caption current_members background article_title name
platinum gary & nbsp ; -- lead tony derosa & nbsp ; lewis -- baritone kevin miles & nbsp ; -- bass & nbsp ; -- tenor joe connelly group_or_band platinum -lrb- quartet -rrb-
 '' ` platinum '' '
platinum -lrb- quartet -rrb-

platinum is a barbershop quartet , created in 1998 and the 2000 spebsqsa international quartet champions .
they are famous for their long posts -lrb- held notes at the end of songs -rrb- , particularly in their adaptation of the song `` be our guest '' and in clay hine 's arrangement of `` auld lang syne '' , which is on platinum 's cd of the same name .
connelly and derosa were also members of the 1992 international champion quartet keepsake .
connelly won gold in 1987 with the quartet interstate rivals and again in 2011 with the quartet old school .
derosa and lewis are the lead and baritone of the 2007 champions , maxq .
kevin miles has been a member of the dapper dans of harmony and has served as the voice of epcot center , both at walt disney world .
platinum was notable for scoring the most points for a single song in the history of the contest with their rendition of `` cuddle up a little closer , lovey mine '' , in which they scored 1438 points out of a possible 1500 .
