Fort Frances Singers Reel in Cash

A last minute switch in music helped Brittany Hayes of Fort Frances win last night's Casting Call talent show in International Falls

Hayes captured the one-thousand dollar first place price with her rendition of Gladys Knight's "Midnight Train to Georgia."

Hayes planned to reprise the song she sang to win the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce's Quest for the Best in June, but changed selections after the background music for Janis Joplin's Cry Baby failed to work due to technical problems.

John Strieff of International Falls took 2nd singing Jerry Lee Louis' "Great Balls of Fire", and third place went to Mark Gierszewski and Dean Piekarski who brought Billy Currington's "People are Crazy" to life.

For the first time ever, the People's Choice award was a tie with the prize split between 86-year-old Corrine "Corky" Brindos who sang Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" and Gierszewski and Piekarski.

Dylan Ossachuck, also of Fort Frances, won the teen idol portion of the competitions.