Oswald Bros. Win First "Face Off"
The Oswald Brothers came out on top of the first viewer balloting in The Early Show's "Singing Family Face Off," grabbing 65 percent of the vote and moving on in the competition.
They took on the Boardwine Family Band last week.
The Oswalds and Boardwines both performed hits from the pop rock genre.
The Boardwines, from the Cleveland suburb of Streetsboro, Ohio, are made up of made up the father, Jim, who does background vocals and guitar, his daughter, Desiree, 17, who does lead vocals and guitar, his son, Brett, 14, who plays keyboard, and Jim's brother, "Uncle Joe," who plays drums, performed the classic Jackson 5 song, "ABC."
The Oswalds, from Duluth, Ga., outside Atlanta, consist of Zach, 17, the lead singer, who does most of the writing and plays guitar, Jacob Oswald, 15, who plays lead guitar, and Nick Oswald, 15, rounding out the group, on drums. They belted out the Cheap Trick hit, "I Want You To Want Me."
The competition's three celebrity judges, offering their critiques, are singer/actor David Cassidy, singer/songwriter Kathy ("Sister") Sledge, and singer/producer Jermaine Dupri.
The Boardwines:
The Oswalds:
The Early Show's "Singing Family Face Off" competition began last fall, when we asked viewers to send in tapes of their family bands performing original songs. We got a bunch of entries, and narrowed it down to six finalists.
Features reporter and weather anchor Dave Price went around the country, knocking on the doors of the six families who made it into the finals, surprising each one live on national TV!
The first clash of finalists came last Wednesday. Today, two more competed. Next Wednesday, the other two.
In each face off, you'll get to vote for your favorite by clicking here.
The three bands who win their face offs will compete against each other for the right to go one-on-one in our grand finale three weeks from now. And the winning family will receive a CBS Records contract.