15.09.08
Grand Final - A night to remember!
The Pub Stars National Karaoke Competition 2008 came to a spectacular finale last week at Camelot Theme Park in Preston.

Meet the Winner!Meet the Winner! Natalie Whalin, pictured above and with reigning champion, Stephen Barr (top right).

After 8 months of tough competitions across the county, the fourteen Grand Finalists came together to compete for the crown of Pub Stars Champion 2008.

The atmosphere was electric with the crowd raising the roof after each performance.

Although nerves were present they did nothing but drive the adrenaline as all the finalists rose to the occasion and gave their best performance ever.

After careful deliberation the 4 judges announced their top stars of the evening in reverse order, in third place from The Malt Shovel in Hungerford was Alistair Ward. Second place was awarded to Claire Yaxley from The Regal in Norwich and finally the Pub Stars Champion for 2008 is Natalie Whalin representing the Bullion Wine Bar in St Helens, Merseyside. Natalie wowed the judges with her rendition of ‘Pink’s Who Knew’. The contestants were joined on stage to receive their prize cheques by the judges, including, Richard Horne, Managing Director of Mediatheme Limited, Pascal Magdinier, Music Director of Easy Karaoke, Andrew Campbell of Pub Stars and reigning champion of Pub Stars, 2007 winner Stephen Barr.

Huge congratulations to Natalie who was presented with a cheque for £3000 and a chance to record her own gold disc courtesy of Easy Karaoke. All contestants deserve our applause as all performances were of such high quality – everyone singing at this stage of the competition is already a star!

Finalists 2008

12.07.08
Pub Stars Grand Final.
The Regionals for Pub Stars 2008 are now over and the winning contestants have all been selected. Singing in the Grand Final of this year’s competition will be:
Grand Finalists Hosting Pub Town
Alistair Ward The Matt Shovel Hungerford
Carly Smith The George Blayby
Cheryl Chambers The Buck's Head Strathaven
Claire Yaxley Regal Norwich
Craig Andrew The Great Escape Bridgewater
Dean Michael Barnes Red Lion Totton
Dominic Dutton Chambers Nottingham
Lisa Cox The Green Dragon Rotherham
Lisa McPhee The Harrow Inn Galashiels
Lisa Rily Sherry's Tavern Barnstaple
Natalie Whalin The Bullion Wine Bar St Helens
Neil Wiltshire Jolly Farmers Norwich
Robert Preston The Black Horse Ilford
Tara Jade Anderson The Grampian Club Corby
Vanessa Martin The Hare and Hounds Leyton

The competition is due to come to a spectacular finale on Sunday 14th September 2008. 15 Grand Finalists will gather together to compete for the championship of being crowned Pub Stars King or Queen and receive £3000, along with the chance to record their own commemorative gold disc.

Pub Stars Grand Final will take place at: Park Hall Hotel, Camelot, Charnock Richard, Chorley, Preston, Lancs PR7 5LP - Sunday 14th September 2008

Camelot

 

 

We ask singers to arrive at the venue promptly at 6.00pm for the competition to commence around 7pm. Please situate in the Medieval Suite.

The competition will run between 7pm and 10pm. All singers will sing their first chosen song; we will then break for 30 minutes and on return singers should be prepared to sing their second song. The competition format will run similar to that of the Regional Finals. The songs must be selected from the Entertainer Pro karaoke repertoire. You can obtain a copy of this from the Pub Stars web site.
Five judges will be present at the final. The judging will be based on the same four qualities as the regional finals, performance, presentation, star quality and of course singing ability. Dress to impress! The judges will not only be looking for a good singer, but also an engaging performance with that little extra sparkle that you need for stardom!

If you have any questions about anything then please give me a call on 01780 480100

Best Western
Why not make it a weekend full of excitement and book tickets to Camelot’s Theme Park, and book accommodation in their Best Western hotel. To book accommodation or theme park tickets, please liaise directly with the park – call the reception on 01257 453044.  

Good Luck to all the singers – look forward to seeing you there.


12.07.08
7th Regional Final - The Hare and Hounds.
The last Regional for Pub Stars 2008 was completed on Saturday night. Judges, singers and supporters gathered at The Hare and Hounds in Leyton, London to compete in the second southern regional of this year, for a chance to go through to the next stage of the competition.

The talent at this regional was extraordinary high so the judges had their work cut out trying to choose 2 singers out of the contestants to go through to the Grand Final. Like other Regionals, the singers sang 2 songs each, performing to both fast and song songs.

Robert Preston Vanessa Martins
Grand Finalist Robert Preston. Grand Finalist Vanessa Martins.

All singers were marked on 4 equally weighing categories, singing ability, performance, presentation and star quality. Each judge marks each contestant individually out of 40 – after looking at the scores, it was clear that we were in complete unison and agreed that the two people to go through, who were awarded joint first place were: Robert Preston representing The Black Horse in Ilford and Vanessa Martins singing for The Hare and Hounds in Leyton. Rob wowed the judges with his rendition of ‘Breath Easy’ by Blue and Vanessa impressed the judges with her version of ‘One Moment in Time’ by Whitney Houston.

In close 2nd place came Stanley Beeky representing The Hornsey Tavern and then third place was awarded to Lynsey Humphreys from The Prince of Wales in Kilburn.

Stanley Beeky Lynsey Humphreys
Grand Finalist Stanley Beeky. Grand Finalist Lynsey Humphreys.

All singers competing in this regional (along with all other events) have already done fantastically well to get to this stage. The standard of singers has been excellent so everyone is leaving as a winner.

Duet
A duet from the Grand Finalists.

A huge thanks to everyone at The Hare and Hounds for all their help and effort put into Saturday night.

17.06.08
6th Regional Final - The Bedes Lea.
Our next Regional took us to a venue called The Bedes Lea in Southampton. Contestants gathered to sing the night away for a chance to go through to the next stage and compete for the star prize of £3000 and to be crowned Champion of Pub Stars 2008.

Dean P Alistair
Grand Finalist Dean Michael Barnes. Grand Finalist Alistair Ward.

The Judges had an extremely hard decision with singers imitating artists like Mika, Bon Jovi, Whitney Houston and Eva Cassidy – the standard was very high indeed.  Three independent judges had the very hard task of marking each performance with a rating out of 40. All singers were reminded that the competition and judging is based on 4 categories - singing ability, performance, presentation and star quality. Unfortunately of course only 2 singers can go through to the next stage. Awarded joint 1st place were Dean Michael Barnes representing The Red Lion in Totton and Alistair Ward representing The Malt Shovel in Lambourn, both singers will be going through to compete in the Grand Final in September. With only a couple of points in it, close 2nd place was awarded to Ashton Pierce from the Blue Lagoon in Hove. Ashton wowed the judges with her rendition of ‘I will always love you’ by Whitney Houston (P7050253), finally congratulations to Amber Spencer who was awarded the certificate for 3rd place. (P7050235)

Ashton
2nd place Ashton Pierce 3rd place Amber Spencer

It wasn’t just the singers who got involved in the action on Saturday night. Our very own judge for the evening, Naomi Morgan wowed the audience with a song or two, along with several audience members who participated in several games promoted on the night.

Bedes Lea

Bedes 2

A huge thank you to James and John for ensuring the evening went without any hitches. Good Job guys.

17.06.08
5th Regional Final - Bluewater Club.
The 5th Regional of our Pub Stars 2008 tour, took us to Bridgend and The Bluewater Club. Contestants gathered together on the night, as nerves were present, each act performed in their own individual way, wowing the judges with both singing ability and performance.

Bluewater winners.Bluewater Regional Winners.

The 4 judges came to a difficult decision at the end of the night and awarded places in the Grand Final to Craig Andrew representing The Great Escape in Bridgewater and Lisa Riley from Sherry’s Tavern in Barnstaple. Craig won over the judges with his performance and vocal ability of ‘Ain’t that a kick in the head’ by Robbie Williams. Lisa received top marks for her rendition of ‘There you’ll be’ by Faith Hill.

andrew craig Lisa Riley
Grand Finalist Craiig Andrew. Grand Finalist Lisa Riley.

The Bluewater Club provided special effects with glitter and streamer cannons. These were let off when the winners were called, making them feel extra special. Entertaining us for the evening was Lian Williams, who not only compered the evening but impressed us with a couple of songs – helping her out was Chris, one of our artist judges.

Entertaining the guests.
Compere and entertainer - Lian Williams.

We look forward to seeing Craig and Lisa in the Grand Final.

30.06.08
4th Regional Final -
The George and Dragon.
Another week, another set of singers to add to the Grand Final of the Pub Stars 2008 competition. This week, we saw contestants sing their heart out at The George and Dragon in Tyldesley. The Standard of singers at this regional was exceptional – making the judge’s job extremely hard.

Natalie Whalin Lisa Cox
Grand Finalist Natalie Whalin. Grand Finalist Lisa Cox.

At all levels of the Pub Stars competition, the singers are judged on 4 equal weighing categories; singing ability, performance, presentation and star quality. We are looking for the whole package and believe we found it at Sunday’s event. With only 5 points separating the top 4 singers after the first round, it was very hard to see who would emerge as the winner.

All contestants’ sang 2 songs and things got even closer after the 2nd round – unfortunately however there can only be 2 singers going through to the next stage. After the competition, the judges marked up their scores where the winning order started to emerge. In close 3rd place came Gareth Round representing The Castle in Staffordshire. Gareth wowed the audience and judges with his excellent Elvis impersonations. 2nd place was awarded to Daniella Caballero singing on behalf of the Strawberry Gardens in Stockport.

Daniella Gareth Round
Second place Daniella Caballero. Third place Gareth Round.

Going through to the Grand Final winning joint place at this years North West regional heat are Natalie Whalin representing The Bullion Wine Bar in St Helens. Natalie’s performance of ‘Who Knew’ by Pink wowed the judges along with her rendition of Eva Cassidy’s ‘Over the Rainbow'.  Competing alongside Natalie at the Grand Final will be Lisa Cox from The Green Dragon in Rotherham. Lisa’s impersonation of Amy Winehouse’s Valerie, along with ‘What’s up’ by 4 Non Blondes landed her a place in Preston’s Grand Final. All winning singers received a well deserving certificate.

A huge thank you to all staff at The George and Dragon for an excellent night.


The winners receive their certificates.


26.06.08
3rd Regional Final - The Bucks Head.
The Pub Stars team travelled up to Scotland for the third regional heat on Sunday 22nd June. Contestants came together to battle it out at The Bucks Head in Strathaven.

Lisa McPhee Cheryl Chambers
Grand Finalist Lisa McPhee. Grand Finalist Cheryl Chambers.

We saw a fun packed night with lots of games from the Entertainer Pro, including Fun Racing, High Lo Cards and Take your Pick. The games developed a little further into the night with musical chairs, baby feeding, balloon bursting and even pole dancing. Crowds gathered and watched while prizes were awarded for those brave enough to have a go.

Bucks Head CrowdThe Bucks Head Crowd.

Amongst all the fun and games, 2 chosen winners were awarded with a place in the Grand Final of the competition, and they were, Lisa McPhee representing Harrows Inn in Galashiels and Cheryl Chambers from The Bucks Head. Congratulations to both singers and we look forward to seeing them at the Final in September.

   

Pub Stars will come to a spectacular finale at Camelot Theme Park in Preston on Sunday 14th September. 15 singers will compete to be crowned champion of 2008. 

19.06.08
2nd Regional Final - The George.
Our second Regional took us to a venue called The George based in Leicester. Contestants gathered to sing the night away for a chance to go through to the next stage and compete for the star prize of £3000.

 The Judges had yet another hard decision with singers imitating artists like Adele, Eva Cassidy and Queen. Due to a tie break situation, the singers going through to the Grand Final from the Midlands regional include Tara Jade Anderson representing The Grampian Club in Corby (P6150195), Carly Smith from The George in Blayby (P6150210) and Dominic Dutton from Chambers in Nottingham (P6150209). All singers did fantastically well and so look forward to their performances at the Grand Final in September.

 

Tara Carly Smith Dominic Dutton
Joint Finalists Tara Jade Anderson... Carly Smith... and Dominic Dutton.

It wasn’t just the singers who got involved in the action on Sunday night. Jason Smith, the Landlord enjoyed performing a song during the evening, along with several audience members who participated in several games promoted on the night.

Landlord - Jason Smith
Landlord Jason Smith.

 

George Leicester
The crowd enjoying the pub games.

17.06.08
1st Regional Final - The Regal.
Our Regional Finals kicked off on Saturday in East Anglia. Singers competed for a place in the Grand Final at The Regal in Norwich. Each singer sang 2 songs – and what a fantastic performance. Malcolm the DJ kept the crowds and atmosphere electric, even singing a song or two himself.

The judges had a very hard job on their hands as the standard of singers was very high indeed – and it’s only the first regional!

With only 1 point between them, the 2 singers going through to the Grand Final in September are; Claire Yaxley, stealing the show with her rendition of Bjork’s ‘it’s oh so quiet’. Joining Claire on the stage will be Neil Wiltshire representing the Jolly Farmers in Norwich. Neil wowed the judges with his playful guitar while singing Bon Jovi’s ‘Bed of Roses.

Claire Yaxley
Grand Finalist Claire Yaxley. Grand Finalist Neil Wiltshire.

Coming in very close 2nd and 3rd place for this regional were Craig Smith, representing Notleys in Lowestoft and Joseph Ross singing for Hotshotz in Great Yarmouth. Both did an excellent job.

Craig Smith Joseph Ross
2nd place Craig Smith. 3rd place Joseph Ross.

A thank you to all staff at The Regal for all their hard work, Malcolm for hosting the event and Helen McDennot for awarding the winnings.

What a great way to start the competition!


01.06.08
Regional Layout 2008
Congratulations to those who have won their ‘Pub and Club’ round of Pub Stars 2008 and are going through to the next stage of the competition. Regionals will take place at the following locations:

Saturday 14th June The Regal
5-7 Dereham Road
Norwich
Norfolk
NR2 4HX
Sunday 15th June The George
4 Lutterworth Road
Blayby
Leicester
LE8 4DN
Sunday 22nd June Bucks Head
16 Town Head Street
Strathaven
Lanarkshire
ML10 6AB
Sunday 29th June The George and Dragon
185-187 Elliot Street
Tyldesley
Manchester
M29 8DR
Friday 4th July The Bluewater Club
Happy Valley Caravan Park
Wigfach
Bridge End
Mid-Glamorgan
CF32 0NG
Saturday 5th July The Bedes Lea
112 Rownhams Lane
North Baddesley
Southampton
SO52 9LX
Saturday 12th July The Hare and Hounds
278 Lea Bridge Road
Leyton
London
E10 7LD



We have tried to select venues that are convenient for everyone but sometimes this has not been possible and so our apologies if your regional final is some distance away.

We ask singers to arrive at the venue no later than 6pm for the competition to commence around 7pm.

All singers must be prepared to sing two of their chosen songs at the Regional final. The songs must be selected from the Entertainer Pro karaoke repertoire. You can obtain a copy of this from the ‘download page’. All singers must sing one slow and one fast song.

Three judges will be present at the final. The judging will be based on three qualities, performance, presentation and star quality. The judges will not only be looking for a good singer, but also an engaging performance and that little extra sparkle that you need for stardom!

Good Luck!

15.05.08
Grand Final...
Pub Stars 2008 is due to come to a spectacular finale on Sunday 14th September 2008. The 10 Grand Finalists will gather together to compete for the championship of being crowned Pub Stars King or Queen and receive £3000, along with the chance to record their own commemorative gold disc.

 Pub Stars Grand Final will take place at:

Park Hall Hotel, Camelot
Charnock Richard
Chorley
Preston
Lancs.
PR7 5LP
Sunday 14th September 2008

Camelot


01.05.08
There's still time to enter Pub Stars...
Time is running out for pubs to sign up for the forth year of the Pub Stars National Karaoke competition.

 Venues up and down the country have already begun hosting opening rounds for the competition. However, it’s not too late pubs have until June to host their own event – with a possible £1000 prize in store for the pub which puts forward the national winner. They will also receive a commemorative plaque.

Regional finals, organised by Pub Stars, will take place in June and July.

Details of the Regionals will be posted very soon.


14.02.08
Enter now and generate extra revenue!
By entering Pub Stars today you could generate extra revenue in your till for the next 3 solid months.

 Pub Stars is now in full swing, with venues taking part up and down the country hosting their own opening rounds for the competition. But pubs have until May to host their own event – with a possible £1000 prize in store for the pub which puts forward the national winner.

Regionals finals will take place in June and July with the Grand Final being held at a top venue in September. The national winner gets £3000, a day in a recording studio and a gold disc of their winning performance.

Register today and receive your free merchandise pack. Start your heats and be on your way to finding that star!


09.01.08
We're back... bigger and better!
That's right, Pub Stars™ the UK's biggest and best independent karaoke competition is back with a bang! Bigger, better and stronger than ever before with fantastic prizes and great incentives to enter your pub.

Now in it's fourth year Pub Stars is back with fantastic prize money up for grabs for both the winning singer and the winning pub.

Pub Stars™ National Karaoke Competition 2008 is brought to you by Mediatheme™ the UK's leader in touch screen entertainment. The aim of the competition is to find a star, that person who gets up and entertains the drinkers in your venue week after week. If you think you have a hidden talent in your venue - Pub Stars™ is for you.

Pub Stars™ is designed to maximise your profits over the winter months. The first stage of the competition is managed by you. Run heats each week during January-May with your own in-house final. The more nights you run the more publicity you gain resulting in more customers through the door.

Your star then goes on to represent your venue at the regional heats in June-July, with the Grand Final being held in September.


10.12.07
Looking back at 2007!
The Pub Stars National Karaoke Competition 2007 came to a spectacular finale at The Park Hall Hotel, Camelot in Preston - way back in May 2007. After tough Regional Finals – the 10 Grand Finalists came together to compete for the Championship of Pub Stars 2007, with the chance of winning £3000 and to cut their own commemorative gold disc in Easy Karaoke’s studio. The Atmosphere was amazing with a roar of cheers after each performance. All singers rose to the occasion and gave their best performances to date – the judges had their work cut out!

Pub Stars™ 2007 Winner
Pub Stars™ 2007 Champion Stephen Barr receiving his winning cheque from special celebrity guest - Lisa Scott Lee.

After careful deliberation the 5 judges chose their top stars of the evening. In reverse order, third place was awarded to Lindzie Martin representing The Railway Hotel in Dorset.

Second place went to Ms Lian Williams from The Three Horseshoes in Mid Glamorgan.

The Star of the show and the winner of Pub Stars 2007, representing Pepes in Londonderry – Stephen Barr. Stephen wowed the audience and the judges with his rendition of ‘Breath Easy by Blue’.

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