason Ienner - Manager, Hot Chelle Rae, Hamlin/Ienner Management; Michael Rivet - Sr. Marketing Manager, Software and Services Division Intel and Kristin Bredimus, VP of Community and Artist Relations at OurStage.com

"At OurStage, our focus is always on enabling young musicians and artists to further their careers," says Scott Nelson, SVP of Marketing at OurStage Inc. "The music industry is constantly changing and through programs like this we continue to shine a light and champion emerging artists. The fans picked an incredible line-up of genre winners, so AndrewVictoria are definitely deserving of the grand prize. We're excited to see where their blossoming career goes from here."

"We're so amazed and appreciative of the opportunity that OurStage.com and Intel has given us," says AndrewVictoria's Andrew Rudd. "The exposure this competition has given us is a definite boon for my career, and the prize package is awesome! It's just incredible that OurStage and Intel keep putting these competitions together year after year, continually supporting emerging artists."

"The Intel Superstars program has grown tremendously over the last three years," said Michael Rivet, Sr. Marketing Manager Intel. "This year we teamed up with Best Buy Canada and a great group of sponsors to find that special talent that we will call the 2012 Canadian Intel Superstar. Congratulations to all the participants and especially to winner AndrewVictoria. The talent, and creativity of the artists has been truly extraordinary."

"Best Buy is happy to support emerging Canadian musical artists with programs such as Intel's Superstars contest," says Best Buy Marketing Manager Mary Ann McKenzie. "In addition to carrying the Ultrabooks that are ideal for music and home recording, Best Buy also offers a huge selection of musical instruments, home recording equipment and DJ gear at our online store as well as in selected stores across the country. We understand that given the right technology, anything can happen including amazing music."

The genre winners and their songs were:


-- Pop winner - Christi Hall "You Said"
-- Electronica winner - DJ-BU3NO "Lights Out"
-- Urban winner - Abstract Artform, "As The Crow Flies"
-- Country - Greg Wood, "Hope In Her Eyes"
-- Singer-Songwriter - Mark Sad, "Raindrops and Dust"
-- Rock - WHY, "DO IT SCARED"
-- Francophone - Cassy, "Pour Toi"
All winning songs can be heard at www.bestbuy.ca/superstars.

Special thanks goes out to all the Canadian Intel Superstars sponsors: Best Buy Canada, Fender®, Shure®, Casio®, Monster®, Samsung®, Avid(TM), and Sony®.

About OurStage.com
OurStage.com is the premier online social platform and a leading destination for discovering new music. Founded in 2007, OurStage.com champions new music and provides emerging musicians with a platform to share their original work within its vast community comprised of over 200,000 artists from 40 different genres of music and over 4 million music fans from over 150 countries. The acclaimed proprietary judging-engine feature enables fans to vote for their favorite musicians in competitions which ultimately reward winners with major, career changing opportunities such as recording or touring with major artists like Drake, Jon Bon Jovi, Keith Urban, and Kid Rock and headlining OurStage.com Stages at music festivals like SXSW Music Conference and Warped Tour. For the fans, OurStage.com features original video content, the OurStage.com Magazine and the webisode series "The Panel" in addition to the music. OurStage.com has also partnered with a wide range of media giants including Clear Channel, MTV, AOL Music, Radio One, BET, CMT, Digital Broadcasting Group and many more. For more information: http:// www.ourstage.com

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