Winners From 5 Continents and 11 Countries
-- Asia-Pacific/Middle East/Africa -- Weijie Wu - Liwan District, Guanzhon, China -- Ni Kadek Arini - Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia -- Yui Nakayama - Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan -- Jin Hur - Goyang City, South Korea -- Chenee Capuyan - Davao Del Sur, Davao, Philippines -- Europe -- Gaetan Nieto - Antibes, France -- Roger Corneille - Deurne, Netherlands -- Ana Cepello Cobos - Seville, Spain -- Latin America -- Evelyn Cardenas Portillo - San Jose, Costa Rica -- Jesus Miguel Molinares Espinoza - Lima, Peru -- North America (U.S. and Canada) -- Fatima Poggi - Pinckney, Michigan, United States -- Eddie Davenport - Stockbridge, Michigan, United StatesOnce in Orlando, finalists will perform in two rounds of final competition on a massive concert stage with a live orchestra in front of 15,000 McDonald's owner/operators, employees and suppliers in attendance at McDonald's Worldwide Owner/Operator Convention. An entourage will provide each finalist with expertise on hair and makeup, choreography, stage presence and vocal coaching. The competition will be judged by a professional panel of international judges from the vocal and music industry, including the co-president of Sony/ATV Music Jody Gerson and prominent entertainment attorney and agent Ken Hertz of Goldring, Hertz and Lichtenstein LLP. The Voice of McDonald's grand-prize winner will take home $25,000. The second prize includes $10,000, third prize receives $5,000 and all other finalists will win $1,500. All finalists also will receive $500 for their restaurants and a $1,000 donation in their names for their local Ronald McDonald House Charities® or other children's charity. To read about each of the Voice of McDonald's finalists and see their music videos, visit www.mcdonalds.com/voice. For a social media version of this release, including a downloadable image, visit http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Mcdonald'S-NYSE-MCD-1094736.html. About McDonald's McDonald's (