The top 12 Operation Rising Star Finalists will now advance to the Finals (airing on this  ebsite and the Pentagon Channel, beginning 11 December).  The top 12 will need audience votes to help advance them in each round of the competition.  The audience will be able to vote online and the votes will count for 50% of the competitors' final score.

F Family Member, Kristi Menyfield USAG Kaiserslautern, Germany	Family Member, Kristine May Hills USAG Humphreys, Korea	SSG Kelli Rankin USAG Daegu, Korea
CPL Robert Fuller, USMC Naval Support Activity, Washington DC	Family Member, Jane Lewis USAG Baumholder, Germany	1LT Eboni Sherrer Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo
PFC Rachel Heideman USAG Red Cloud, Korea	SGT Melissa Neal USAG Ansbach, Germany	Family Member, Tamara Stinson USAG Grafenwoehr, Germany
Family Member, Varinia Herrera Fort Carson, Colorado	SSG Octavia Nickle, USAF Joint Base San Antonio, Texas	SGT Jon Whittle Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Note: Contestants are listed in random order.  Order of contestants, does not reflect the order in which they placed within the competition.  All of the contestants above, placed 1st at the local competitions held at each respective garrison.  The top 12 contestants listed at the top of this page were selected by a panel of judges to advance to the Final competition, airing on this website, beginning 11 December 2011.  

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