Songbird Emma proves she has star quality
AN EIGHT-year old singing sensation from Newtownabbey has been crowned a winner in the '2010 Citybeat Young Star Search' talent competition.
Emma Lowry from Ravelston Way in Carnmoney was named winner of the Junior Young Star category on Saturday afternoon in the Grand Final of Northern Ireland's biggest talent search for young people.
Belfast's Castlecourt Shopping Centre was packed to the rafters for the occasion, with adoring friends, family and fans all rooting for their favourite act and bearing huge banners, personalised balloons and homemade t-shirts.
The atmosphere was electric as the sea of faces chanted the name of their would-be-winner in response to compere Stuart Robinson's now traditional question 'Who's it gonna be?'
After a week-long series of nail-biting elimination rounds it was an achievement in itself for the 30 grand finalists to have made it to the last leg of the competition.
Hundreds of hopefuls took the first step on their Young Star Search journey almost six months ago and on Saturday the crme de la crme stood before the public and the panel to be judged for the last time.
Full story in this week's Newtownabbey Times
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