Milkybar Kid top ten – last day to vote

Friday 12 November 2010, 1:19PM

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The fifth Top Ten Finalist is Hinetaapora Short from Rotorua. Credit: The PR Shop

The fourth Top Ten Finalist is Natalie Olson from Welington Credit: The PR Shop

The third Top Ten Finalist is Sam Kirby from Christchurch. Credit: The PR Shop

Asher Quin as the second Milkybar Kid Finalist Credit: The PR Shop

The first Top Ten Finalist is Dominic Burrows from Invercargill. Credit: The PR Shop

The sixth Top Ten Finalist is Madison Hunter from Auckland. Credit: The PR Shop

The seventh Top Ten Finalist is Astaria Te Aukura from Auckland Credit: The PR Shop

The ninth Top Ten Finalist is Eloise Greenwood from Auckland. Credit: The PR Shop

The eighth Top Ten Finalist is Benjamin Clark from Auckland Credit: The PR Shop

The tenth (and final) Top Ten Finalist is Samyah Powell from Whangarei. Credit: The PR Shop

The search is almost over for one of New Zealand’s most well-known young adventurers – the MILKYBAR Kid – as public voting closes tonight.

59 children were shortlisted from approximately 1500 entries received (48 from online entries and 11 from in-store auditions), and following casting calls in Auckland and Wellington, the Top Ten Finalists were selected.

They are: Dominic Burrows (8) of Invercargill, Asher Quin (9) of Dunedin, Sam Kirby (7) of Christchurch, Natalie Olson (8) of Wellington, Hinetaapora Short (8) of Rotorua, Madison Hunter (8) of Auckland, Astaria Te Aukura (7) of Auckland, Benjamin Clark (7) of Auckland, Eloise Greenwood (9) of Auckland, and Samyah Powell (9) of Whangarei.

The chosen child will star in the new MILKYBAR television commercial in 2011.

The search was for a child between 7 and 10 years old that possesses a certain star quality.

Voting runs until midnight tonight at www.milkybar.co.nz.