
Vocal Forte for "Defying Gravity"
Sam Lockyear of Wilsonville (OR) High School Soul'd Out for "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In" and the Town Criers
Nolan Neu of the Town Criers for "All of the Above" and Lucy Winn of Soul'd Out for "Happy Ending"
Nik Eden of Limited Edition for "Mayberry"
Stacy Burcham and Dan Payson-Lewis for "Crazy Ever After"
Megan Schimmer of Divisi for "He Lives in You"
Emily Goglia of the SoCal VoCals for "God Bless the Child"
Shana Emile of the Tritones for "Speechless"
Solomon Huynh of Northern Arizona University for "Fireflies"
Lawrence Chu of Men's Octet for "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
Shana Emile of the Tritones
Ryan Young of SoundCheck for "One Night Only Medley"
Lili Fuller of the SoCal VoCals for "Crazy Ever After"
Melanie Fernandez of the Scattertones for "Let It Be"
Amy Whitcomb of Noteworthy for the entire set
Courtney Jensen of Noteworthy and Danny Cavero of UC-Santa Cruz Acquire for "Circle of Life"
Haley Steinberger of Divisi for "Fallin'" and Catherine Papworth of Noteworthy for "Stayin' Alive"
Megan Schimmer of Divisi for "He Lives in You" and Courtney Jensen and Amy Whitcomb of Noteworthy for the entire set
Elizabeth Zombo of All-Night Yahtzee
Richard Trent of the Georgetown University Phantoms for "If You're Out There"
Jill Clark of the UNC-Greensboro Sapphires
Maryanne McElroy of the Loyola Belles for "Bad Romance"
Ben McVerty of DoubleTake for "My Funny Valentine"
Dab Lefler and Chris Maggiolo of DoubleTake for "My Funny Valentine"
Alex Brown and Susan Destio of PandemoniUM for "Chicago/Clocks"
The Octopodes
Caitlin Casside of The Phantoms for "Summertime"
Joe Reiff of Dooley Noted for "Feelin' Good"
The Sapphires
Martika Clark and Jamie Zicko of the Sapphires for "Beautiful Liar"
Schafer Gray of the Accidentals for "Come Together"
David Girtman of All-Night Yahtzee for "Lay Your Head Down" and Sean Landeta of Florida State University Reverb for "God Bless The Child"
Elizabeth Zombo of All-Night Yahtzee
Mallory Zuckerman of No Southern Accent for "Phenomena"
Nic Parsons of No Southern Accent for "Phenomena"
Ram Sharma for the Ramblers for "Cry Me A Crazy Sonata"
Shams Ahmen of the Northeastern University Nor'easters
Will Makar of Pitch Slapped for "Got To Get You Into My Life"
Ram Sharma of the Ramblers
Lucy Abott of the V8s for "Come On Eileen"
Ross Brown of the Starving Artists for "Angels"
Mark Omobono of the University of Massachusetts Vocal Suspects for "Circle of Life"
Tine Yip of Boston University In AChord
Ram Sharma of The Ramblers
Phil Keefe of The Ramblers for "My Love"
Lydia Warr of the New York University N'Harmonics for "25 or 6 to 4"
Ram Sharma of The Ramblers
Shams Ahmed of the Nor'easters for "Show Me What I'm Looking For"
Pitch Slapped for "Good Girls Go Bad"
Hannah Juliano of Pitch Slapped for "Halo"
Dan Horst of Pitch Slapped
Matt Edmonds of the Northwestern University Undertones for "I Will Follow You Into The Dark"
Seth Berkman and Dithu Rajaraman of the Stereotypes for "Jai Ho"
Marcus Brown of the Stereotypes for "Your Song"
Fred Geyer of Purple Haze
J.R. Neal of the Beartones for "Proud Mary"
Dayne Seiden of the Stereotypes
Hannah Winkler, Leah Bobbey and Carl Ciaramitaro of the Dicks and Janes for "Eleanor Rigby"
Victoria Suarez of Secondary Dominance for "Baby Mine"
Lauren Schell of University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Impromptu
Jeremy Gussin of Impromptu
KC Schlossberg of Purple Haze for "I'm Outta Love"
Matt Edmonds of the Undertones for "I Will Follow You Into The Dark"
Xtension Chords for "I Just Can't Wait To Be King"
The GMen for "Crazy Little Thing"
Sarah Sarkesian of University of Illinois No Comment for "Beautiful Disaster"
Tony Pachella and Tom Hu of the GMen
Casey Rule of the Lehigh University Melismatics for "Let It Be"
The Buffalo Chips for "Fireflies"
Noah Hercky of the Orphan Sporks for "What's Goin' On"
Cody Hampton of the SUNY-Potsdam Pointercounts for "In The End"
Julia Gebhardt of Carnegie Mellon University Counterpoint for "Halo"
Austin Begley of Casual Harmony for "Eleanor Rigby"
Jack Bender of Casual Harmony for "Butterfly"
Jacob Schwartz of Lehigh University A Whole Step Up for "Afternoon Delight"
Michael Donohue of the Buffalo Chips for "Drive"
Matt Smith of the Buffalo Chips
Michael Donohue of the Buffalo Chips for "Fireflies"
Astra Teo of Onoscatopoeia for "Hush, Hush/I Will Survive"
Pointercounts for "Kung Fu Fighting"
Jordan Davidson of the Pointercounts for "Hard To Say Goodbye"
Benjamin Summers of Kaskesket
Daniel Braff of the Orphan Sporks for "What's Goin' on"
Casey Rule of the Melismatics for "Battlefield"
Noah Hercky of the Orphan Sporks for "What's Goin' On"
Danielle Belsky of Rutgers University Shockwave for "Misery Business"
Christine Gallagher and Hannah Juliano of Pitch Slapped for "Got to Get You Into My Life"
The SoCal VoCals
Langdon Quin of the University of Georgia Accidentals for "Come Together"
Schafer Gray of the Accidentals
Jenny Williams of Eighth Notes for "Disturbia"
Kaylie Kahlich of Eighth Notes for "In My Life"
Paul Gavin of the A Cappella Group for "Stay"
Vocal Forte (full set)
Morgan Wallace of Fermata
Andrew Boettcher of Vocal Forte for "You Raise Me Up"
Seth Morgan of Vocal Forte
DeKalb High School Grace Notes for "I'm Gonna Getcha Good"
Ashley Park of Soulfege for "Taylor the Latte Boy"
Jorian Micor of Niles West High School Echo Effect
Andrew Boettcher of Haddon Heights Baptist Regional High School Vocal Forte for "You Raise Me Up"|Andrew Boettcher of Haddon Heights Baptist Regional High School Vocal Forte for "You Raise Me Up"
The Eighth Notes|The Eighth Notes
Zane Gregory of Acasola
Alex Fajardo of Fermata Nowhere for "Magdalena"
Kalei Samson of Oregon State University Outspoken for "Charlene"
Kun Hee (Keni) Lee of Outspoken for "Love Stoned"
Jay Bicknell of the Naked Voices for "Martha My Dear"
Jesse Hull of Pacific Lutheran University PLUtonic for "Shorty Get Low"
Helen Supanich of the Golden Overtones for "Viva La Vida"
Grant Marr of University of California Santa Cruz Cloud 9
Outstanding Arrangement:
Ryan Young of SoundCheck for "Viva La Vida/Closer"
Alex Moore of Pointless
Ben Lee of Fermata Nowhere for "Fall For You"
Kevin Shannon of Fermata Nowhere
Zane Gregory of Acasola for "Uninvited"
Katie LaFace of Circle of Fifths
Reuven Gonzales of Circle of Fifths for "Nothin' from Nothin'"
Laura Zdrowski of UCLA Signature A Cappella for "Jammin' Medley"
Joshua Heying of On The Rocks for "Helplessly Hoping"
On The Rocks for "Never Gonna Give You Up"
Haley Johnson of Divine
Jake Jepson of On The Rocks
Evan Powers of Florida State University Reverb for "Blackbird"
Cara Pickelsimer of the Acabelles for "Breathe Me"
Rick Marcello of the Spartones for "Plane"
Shafer Grey of the Accidentals
Evan Powers of Reverb for "Summertime"
University of Central Florida Crescendudes
Diana Galeano of the AcaBelles for "I Who Have Nothing"
Nic Parsons of University of Florida No Southern Accent for "Viva La Vida"
Kiley Dorton and Kirby Duncan of the Accidentals for "Come Together"
Stephanie Genito of Noteworthy for "Last Name"
Outstanding Solois
Haley Godwin of Noteworthy for "Like A Prayer"
Schaffer Grey of the Accidentals for "Come Together"
Chris Juengel and Lindell Carter of the Spartones for "TV Medley"
Katie Paxton and Meredity Rountree of the UNC Loreleis for "Otherside"
Catilin Donaghy of the University of Virginia New Dominions for "The Way"
Mike Alvarado and Chris Maloney of Another Level for "Would You Go With Me"
Anna Lo of the MIT Chorallaries for "Rainbow Connection"
Duke's Men of Yale
Sam Tsui of the Duke's Men of Yale for "What A Good Boy"
Noam Hassenfield of the Harvard University LowKeys
Benjamin Velez of Nonsequitur for "I'm Yours"
Mimi Yen, Cecilia Louis, Drew Haven, and Dianna Cowern of the Chorallaries for "Rainbow Connection" and "High"
Dianna Cowern of the Chorallaries for "Rainbow Connection"
Katie Anderson of the Wheaton Whims for "Love Story"
Outstanding Arrangement:
Justine Chiou of the Opportunes for "Fire and Rain"
The Steiners for "Circle of Life"
Cate Wright of Pitch Slapped for "Gravity"
DeVon Carrasco and Philipp Walzer of the BosTones for "Comfortable"
Sam Tsui of the Duke's Men for "Umbrella"
Sam Tsui of the Duke's Men for "What a Good Boy"
Theo Ephraim of Effusion for "A Long Walk"
JR Neal of the Beartones for "Boondocks"
Xtension Chords
Antwaun Stanley of University of Michigan Dicks and Janes for "Let the Music Get Down In Your Soul"
Kellen Fant of the Xtension Chords for "Viva La Vida"
Bonny Harris of A Cub Bella for "Misery Business"
Brian Thoman of the Xtension Chords for "Anna Molly"
Ed Vettel of the Xtension Chords for "Anna Molly"
Caitlin McCoy of the Girls Next Door for "Candy"
The Stereotypes
Dithu Rajaraman of the Stereotypes for "Crazy"
Dayne Seiden of the Stereotypes
J.R. Neal of the Beartones for "Boondocks"
Marielle Wakim of the Misfitz for "Mercy"
Jessica Agee of the Misfitz for "Fallin'
Marielle Wakim of the Misfitz
Robert Dietz of Ithacappella for "Say"
Alyssa Gagarin of Penn State University Shades of Blue
Christofer Peckhardt of Rutgers University Deep Trebe for "Beautiful Child"
Robert Dietz of Ithacappella
Ross Matthei of Rhythm Method for "Right Here Waiting"
Deaftones
Zachary Dutton of the Ford S-Chords for "Happy Ending" and Laura Palaton of University of Maryland Faux Paz
Helen O'Rourke of Drew University On A Different Note for "Fix You"
Casey Rule of the Melismatics for "And So It Goes"
Jaime Eger of the Trentones
John Rodgers of the Melismatcis for "When I Get You Alone"
Michael Fellows of the AllNighters
Alexandra Bancroft of Deep Treble
The Pointercounts
Jordan Davidson of the Pointercounts for "House at Pooh Corner"
Poorna Shankar of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rusty Pipes
Mark Lehnowsky of Shades of Blue
Alyssa Gagarin of Shades of Blue
Kelly Gross of Shades of Blue for "Makes Me Wanna Pray" and Nate Tao of Ithacappella for "I Want You Back"
Robert Dietz of Ithacappella
Ben Lee of Fermata Nowhere for "Fall for You"
Kevin Shannon of Fermata Nowhere
Edward Thomson Jones of Out of the Blue for "Cold Water"
Alex Fajardo of Fermata Nowhere
Brittany Gibson of The A Cappella Group for My Give a Damn's Busted
Blake Shelton of The A Cappella Group
Pierce Cassedy of The Mane Event for Hide and Seek
The Diamond Dozen
Dan Faber and Richard Crandle of Men of Note
Jonah David of the Newtones
Joel Esher of the Newtones for Evaporated
Han Park for Toxic/Everybody
Jessi Ensenberger of Naperville North High School Table for Twelve for "Zero to Hero"
Stephen Bentley of Fly Check for "Accidentally in Love"
Ladies and Falcons for "He's A Pirate"
Dan Faber, Richard Crandle, and Ryan Applegate of Men Of Note for "On Stage with the Temptations"|Dan Faber, Richard Crandle, and Ryan Applegate of Men Of Note for "On Stage with the Temptations"
David Das of Men of Note for "Can't Help Falling In Love"|David Das of Men of Note for "Can't Help Falling In Love"
Men of Note|Men of Note
Callum Au of the Gargoyles
Calum Melville of Out of the Blue
David Borowsky of St. Andrew's University Other Guys
Alice Gimblett of the Gargoyles
Highly Commended Soloist
Joanna Langilie of the Belles for "One Way Or Another"
Cherith Graham of the Accidentals for "The Scientist"
Rory Feilen of the Other Guys for "Bye Bye Bye Me a River"
David Borowsky of the Other Guys
Lauren Bensted of the Belles
Oyinkansola Johnson-Sherlock of the Belles for "One Way or Another"
Daniel Richards of the Oxford University Alternotives for "Blame It On the Boogie"
Suzannah Merchant of Oxford University In The Pink for "Abba Medley
Oustanding Arrangement
Brian Zentmeyer of the ScatterTones for "Brown-Eyed Girl"
Lili Fuller of the SoCal VoCals
Outstanding Female Soloist:
Michaela Cordova of Divisi for "You Had Me"
Outstanding Male Soloist
Dan Payson-Lewis of the SoCal VoCals for "Somebody to Love"
Oustanding Vocal Percussion
Josh Downtain of Fullerton and Citrus colleges These Guys for "Boogie Nights"
Brian Zentmeyer of the Scattertones for "Brown-Eyed Girl"
Zane Beima of Acasola
Joseph Livesey & Jonny Tillery of Fermata Nowhere for "Hin Barra"
Brian Zentmeyer of the Scattertones for "Always Be My Baby"
Catherine Papworth of Noteworthy for "Apologize"
Erica Barkett and Megan Schimmer of Divisi for "You Had Me"
Haley Steinberger of Divisi for "Truth Number Two"
Juliane Godfrey of UCLA Signature A Cappella for "Isn't She Lovely"
Rachel Ferensowicz, Rachel Robertson, Helen Supanich, and PennyChitamitara of the Golden Overtones for "What You Waiting For"
Cary Agnate of Cloud Nine for "Used 2 Love U"
Theo Shickenberg of Cloud Nine
Noah "Noodles" Dietterich of Claremont CollegesMen's Blue and White for "Harder Better Faster Stronger"
These Guys for "Lipgloss/Makes Me Wonder/When Doves Cry"
Marisa Esposito of University of Southern California Reverse Osmosis for "I Have Nothing"
Rina Nakano of the Tritones for "Apologize"
Christopher Diaz of All-Night Yahtzee for "Turn the Beat Around"
Stephanie Mayoral of University of Florida No Southern Accent
Alli Brooks of All-Night Yahtzee for "Somebody to Love"
John Resnik of Faux Paz for "My Sin"
Britt Bonney of DoubleTake for “Bridge Over Troubled Waterâ€
Jamie O’Brien of Sweet Signatures for “Magic Treeâ€
Jonnelle Morris of James Madison University Note-oriety for “Bring Me Downâ€
Jon Resnick of Faux Paz
Chris Farwell of Madison Project for "Brass Bed" and "Do You Believe In Love?"
Lisa Werner for the Spartones
Kathryn Tracey of the Belles for "Hands Clean"
Nicola McQuiston of the Belles for "Hands Clean"
Sebastian Greene and Shane Orser of N'Harmonics for "A Change Is Gonna Come"
Jabberwocks for "You Know My Name" and L'Shir for "Billy Jean"
Shane Orser of N'Harmonics for "A Change Is Gonna Come"
Jeff Cavaretta of the Vocal Suspects for "Say It Ain't So"
Sarah Tupper of the Vocal Suspects
Kristin Young of the Clefhangers for "Ain't No Way"
Martin Jorstad-Bernstein of the Clefhangers
Shaina Taub of the N'Harmonics for "Whipping Post"
Extreme Measures for "Rosie"
F. Michael Haynie of the N'Harmonics for "Whipping Post"
Whitney Green of Columbia University Nonsequitur
Graham Browne of the Jabberwocks for "Ain't No Sunshine"
The Barbershop Sweethearts
Lynette Villalona of Fordham University Satin Dolls for "I Went Up to the Mountain"
Katie Fernandex and Katie Quinn of the Boston College Sharps for "Unpretty"
Oustanding Arrangement
Ed Ford and Andrew Childers of the Michigan State University Accafellas for "I've Seen All Good People"
Antuwaun Stanley of the University of Michigan Dicks and Janes for "Something's Got A Hold On Me"
Oustanding Vocal Percussion
Cam Branson of the Beartones for "Skin"
Catherine Brookman of Purple Haze for "Samson"
Purple Haze for "Tearin' Up My Heart"
Catherine Brookman of Purple Haze for "Samson"
Josh Robertson of the Acafellas for “Under Pressureâ€
Acafellas for “Under Pressureâ€
Lloyd Clausen of 7 Days for “Feeling Goodâ€
Jimmy Tracy of 7 Days
Chris Rossi and Garrett Deming of Ithacappella for "Welcome To Paradise"|Chris Rossi and Garrett Deming of Ithacappella for "Welcome To Paradise"
Dan Wetzel of Carnegie Mellon University Originals for "Run Freedom Run"|Dan Wetzel of Carnegie Mellon University Originals for "Run Freedom Run"
Daniel Brien of Shades of Blue for "Rain"|Daniel Brien of Shades of Blue for "Rain"
Polly Flinch of University of Rochester Vocal Point|Polly Flinch of University of Rochester Vocal Point
Matt Osborn of the Dynamics for "Volcano"|Matt Osborn of the Dynamics for "Volcano"
Casual Harmony for "Paralyzer"|Casual Harmony for "Paralyzer"
Nate Tao of Ithacappella for "Isn't She Lovely"|Nate Tao of Ithacappella for "Isn't She Lovely"
Aaron Krolikowski and Danny Hatem of Buffalo Chips for "What Goes Around"|Aaron Krolikowski and Danny Hatem of Buffalo Chips for "What Goes Around"
Buffalo Chips|Buffalo Chips
Lewis Levenberg of Kaskeset for "Boi Kallah"|Lewis Levenberg of Kaskeset for "Boi Kallah"
tie Dan Halle of A Whole Step Up and Laurel Stewart of Vocal Point|tie Dan Halle of A Whole Step Up and Laurel Stewart of Vocal Point
(tie) A Whole Step Up and Vocal Point|(tie) A Whole Step Up and Vocal Point
(tie) Kristy Doot of Vocal Point and Martha Gunther of Vocal Point|(tie) Kristy Doot of Vocal Point and Martha Gunther of Vocal Point
Polly Flinch of Vocal Point|Polly Flinch of Vocal Point
Nate Tao and Chris Lee of Ithacappella for "Isn't She Lovely"
Robert Dietz of Ithacappella
The N'Harmonics for "High and Dry"
All-Night Yahtzee, and Lili Fuller of the SoCal VoCals
Stefano Langone of the Retronomes and Nicole Castinon of Crimson
Kyle Hill of the Retronomes for "Changes"
Til Dawn for "Under the Sea"
Seth Baumhover of the Loquations
Crimson
Thea Rubly of Crimson
Jacob Taylor of the Nederland High School Loquations
Emily Rath of 'Til Dawn for the original piece, "Seasons Change"
Til Dawn for "Under the Sea"
Jessie Featherstone of Vocal Music Workshop for "Only You"
Oustanding Choreography
Unstrumental
Nathan Calixto of The Waves for "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
(tie) Nadia Ahmadi and Destiny White of Bare Rhythm for "They," and Brian Blaker and Alex Horwitch of Unstrumental for "Soul Meets Body"
David Das of Men of Note
Kim McHugh of AcaBella for "Wise Up," and Ryan Applegate, Dan Faber, and Richard Crandle of Men of Note for "Good Vibrations"
Alana Okun of the Treble Rebels
David Abelman of the Gargoyles for "God Only Knows/Good Vibrations"
Out of the Blue
Laura Hanna of the Alternotives for "Kiss the Rain"
Rebecca Dale of Oxford University In the Pink for "Macho Medley"

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