PREVIOUS WINNERS OF COUNTRY MUSIC RUSH

FESTIVAL OF COUNTRY MUSIC

2011        LORRAE CHARLES  - Garden City

2010        DANIEL YORK  - Miles

2009        KATRINA BURLEY - Winner of "Voice of Urban Country" - Urban Country Music  

                  Festival - May 2009 - Winner Aristocrat Entertainer of the Year Tamworth 2010

2008        GARY McDONALD – Winner of Best Australian Song & Original 

                   Composition           2007 – Finalist Songwriting – Qld Champs 2007

2007        LANCE COASSIN

                   Overall winner  - Redlands 2006, Northern Suburbs 2006

                   Accomplished vocalist & musician, playing both guitar & drummer

                   2007 Qld Champion of Champions, 2009  Country Music College Graduate

2006        SARAH McMONAGLE

                  Overall Winner in 2006 at Broxburn Bash, Bundaberg Festival, Gold

                  Coast, Northern Suburbs, Best Overall Senior Bunya,

                  3rd Senior Female Qld Champs

                  Selected in Final 20 for Toyota Starmaker 2007

2005        MICK LINDSAY

                  Overall Winner – Broxburn Bash 2005

                  2nd Snr Male Vocal Qld Champion of Champions 2005

                  Accepted into Senior College of Country Music 2006

                  Finalist Telstra Road to Tamworth 2006 & 2007

2004       MICHELLE ZINC

                  Overall Winner – Broxburn Bash 2004, West Moreton Festival 2004, Allora

                  Festival 2004 & 3rd Snr Female Vocal Qld Champion of Champions 2004

2003       SHELE DUFFILL

                  Overall Winner – Broxburn Bash 2003

2002       KIM MACKENZIE        

                  Finalist 2002 Gympie Muster Talent Search

                  Runner up – ABC Radio Talent Search 2002

                  2002 Winner Pioneer Village Country Music Festival

2001        LEISA MARIE JACKWITZ

                  Overall Performer – 2002 Gold Coast Country Music Festival

                  Winner – 2002 West Moreton Country Music Festival

2000        KAYLENE NEWTON

                  Star Marker Finalist – 2003

1999        BARRY VOLP

1998        MELISSA KUMMEROW

1997        BRENDON WALMSLEY

                  Qld Champion of Champions 1998

                  Tamworth Star Maker Winner – 2000

                  Winner of numerous Golden Guitars

1996        SALLY GENTZ (aged 13 at the time)

                  Star Maker Finalist – 2003

1995        TROY GENTZ

                  Star Maker Finalist – 2002

1995        GARY FOGARTY

                  Winner of Golden Gum Leaf - 2003

                  Bush Poet having written 3 poetry books and recorded CD's as well