PORTLAND, Ore. — The KGW Sunrise Superstars competition is going on throughout the summer and voters have selected this week's winner.
Singer Robert Jordon Jr., from Vancouver, was named the winner with nearly 70% of the votes. Three days after he was diagnosed with lung failure, he started to write a song called "Just not ready to give up."
Jordan competed against Steve Mantelli, who is from Beaverton, is a former recording artist who had several songs on Billboard's "100 Hot County Songs" list back in the 1980s.
Each Tuesday through August 16, two talented KGW Sunrise viewers will be selected for the competition and you can vote for who you'd most like to see make it all the way to the final round.
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How to submit a video
Email your performance video to mykgw@kgw.com and then fill out this qualifying form: https://woobox.com/d5hjr6. You must be a legal resident of Oregon or Washington to enter. If you are under 18, you must have permission from your legal guardian.
Entries must be submitted by Monday at 1:30 a.m. each week. Entries must be all original content. If music is used as part of the performance, contestants must own the composition, or the music performed must be a part of public domain. Videos should be 45 to 90 seconds or less.
See official contest rules: https://woobox.com/d5hjr6/rules
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