Public Radio Talent Quest

Well, that looks like about it.

For those of you that hadn’t heard, I recently entered a contest created by an NPR distributor called ‘the Public Radio Talent Quest’. It will be an American Idol-style competition with a prize of $10,000 toward becoming the next Car Talk or Garrison Keilor. Along the way, I began to get some very kind comments from folks in the contest about my entry. You can listen to the entry and read those comments here: http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/413

Well the deadline for the end of Round 1 has come and gone, and I still haven’t heard anything. They asked that everyone stay close to the phone yesterday (June 4) so they could call the semi finalists. There were over 1,400 entries, and the first cut trimmed that down to 10. I have not heard yet, either via email or phone, and the contest has not posted an official list of the semi-finalists, but I have to assume at this point that I didn’t make the cut.

On the positive side, they did post two lists yesterday to try and appease the anxious entrants who were nearly-crashing their website. One list was of the 100 entrants with the most popular votes (votes from listeners was part of the judging criteria) and I was on that list. They also listed the entrants who received one or more nominations by one of the official judges, and I was on that list as well. So it’s fair to say I’m in the top 100, just not (apparently) the top ten. I think this is analogous to being a pro ball player, just not a major league one.

There is still hope, of course. Until they post the final list, there is a chance that I could squeak in there, but I figure that logically, I didn’t make it.

Thanks to everyone who listened and voted over the past month. It was a very positive experience, and I have contacted everyone who posted on my page with a thank you note. Plus, I think I got a potential professional contact out of that bunch. So over all, very positive.