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Music Contests in Scotland, such as Open Mic UK, have provided industry feedback for the best unsigned singers in the region.

Successful auditionees in Scotland performed at Glasgow The Royal Concert Hall in front of a large crowd and the Open Mic UK industry experts. Judges included vocal coaches, music journalists and A&R managers. The singing competition feedback on selected acts can be seen below.

The judges for the Glasgow singing contests regional final were Ben Price from Future Music, Equity Chairman Eva Lorraine, Graeme Scott from Leith FM, Jamie Cameron from Riverside Studios, Fiona Elcoat from Flying Pixie Management and Glasswerks editor Gordon Johnstone.

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 Contests Scotland Feedback – 23 and over category

Lorna Firth – A very strong start to the show she hit all the right notes. Maybe could have taken the mic off stand and used the stage more. Great projection.

Natalie Tulloch – Got better as she went through. Some great notes hit once the nerves subsided. Song and image didn’t match.

Stacy McIntosh – Very solid but not sparkling. Use the stage more to add performance to the act.

Stacy Paris – A bit of a dated song but really well performed. A little static though could have worked the stage.

Caroline Gilmour – Nice playing and singing. Good song choice then loved the tempo change into next song. Perfect covers but needed to feel more originality.

Supa Jme – Good original song. Crowd participation is good but not at the expense of mic technique and timing. A confident performance.

Sarah Beth-Brown (aka Born-by-Wires) – Different, which is what we like. Loved the change of pace into Blondie. Good but definitely room for improvements.

Jacklyn Gray – A bit lacking in energy and zest. A good voice nonetheless. Lacks originality.

Stacey Archibald – Great song choice. Nice original too she has good songwriting skills.

Lynn – Smashed it with a huge voice. Picked a much under-rated Beatles song and made it her own. A very powerful performance.

Music Contests Scotland – Further Feedback

Mena – Great audience participation. Good stage performance. Star quality and good rhymes.

The Coaltown Daisies –  Great melodies. Didn’t disappoint in that respect but would have liked to see more originality from them. Needs some oomph in the next round.

Jocelyn – A sleepy song perhaps didn’t show off the talents of her voice. A good voice but an uninspired song choice.

Tina Carl – A good voice but lacked control in the louder parts of the song. It came close to shouting at times.

Leona Hens – A very straight cover lacked originality. Well sung though with a nice touch of soul.

Dave & Nick – Not a great original track. They work well together but need more dynamism.

Karla Bernardi – Cracking voice and vocal technique. She gave me goosebumps which isn’t easy! Total power and totally in tune.

Aaron McLaren – Nice voice and a really nice original song. A very soulful and enjoyable performance.

Music Contests Scotland, Enter Now!

All successful acts at the Glasgow Regional Finals will now be performing in the live Area Final Showcase on 4^th December in Manchester Come along to see the best unsigned talent!

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

Don’t miss your chance to perform in front on industry professionals! You can enter Open Mic UK now!