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Previous winners include Birdy!

Music contests Brighton, such as Open Mic UK,have discovered the best unsigned singers in the region.

The Brighton 2011 regional finals of the music contest were held on Saturday 1st October at The Hove Centre. The Regional final brought together the best unsigned singers from Brighton and the surrounding areas all competing in a bid to make it to the Area Finals in November. The competition was fierce, and the standard was extremely high, well done to all the singers for putting on a great show!

With so much talent it was difficult to make the decisions, but well done to the following acts who will be performing at the Area Final on 27^th November 2011. Click on the winners below to view their winning performance footage. More footage from the competition is viewable on the Open Mic UK MUZU channel.

There is one more place up for grabs in the Area Final which the remaining acts from Brighton can now compete for. The wildcard vote is now open and footage for the acts can be seen on MUZU, so get voting for your favourite to help them win that final spot!

The guest act for the day was Flow Dem, who treated the crowds to brilliant performances of their upbeat and original music.

Music Contests Brighton Winners

16 and Under Winners

Kirsty Fallowfield

Rebecca and Jamie

Shak

Toby Lewis

Sophie Reed

Alejandro Fernandez Holt

Ella Scott

17-22 Winners

Angela Ricci

Lulabelle

Chantee

Carla Agius

Nicole Moattarian

Grace Vincent

Nee-Cee

23 and Over Winners

Alice Frankham

Gwendolen Elias

View From Here

Roy Sudan

Strappa

Sian-Lee

2 Deep

Brighton Music Contests publicity

As well as places in the area final, there were exposure awards for publicity up for grabs, and the prizes were £250 worth of recording studio time with Open mic UK Brighton studio partners Metway Studios. The winners of this award are listed below. Well done to all acts who took part in gaining publicity for the exposure awards.

Alice Ella

Shak

Bryony Brooke

Julie Collins

Brighton Music Contests, Enter Now!

The above acts will be performing at the live Area Final on 27^th November at Highlight in Portsmouth. Come along and see the best unsigned talent from across the UK!

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

For your chance to perform in front of music industry judges, enter Open Mic UK now!