ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)-  This week the finalists have been released for the 2025 Big Idea Competition.

In State Finalists:(Name/High School/Idea)

Elyana Roach/Aberdeen Roncalli/Shearing Excellence

Bella Unser/Ipswich/B’s Bouquets

Dean Castellano & Bennett Woolverton/Warner/Dakota Detailing

Macee McGregor & Bentley Miotke/Webster/Pretty Paws Staycation

Max Lauseng, Chris McCormick, & Kolbe Mohling/Watertown/Sizzle Shakk

Rylan Huggett/Webster/Set & Play

Ashley Bubacz/Watertown/The Hair Lair

Brynn Kindelspire/Tri-Valley/Bloom

Out of State Finalists:(Name/High School/Idea

Karthik Pasupuleti & Nitish Nattudurai/American(CA)/Nourishly

Ayush Dadgale & Hasini Manne/Brookfield East(WI)/Wheymaker

Aadi Raut & Zihann Wang/Green Hope(NC)/Psyche

Arnav Rajeev/McNeil(TX)/Signalink

Shalmi Sen & Shresta Dadani/Coppell(TX)/Prepheart

Taylen Li, Mason Hu, & Hugo Ho/Winston Churchill(MD)/Ecogrid

Aditya Herekar & Karan Verma/John P. Stevens(NJ)/Naturista-Planet and Health Friendly Coffee Pods

Ritch Kannan/Independence(TX)/Pulse+

The competition will take place on December 9th for the out of state finalists and December 10th in state finalists at the Johnson Fine Art Center on the campus of Northern State University.