Staff Reports

Karlie Mann was selected as winner at the 2025 Teddy Gentry Singing with the Stars Talent Show Thursday night in Fort Payne, as part of the Alabama band's annual Fan Appreciation Weekend activities. Eleven young people competed: 

Hayden Thomas, Tessa Poe, Addison McClure, Kate Kramer, Andrea Perez, Karlie Mann -- winner of the competiton, Emily Wilson, Aubrie Hiett, Ethan Kirby, Branson  Jones,  and Lucas Dupree. The talent show has been a fixture of Alabama Fan Appreciation Week, and proceeds from the show go to the DeKalb County Children’s Advocacy Center.