Star Search '87 Spokesmodels: Toni Costa vs. Cheryl Lawson

Video courtesy of TELEVISIONARCHIVES.

By the way this is from the same show as the Martin Lawrence stand up bit....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhs49kdGL_o

In this regular season matchup, Toni Costa who won against Theresa Ring (based on the comments by kenneyut and others) goes against Cheryl Lawson.

Unfortunately we don't have the challenger's commercial toss, nor the results of the competition, but thanks to 70conrad, we can confirm that Costa went on to compete against Laura Ballard, and lost.

Song used in the video:
When You Wish Upon a Star (cover by Linda Ronstadt)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpKzccrLmw0

(which is pretty ironic considering that the show moved to Disney-MGM in the fall of 1992!)

Closing Music:
"Theme to Nick Rocks" by Edd Kalehoff

On a personal note:

To all of the Star Search fans who have commented on the videos, thank you for everything! I love to read the comments and look forward to posting more great spokesmodel segments, unedited and uncut!

In the meantime, please subscribe to this channel. We've got more in store for you so that's all I've ask.

And also, if you have old episodes of Star Search between 1986 and 1992, please send me a PM. Thank you!

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[misshawaiiusa]

Thank you so much for posting this! I'm Toni, that was me at 21 years old...now at 45 years old and my two girls 9 & 11 are amazed how young their mommy was! Mahalo nui loa (thank you very much!). Aloha from Hawaii...

[VideoSurferClassic]

@misshawaiiusa Wow! THE Toni Costa?

[VideoSurferClassic]

@bcmoon1979 Atlanta, I remember looking at radio info and WSB-TV carried the show on Saturday mornings bumping Bugs Bunny and Tweety!

[bcmoon1979]

@VideoSurferClassic In Atlanta the first season of Star Search came on Sundays here at 5pm, then for the next years until 91, Star Search came on Saturday morning at 11am, then it would change from Saturday at 7pm, then 11:30pm, then early Sunday Morning, then back to Saturday morning, etc....Back in the Day, Star Search, Casey Kasem's Top 10 show, American Gladiators, Soul Train, and American Bandstand between 10am-1pm on Saturday, I was glued to the TV

[VideoSurferClassic]

@bcmoon1979 So, I bet most Georgians don't mind Bugs Bunny getting bumped for Spokesmodels.

[willmoney34]

@70conrad It was a country song but I can't remember the name of the song. I remember both Gina and Deborah had cowboy hats on during their video. It was a great video for both of them!

[70conrad]

@willmoney34...just FYI... several of Dawn Stern's videos are now up in case you don't know. I know that you were a fan.

[70conrad]

@willmoney34..what was the song used for Gina vs. Deborah??? Wasn't it a country song? Yes, Deborah was hot in the video. In answer to your question, Gina's speaking ability was just okay, but she was a beauty no doubt.

[willmoney34]

@70conrad Deborah's win over Gina will always be one of my all time favorite videos. As a matter of fact Gina's was exceptional as well, but Deborah's for me was one of those videos that had that wow factor! What do you think Gina's best video was? I liked the Diamonds and Pearls video. What did you think of Gina's "ability to speak effectively"?

[70conrad]

@bcmoon1979 @willmoney34 If memory serves, Deborah did beat Gina..then April beat Deborah (poor choice, sorry)..then Sandy beat April, but I don't believe it was a tie. Personally, I thought April was the weakest of the bunch....strongest to weakest..Sandy, Gina, Deborah, Apil with Gina/Deborah being debatable.

[bcmoon1979]

@willmoney34 If April Lachelle was the one who beat Deborak Kellman during Week 1 of Star Search 93, then it was Sandy Flynn who beat her the next week based on the audience tie break. Both that week received 3.50. The only reason I said if is I could not remember the name who Sandy Flynn beat. I remember Deborah, she seemed to lose something from the time she beat Gina to her appearance on Star Search the next season