In the 1870s it was one of the strongest sides in English football, winning the FA Cup in 1875 and being Cup Finalists in four of the first eight seasons of the competition.

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

All Finalists receive a Certificate of Merit in recognition of their outstanding performance in the competition.

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

Adelaide United were premiers in the inaugural 2005 – 06 A-League season, finishing 7 points clear of the rest of the competition, before finishing 3rd in the finals, The Reds were also Grand Finalists in the 2006 – 07 and 2008 – 09 seasons, but failed to win either of the grand finals.

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

Marching a then-maximum one hundred twenty-eight members under the directorship of Jim Mason, at the 1985 DCI World Championships in Madison, Wisconsin, Star of Indiana became only the second corps to earn a spot among DCI's Top Twelve Finalists in its first season of competition ; the first corps to do so was the 1972 Bleu Raeders.

In 2005, a team of three HPHS students were recognized as First Place National Finalists in the 13th Annual Toshiba / NSTA ExploraVision Awards science competition for their innovative design of a satellite-based earthquake and tsunami detection / prediction system.

Finalists gather at the Initiative's headquarters for a vocal " boot camp " and final competition.

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.

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.

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.

The Lady Mustnags winning percentage since 1998 is. 748 and were NJCAA Division III Women's National Basketball Finalists in 2004-2005 and won the national championship in 2005-2006 with a perfect 36-0 record.

This was followed with an upset 27 – 16 win over last year's beaten Grand Finalists, the Sydney Roosters, where Manly went into the match without its captain Jamie Lyon, Shane Rodney, Dean Whare and Glenn Stewart through injury and also Jason King and Steve Matai through suspension.

Finalists march through classrooms decorated with flowers for this purpose, singing traditional commercium songs, such as Gaudeamus Igitur.

He performed this song along with the Top 11 Finalists of American Idol Season 10 for the Birthday of Steven Tyler, the judge of the show during the Result show.

* Surrey Senior League Charity Cup Winners: 1962 – 63 – Finalists: 1957 – 58 Shared with Dorking: 1953 – 54

This brought about a change in attitude and, along with the music selections becoming more and more classically oriented, eventually saw the Cavaliers rise to the top half of DCI Finalists.

In the 2011-12 class, 47 % of class were National Merit Finalists & Commended students and 92 % of students were accepted to ' highly-selective ' top tier universities ( institutions with an admit rate of 30 % or lower ).

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.

Witt's return sparked a limited recovery for Parramatta, which included an upset 26-12 victory over eventual Grand Finalists the Sydney Roosters, with Witt's pinpoint accurate bombs resulting in three tries for winger Luke Burt.

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.

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.

The four Qpids Finalists then performed together in a four-week drama mini-series.

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Finalists compete for trophies and educational grants-in-aid from Colgate-Palmolive Company at New York City's Madison Square Garden in February.

For applicants for Fall 2010, National Achievement Program Semifinalists / Finalists and National Hispanic Recognition scholars were also considered.

* Finalists – Minister ’ s Awards for Excellence in Art

After the disaster, Jock Stein took his European Cup Finalists, Celtic up to the Broch for a fundraising game, which Fraserburgh lost 7 – 0.

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.

* Finalists Announced for Entrepreneur Magazine's Entrepreneur of 2010 Contest Presented by The UPS Store, Entrepreneur Magazine, July 27, 2010

CyFair High School had more National Merit Finalists than any other high school in the Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District for the 2010-2011 school year.

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

Each year, twenty National Finalists gather at a nationally recognized institution for a two-week training camp.

In 2012, Team 404 fielded 5 robots for the season, and accumulated 28 trophies, including 13 tournament championships, 2 Excellence Award, 4 Tournament Finalists, 2 programming skills championship, 2 robot skills championship, 3 Amaze Awards, 1 Build Award and 1 Design Award, over the course of eight competitions.

Wabash College won the Men's Division III NCAA Championship in 1982 and their 1905 24-0 team was considered World Champions ; DePauw University and Manchester College were Div III National Finalists.

The Yellowjackets were also 1999 AA Division I State 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.

Finalists were offered a chance to submit a proposal to create a series of books, usually lasting three volumes.

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

Leinster won the inaugural Celtic League Final and were Semi Finalists of the European Cup.

During the 2008-09 academic year, fifteen members of the Class of 2009 were named as National Merit Scholars, three as Commended Scholars and twelve as Finalists.

In 2007, there were 21 National Merit Finalists, 23 National Merit Semi-Finalists, 30 National Merit Commended students, and 3 National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars.

Finalists were Stunt Dog performer John Misita and Stunt Dog performer Kyra Sundance.

There were 20 National Merit Finalists in 2008 and.

Six students from the class of 2006 were National Merit Semifinalists, and all became Finalists.

Eventually, the were granted permission, and competed at the National event and made it all the way to finals, becoming National Finalists and placing 7th in the nation.

Cronulla won their first minor premiership in 1988 but were bundled out of the Finals after successive losses to eventual Grand Finalists Canterbury-Bankstown and the Balmain Tigers.

In 2008, two students were National Merit Finalists, twelve were National Merit Commended Scholars, and eleven were Bloustein Distinguished Scholars.

In 2007, six students were National Merit Finalists, eleven students were National Merit Commended Scholars, eleven students were Bloustein Distinguished Scholars.