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Music contest in London, Open Mic UK, has provided Industry feedback for singers at the London Regional Finals.

Successful auditionees in London performed at The Beck Theatre in Hayes in front of a large crowd and the Open Mic UK industry experts. Judges included vocal coaches, music journalists and A&R managers. The talent competition feedback on selected acts can be seen below.

The judges for the London music contest regional final were head of A&R at Future Music Ben Price, Kiki Militsis from ICMP, Vocal Tutor Rob Palmer, Label owner of Bright Pink Music Steve Stubbs and Andrew Tayo from UBand.  

Find industry feedback below. Please be aware views expressed by judges are opinions and subjective to that particular judging panel. These views in no way reflect the views of Open MicUK, and are published with a view to being beneficial to the performing acts. Please take the feedback on board with a view to helping in the future.

Music Contest London Feedback – 17-22 age category

Jasmine Finnerty – Could cultivate a more edgy image. Performance was good she hid nerves well and felt the song. Could have picked a more exciting number though. Could have used the stage more and engaged the audience.

Mubarek Alli – Good crowd raiser. Should have carried on through error we wouldn’t have noticed. Never apologise during a performance. Great start but lost timing. Great image. Diction could be better.

Oliver Robinson – Good voice uses it well. Try and be smoother between your songs, it lost momentum when you started talking to the crowd. Nice original song but it lacked punch. Nice dynamic tone and good song writing.

Abigael Thompson – Off key I’m afraid. Dancers added a nice image but they should have dressed the same. The routine was good.  An energetic performance but that caused breath issues.

Nick D’Souza – Good image I think he could have owned the stage more. Backing track had vocals in it which made it a little hard to hear his rapping. Work on mic technique.

Lauren Gray – Lacked timing throughout. Could have owned the stage more. Take the mic off the stand and work it. Nice cover version you made it your own.

Luke Crawford – Needed to put his own stamp on the song, lacked originality. Got better as he went along vocally.  Hit some good notes towards the end. Nice soulful vibe but rough around the edges.

Charles Karter – Looks good but needed more impact from the start. All a bit one dimensional vocally but he owned that stage. Work on clarity and diction.

Music Contest London, Further Feedback

Sosa – Confident performance. Great tempo and delivery. Good hook in the song.

Rose Betts – Really nice voice. Great cover choice. Hauntingly good vocals. She completely captured the audience. Individual and charismatic.

Rooshi – Poor cover choice. Lacked excitement. He would have had to be incredibly good vocally to pull off the song. Work on your support as it’s sending you off the pitch.

Shafiq ‘N’ Shane AKA S ‘N’ S – More rehearsal needed not quite polished enough. Lads need more chemistry. Taller lad has some ability and should have played more of a part. Poor cover choice. There is potential there but you need to tighten up.

Symphony – Worked the stage area well but not sure if it helped her vocals which went off time. Nice image but could have looked a bit more edgy. Second song was more energetic and better delivered.

Elley – Brave song choice but she nailed the accapella intro no sign of nerves. Made it her own too. Great image. Pitchy in places but otherwise vocally commanding.

T’Shan – Nice routine and good image. Good original song would benefit from a stronger chorus but great beats. This girl knows her craft. Must stick to the rules and perform a cover song as well.

Music Contest London, Enter Now!

All successful acts at the London Regional Finals will now be performing in the live Area Final Showcase on 20^th November. Come along to see the best unsigned talent in London!

All acts are competing to make it to the Grand Final on January 21st at Live Fest, London’s biggest indoor festival!

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