A Beckenham singer has been crowned champion in a national talent competition.
Brit School student Lola Young won the Open Mic UK contest at a live final at The NEC in Birmingham with her original song Never Enough.
She beat more than 9,000 acts who entered the competition to win a publicity package and £5,000 to spend on the development of her music.
Head judge Chris Grayston said: “Lola Young has been a stand out act in every round she has competed throughout this year’s Open Mic UK competition and what’s most pleasing for us is Lola has come back year after year, improving and developing her original songs and emotive performances to make her a winner.”
The competition’s first ever winner was Birdy, who is about to release her third album, and was organized by Future Music, who gave early coverage to the likes of X Factor contestants Lucy Spraggan and Luke Friend and Union J’s Jaymi Hensley.
Go to openmicuk.co.uk to enter the competition for 2016.
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