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This weekend the judges were in Leamington Spa! Thousands of acts entered Open Mic UK this year and some of the best unsigned acts in the country took to the stage at the Royal Spa Centre on 25.9.10 Here the judges give us some feedback from the event, but remember, it could all change at the Area Finals!

Please note: views expressed by Judges are opinions and in no way reflect the views of Open Mic UK.

Judges at Leamington Spa included Max Weedon, City of Bath College Music Area Coordinator , Dance chereographer & performer Tanya Anderson, Big Help Management Dutch Van Spall and Future Music’s Chris Grayston

18 – 25′s Feedback;

Faye Horne; Chris; really strong and deep voice but performance and image wouldn’t have been out of place in the 1930’s. Cathy; great passion Tanya; good use of stage

Sketcha; Tanya; your dancers let down the performance Chris; dancers are a great addition! Like the hands on the T-shirts…Need to be aware of where the dancers are when you are performing. Cathy; dancing needs to be tighter

Abbie Minnock; Max; work on mic control Dutch; sweet voice with potential Chris; Nervy start but good choice of song and by the end vocally improved.

Christina Jeffrey; Chris; Good image and solid bluesy voice that suited her choice of song. Max; Good posture and interesting image Tanya; use the stage more

Alex Townsend; Max; convincing performance delivered with passion. Chris; Timing seemed slightly a miss from guitar playing could just tighten that up and engage with the audience

Emma Leivers; Cathy; image should match style Chris; Good voice but needed more with performance and image.

Benjamin Penrose; Tanya; unique sound Dutch; loved this guys voice Chris; Performed completely looking down or with his eyes closed. 

Karina Scuteri; Dutch; great look confident and charismatic Chris; Engagement was strong and seductive. Watch the high notes and pitch. Cathy; great package and great potential

Benji Blake; Cathy; performance was fun but a bit messy! Chris; don’t get too carried away with the moment be clear with the dictation and repeat a strong hook line Tanya; good energy

Kolossal Entertainment; Max; professional attitude and good show Tanya; good performance but need to work on bringing together rap and singing vocals

Guy Wainwright; Chris; Guitar loop sounded very messy and I think this threw vocals out as singing out of tune. More practice. Max; lose the guitar effect

Synikall; Tanya; good performance and crowd participation Chris; Cover was very creative. Take care with audience participation requests. Original almost there perhaps work on the dynamics of the chorus. Cathy; great stage presence

John Winston; Dutch; guitar badly out of tune Chris;Watch playing of the guitar Tanya; nice stage presence and looks like a pop star

Sonia Gill; Max; mic control really good Chris; Looked great just could have picked a more interesting song something more modern.

Ross Chaplain; Chris; Cover song was performed much stronger than his original normally the other way round. Nice tone. Cathy; work on breathing to give warmth to song

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