Memphis, Tenn: - Colonial Middle School student Deidra Shores has advanced to the final round in the "Kid Reporter" contest on the Today Show.

Deidra appeared with four semi-final contestants on the Today Show this morning. All kid reporter hopefuls were required to submit a "reporter" video. Deidra's submission was a parody of Matt Lauer's "Where in the World is Matt Lauer." The video had her searching for Mr. Lauer throughout the city of Memphis, stopping at various points of interest in hopes of finding him, and then landing an exclusive interview.

During round three of the semi-finals, when asked why she submitted a "Where in the World…" parody, Deidra told Natalie Morales, "Matt is a very unique and very cool type of person. He gets to play hide and seek around the world and gets paid for it, so I want to do that." Amid great laughter from Morales and Al Roker, Deidra continued, "I want to know where is there a permission slip or something where I can do that?"

Deidra now moves on the final round, which will air on Thursday, November 5.