Judges Feedback From The Cleckheaton Live Show, 18-25's Category
This weekend the judges were in Cleckheaton! 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 Townhall on 17.10.10 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; Bob Young, Dance choreographer, singer & performer Karen Corson, Real Radio’s Guy Harris and Future Music’s Chris Grayston.
18 - 25's;
Ashleigh Howard; Solid performance. Great stage presence.
Kyle Binks; Nice tone but need to work on the performance, use the stage and express the song with your body.Work on stage presence.
Charlotte Mellor; Watch pitching, need more experience it felt a laboured performance. Think you were stronger in audition, nerves, wrong song choice?
Darks; The general standard of rapping in the competition has been poor but this is one that stands out from the pack. Good performance but timing needs work on.
Kimberley Lister; strong vocals and well executed, comfortable on stage.
Empress; never a great fan of doing acapella has its place but sounds a bit one dimensional. Good voice.
Alice Read; fun song choice themed it well with the image. Vocals need some working on but good stage presence.
Brutal Dynamics; Rapping and vocals blend well. Good choice of cover. Watch the control of the spinning. Good movement and rapping.
Georgina Taylor; Nice swing of the lyrics and use of dynamics.Song choice could have been better, bit karaoke.
Jessica Hobson; Lovely raspy voice. Great performance and great image.
Louise Wade; Lack of chemistry probably due to lack of engagement between performers. Good musical ability.
Rhi Watkins; Great vocals, good image and excellent guiter playing.
Richard Morgan; Brave choice of song but boy what a good choice it was. Expressing was excellent. Luckily the blow out at the end didn’t spoil the performance. Need to work on image.
Rupa Chopra; Could have played with the dynamics as it sounded all on one level and thus a little boring. Didn't look that comfortable on stage
Ruth Kelly; Very thick, rich sounding vocal. Good choice of song. Great confidence and looked like she enjoyed it.
Sophie Burgess; a very uninspiring song choice but good vocal and image.
Youcef Preston; solid but watch mic control. great voice.
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