This year’s Emerging Talent Competition Finals took place on the 29th April, with all nine of the brilliant finalists going on to secure spots at stages around the Festival.
N’famady Kouyaté won this year’s competition, you can read the story here and watch his performance below. He’ll be performing at Bread and Roses Thursday 20:30, Greenpeace Saturday 12:30, Croissant Neuf Saturday 23:30 and Avalon stage Sunday 11:30.
The other finalists were Cordelia Gartside, EVA, Ezra Williams, FFSYTHO?!, Naomi Kimpenu, Prima Queen, The Love Buzz and VLURE, and their finals performances can be found below, including where and when they’re playing.
The event was filmed by Solent Productions.
Cordelia Gartside
Bread & Roses Friday 15:00 – 15:40
The Bandstand Sunday 15:00 – 15:40
The Hive Sunday 16:05 – 16:50
EVA
Bread & Roses Thursday 14:30 – 15:30
The Lonely Hearts Club Friday 12:00 – 12:20
The Hive Sunday 17:05 – 17:50
Ezra Williams
Bread & Roses Friday 18:00 – 18:40
Bread & Roses Saturday 16:00 – 16:40
FFSYTHO?!
The Lonely Hearts Club Friday 12:30 – 12:50
Naomi Kimpenu
(Due to a technical issue with the recording, Naomi’s Finals performance isn’t available.)
Acoustic Stage on Sunday 12:10 – 12:40
Prima Queen
The Rabbit Hole Thursday 15:00 – 16:00
The Hive Friday 14:00 – 14:45
Strummerville Friday 20:00 – 20:45
Croissant Neuf Saturday 12:15 – 13:00
The Love Buzz
Bread and Roses Thursday 17:30 – 18:30
The Rabbit Hole Friday 15:15 – 16:15
The Hive Friday 21:30 – 22:15
Stummerville Saturday 19:00 – 19:45
Woodsies Sunday 11:15 – 12:00
VLURE
Bread and Roses Thursday 23:30 – 00:30
The Hive Friday 00:30 – 01:30
BBC Music Introducing Saturday 16:00 – 16:30
