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Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at the final round of Nashville Rising Star series 5 songwriter Emma Feldman was crowned as the grand prize winning songwriter for her song “Thats What’s Amazing” by music industry judges and the viewing audience.

This series consisted of 7 weekly open-mic rounds where 147 total songwriters shared their song with 2 winners selected at each round. At the semi-final round with 14 weekly winners (audience and music industry judges picks) shared their song and were whittled down to the final 4 songwriters.

The finalists were, Emma Feldman, Britney Monroe, Geena Fontanella and Steel Blossoms.

Emma won $500 cash from wildwingcafecoolsprings.com, $100 cash from globalsongwriters.com, $50 cash from thesongtuner.com and other career advancing prizes and services. Learn more at: nashvillerisingstar.com/prizes/

The final 4 songwriters each shared 4 original songs with one song selected as the grand prize winning song! Our music industry judges and the audience (both at Wild Wing Cafe and watching live online) combined their votes and Emma was the winner!

Nashville Rising Star Winner-Emma Feldman