Emeralds Productions Presents UK Black Pride’s Got Talent

The competition heats took place on 10-11th July 2009 at The City Pride Farringdon Lane EC1R 3AU, and gave a chance for the brightest stars of the Black LGBT community to shine.

The final will be held on Saturday 15^th August 2009 at this year's UK Black Pride festival.

Emeralds Productions searched for the hottest variety acts across London and the South East. Talents of all kinds were invited to try out. Individuals, groups of singers, dancers, musicians and bizarre novelty acts, as well as magicians, belly dancers and more were all welcome!

Some of the acts that performed in last year’s contest have gone on to secure paid work and national recognition from entertainment industry organisers and major club and event scouts who attend UK Black Pride.

Competition Notes:

• You must be an amateur act of any ability, within any age group, performing a solo or group act.
• Performances must take care not be gratuitously offensive or they will be disqualified.
• Performances must last between three and five minutes.
• Acts must be available to audition at one of UK Black Pride’s two audition nights and if performances qualify among the top five acts, they must be available to perform at the grand final which will take place at the UK Black Pride event in Regents Park, London, on Saturday 15th August 2009 (please note this is an all day event).

Qualification:

Contestants will be scored with marks between 1 and 10 by a panel of UK Black Pride judges. The five highest scoring acts from the entire auditions process will qualify for a place to take part in the UK Black Pride’s Got Talent contest.

The Prizes:

Five acts from the auditions will qualify to perform at the UK Black Pride and the winner will be presented with a cash prize on the main stage. There will be runner up prizes for the four other finalists.

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