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Texas Entertainer of the Year
Texas Entertainer of the Year F.I.
Texas Entertainer of the Year is a direct preliminary to National Entertainer of the Year. Texas Entertainer of the Year FI began in 1991 and crowned its emeritus, Tasha Kohl who went on to take the crown for National Entertainer of the Year in the same year. Texas Entertainer of the Year boasts a list of contestants and winners of the Texas A-List of female impersonators over the years. In 2019, long time flight attendant, realtor, and LGBTQ+ activist, John Buchanan became the promoter of Texas EOY and held the 2020 Texas EOY FI and for the first time ever, the 2020 Mr. Texas EOY competition in Houston, Texas. April Rition won the crown for Texas Entertainer of the Year FI 2020. In August of 2021, John Buchanan was admitted to the hospital with the Delta variant of the COVID-19 Virus which eventually took his life on September 2, 2021. He was only 57.
Texas EOY went dark for the next several years as COVID-19 continued to turn the world upside down. In 2023, Bishop Mark Zorn, a longtime LGBTQ+ advocate from Dallas and widower to female impersonator, the late Sheri Powers of Dallas, and Oklahoma City, stepped up to become the new promoter of Texas EOY FI. Before Sheri’s death in 2010, Mark was active in every aspect of Sheri’s career as a female impersonator refusing to ever watch from the sidelines. Although a seasoned veteran in the art of female impersonation and performance as a devoted husband and supporter of the art, this was his first go around at the helm of a state-wide pageant.
Texas EOY FI returned to the competition, building on the foundation of its rich history of arguably, some of the best of the best in female impersonation, May 30, 2024, in Dallas, Texas in The Rose Room at S4. Just prior to the competition, Dallas was hit with spring thunderstorms with many tornadoes and damaging high winds causing power outages and damage throughout the city. Despite Mother Nature’s roadblock, Mark insisted “The show must go on.” Many that had tickets and many of the VIP guests were unable to attend due to the weather-related problems throughout the metroplex.
With four contestants, and a small crowd that braved the power outages and weather problems. the show did go on. Tasha Kohl, Texas EOY FI Emeritus and former National EOY, wowed the crowd as always leaving no question that she is a true legend. Our host and MC Jenna Skyy’s talent, experience and wit kept the show exciting and on point. National Entertainer of the Year 2023 Twila Holliday didn’t disappoint either and had everybody up out of their seats dancing.
Finally, it was time to crown a new Texas EOY FI and our winner did it in true Texas style, by sweeping every category. Vivien Vee Lauren took the crown, and Essence DeVille took first alternate. Both competed at the National Entertainer of the Year competition in Louisville Kentucky and Vivien placed in the top 12 of a very talented and experienced group of entertainers. We are so very proud of both of our 2024 representatives.
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Where are we?
Texas Entertainer of the Year is a subsidiary of Zorn Universal Entertainment. Our offices are located in Dallas, Texas
Texas Entertainer of the Year
1-866-TXEOY-FI 1-866-89369-34 mark@txeoy.com
You can reach us at 1-866-TXEOYFI with the schedule below.
Open today | 10:30 am – 07:00 pm |
Phones will be answered during business hours unless we are with a client. If you reach or answering service, either during office house or after office hours, please be sure to leave a message so that we can return the call as sooon as possible. We will only return a call if a message is left.
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Future Texas Entertainer of the Year contestants, you may now pay your entry fees and purchase dressing room / backstage passes for your assistant and dancers online. You must enter a separate charge for your entry fee and each pass. (ie: 1 entry fee and 1 assistant and 2 dancers = 4 charges.)
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