The winners of the very first Queensland Country Music Awards, held at the Charters Towers Country Music Festival on friday night have been announced.

And the winners were:

Queensland Male Vocalist of the Year  Troy Cassar-Daley - I Love This Place

Queensland Female Vocalist of the Year  Harmony James - Precious Little 

Queensland Group or Duo of the Year Smokin’ Crawdads - She’s Crazy for Leavin’ 

Queensland New Talent of the Year  Shea Fisher - Getaway Heart 

Queensland Bush Ballad/Heritage Track of the Year  Dean Perrett - The Dust of Kalkadoon

Queensland Instrumental of the Year  Michael Fix - Light at the End of the Tunnel

Queensland Vocal Collaboration of the Year Troy Cassar-Daley & The McClymonts - Ain’t Gonna Change for You

Brisbane singer, songwriter and musician Brendan Radford heads the list of finalists for this year’s Queensland Country Music Awards, scoring a berth in four categories. He is a finalist for the Male Vocalist, Bush Ballad/Heritage, Instrumental and Vocal Collaboration categories – the last of them with Casey Watt.

Up and comer Harmony James, has made the finals in three categories: Female Vocalist, Bush Ballad/Heritage and Vocal Collaboration (with The Flood’s Kevin Bennett).

Artists who received two finals nominations include Shea Fisher (picutured), Troy Cassar-Daley, Dean Perrett, Jayson Watkins, The Bobkatz and The Smokin’ Crawdads.

Other major Australian stars are featured in the list of finalists include Lee Kernaghan, Adam Brand, James Blundell and Tania Kernaghan.

The 2010 Queensland Country Music Awards will be presented on Friday, 30 April as part of the Charters Towers Country Music Festival.

The Charters Towers Country Music Festival will take place over the Queensland May Day long weekend, from Friday, 30 April to Sunday, 2 May.