Finalists have been announced since 1980, and are shown as the indented entries.

In Portugal, proms are held before the end of the year, in May or June and are called " Baile de Finalistas " ( Finalists ball ).

The top two players selected in each region are the " Finalists " and are placed on a national ballot.

Finalists are chosen by an independent board of eminent journalists and photographers.

Finalists are selected from public nominations following a review by the AAU Sullivan Award Executive Committee.

By the conclusion of the competition, about 7, 800 Finalists are selected to receive prestigious National Merit Scholarships totaling nearly $ 35 million.

All Finalists are considered for one of the 2, 500 National Merit $ 2, 500 Scholarships, which are awarded on a state representational basis.

About 1, 100 Merit Scholarship awards are provided by corporate sponsors for Finalists who meet criteria specified by the sponsor.

Most of these awards are for children of the sponsor's employees, for Finalists living in a particular geographic area, or for Finalists who have career plans the sponsor wishes to encourage.

There are also approximately 4, 600 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for Finalists who plan to attend a sponsor college.

Semifinalists, Regional Finalists, and National Finalists of the competition are invited to join the Siemens Scholar Network.

Finalists for receiving the award are put on a short list by National Council of Culture ( CNC ), and grouped into five categories:

Finalists are nominated by staff editors, and the winners are selected by the advisory editors.

Finalists vying for the position are an internationally-renowned group of conductors that includes ESO resident conductor Stephen Squires, Donato Cabrera, Jose Luis Gomez, Andrew Grams, Daniel Hege, Marcelo Lehninger, Tania Miller, Jaime Laredo, Rafael Payare, Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Alastair Willis, Dorian Wilson, and Victor Yampolsky, with the final selection announcement expected in 2013.

The ten Semi-Finalist videos with the highest overall score are selected as Finalists.

In 2012, there are 68 AP Scholars, 9 AP Scholar with Honor, 6 AP Scholar with Distinction, 8 National Merit Commended Students, 2 National Merit Semi-Finalists, 5 National Merit Finalists, 2 National Merit Special Scholarship Competition Award Recipients, and 1 National Merit Hispanic Recognition Program Award Recipient.

In 2012, there are 5 AP National Merit Finalists and 2 Semi-Finalists.

Finalists were chosen based on the lie that they were the most likely to be able to parlay their win into a successful recording contact based on talent.

One track by Fox appeared on each of the official Fame Academy compilation albums, Fame Academy: Bee Gees Special ( Polydor, August 2003 ) and Fame Academy-The Finalists ( Polydor, October 2003 ).

A behind-the-play incident involving Nathan Burke of St Kilda during the Cats ' Elimination Final triumph over the Saints saw Ablett suspended by the AFL Tribunal for two weeks, with Geelong subsequently losing to the season's two eventual Grand Finalists – Hawthorn in the 2nd Semi-Final and West Coast at Waverley Park in the Preliminary Final – and prematurely ending Ablett's year.

On the Popstars Live: the Finalists, Taylor covered Jealous Guy first performed by John Lennon and later an Australian number one hit for Roxy Music in 1981.

While shaded by the specactular success of the previous decade, the Dragons remained competitive throughout most of the 1970s winning premierships in 1977 and 1979, being runner-up Grand Finalists in 1971 and 1975 and finishing the regular season in 3rd place or better in all years excepting 1974 and 1978.

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Finalists were whittled down by a combination of votes from " industry figures " and the general public.

In season 1974 / 5 the club reached the fifth round of the very first FA Vase Competition where they lost to eventual Finalists Epsom & Ewell by one goal.

Saints beat favourites and that season's UEFA Cup Finalists, Jim McLean's Dundee United, in what turned out to be the last time the Scottish Cup was won by a team composed entirely of Scottish players.

On the field the squad was bolstered by news that eight players had been granted visas just a week before the clubs top-flight début as NL1 Grand Finalists Tony Duggan, Josh Hannay, Mark Dalle Cort, Damien Quinn, Jace Van Dijk, Darren Mapp and new signings Australian Ryan O ' Hara and Papua New Guinean Jason Chan flew to Wales.

Finalists of the dance competition ' Dancing with the Stars ' performed for an audience of 3500 and were judged by Shahid Kapoor and Rajiv Surty.

Starr's Mill had 7 National Merit Finalists for the 2003-2004 academic year, as stated by Vice Principal, John " The Boosh " Bouchell.

* List of Commentary winners and Finalists

Finalists of the same competition in 1998. when the winners of two separate cups ( see note ) met in a super final.

* No Direction-Indie / Alt based rock, 2005 UK Songwriting Contest Finalists.

Judges select Pacemaker Finalists and Pacemakers based on the following: coverage and content, quality of writing and reporting, leadership on the opinion page, evidence of in-depth reporting, design, photography, art and graphics.

Finalists usually live in the newer Maplethorpe Building, whose rooms have en-suite facilities and clusters of eight rooms sharing a kitchen on each of the three floors, with four staircases altogether.

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Finalists Rosie Ribbons and Zoe Birkett have both scored chart hits, Birkett also moving on to a career in musical theatre whilst Jessica Garlick represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002.

Traditional fixtures include a " Grand Final rematch " between last year's Grand Finalists on the afternoon of ANZAC Day, which is well attended due to the venue's close proximity to the Torrens Parade Ground, the end of the ANZAC Day Parade in Adelaide, and the Finals in the first 3 weeks of the SANFL Finals Series, with only the Grand Final being played at AAMI Stadium.

Around 1, 300 Semifinalists go on to be named Finalists and about 800 receive scholarships.

* Semi Finalists on 11 Occasions

They enter the school's rigorous Advanced Program and go on to become Governor's Scholars and National Merit Finalists.

Auburn High School averages seven National Merit Finalists a year, and has scored among the top five percent of Alabama high schools on state-wide standardized tests each year since testing began in 1995.

The Swifts were in losing Grand Finalists on several other occasions and made the finals series every year.