Vote for the Girls (American season 3)

Vote for the Girls (U.S.)
Season 3
Broadcast from	November 1, 2011 (2011-11-01) – July 12, 2012 (2012-07-12)
Moderators	Holly Everman Robyn Hurd
Host(s)	Ava Zinn
Record	1-1
Winning Moderator(s):
Robyn Hurd
VFTG Victory(ies)
Melanie Amaro (The X Factor)
Make-Up Victory(ies)
Eliana Girard
Chronology
◀ 2012 ►

The third season of Vote for the Girls, also known as Vote for the Girls 2012 premiered on November 1, 2011, and concluded on July 12, 2012. Moderators Ava Zinn, Robyn Hurd, and Holly Everman returned. On May 24, 2012, Robyn Hurd died after suffering a stroke caused from blood clots, thus making Hurd's final season as a moderator. This was the final season with three moderators.

This season has marked four firsts in the site's history: this season had moderators choosing their picks to win, as opposed to the single pick (of which were decided by Zinn under her sole discretion) to win format used in previous seasons; guest moderators were brought in as a 4th moderator; a female was not amongst the contestants remaining in the competition in the finale (Duets); and lastly, a female is the winner of the competition (Melanie Amaro of The X Factor).

Changes from past seasons

Season 3 moderator panel and host

Holly Everman

Robyn Hurd

Ava Zinn

Several changes were planned for season three. Ava Zinn was considering adding a fourth moderator and a guest moderator has been invited by Zinn to participate during the competition, this was the first season where guest moderators were invited to participate in the live shows of the competition. The guest moderators featured were:

Date	Show	Moderator at VFTG Set	Moderator on Location	Guest moderator(s)	Guest moderator(s) on Location
May 10, 2012	American Idol 11 Top 4 Result	Ava Zinn	Holly Everman		Raymond Passalt
May 17, 2012	American Idol 11 Top 3 Result	Ava Zinn	Holly Everman		Raymond Passalt
May 23, 2012	American Idol 11 finale	Holly Everman	Ava Zinn	Raymond Passalt	Amanda Smith (Santa Ava 3 winner)
June 28, 2012	Duets Live Show Premiere	Ava Zinn		Maribel Mort Raymond Passalt	Frank Davidson
July 5, 2012	Duets Top 5 Result	Ava Zinn			Patrice Rafferty Frank Davidson
July 12, 2012	Duets Top 4 Result (Infamous Episode)				Rhonda Spencer Frank Davidson
July 18, 2012	So You Think You Can Dance 9 Top 20 Result		Holly Everman		Rhonda Spencer Patrice Rafferty Johnathan Steele
July 25, 2012	So You Think You Can Dance 9 Top 16 Result		Holly Everman		Rhonda Spencer Patrice Rafferty Johnathan Steele
August 15, 2012	So You Think You Can Dance 9 Top 14 Result		Holly Everman		Maribel Mort Rhonda Spencer Johnathan Steele
August 22, 2012	So You Think You Can Dance 9 Top 10 Result		Holly Everman		Maribel Mort Rhonda Spencer Johnathan Steele
August 29, 2012	So You Think You Can Dance 9 Top 8 Result		Holly Everman		Maribel Mort Rhonda Spencer Johnathan Steele
September 5, 2012	So You Think You Can Dance 9 Top 6 Result		Holly Everman		Hillary Matthewson Johnathan Steele
September 18, 2012	So You Think You Can Dance 9 Finale	Ava Zinn	Holly Everman		Hillary Matthewson Johnathan Steele

Notes

1. ^ During the American Idol 11 competition, reception issues on the Vote for the Girls set prevented the completion of episode. Holly Everman hosted.
2. ^ After Hurd's last show on May 3 and death on May 24, Patrice Rafferty, Rhonda Spencer, Rachael Passalt (then known as Raymond Passalt), Hurd's daughter Maribel Mort, and Hurd's widow Hillary Matthewson all filled in as guest moderators during the Duets competition and So You Think You Can Dance filled in until Ariel Swaringen and Michelle Steele joined the moderation panel full-time for permanently for season 5.
3. ^ During the Duets competition, Frank Davidson of ATE Media-owned ABC station WMRI "9abc" served as temporary replacement for Holly Everman, who was not able to attend due to her honeymoon.
4. ^ Episode finally aired on September 4, 2013 as Classic VFTG
5. ^ During the So You Think You Can Dance competition, Johnathan Steele served as temporary replacement for Ava Zinn, who was not able to attend due to a contractual dispute.

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Contestants

VFTG Supported Contestants

Key	Moderator's choice

Contestant	Age	Hometown	Show and Season	Moderator's votes			Status	Weeks Lasted
				0 ! Zinn	0 ! Everman	0 ! Hurd
Eliana Girard	21	Palm Beach, Florida	Ballet	-------------	Winner
Tiffany Maher	19	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Jazz	September 18, 2012	Runner-up
Witney Carson	18	American Fork, Utah	Latin Ballroom	September 5, 2012	Top 6
Lindsay Arnold	18	Provo, Utah	Latin Ballroom	August 29, 2012	Top 8
Audrey Case	18	Edmond, Oklahoma	Jazz	August 22, 2012	Top 10
Amelia Lowe	18	Butler, New Jersey	Contemporary	August 15, 2012	Top 14
Janelle Issis	24	Vestavia Hills, Alabama	Belly Dancing	August 15, 2012	Top 14
Amber Jackson	21	Decatur, Georgia	Contemporary	July 25, 2012	Top 16
Alexa Anderson	19	Chandler, Arizona	Contemporary	July 18, 2012	Top 20
Janaya French	20	Aurora, Colorado	Contemporary	July 18, 2012	Top 20

Episodes

Number in series	Number in season	Title	Original air date
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