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Local talent shines on the mic
RnB/Hip Hop | Tuesday 9th October 2012 | Anisay
Kas’eno and Capo from London have been given the big thumbs up by judges at the Open Mic UK auditions. Along with other impressive acts, Kas’eno and Capo AKA Kasncaps have made it through to the Regional Finals and will now be performing at the live stages of Open Mic UK 2012.
Open Mic UK 2012 is the exciting national talent competition which searches for the UK’s best singers, singer/songwriters, rappers and vocalists of all genres who perform either covers or original material.
One contestant who has evidently caught the judge’s eye is local talent Kasncaps, now in the running to compete for a place in the National Final within The O2 in London. Thousands of hopefuls entered nationwide and hundreds of auditionees queued patiently on the day for their turn to impress the judges. Those who made it through the audition stage will now take part in a live Regional head to head battle alongside the best talent in their area. They’ll be performing in front of hundreds of audience members and a professional judging panel to win a place at the National Grand Final.
The latter stages of the competition will also provide acts with the opportunity to impress many guests from record labels, agencies and the entertainment industry as well as judges from BBC Introducing, national radio and regional press with judges being more prestigious in the later rounds. Past judges include Radio 1 DJs Ras, Kwame and Annie Nightingale MBE with Ivor Novello award winner Mark Hill and KISS FM’s Charlie Hedges already confirmed to join this year’s Grand Final panel for 2012.
Former winner Hatty Keane has been signed to BGM Music and performed live sets alongside Ed Sheeran, Tinchy Stryder and Roll Deep. Previous winners also include Birdy who is signed to Warner, and has had hits all over Europe and is set to conquer the US with a collaboration with Mumford & sons.
Kas’eno and Capo are definatly the ones to look out for in this competition, they have proved them self in past rounds and are sure to empress everyone in the coming rounds.
For more information go to the website www.openmicuk.co.uk or better still come down and support your local talent performing! You can purchase tickets from the website www.openmicuk.co.uk or on the door subject to availability.
