Craig Wilson (columnist)

Craig Wilson was a columnist for USA Today. He was a feature writer at the newspaper for over two decades. He wrote his The Final Word column each Wednesday from 2000 to 2013. He is also the author of It's the Little Things: An Appreciation of Life's Simple Pleasures (Random House, ISBN 0-375-75896-8).

Prior to joining USA Today, Wilson was a columnist for the Saratogian in Saratoga Springs, New York.

He was an AFS Intercultural Programs exchange student to Great Britain in 1966.

In 2013, he left USA Today after a buyout.

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Bayside Shakedown The Final

Bayside Shakedown The Final (踊る大捜査線 THE FINAL 新たなる希望, Odoru Daisōsasen The Final: Arata Naru Kibō) is a 2012 Japanese suspense action comedy film directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro. It was released on September 7, 2012.

Reception

The film was the third highest-grossing domestic film at the Japanese box office in 2012 and, as of January 5, 2015, is the 96th highest-grossing film in Japan, with ¥5.97 billion.

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The Final 1 (season 1)

The first season of The Final 1 premiered on MediaCorp Channel 5 on 24 April 2013. It is a Singaporean reality-singing competition programme created by the director of Hype Records Ken Lim. The judges were singer-songwriter Taufik Batisah, singer-actress Kit Chan and Ken Lim. Fly Entertainment artiste Vanessa Vanderstraaten was employed as the host of the show.Class 95FM radio personality Mike Kasem later joined the show as the second host, and hosted the finals together with Vanderstraaten.

The show is also the first in Singapore's history to produce a female winner from an English-based major reality-singing competition programme. The past winners from Singapore Idol, a similar programme which has already ended its run in 2009, were all males.

On 21 August 2013, Farisha Ishak was announced the winner of the first season of The Final 1, beating Shaun Jansen, the recipient of the Wild Card save. She received a $50,000 record deal from Hype Records and a cash prize of $50,000.

The Final 1 (season 2)

The second season of The Final 1 premiered on MediaCorp Channel 5 on 5 July 2015. It is a Singaporean reality-singing competition programme created by the director of Hype Records Ken Lim. Taufik Batisah and Lim returned for their second season as judges, and were joined by new judge Jaclyn Victor who replaced Kit Chan. Chan later returned to the show as a guest judge while Victor was away for her maternity leave. Season one's runner-up Shaun Jansen joined the show as the host.

Similar to the previous season, the winner would receive a cash prize and a management contract worth $100,000.

Show changes

On 30 June 2015, it was announced via a promotional video of the show that returning judges Taufik Batisah and Ken Lim would be serving on the judging panel for the second season. Season one judge Kit Chan did not appear in the video, and therefore was ruled out of returning to the show. It was not announced whether the show would bring in a third judge to replace Chan, though the season began with only Batisah and Lim as the judges for the first two episodes. On the third episode, it was announced by Lim that the show would be bringing in a third and final judge for the season, and revealed to be Jaclyn Victor.