Altamonte Springs, Fla. Greg Rike Productions, Inc., in central Florida, the same facility that hosted MTV’s “The Making of the Band” with Otown, announces the winners of their talent Be a Star Talent Contest. These finalists will record in the same studio that has been used by Deep Purple, the Backstreet Boys, Aaron Carter, Brittany Spears, Matchbox 20, Little River Band, Patti Labelle, Mandy Moore and others.

1st Place Winner: Kara L. Van Wetering of Altamonte Springs
2nd Place Winner: Jessica Herrrera of Bowling Green
3rd Place Winners: Elizabeth Van Arsdale of Winter Springs & Ben Whitmore of Gainsville

Our first place winner will receive a recording contract with 3 days or 24 hours of recording time valued at $3,000. The second and third place winners will receive 3 hours of studio time to record a song of their choice that will be professionally produced and mastered valued at $375.

Greg Rike Productions will work with these individuals and along with Borders who is a sponsor of the contest, will host some performances at local stores, Marketing Image Group, and the Mercado.

Feel free to use the photos on our website for publication at www.gregrikeproductions.com . Follow the link to the winners. Also, if you have any questions feel free to contact us at 407-862-6882.


Greg Rike Productions’ clients include: MTV, BMG, ABC, the Discovery Channel, Disney, National Geographic, PBS, Wind-up, Jive, Motown, Deep Purple, the BackStreet Boys, Mandy Moore, Erin Carter, Otown, Matchbox 20, Brittany Spears, Fog Hat, Molly Hachet, Little River Band, Allen and Allen, Pam Thum, DJ Magic Mike, 7Mary3, Vince Neil, Pat Travers, Les Dudek, 7 Nations, Patti Labelle, Starship, Micheal Franks, Lionel Richie, Yellow Jackets, Shai, and Buzz Cocks. Also be sure to check out our website www.gregrikeproductions.com for more information.