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►2004 screenplay
competition
1st Round Winners
| 1st Round Heats
1st Round
Winners
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1 |
Genre: Thriller
Subject: A person or persons are initiated into a
strange cult |
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Rebecca Heck (New York, NY)
A Perfect Fit
- An escaped convict
disappears into small-town America where he finds "apple
pie" is baked with love and ritual murder.
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2 |
Genre: Drama Subject: An
anti-war protester |
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Mary O'Kicki (Palo Alto, CA)
A Time of
Need - Eighteen year old
Maria, from a small rural town where people pride
themselves on answering Uncle Sam's call to duty, is
tired of seeing people she loves depart for a war she
doesn't understand or believe in. Risking the
wrath of her family, boyfriend and the townspeople, she
joins the war protest to halt recruiting in her town,
and in doing so is forced to come to terms with her own
ideals, and the reality of her situation.
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3 |
Genre: Romantic Comedy Subject:
A wedding gets out of control |
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Ben Wilson (Culver City, CA)
The Magic of
Love - A model backs out
of marrying a magician when she fears the magic has left
their relationship.
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4 |
Genre: Action/Adventure Subject:
A person is left for dead |
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Andy Cannistra (New York, NY)
The River
Raven - A useless old
fisherman navigates a ravenous river to rescue his only
grandson.
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5 |
Genre: Suspense Subject:
Something is hiding in a child's bedroom |
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Beth Danesco (Foxboro, MA)
Watching Kate
- To save herself and her
family, a woman must outsmart the criminals who are
monitoring her every move.
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6 |
Genre: Crime Caper Subject:
An amateur con-artist attempts his/her first con |
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Joseph Kelly (Merrick, NY)
The King -
A struggling actor gets
the shot of a lifetime working for a charismatic con
boss as a bit player in a wild sting. On the night
of his "debut," he discovers that there's more to his
role than he's lead to believe.
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7 |
Genre: Horror Subject:
A strange radio broadcast |
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James Felder (New York, NY)
The August
Sun - Two strangers who
find themselves at a gas station in the desert catch a
ride with a third stranger who's stopped in to get gas.
An hour from the station, in the middle of nowhere, they
hear on the car radio that the gas station attendant was
found butchered and that the murderer is suspected to be
one of them.
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8 |
Genre: Comedy Subject:
Plastic surgery |
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Scott Dacko (New York, NY)
Plastic Chief
- Plastic surgeons battle
head-to-head in a "Dukes of Hazzard" - themed Japanese
game show.
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9 |
Genre: Comedy Subject:
An inventor |
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Ryan Ocello (Cliffside Park,
NJ)
Recognition -
Mona Lisa Antonia Maria
da Vinci, the greatest scientific mind in history, has
always let her brother Leo take credit for her
inventions. Until now.
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10 |
Genre: Sci-Fi Subject:
The last days on Earth before the oxygen supply runs out |
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Brandon Hopkins (Chicago, IL)
Pilot Man -
"It won't be black as
sackcloth - it'll be bright, like a rain of gold.
And then it will be quiet..."
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1st Round Heats
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1 |
Genre: Thriller
Subject: A person or persons are initiated into a
strange cult |
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Heat |
Entrant Name |
City |
State / Province |
Country |
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1 |
Roberto Serrini |
Los Angeles |
CA |
USA |
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1 |
Bart Marshall |
Raleigh |
NC |
USA |
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1 |
Rebecca Heck |
New York |
NY |
USA |
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1 |
Paul L. Tremblay |
Herndon |
VA |
USA |
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1 |
Lisa Nussbaum |
Brooklyn |
NY |
USA |
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1 |
Susan Triem |
Eugene |
OR |
USA |
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1 |
Elizabeth Brooks |
Slaughter |
LA |
USA |
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1 |
Jason Ubaldi |
New York |
NY |
USA |
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1 |
Jesse Costello |
New York |
NY |
USA |
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1 |
Derek Herman |
Denver |
CO |
USA |
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1 |
Alex Romero |
Orangeburg |
NY |
USA |
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2 |
Genre: Drama Subject: An
anti-war protester |
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Heat |
Entrant Name |
City |
State / Province |
Country |
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2 |
Jeffery Cassity |
Kenosha |
WI |
USA |
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2 |
Patrick Riley |
Lausanne |
CH |
Switzerland |
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2 |
Kate Kasserman |
Chicago |
IL |
USA |
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2 |
Shelli Wright |
Cape Coral |
FL |
USA |
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2 |
Kevin Barney |
Los Angeles |
CA |
USA |
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2 |
Betty L. Roberts |
Anaheim |
CA |
USA |
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2 |
Marrissa B Dean |
Dallas |
TX |
USA |
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2 |
Chumaibe Ogechi |
Lagos |
Lagos |
Nigeria |
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2 |
Carlton J Brodie |
Minnepolis |
MN |
USA |
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2 |
Mary O'Kicki |
Palo, Alto |
CA |
USA |
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2 |
Stephen Unger |
New York |
NY |
USA |
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3 |
Genre: Romantic Comedy Subject:
A wedding gets out of control |
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Heat |
Entrant Name |
City |
State / Province |
Country |
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3 |
Bonnie Bucqueroux |
Mason |
MI |
USA |
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3 |
Guy Maxtone-Graham |
New York |
NY |
USA |
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3 |
Lindsay Stidham |
Los Angeles |
CA |
USA |
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3 |
Stephanie Pacley |
Erie |
PA |
USA |
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3 |
May Tam |
Baltimore |
MD |
USA |
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3 |
Ben Wilson |
Culver City |
CA |
USA |
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3 |
Byron Marshall |
Pineville |
LA |
USA |
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3 |
Deouan Wilson |
New Rochelle |
NY |
USA |
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3 |
Donna DiLuzio |
Northfield |
MA |
USA |
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3 |
Teresa Davis |
Mooresville |
NC |
USA |
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3 |
Spencer Christian |
Austin |
TX |
USA |
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4 |
Genre: Action/Adventure Subject:
A person is left for dead |
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Heat |
Entrant Name |
City |
State / Province |
Country |
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4 |
Ramona L. Taylor |
Midlothian |
VA |
USA |
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4 |
Kundan Chhabra |
Palo Alto |
CA |
USA |
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4 |
Shane Tilston |
Brooklyn |
NY |
USA |
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4 |
Colin Justin Wan |
Brooklyn |
NY |
USA |
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4 |
Shavon L. Scott |
Warren |
OH |
USA |
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4 |
Andy Cannistra |
New York |
NY |
USA |
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4 |
Karen Pobicki |
Wayne |
NJ |
USA |
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4 |
Peter Gruner |
Oakville |
ON |
Canada |
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4 |
Jeff Sears |
Indianapolis |
IN |
USA |
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4 |
Sundae Jahant-Osborn |
London |
n/a |
UK |
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4 |
John Gray |
Hollywood |
CA |
USA |
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5 |
Genre: Suspense Subject:
Something is hiding in a child's bedroom |
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Heat |
Entrant Name |
City |
State / Province |
Country |
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5 |
Steve Douglas-Craig |
Gaithersburg |
MD |
USA |
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5 |
Denise Brossman |
Reamstown |
PA |
USA |
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5 |
Sacha Kenton |
New York |
NY |
USA |
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5 |
LaShaun Franklin |
Washington |
DC |
USA |
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5 |
W. Jay Moore |
San Francisco |
CA |
USA |
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5 |
Chris Will |
Houston |
TX |
USA |
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5 |
Billy Maddox |
Pasadena |
CA |
USA |
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5 |
Perry N. Garrett |
Glendale |
CA |
USA |
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5 |
Beth Danesco |
Foxboro |
MA |
USA |
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5 |
Sean M Novick |
New York |
NY |
USA |
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5 |
Evakay Favia |
Phoenix |
Arizona |
USA |
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6 |
Genre: Crime Caper Subject:
An amateur con-artist attempts his/her first con |
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Heat |
Entrant Name |
City |
State / Province |
Country |
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6 |
Michael Benson |
Dunedin |
Otago |
New Zealand |
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6 |
Eric Stephen Booth |
Bronx |
NY |
USA |
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6 |
Joseph Kelly |
Merrick |
NY |
USA |
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6 |
Bradford Richardson |
Hatboro |
PA |
USA |
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6 |
Wenonah Wilms |
Minneapolis |
MN |
USA |
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6 |
Candace Sepulis |
Guelph |
ON |
Canada |
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6 |
Jane Murphy |
Los Angeles |
CA |
USA |
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6 |
Robert E. Toevs |
Somerville |
MA |
USA |
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6 |
Chris Cryan |
Southport |
CT |
USA |
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6 |
Kalani Francisco |
San Diego |
CA |
USA |
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6 |
Treena Joi |
Palo Alto |
CA |
USA |
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7 |
Genre: Horror Subject:
A strange radio broadcast |
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Heat |
Entrant Name |
City |
State / Province |
Country |
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7 |
James Felder |
New York |
NY |
USA |
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7 |
Jona Pelovska |
Montreal |
QC |
Canada |
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7 |
Daniel McPeek |
Los Angeles |
CA |
USA |
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7 |
Dylan Kohler |
Santa Monica |
CA |
USA |
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7 |
Redd Hering |
Wellesley |
MA |
USA |
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7 |
Allen Duncan |
Kennesaw |
GA |
USA |
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7 |
Shastina Leonard |
Honolulu |
HI |
USA |
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7 |
Denis Cviticanin |
Vancouver |
BC |
Canada |
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7 |
Christine Locker |
Mnandi |
Gauteng |
South Africa |
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7 |
Tristan Prescott |
New York |
NY |
USA |
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7 |
Jeffrey Travis |
Austin |
TX |
USA |
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8 |
Genre: Comedy Subject:
Plastic surgery |
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Heat |
Entrant Name |
City |
State / Province |
Country |
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8 |
Mohammed Al-Otaiba |
New York |
NY |
USA |
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8 |
Andrew Lane |
Norwalk |
CT |
USA |
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8 |
Randy Lee Gross |
Enola |
PA |
USA |
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8 |
Raul Alvarez |
New York |
NY |
USA |
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8 |
Casimir Nozkowski |
Brooklyn |
NY |
USA |
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8 |
Georgette Giftos |
Fair Haven |
NJ |
USA |
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8 |
Lisa Craig |
Escondido |
CA |
USA |
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8 |
Lane Strauss |
Twinsburg |
OH |
USA |
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8 |
Maxwell Currie |
New York |
NY |
USA |
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8 |
Scott Dacko |
New York |
NY |
USA |
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8 |
Earl Chaney |
Philadelphia |
PA |
USA |
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9 |
Genre: Comedy Subject:
An inventor |
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Heat |
Entrant Name |
City |
State / Province |
Country |
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9 |
Tracy S. Williams |
Manlius |
NY |
USA |
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9 |
Carol Wolf |
O'Neals |
CA |
USA |
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9 |
Kenneth Chu |
Brooklyn |
NY |
USA |
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9 |
Timothy Cooper |
New York |
NY |
USA |
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9 |
David Shaw |
Marlboro |
NJ |
USA |
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9 |
Daniel Roth |
Cresskill |
NJ |
USA |
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9 |
Leo W. Sears |
Waikoloa |
HI |
USA |
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9 |
Ryan Ocello |
Cliffside Park |
NJ |
USA |
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9 |
William Waldron III |
Spring Valley |
CA |
USA |
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9 |
Stephanie Strand |
Sherman Oaks |
CA |
USA |
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9 |
Jonathan Speiser |
New York |
NY |
USA |
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10 |
Genre: Sci-Fi Subject:
The last days on Earth before the oxygen supply runs out |
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Heat |
Entrant Name |
City |
State / Province |
Country |
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10 |
Dana Biscotti Myskowski |
Henniker |
NH |
USA |
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10 |
Nessa Hawkins |
Chandler |
AZ |
USA |
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10 |
Dawn Gabriel |
Cambridge |
MA |
USA |
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10 |
Jason "Jake" Stetler |
Lancaster |
PA |
USA |
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10 |
Vanessa Rubin |
Houston |
TX |
USA |
|
10 |
Paul Idol |
New York |
NY |
USA |
|
10 |
Brian Spaulding |
Mexico |
ME |
USA |
|
10 |
Helena Nowell |
Bedale |
N Yorks |
UK |
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10 |
Brandon Hopkins |
Chicago |
IL |
USA |
|
10 |
Will Carlough |
Brooklyn |
NY |
USA |
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10 |
Jack James |
Grays |
Essex |
UK |
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