JUDGES PICK 30 ACTS TO GO THROUGH TO SEMI-FINALS
THE LINE-UP for the semi-finals of the Wexford People Wexford Has Talent Show 2019 has been selected following the open auditioning of more than 100 acts on Sunday afternoon.
Singers, dancers, bands, spoken word performers, gymnasts, jugglers, martial artists and other performers – of all ages – showed off their talents in front of judges Pat Lawlor, Catherine Biddy Walsh, Eric Hayes and former Wexford Has Talent competition winner Tara Doyle Robinson.
Organiser Enda Whelan said: ‘The competition standard this year is the highest we have seen to date. Everyone who took part in the auditions should be hugely proud; the judges had much to deliberate over in order to select just 15 acts for each semi final and just one golden ticket winner.’
He thanked everyone who attended the audition to perform and wished the successful acts the best of luck in the remainder of the competition.
The finalists selected to compete in the first semi final this Saturday at Clayton White’s Hotel are: Enniscorthy based band Finch; dance group Sirius; singer Ella Dempsey from Rosslare Harbour; singer Kym Sinnott from Wexford town; singer Leah Gammell from Gorey; Kilmore singer Will Troy Walsh; classical singer Anya Furlong from Bunclody; singer Evey Roche from Wexford town; singer Josh Cahill from Kilmore; The Sullivan School of Dancing; singer Sinead Doyle from Enniscorthy; gymnastics group ‘Gym Stars’ from Barntown which includes Mair Williams, Eve Kinsella, Abbey Mulligan, Alison Doyle and Aoife Prunty; spoken word artist Brooklyn Meyler Smith from Drinagh; singer Lili O’Brien Dobbs from Castlebridge; and singer Caoimhe Troy from Tomhaggard.
The line-up for the second semi final, which takes place on February 16, is: The Wexford School of Ballet and Performing Arts; hip-hop dance group from RM Company Ireland, Wexford; singer-songwriter from St Mullin’s Jack Gladney; Group CRJ, from Wexford, which includes Jessica Bent, Rihanne Fox and Chris Bent; musical theatre singer Caoimhe Boyle from Ballywilliam; singer Eabha Keane from Murrintown; singer Evan Roche from Taghmon; singer Patrice McGillycuddy from Barntown; singer Emma Byrne from Clonroche; singer-songwriter Luke Spellacy Shaw from Wexford town; singer Jenny Murphy from Enniscorthy; singer Chris Flood Hayes from Gorey; Synergy dance group from Waterford; singer Adi Roche O’Leary from Bannow; and singer Michelle O’Hare from Wexford town.
Singer Marby Arrioli from Kildare was the recipient of the golden ticket and will go straight through to the Wexford Has Talent grand final. Tickets to both semi-finals are on sale now at a cost of €10 each. All live shows start at 7.30 p.m. From these events, a final line-up will be selected for the grand final on Saturday, March 9. The competition winner will walk away with a prize of €2,000 while two runners-up will win €500 each. The competition has been running since 2015 and has seen a huge number of talented local and visiting artists taking to the stage in Clayton White’s Hotel.