Meet the Junior Star Singer Songwriter judges

Junior Star Singer is reaching its time for the final this year on December 3rd, where contestants from each location will be selected to compete for the final prize. 

The winner will get the chance to sing and song write with a top record producer in London Anthony Goldsbrough to produce one track which will be played across 20 radio stations next year for the Junior Star Singer Songwriter Radio Tour 2017.  It's a fantastic opportunity for any young artist who wants a platform into the music industry. They will also get the chance to sing at a music awards night in Bristol on December 11th where there will be TV, radio and A &R record company executives from the industry present on the night.

Anthony Goldsbrough is a songwriter and record producer.  He is also a session singer to artists including Ed Sheeran, Hozier, Bastille, Julian Lennon, Olly Murs, Josh Groban, Bonnie Tyler and many more.  He is currently working on a songwriting project with other session musicians in the industry calling their group 'Ironlines'.  So look out for more news on them!  Their track 'Voices' will be played at the final.   Listen to Anthony's latest interview with Amanda Neale on his tips for the finalists before the grand final on December 3rd for Junior Star Singer Songwriter.

Amanda with Anthony Goldsbrough

Adam Faires is our other mentor and judge for Junior Star Singer Songwriter this year.  Adam Faires was one of the judges for Junior Star Singer last year when it appeared on DKW Sky TV show and the contestants came from Italia Conti.  Adam is a Synchronisation Manager for Global Entertainment, Global Talent Publishing Ltd. He deals with all aspects of synchronisation for Global's music catalogue including acts such as Ellie Goulding, The Vaccines, LMFAO and Lawson.  Listen to his interview with Amanda Neale host and founder of the tour and what he thinks is important for any artist to make it in the business.

Adam Faires (centre), with Amanda, Rachael and some famous friends....

Meet Halifax's finalist - Emily Taylor Smith

Following the success of the Junior Star Singer Radio Tour for 2016, we are pleased to announce the finalist for the Halifax region is Emily Taylor- Smith.  We managed to catch her practicing her vocals down at Bedfordshire's Lost Boys Studio where she gave us a rendition of Taylor Smith's song 'Love Story'.  

Emily is really excited about being in the final for Junior Star Singer, and enjoying already developing her singing, songwriting and performance skills.  Check her out below and look out for her entry on December 3rd for the final.  Good luck Emily!

Meet Tabitha Jade, Liverpool's finalist for Junior Star Singer!

Tabitha Jade is the finalist contestant representing Liverpool, with already an outstanding career in music. An ambitious young artist, she has already built a following in and around Liverpool. Tabitha is keen to win Junior Star Singer to gain a national platform for her music.

Amanda Neale joined Tabitha on TV channel Made in Liverpool's show 'The Lowdown' recently to talk about the competition and what lies in store for the final. Tabitha sang one of her original tracks - look out for this on The Lowdown  when it airs mid-November.

Good luck Tabitha Jade - see you at the final!

You can catch a sneak preview of her performance below:

Introducing Bradford's finalist - Shania Rowe!

Shania Rowe is an aspiring singer-songwriter from Bradford who entered Junior Star Singer Songwriter this year. She has now been selected to go through to the final on December 3rd.  Shania is known for her great song-writing capability, writing numerous tracks during her spare time.  

She is hoping to go on and start her first demo following her success on the Junior Star Singer Tour.  

Check out her interview and performance of Emily Sande's latest song 'Hurt'.  Shania was nursing a virus that week, but with sheer dedication and hard work, she wouldn't let that stand in her way.  Even though she was congested.....she still produces some great vocals!  
Good luck at the final Shania!

Making the (Surrey) hills alive with the sound of music

Left to right: Dan Joyce, Rachael Summers, Amanda Neale, Georgia Lois and Phil

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Having already been the main presenter of Brookland's Future Starz on Brooklands Radio, Amanda Neale was really excited about the chance to bring Junior Star Singer onto another Surrey based radio station.  She was joined by Rachael Summers again as her co-host and with special guest Georgia Lois who sang her wonderful track 'Choose' at the end of the show.  

Amanda, Rachael and Georgia made their way to Leatherhead again with a good cup of coffee for the early morning breakfast show.  

These early starts are proving to be a bit hard on the presenters but they love the buzz of the show anyway and are full steam ahead ready to greet contestants!!

Surrey Hills Radio station is based in Leatherhead Town Centre amongst a lovely array of swanky coffee shops and high street stores. Leatherhead is not a large town but quite a small, warm welcoming  one with a selection of shops, activities, and events that draw people from nearby towns and villages.  The town has some stunning countryside that surrounds the whole of leatherhead with well-marked paths and guided walking routes.  Surrey Hills Radio is a fun, exciting radio station that goes out onto the internet.   It is well known for receiving songs from unsigned artists who want to have their songs played on air and also supporting local musicians and vocalists.  The presenter Dan Joyce really welcomed Junior Star Singer as a national competition after interviewing Amanda on his live breakfast show.  Check out the interview here:

Contestants for JSS came from the Surrey Area to greet presenters at Surrey Hills Radio before 9am so well done folks!!!! 

We listened to entries from Helen Houlahan, performing 'Wings' by Birdy and T-J , performing 'Set fire to the rain' by Adele. Check out their performances here:

The Surrey Hills Radio show is the latest in our tour which is also helping to raise awareness of the Youth Music charity, which helps disadvantaged youngesters in the UK to realise their potential through music. If you'd like to donate to the charity, please text “TOUR11 £5” to 70070.

We are nearly close to finishing now for the Junior Star Singer Songwriter Radio Tour 2016 so keep a look out on all the blogs for further information on who will get selected for the final.  Contestants will be invited to come down to a recording studio and sing to compete in the final.  They will have to sing a verse and chorus of a track written by the main presenter Amanda Neale.  Out of these finalists, one winner will be chosen and their track will be played across all 20 radio stations next year for the Junior Star Singer Songwriter Radio Tour in 2017.  Rachael Summers will also be performing at the final.  Look out for the next show at West Side Radio in November and any further updates on our Junior Star Singer website.

Thanks to Dan Joyce and all the team for a very fun wacky show.  See you next time.

Good Luck contestants!!!!!!!!!!

XXX

They did like to be beside the seaside - JSS goes to Margate!

It was another early start for the Junior Star Singer Songwriter team, as presenter Amanda Neale and co-host Rachael Summers made their way to the seaside town of Margate. Joining them on their travels was budding young singer and songwriter Georgia Lois.

Georgia Lois has just recorded her demo with record producer Anthony Goldsborough who has acted as a mentor on the radio tour. Georgia's style is folk pop and now since recording her demo, Georgia is due to do her first promotional video this December. From a very early age, Georgia has been singing and writing her tracks developing new folk sounds.  Now singing like a songbird, Georgia will be taking time out to have her first promotional video recorded before Christmas. This will be available to see on her website Singer called Georgia Lois.

While you've got your internet browser open, make sure to also check out Rachael Summers' latest song 'It's not 'Over for me' - you can watch the video on the videos page of her website. The song is also featured on her latest EP which she has been busy promoting on the JSS tour this year.  Her tracks will also be promoted on the new tour next year. 

Her latest song 'Livin the Dream' will be filmed in a music video later on next month, so watch out for any blurb on Twitter and Facebook.  Rachael will be teaching contestants the steps to the track which have been choreographed by herself.  There will also be a promotional video for this with contestants from the JSS tour to come out later next year.  If you are interested in being in the video and have competed in the JSS tour, then contact us now through the Junior Star Singer Songwriter website reference 'music video'.

Margate, where we held September's Junior Star Singer  is bursting with artistic energy.  It is a traditional holiday town with loads of charm and even has a world-class art gallery to top it all off. There are sandy beaches, sparkling bays, quirky cafes, retro shops and in the midst of all this a surge of creative energy. Amanda and Rachael were really excited to be in this seaside town to listen to the talent around Kent. The contestants competing from Seaside Radio were: 

• Jake Wareham singing his own rendition of ‘I write sins not tragedies’ by Panic! at the disco
• Holly Brown singing ‘Yours’ by Ella Henderson
• Maria Batucan singing ‘One Last Time’ by Ariana Grande

Left to right: Caroline Palmer of Margate Seaside Radio, contestants Maria Batucan, Holly Brown and Jake Wareham, with JSS hosts Amanda and Rachael

Take a look at how well the contestants did.  They were all buzzing with nerves and excitement all at the same time.  With a very electric atmosphere, they all did so well!!  We can’t wait to hear who goes through to the final from sandy Margate.

To look out for further information and news on the Junior Star Singer Songwriter Radio Tour, do tune in to all of our blogs and of course onto our Junior Star Singer website. 

We're wondering now we are close to the end of the radio tour this year, who are the possible contenders for this year?  What are the views of the mentors so far?  Tune into our next radio show for JSS on the tour at Surrey Hills Radio on October 1st which will be live on the Breakfast show with presenter Dan Joyce.


See you all soon XXX

OK in MK - Junior Star Singer Songwriter rocks the city of concrete cows!

The Junior Star Singer team were on the road again through Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire for the Junior Star Singer Radio Tour in Milton Keynes this time at Secklow Sounds.  Contestants came from surrounding areas all over areas like Bedford, Kempston and Milton Keynes.

With over 200 shops and restaurants in the centre of Milton Keynes, the city is fast attracting a reputation for more than just its famous concrete cows (see below).  

Milton Keynes has helped to give housing to 250,000 people over recent years.  One of the main reasons for the success of this project is the design which was created by urban planners and architects.  They created a strongly modernist design and used the grid  square system for layout.  Milton Keynes now accommodates a vast array of businesses and is a social point for young people as well providing a cinema, ice skating rink, bowling centre and also a radio station called Secklow Sounds......

Secklow Sounds is a fantastic radio station bringing a mixture of different music and collective sounds to Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.  Amanda Neale was really pleased when she was asked to host Junior Star Singer this year on the station.  The contestants were Mahdiya, Morgan, Washeera Basutu and Rochelle Blake who were all competing for the Milton Keynes area.  Good luck to all those wonderful contestants.

Amanda has been busy promoting Junior Star Singer Songwriter not only on Secklow Sounds but also on BBC Three Counties on the Yasmeen Khan show.  She has featured as a regular panellist discussing topics of news and entertainment in the Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire area.

The Secklow Sounds radio show is the latest in our tour which is also helping to raise awareness of the Youth Music charity, which helps disadvantaged youngesters in the UK to realise their potential through music. If you'd like to donate to the charity, please text “TOUR11 £5” to 70070.

Look out for further information on who are the winners for the Junior Star Singer Songwriter Radio Tour, as winners will be announced at the back end of this year. Judges Adam Faires and Anthony Goldsbrough will be picking one winner from each location and then these winners will be singing their way to the top for the final prize.........the chance to sing and song write with a top record producer and then have their song played across all the radio stations for the tour next year.  Stay tuned!!  For further news, plus information on how to sign up to next year's competition,  see Junior Star Singer - a singing talent competition for 10-16 year olds.

Our tour gets a little extra help from the talented kids of Halifax

Think of Halifax and singing and you might end up remembering the series of ads that the Halifax Building Society did a few years ago where members of staff sang to well-known tunes (if you need a reminder, take a look below...)

We wanted to see for ourselves whether the youth of Halifax could go one better, and so, after a quick crafty snooze following our earlier, early morning Bradford show, came in search of young talent to test our theory.

After an early start, Amanda and Rachael took the chance to catch 40 winks before their afternoon show on Phoenix Radio

Luckily, we also had our own little bit of extra help from Howard Priestley of local radio station Phoenix Radio 96.7fm.

With Howard, we met our first duet, Neve and Josh and soloist Emily Taylor-Smith.  Neve and Josh sang their own rendition of the emotional song, Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton, whilst Emily sang Dream a Dream from the hit musical Les Miserables.  You can watch clips of their performances below. 

As always, we were delighted with the talented performances. We loved the classical sound of Emily with the retro sound of Neve and Josh.  It was fantastic to hear something quirky and unusual.  

The show at Phoenix FM is the 11th in the Junior Star Singer Songwriter UK tour, which aims to give young singers all over the UK aged between 10 to 16 the chance to showcase their talents, with the lucky winner getting to record a song with top UK music producer Anthony Goldsborough. The competition will be judged by mentors within the music industry.

Have a listen to our show on Phoenix 96.7FM:

We will be inviting the winning contestant to a London recording studio close to Christmas this year so that they can record their own track which they would have written themselves and collaborated with Anthony Goldsborough and Amanda Neale.

The track will then be played on all of the radio stations that have been on the Junior Star Singer Songwriter Tour. The tour itself works in aid of a charity called Youth Music, which works to help to change the lives of children across the country, investing in projects to help disadvantaged youngsters to find a direction through music and musical expression. Rachael Summers has been telling the listeners about youth music on all of the junior staff singer shows. The whole of the tour is promoted especially to make people aware of the great work that Youth Music does across the UK, so please donate on “TOUR11 £5” to 70070.

Good luck to all the Halifax contestants, you did a superb job. Thanks to Howard too for a very cool show!

Amanda

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Making music magic in Bradford

West Yorkshire city Bradford is well known as the birthplace of magician Dynamo, which is why we chose it to work some of our very own musical magic on the Junior Star Singer Songwriter tour.

Amanda and Rachael arrived very early in the morning for BCB's breakfast show with Daniel Carroll presenter of the morning show, watching the sun rise as they arrived to greet contestants for the show.

Contestants all seemed very nervous but very excited as they were asked to take pictures with the hosts before warming up for their slots.  

Left to right: contestant Josie Baker, JSS host Amanda Neale, contestants Mia Tarrobal,
Shania Rowe and Mila Lee, JSS co-host Rachael Summers

In an interview with show host Daniel, Amanda gave the story behind the creation of Junior Star Singer Songwriter and explained how the tour works across the UK.

If anyone would like to enter as well next year, please apply through the Junior Star Singer website on www.juniorstar singer.co.uk  Next year, the Junior Star Singer crew expect to hit more radio stations around the UK, so look out in local schools for information as well as the main website.  Amanda Neale is also a regular Panelist for BBC radio Surrey and Sussex and Three Counties and gives information on the tour in her appearances so listen out for these.   Her next show on BBC radio Surrey and Sussex will be on September 6th on the lunchtime slot on the Allison Ferns show.  

The contestants for the Bradford show were: Shania Rowe, Mia Tarrobal, Josie Baker, Mila Lee. 

With a range of covers and their own material the contestants sang their hearts out for Bradford breakfast listeners at 8 'o' clock on a Saturday morning and were interviewed afterward. While it may have been early, there was no sign of any tiredness or flakiness!!!  Catch a peek at their performance below and choose your favourite contestant.  It's very tough to decide as they are all fantastic.

Later on in the show, Rachael gave information on the charity Youth Music so that listeners could text donate and give to an extremely worthwhile cause.  The whole of the tour is promoted especially to make people aware of the great work that Youth music do across the UK, so please donate on “TOUR11 £5” to 70070.

Looking forward to our next show in Halifax at Phoenix Radio!

See you soon!!XX

An exciting day at Surrey's Brooklands Radio

It was another exciting day for the Junior Star Singer production team on the UK radio tour, as they arrived on their latest stop at Brooklands Radio in the beautiful town of Weybridge in Surrey.  

Brooklands Radio also hosts Brooklands Future Starz, a show for young people to showcase their vocals which has been chocka with requests to have another series.  So we decided to also ask them to host the singing songwriting show Junior Star Singer Songwriter. 

Junior Star Singer Songwriter for Brooklands has gone out to applicants in the Surrey area who are interested in singing and songwriting as a combination.  Contestants will also be joining us at Surrey Hills radio station later in the year for this area.  We have asked contestants to come forward that show a flair and passion for songwriting, as well as great vocal ability.  So watch this space!!!  

Amanda Neale and her co-host Rachael Summers were joined by Graham Laycock, programme controller for Brooklands Radio.  They were excited to meet special guest Luke Richards who is just starting his demo with record producer Anthony Goldsborough.  Luke gave us an insight into what it is like in the day in the life of a songwriter, where some days he can churn out two songs with even the start of a third on its way! Amazingly, Luke has taught himself the guitar after writing his own songs from the time he was 10.  He is now looking forward to his first demo.  

Special guest, Luke Richards

The contestants for Brooklands Radio have been wonderful. The contestants were Olivia Sutton, Farai Chiyambukira, and Telisha Tugwell Robertson.  Catch Olivia Sutton here, who showed great character in her performance at Brooklands Radio.  Olivia is determined she wants to go the whole way in her music career.  With a strong, soulful vocal she is a great contestant for Junior Star Singer and we wish her lots of luck as we do for all our contestants!

Look out for Rachael Summers' tracks on her website www.rachaelsummersjss.com.  Rachael will be co-hosting shows for Junior Star Singer Songwriter up and down the country.  Just finishing her EP, she will be shooting her music video this coming September for her track 'Livin' the Dream', so listen out for further interviews on the radio tour.  Rachael has just supported Linda Muriel of 'Brand New Heavies' and 'Incognito' fame at the Piano Works in London for music show Brooke on the Street. 

If you need any information on the Junior Star Singer Songwriter Radio Tour, please email us through the website Junior Star Singer - a singing talent competition for 10-16 year olds  The tour will be running again next year and applications are welcome now.  See you all soon !!!! XX

Junior Star Singer Songwriter makes itself at home in the home of music

Few cities around the world can lay quite as big a claim to changing the face of music as Liverpool. As the birthplace of the Beatles, the city has made a lasting impact on the music scene, with many of today's musicians still citing John, Paul, George and Ringo as major influences.

We were therefore delighted to be able to add Liverpool to our list of cities in our UK tour. 

We are even more delighted to be lucky enough this to be included in one of the shows for the Liverpool International Music Festival Radio Station. This is held over a period of a month during the year, and is the very first of a grand new project launched by the organisers of the Liverpool International Music Festival. 

The radio station broadcasts locally on 87.7Fm, as well as online.  As a tribute to the city's contribution to modern music, the station reflects both the past and present Liverpool music scene as well as featuring artists and bands who will be taking part in July's event.

The radio station also has an array of presenters and DJs, highlighting the festival's commitment to new talent and the local scene and industry on a global scale.  LIMF radio will also provide training for young people who want to enter the industry.  Sessions are led by BBC Radio 1 presenter Adele Roberts, former founding manager BBC 1 Xtra Ray Paul and Laura Lukanz who is the former music manager of BBC 1Xtra and EVP of First Access Entertainment.

Junior Star Singer Songwriter had two amazing contestants from Liverpool this year.  The first was Tabitha Jade who has already been crowned in London in 2015 for the National Song Writing competition in front of a capacity crowd and panel of judges from Sony and Universal.  

Tabitha Jade

Tabitha was also finalist in two other national talent competitions (TeenStars and OpenMic UK).  She was the youngest ever to play at Liverpool Sound City and has since played at other major festivals in the calendar like Hope Fest, Soul Fest with Gabrielle, Jermaine Jackman (Voice 2014 winner).  Watch when we met Tabitha Jade in Liverpool outside the Cavern Club for an exclusive Junior Star Singer interview.  

Our next Liverpool contestant was Eleanor Nelly, a 16 year old singer/songwriter from Liverpool.  In just three years, Eleanor has played numerous venues and festivals all around the country. 

Eleanor Nelly

Eleanor plays with her newly formed backing band and has amazing strong vocals.  Good luck to both the contestants for Junior Star Singer Songwriter radio tour competition!

For further information on the tour, and information on the coming shows, please see Junior Star Singer - a singing talent competition for 10-16 year olds

A burst of colour for a Saturday morning

On Saturday 16th July, Amanda Neale and Rachael Summers made their way into London during the early hours of the morning towards the Oval near Kennington to host Junior Star Singer Songwriter for one of the London shows for 2016.

(L-R) Rachael and Amanda with special guest, Georgia Lois

They were joined by Georgia Lois, their special guest on the show.  Georgia is doing special appearances on the Junior Star Singer Radio Tour.  

She is currently recording with Anthony Goldsbrough who is the producer that the winning contestant will have the chance to sing and write their own track with.  

Georgia has just had her first demo produced by Anthony and will be starting her EP soon.  Georgia is a young pop folk artist with the voice of a songbird. Her website went out live this weekend - check it out here.

Arriving at The Kia Oval outside Colourful Radio, the Junior Star Singer Team opened up the show with an interview with Georgia.

The London show was hosted by presenter Lorraine who normally does the drive time show on Saturdays, and Maurice Cunningham who presents on Fridays.  We had the chance to listen to Georgia singing her track 'Choose' as well as an interview on how she has been getting on with her latest recording of her first demo with an exclusive producer.  

Amanda, Georgia Lois, contestant Mollie and Rachael with Colourful Radio presenter Maurice Cunningham

Amanda with Lorraine, Colorful Radio's Drivetime presenter

There was also a chance to listen to Rachael's new track 'It's not over for me', which will be one of the tracks on her new EP, due out later this year.

Junior Star Singer Songwriter is a competition for a mixture of vocalists and songwriters who come forward to sing covers or original material. They talk about their ambitions, dreams, hopes and aspirations of pursuing a career in the industry as a vocalist and songwriter.  If they are songwriters, they talk about their songwriting techniques and what they hope to achieve in the future.  Contestants are mentored by people within the industry so that they get advice on which direction is best for them.  In this show, we had commentary from TV and Film Manager Adam Faires who has worked in the music industry for a long time.  He talks about how he went from being a musician to then working for a record company and in the publishing field.

We then had the wonderful contestant Mollie entering Junior Star Singer Songwriter singing her version of 'With You'. She gave a dramatic, emotional performance with a lot of heart and soul.  Well done Mollie! Mollie would love to pursue a career in musical theatre and believes that winning Junior Star Singer would give her the right platform to fulfill this career.  So listen out for Mollie's amazing performance here:

Amanda then interviewed Mollie outside the radio station to get her views after she made her incredible performance.  Check out her interview here for Junior Star Singer..........a courageous performance and great interview.  

Good luck in the competition Mollie!  It's been a wonderful day for Junior Star Singer.  Looking forward to the next show on the tour in Bradford and Halifax in the North of England later this Summer.  

See you all soon!  XXX

That's Amanda on Solent TV!

Following the recent episode of Junior Star Singer Songwriter on Voice 103.9 FM in Southampton, Amanda Neale, main presenter for the Junior Star Singer and Songwriter radio tour was asked to be interviewed on the That's TV network in Southampton itself.

Taking the train down to the coast, Amanda enjoyed listening to some relaxing tunes before she arrived in the beautiful city of Southampton. 

As one of the topics in the show was the story involving Ed Sheeran being sued for copying a song by X Factor winner Matt Cardle, Amanda took the opportunity to brush up by listening to the two songs herself. Certainly, if you listen to the two songs - Ed's 'Photograph' and Matt's 'Amazing', there is more than a passing similarity - is it possible to write the same melody or chord progression twice? Or can it just be a coincidence? This would be reviewed later that day.  

On arriving at the TV studios in Cosham, Amanda met with TV journalist and presenter Shan Robins and was introduced to social historian and gastronomist Emma Muscat.  

Together, Amanda and Emma talked with Shan about the Queen's birthday celebrations across the nation; the importance of marriage vows; the latest research which has aided the cure for Breast Cancer and the latest developments on the Junior Star Singer Songwriter Radio Tour.  Great sofa chat ladies!!! 

Amanda will be returning to That's Solent TV again to have another panelist discussion on the latest news, entertainment and current affairs later in the summer.  So look out for further news on the Junior Star Singer Songwriter Radio Tour.

And it's off to sunny Southampton for the next leg of Junior Star Singer Songwriter

It's a long way from Junior Star Singer Songwriter HQ to Southampton and our next radio station, 103.9 Voice FM, which meant an early start for Amanda, Rachael and special guest Georgia Lois.  With the summer sun in abundant supply, the girls on tour decided to stop for their customary Caramel Latte top-up at the nearest available Starbucks before heading off into sunny Southampton.

Another destination, another branch of Starbucks....

The presenters and DJs on the show Jay Radcliffe and Dan Jon helped to host and co-ordinate the line up of contestants and features for the day.  

Amanda and Rachael with Jay and Dan of VoiceFM

Our contestants Ben Rosie, John-Paul Lizarondo, Rebecca Wise and Andrea De La Rosa arrived in the early afternoon and were greeted by the presenters before being taken into the radio station waiting area to have their photos taken.  Check out the smiles below!  They were all very brave contestants as it was all their first time on live radio.

Rachael Summers has been promoting her EP on the tour, so contestants were also lucky to pick up a signed card from her EP as Rachael was promoting her track ‘It’s not over for me’ on the show.  There were more smiles!!!!!!!  You can check out Rachael’s website here.

Then the start of our show with our first contestant Rebecca Wise singing 'This is Gospel' by Panic at the Disco.What a remarkable voice! Well done Rebecca !!!!  Our next young contestant was Ben Rosie who gave his views on original songwriting and sang his rendition of James Morrison and Nelly Furtado’s song ‘Broken Strings’.  We welcome all views on singing and songwriting, so don’t forget if you are on one of our shows this year, this is your chance to shine and tell us all!!!!

Our third contestant was John-Paul Lizarondo who melted the girls’ hearts down at the station with his version of Michael Buble’s ‘Feeling Good’.  Finally Andrea sang the very challenging song from Adele ‘When we were young’ with great passion. Well done to all of you and good luck in the competition and your future careers in music.

As always, the show gave the lowdown on Youth Music as the radio tour is to promote the charity’s great work and all the amazing achievements it has made for children across the UK in music.  Rachael talked us through Youth Music’s great work helping under-privileged kids to take up music.  A fantastic cause so please text “TOUR11 £5” to 70070.

All-in-all, it was a very enjoyable, jam-packed show, with even the presenters letting themselves go with a boogie at the end!!  

Thanks to Jodie Newman, Jay and Dan for making it a fun afternoon and for giving us the chance to promote Junior Star Singer Songwriter for Youth Music on Youth FM.  We'll be posting the show here shortly, so stay tuned!