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This weekend the judges were in Sheffield! 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 Sheffield City Hall on 26.9.10 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 Sheffield included dance choreographer  Bob Young, singer & performer Karen Corson, Real Radio’s Guy Harris and Future Music’s Chris Grayston

Under 18′s Feedback;

Amy Reddington;  Bob; confident performance and good strong vocals Karen; needs to work a little on stage presence Chris; Good solid performance, engaged well with the audience.

Emily Ireland; Chris; Think it worked a lot better behind the keys rather than jumping around. Karen; great vocals

Freya Goddard; Bob; excellent vocals Chris; Much stronger second song. Performance and image were in synch.

Kerrie Halpin; Guy; a little too karaoke Karen; needs work on image very confident vocals though

Rebekah Haylett; Chris; work on engaging the audience and speaking parts were weak need to give the whole song the same attention and commitment. Guy; wrong song choice

Sandeep Anand; Karen; strong vocals Guy; needs to relax more Chris;  Nerves unfortunately took control of the performance need to learn to combat them.

Ashley Currie; Chris; Struggled to hit all the notes Karen; excellent stage presence

Ashley Holland; Bob; inconsistent Chris; Looks the part, bit shaky in parts but good to see him play with the dynamics of the song and make it his own. Guy; unique voice

Emma Crowder; Karen; excellent voice, has potential Bob; good musicianship Chris; Could do with giving it some more commitment and passion in the delivery.

Hailey Jones; Chris;  Mic control needs work Karen; needs more confidence Guy; I wanted to hear more power in the voice

Holly Taylor-Gamble; Guy; great voice Bob; powerful voice Chris; best name in the comp. Looked and sounded very nervous will need to perform as much as possible to control this as behind this lies a sweet voice.

Jasmine Page; Chris; Great outfit and image. Karen; good image but vocals need work

Lauren Smith; Bob; great vocal ability Chris; Lovely singing best we’ve heard today

Victoria Haslam; Guy; the punchy stuff was bang on! Chris; timing was a bit a miss at the start but recovered well used the stage with purpose and actually grew with the performance. 

Shannon McLean;  Chris; Good decision to have the guitar player who was excellent really made it  different. Karen; very refreshing, star quality!

Rebecca Arundel; Bob; good musical and vocal ability Guy; got better as the performance went on Chris; I think a different song choice would have been better served. But guitar playing was solid and the voice strong just needed more personality.

Lorna Boswell; Guy; Incredible performance Chris; demonstrating the show has got better as it’s gone on. Bit shaky when took the mic off the stand but vocals remained powerful and confident throughout.

Jade Poyner; Chris; Pick something you are more comfortable with rather than something that’s going to test you at the best of times. Bob; enthusiastic performance

Caitlan James; Karen; needs some vocal training to hit those high notes Guy; an incredible performance and lovely soft notes 

Alex Williams; Chris; Watch the vocal pitch but great performance just need to work on the vocals to back up the fantastic choreographed dancers.

Dana Dempster; Chris; Use the stage Dana and engage with all the audience not just those in front of you. Guy; vocals need more work Bob; enjoy it!

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