FINAL

The first day of familiarisation went really well. The acts turned up and were briefed on various aspects of the show, how they would get on and off stage and shown around the changing rooms along with having a talk on health and safety etc. It gave them the opportunity to ask questions about the audio and lighting side of the show and ask for any special effects they wanted.

Here are the final 16 and two reserves, complete with pictures so you recognise who they are!! They are listed in their act number order.

Good luck to them all.

PRIZES

Currently we have £2,500 for the outright winner.

The Robin 2 at Bilston have offered a prize to all of our "suitable" finalists, in that they will be invited to support a pre-booked act appearing at this very popular local venue. Details of dates will be sorted between The Robin 2 and the acts after the final. Details of who goes where will be posted on the site for your information.

Academy Managment Group are supplying free web space to promote all the entrants, please email dave@academymgt.co.uk for further details.

Here are the finalists.

Joe Johnson

Lauren Parker

Fizzog

Emily Baker

Back 2 Back

Richard Jones

Kortni

Lil Saints Showgirls

Sarah Kelly

Spice Aloud

Danielle Talbot

Transit Trix

Yvonne Milligan

DNA

Daniel Crossley

Luke Hatton

Awaiting photograph

16 acts will be taking part in the final.
Two Acts will be invited to come as reserves in case of any problems with any of the qualifying acts.
All acts from both heats, scoring over a certain points total, will be taken foward to a meeting of the judging panel only.
This panel will then work out the top scoring acts from the various categories, such as solo vocalist, bands, variety, dancers etc.
News of the finalists will be given on The Wolf 107.7 on Monday the 15th between 8 and 8.30am.
Following this the results will be available on the web-site.

On Thursday 18th June from 2pm onwards we will invite our Finalists to a Familiarisation session at the Grand, run by Ian Griffiths. This is to allow them to see the dressing rooms, backstage and main stage areas and ask any questions they may have about the venue. Also they will be able to talk to Ian about their act and outline any special requirements (e.g. props). It is NOT an opportunity to rehearse. They will be invited to go round in pairs, each session expected to last about 30 mins.

On the final day itself, we will have the theatre from 2pm to 6pm for setting up and rehearsals. Theatre will then close and re-open from 7pm until 11pm.