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It’s Time For The 2025 Ultimate ETA Contest!

July 24, 2025

Above photo by Louis Young.

The Highlight of the 2024-25 ETA Year is Upon Us!

In less than a week, the Elvis Tribute World will experience the highlight of its year – what is akin to its New Year’s Eve. The 2025 Ultimate ETA Contest.

We are packing our bags to head down and join the throngs of ETA fans to cheer on our 2024 Elvis & Co Festival Champion, SYLVAIN LEDUC.

Sylvain Leduc to Represent Elvis & Co at the 2025 Ultimate ETA Contest

Those who attended our 2024 Festival at Deerhurst witnessed the crowning of this past year’s Champion, Sylvain Leduc from Valleyfield, QC. What does that mean? In addition to having won prize money and the title, Sylvain won a place in the Ultimate Semi-Finals taking place Saturday, Aug 9th at the Graceland Sound Stage. At the conclusion of the semi-finals, the top 10 ETAs will be announced to move on to the Finals on Sunday, Aug 10^th.

Sylvain has a lot to be proud of. The competition at Elvis & Co in 2024 was once again fierce. Although this is his first trip to the Ultimate as the Elvis & Co Champion, this is not his first rodeo. Those of you familiar with Sylvain’s talent will not be surprised that he has qualified many times in the past – he won 3 Ultimate-qualifying contests in 2019 alone! This year, he will be facing off against many old and new faces …..

But before we tell you who else won a ticket to Memphis…

What is the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Competition & How Does It Work?

The Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest is exactly what it says it is – the biggest, most prestigious and only official ETA contest in the world, not only recognized but actually owned by Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE). The contest year runs August to August with the semi-finals and finals occurring at Graceland in Memphis during Elvis Week at which time another ETA is added to the official list of Best ETAs in the World by EPE.

How Many Ultimate Qualifying Contests Are There?

Although there are many (hundreds) of ETA contests held worldwide every year, there are only 20 that have been sanctioned as Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest Preliminary Rounds by Elvis Presley Enterprises (Elvis & Co is one). These preliminary rounds begin immediately after

2024 Ultimate ETA Contest Winner – Emilio Santoro

the Ultimate is announced for that particular year (and by immediate, we mean 2 days later). Due to the prestige of this contest, these preliminary rounds attract the world’s leading professional ETAs.