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The UK's largest talent competition for singers and songwriters travelled to Liverpool this week in the ongoing hunt for talent.

 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 Liner Hotel on 07.11.10.

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 Liverpool were: Phillip Whittam from Liverpoolclubbing.com; Laura Adams, from the thesingingteacher.biz; Su Grainger from the British Voice Association; Kathryn Dion-King, Northern songwriter of the year and professional singer Karen Corson.

Jody Cooper: Good image, and a confident performer. Nice voice but needs some vocal training to hit the big notes.

Ben Higgs:  Good performer, nice guitar skills and good interaction, would be great in a band.

Clare Campbell:  Enthusiastic performer, great stage presence, loved the dancing. Obviously loves performing but could do with a touch more vocal training.

Justony:  Confident and a good voice,needs work on vocal control and audience interaction.

Stefania Altomare:  Good image and strong vocals, good guitar skills. Needs to work on keeping eyes open and interacting with the audience!

Alison Crawford:  Very cool performer, nice voice and great overall show, could do with more harmony work.

Chris H:  Comfortable and assured performance, good song choice, and harmonica was a nice touch. Needs to work on audience interaction.

Lloyd Rock: Good delivery of a difficult song, good high note work. Unusual image, great potential but needs a bit more vocal work.

Steve O: Very entertaining and crowd pleasing. Moved on stage well, engaging to watch and a real contender.

Will C: Great performer, good strong voice and crowd interaction, didn’t need the guitar backing track though.

Mark Bradshaw: Good guitar skills, strong vocals, need to be careful with mic control and engage with the audience more.

K-Track: Good mover and performer, buckets of charisma. Original and very watchable. Would like to hear some singing.

George Simpson: Good voice and image. Need to smile more and avoid the vocal veering towards ‘shouty’ in places! Overall a confident and charismatic show.

Dawn Hignett: Very colourful and confident performer, nice image but needs vocal work, she would do better in a band than as a solo artist.

Doug Fraughan: Strong vocals and a good image, interacts really well with audience and plays guitar nicely.

Lotzie Weaver:  Great performer, hilarious and witty lyrics but lost on audience. Nice performance and good image.

Eden Vernett Showers: Great voice, crowd loved it and was very charismatic. Need to control power behind vocals more to avoid being shouty.

Suzanne Jones: Beautiful voice, and a confident performance.  Worked well despite loud audience. Needs work on image.

Emma Wells: Good voice, nice image and a strong performance. Well done for going on without backing at the last minute.

Lester Preston Jr. – Confident, big personality and attitude, connected with audience well. Good voice but needs to watch vocal control.