AUDITIONS

Apply online and, if successful, you will be invited to perform a live audition at some of the most prestigious venues throughout the UK. ‘enter now’

If successful at the auditions you will be invited to perform on the main stage at the Live and Unsigned Live shows. Auditions will be held in the following regions, the venues are as follows;

East; Ipswich Regent Theatre
London (East); Basildon Towngate Theatre
London (West); Hayes Beck Theatre
Midlands; Bedford (near Milton Keynes/Cambridge) Corn Exchange
Midlands; Leamington Spa (near Birmingham/Coventry) Royal Spa Centre
North East; Newcastle Journal Tyne
North West; Manchester The Willows
North West; Sheffield City Hall
Scotland; Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Southern England; Aldershot (near Guildford) Princes Hall
Southern England; Portsmouth Guildhall
South East; Brighton Hove Centre
Wales & South West England; Cheltenham Bacon Theatre

Audition places are limited, so be quick not sorry! Registering well in advance will secure your audition and avoid disappointment. For an application to enter the competition go to the ‘to enter’ page now to secure your audition for 2011. Audition dates will be released in August.

All audition dates above are for bands, groups and solo artists. On the day of the audition you will be asked to prepare a performance of up to 2 minutes and no longer (we recommend you keep your intro to a minimum and perform the best part of your song at the start). The auditions are closed to the public and will be in front of a professional judging panel. If you intend to sing a cover, try and make it your own version as the competition is all about originality. Bands just need to bring drum sticks and guitars (including leads) as auditions will have drum kit, amplifiers and microphones already set up so you can just plug in and play.

The successful competitors from the auditions will be asked back to perform and compete live in the Regional Finals in front of a capacity audience and judging panel. The Live shows take place in the same town or City as auditions.