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