Hollyoaks’s Ashley Taylor Dawson to be celebrity judge at The Printworks unsigned final

The secret celebrity judge for The Printworks Unsigned Final, Saturday 6th April has been revealed. The Hollyoaks superstar and former Allstars* Member Ashley Taylor Dawson will be judging The Printworks Unsigned Final.
 
MANCHESTER, U.K. - April 6, 2013 - PRLog -- The secret celebrity judge for The Printworks Unsigned Final, Saturday 6th April has been revealed. The Hollyoaks superstar and former Allstars* Member Ashley Taylor Dawson will be judging The Printworks Unsigned Final. 8 finalists made it through the live auditions and will now battle it out for the first prize of £250, a recording session and a gig at the legendary Hard Rock Café.

Ashley Taylor Dawson is known from Hollyoaks as Darren Osborne and is one of the longest serving cast members. He was also in pop band ‘Allstars’ between 2001 and 2002. While part of the group he performed in front of hundreds of thousands of people in arenas across the UK, as well as appearing on Top of the Pops four times. Not only has he had four Top 20 singles he has also performed at Wembley arena, Party in the Park and on the Smash Hits Tour.?

He is currently producing dance and acoustic music and working with Artful, formerly known as the Artful Dodger.?

Three music industry veterans who judged the auditions will accompany Ashley in the search for the winner. The esteemed judging panel for the auditions made up three of the music industries finest were on hand to give all contestants the best advice to help them on their way. David Foran the founder & presenter of Manchester Radio Online and has also ran numerous music festivals in the city; Phil Barratt, Director of Music Business Management Ltd.; and Terry Snowden MBE, the founder of the Heroes Project.

The 8 finalists that made it through were; Babalola Ehidiamen, ‘Lizzie Tupman & Damien Hayton’, Georgia Brown, ‘Denise & Dom Morgan’, Keeley Berry, Kim Jennett, Declan O’Gara and the band Suzie Does It. The finalists are now reliant on public voting via The Printworks website as well as the judges’ vote on the day.

In the final the public will also see a special performance by Tristan, the charismatic lead singer of The Dress Down Kids.

Fred Booth, The Printworks Centre Director said;

“We are very excited to have Ashley judging the finals. Many don’t know about his music career and we are happy to be able to work together with such a Manchester legend. We’re also excited to see who wins the fantastic prizes”

The final will be held at 12pm on Saturday 6th April in the Pump Yard of The Printworks.  

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