Talent Contests

Our experience in Running Talent contests is second to none, selling out some of the top venues in the South East several times. The big earner has always been "Stars In Their Eyes" where we usually get around 10-12 venues and hold heats and a semi final in each with the winners going on to represent their pub or venue on a larger stage.

 

We help all the contestants in the final with their make-up and costume. We then broadcast the whole show on screens on both side of the stage with smoke, lights and large backdrops. There is even a camera in the green room so that the public can see the effects each performance and score has on the actual contestants back stage.

The screen are transformed into large score boards allowing the public to view all the positions and scores as they come in from the judges

 

Obviously this is a very large event and takes months of planning but it can be scaled down to meet the requirements of any venue, without losing the overall effect.

 

We would discuss a time frame for running the contest incorporating 2 semi finals and a final into this time. Normally the best way to do this is pick a date you would like the Final and work backwards.

The competition in then advertised in as many diverse ways possible including posters, newspapers, and the web. If possible it is a good idea to incorporate a charity and raise funds for this via raffle sales as this can sometimes aid in relatively cheap advertising within the local media.

 

We then have to appoint judges and these can be from the bar staff or local customers to pick each heat winner. Normally two or three contestants per night will be chosen to go through to a semi final.

On the semi final nights we try and pick 5 from each to appear in the Final as 10 contestants is normal taking into account time constraint.

 

On the Final we suggest that we get 2 or more judges from the local media or a rep from the charity.

 

The contestants are then led onto the stage 1 at a time and asked a little about who they are going to be tonight without actually mentioning the name then they are led off to get changed into costume. When the last contestant has had his little interview on stage the first one should then be all made up and ready to take the stage as their artist.

 

It is slick, fun and very professionally done.

 

This format can be used for any talent contest with a few changes here and there.