America’s Vote Helps Place Five New Stars in Advertising Spotlight

MADISON, Wis., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ — Five lucky songsters combined their passion for singing with their love of the Oscar Mayer jingles to win the hearts of America and an appearance in an upcoming nationally televised Oscar Mayer commercial. Along with their taste of fame, each winner receives $5,000 cash and a trip for four to the commercial taping location.


Thousands of Americans logged on to http://www.singthejingle.com/ to vote for their favorite Sing the Jingle, Be a Star jingle renditions from a pool of 20 finalists (16 performed in English and four performed in Spanish) to help select the five lucky winners.

  Meet the 2006 Sing the Jingle, Be a Star Winners:

— Guyland Leday Opelousas, La. English rendition
— Vetzaira Meza Tucson, Ariz. Spanish rendition
— Brooke Orrick Happy Valley, Ore. English rendition
— Jonathan Stickler St. Joseph, Mo. English rendition
— Baruch Wright Rocky Mount, Va. English rendition

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The world famous Oscar Mayer Wienermobile vehicles spent the summer cruising coast-to-coast, giving Oscar Mayer fans a chance to enter the Sing the Jingle, Be a Star contest. Eager singers performed their own rendition of the Oscar Mayer Wiener Jingle(C), the Bologna Song(C) or the Oscar Mayer Spanish Jingle(C) for a chance to land a spot in the limelight. Fans also entered by submitting a videotape or DVD of their rendition by mail.


Twenty finalist contest entries, selected by a panel of Oscar Mayer appointed judges, were posted online at http://www.singthejingle.com/ in October, where people could vote for their favorites.


To help get out the vote, the Wienermobile vehicles stopped in each finalist’s hometown to spread the word, and finalists also received campaign kits with stickers, flyers and t-shirts. America’s votes, along with input from a panel of Oscar Mayer appointed judges, narrowed the pool of 20 finalists to the five grand prize winners (four in English, one in Spanish). For more information on this year’s contest and to hear the winning jingle renditions, log on to the Oscar Mayer Sing the Jingle, Be a Star Web site at http://www.singthejingle.com/ .


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