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This weekend the judges were in Bedford! 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 Bedford Corn Exchange on 31.10.10 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 Bedford included Vocal Tutor and tutor for Vidla Christine Evans, Vocalist Sammi Vaughan, from Vocal tutor Jules Pretorious along with Future Music’s Chris Grayston.

Under 18's;

Esere; needs to work on the vocals more and pitching in particular. Good, confident performer

Catrina Saracino; again tuning was a real problem need to practice to eradicate. Loved your original, fantastic song writer.

Lauren Buckley; Good to see her use the stage purposefully have a bit more conviction with the movements in performance and engage direct to the audience. Strong vocals.

Charlie Lake; Guitar player seemed to lack connection with the performance. Great emotion in the song! Excellent vocals and song choice.  

Gemma Parr-Smith; Confident young lady with eye to perform which could act up a little more. A little nervous but worked stage well and looked like a star.

Gintare; Be careful not to go out of tune and go flat, need to work on that. Lovely song choice.

Julia Laudano; Great vocals and great image.

Lufuno Ndou; Great image, good own material. Nerves interfered a little, need to work on this.

Purity; well worked routine which was well supported but vocally wasn’t as tight and didn’t gel as a vocal group like it should with practice. Well staged and choreographed but work on harmonies.

Rhianna Holt; Good choice of song and a lovely voice but lack of experience in performance showed. Great energy.

Kizzy Horgan; Nice image, great contrasting pieces. Tuning at the start of the second track wasn’t great and watch mic control when moving about.

Leah Pennery; Remember to engage with your eyes and try to control the nerves. The more performing the better.Fantastic vocals.

Colette Marie; Nice vocals need to watch the video back or perform in front of the mirror to work on expression. Work on phrasing.

Jamie O’Donnell; Go easy on the keys bit heavy handed at times not enough wrist movement. Great song choice.

Shermariah; project more would be good with the vocals. Mouth is quite far from the mic which is limiting volume. Looked fantastic but wrong song choice.

Tiffany Parker; Solid performance work on engagement on stage. Great voice, great interpretation of the words.

Tom Millett; Good performance. Lose the hat and jacket looks too restrictive..shirt and cuffs undone be more of a relaxed feel. Excellent voice and great production.

Holly Masters; A tidy performance maybe some dancers next time to perform with? Lovely voice, confident, fab outfit.

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