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Web Idol 08: 19-year-old Kathy is our winner
The votes have been counted and we can reveal that 19-year-old Kathy Haigh is our 2008 Web Idol.
The votes have been counted and we can reveal that 19-year-old Kathy Haigh is our 2008 Web Idol.
Kathy, from Lee Mount, Halifax, received a massive 45% of the total votes cast for her rendition of Anastacia's Left Outside Alone.
Kathy clocked up a staggering 35,519 votes in total to land the title and the first prize of a day in the studios of Calder Recordings, Mytholmroyd, producing a top-quality CD worth 1,000.
She also receives a DAB digital radio, supplied by Yorkshire Radio.
Kathy, a performing arts student at Kirklees College, was at college surrounded by her friends when her mum telephoned her with the news that she had won.
"Everyone just started screaming. I was so happy. I can't believe it, especially that so many people voted for me."
The teenager has always enjoyed singing as part of her course and also had singing lessons for a time.
"I would like to take singing further and possibly get a career out of it so this is a great opportunity for me. I can't wait to spend a day in the recording studios."
In the end it was an all-female 1-2-3. Sarah Teagle of Sowerby Bridge, who sang Warwick Avenue, battled Kathy all the way. She led for much of the final round but finished second with 26,653 votes - a 34% share of all votes cast.
And 10% (8,220 votes) was enough to earn Zoe Jones of Halifax third place for her take on Celine Dion's Think Twice.
Sarah and Zoe also each receive DAB digital radios thanks to Yorkshire Radio.
More than 77,000 votes were cast during the week-long final round. Thank you to everyone who made their choice.
See the top three entries again
1st Kathy Haigh
2nd Sarah Teagle
3rd Zoe Jones
Web Idol 08 final result
1st Kathy Haigh - 35,519 votes (45%)
2nd Sarah Teagle - 26,653 (34%)
3rd Zoe Jones - 8,220 (10%)
Luke Bowers - 3,558 (4%)
Taukeer Butt - 1,128 (1%)
All less than 1%
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Bethany Jackson
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Prav Makh
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