Judges Feedback From The Brighton Live Show, 18-25's Category
This weekend the judges were in Brighton! 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 Hove Centre on 30.10.10 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 Brighton included Founder of Sussex vocal academy Lucinda Bristow, Vocalist Lesley Mitchell, former Miss Brighton Tino Leonard and Future Music’s Chris Grayston.
18-25's;
ARG; Took a while to get going, don’t cup the mic? Original song is really good and catchy but the guys need to practice more vocally on stage as vocally really messy. Lots of energy.
Debbie Perolls; backing instruments and dancers worked really well.Good performance, high energy, could work on breath control.
Soong-Young Lee; Dictation wasn’t that clear? Practice more! Nice tone to voice.
Sarah Turton; Enchanting performance not so strong when quickened the pace which sounded nervy. Lovely to hear the harp, unusual act.
Sutten Catchy; Image needs looking at. Lots of energy, good confidence.
Nomi Helfensteller; The cover was far stronger a performance and vocal than the original song exposing that to be weak song. Very little engagement or eye contact with the audience. Good technique and good diaphram control.
Rich Lown; Need to synch image of all performers on stage. Good performance of both cover and original. Work on mic technique, catchy original track and nice tone to voice.
Adey Roy-Mac; Good performance, tuning issues in some places.
Carly Short; Would have been good to take the mic and work the stage. Needs to connect more with using the audience.
Carl Jarrett; Worked the stage well and engaged. Need to work on bringing strength to the vocal.
Caroline Moore; the girl can sing but could have flowed more. Would be good with a lady gaga twist on the image to make it unique. Good range, good tuning.
Edoardo Appleboy; Great name, dictation was a problem maybe would have worked visually better with a guitarist on stage with him. Try to relax and enjoy it.
Cherry Poison; Tuning issues made it hard to see past bit shouty at times too. Cute look but need more training.
Emma Tyson; Shaky start on the guitar which fell into line after the vocals kicked in. Vocals were very good. Confident and used the stage well.
Jack Phillips; Good support and range. Great voice and loved the look.
Felicia Appeti; Neither powerful or sweet enough for this song choice. good low range but needs to learn to relax.
Joshua Bernstein; Good pace and good dynamics, confident.
Lindsay Herbertson; strong voice number was a bit laboured perhaps a bit more up tempo would have suited better? Pull off the mic when going for big notes.
Luke O’Gorman; nice tone to his voice need to keep still more just randomly relocating around the stage, move with conviction. Good tuning, would suit the theatre.
Niamh White; Haunting vocal to White Knight with a folky twang to her vocal, nice. Enjoy the performance more.
Magic; Lost half his possible marks as didn’t do a cover? Why do that..
Steff Bond; Performance was poor didn’t back up the vocal performance. Work on getting more energy in the performance.
Ollie Friend; Liked the guitar work nice sound. Really original and unique.
Morton and McDonnall; Confidence chaps, at times looked fragile. Could be good, but looked a little nervous.
Fran Classic; Really grooved well my favourite of the show. Loved the cover! Fun and very creative.
Gabriella Rego; Performance was well acted. Good expression and good tuning. Nasal tone needs work on.
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