Our last regular contestant is qualified.

Morgan rocked out some Trick Pony Wednesday night, in the process garnering the highest scores from our judges and earning an invitation to the Tavern in the Forest karaoke finals.

We're officially less than two weeks away from the June 23 $1,100 payday, which includes a $750 first-place prize.

Now, given Morgan's invite, we were left with one spot left for the finals. And as promised, an alternate is more than ready to fill the spot.

Add another qualifier to our finals on June 23 at Tavern in the Forest.

After a few weeks of trying, Jeremy moved on with his rendition of "Hurts So Good," earning him the $25 house cash and a spot in the $1,100 competition later this month.

With Week Nine in the books, we'll be adding our "final" qualifier tonight. In order to sign up, please be at Tavern by 10 p.m. We'll get locked and loaded, and then see who's advancing.

I purposely waited on this post because of a potential snag.

Sure enough, the karaoke contest finals received their first curveball of the 10-week qualifiers. Brad beat out a handful of competitors in Week 8, only to find out that he will not be allowed off work to compete for a shot at the $750 first-place prize that will be handed out on June 23.

That means an alternate will be taking Brad's place.

There is a precedent for this.

Frank is getting another chance at the big money.

Just a few months after he missed the inaugural finals for the first contest due to a scheduling conflict, the Murrells Inlet native made a successful drive north. Sure enough, he found himself qualified again.

Frank's version of Journey's "Faithfully" got a good portion of the crowd on its feet. 

Lot of new links posted today from stuff I've been working on for The Sun News in the past couple weeks.

There's plenty of coverage of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, The Sun News' Toast of the Coast Athletes of the Year, and a couple features that I worked on last week.

In the coming days and weeks, there will be a few more Toast stories, Pelicans coverage (including a feature on the minor-league team's promotions and how they are prepping for the All-Star game), and possibly even a story on comedian Jim Gaffigan.

Add Katie to the list after her stellar rendition of "When God Fearing Women Get The Blues."

Like her boss Kelvin before her, she made the trip down from North Myrtle Beach to enter the contest. And, like other members of her group told me previously, Kelvin wasn't going to be the only one to qualify for the $1,100 finals on June 23. 

Amazing how a little thing like Cinco De Mayo can alter your plans.

But, as we've done time and time again, we roll with it.

Congratulations to Dottie for earning a spot in the finals of the contest at Tavern in the Forest. She joins a select group (Shane, Jae, Jessie and Kelvin). We'll add to the list on Wednesday, when Week Six qualifiers take place.

No ifs, ands or buts about it: Kelvin is moving on to the finals.

The man showed up at Tavern last Wednesday thinking he was simply going to do a little bit of singing with his co-workers. Instead, he was talked into entering the contest and walked away with a spot in the June 23 big pay day. 

Handful of clips from this weekend, which included three Pelicans games, a couple high school playoff contests and an advance package of the Summer Blockbuster season (which will be released Friday).

Have a look, especially if you're a fan of the diamond:

Myrtle Beach High playoff baseball

Just loaded up a handful of shots from the first Karaoke Finals at Tavern.

If you want to take a look, follow the steps on the post directly below this one and it will tell you how to look at all the shots from the show there.