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This weekend the judges were in Manchester! 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 Willows on 24.10.10 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 at Manchester included Greg Morton, Jono Molloy, Gavin Ryder, Bob Young, Pete Bradshaw and Karen Corson.

Maddie Brindley Slater; Good image, needs to work on mic control. Also work on moving on the stage.

Beeni D; Needs to work on confidence. Powerful voice but needs training and long instrumental end was a big mistake.

Katy Hamilton; Excellent performance and good to see you enjoying the performance.

Amy Brooks; Good effort with image, work on nervous performance.

Josie Connor; Bad song choice, work on stage presence and vocals.

Kelly Douglas; Good image, would benefit from some vocal training.

Lauren Johnstone; Good vocals and did very well with high notes. Work on image, could have moved about the stage more and need to work on confidence.

Rebecca Smith; Good use of stage, you need to work on pitching in places.

Ryan Brogan; Very good song choice, needs to move about the stage. Confidence will come with time.

Chelsie Tyrrell; Good confidence. Good performance both vocal and keyboard. Strong voice, need something to make you stand out.

Dave Titley and Sammy Hughes; Need some work on image. Sound is good, two songs followed well into each other.

Dion McGrath; Good image and stage presence. Needs to develop own style. Very mature vocals for under 18.

Disctracted; Needs to work on vocals, but harmonise quite well together. Good image, keep practising! Need to engage with audience and smile.

Hayley Collins; Original, good choice of cover. Good keyboard skills, excellent performance.

Lyrical Ambitions; Wooden performance but great image. Need to work on harmonies, lead vocalist was very good.

Maia Van Spall; Strong voice for so young. Need to engage with your audience more, good use of stage, could benefit from training.

Maria Clarke; Lovely image and strong vocals. A bit of a karaoke performance.

Rach x; A few guitar tuning issues but good recovery from mic issue. Engage with your audience! You perform the cover better than the original.

Sophie-Liesl Baxter; Great performance, star quality here. At last a performance! But image needs work. Wrong song choice?

Em Jay Jo; Song choice didn't show full vocal ability. Good use of stage, good image, well performed.

BeLa; You looked nervous, try to relax. A bit of a karaoke vocal, great image just needs a bit of polishing and confidence.

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