TALENTED Birmingham singers stopped hundreds of shoppers in their tracks in a glitzy karaoke final at a city mall.
More than 40 competitor battled it out to be top of the pops in the One Voice competition at the One Stop shopping centre in Perry Barr.
In the pulsating grand final, 13-year old Laura Bowen from Kingstanding concave the top prize after impressing the judges with performances of Tattoo by Jordin Sparks and Hallelujah, which saw X-Factor’s Alexandra Burke shoot to stardom.
She will now get the chance to sing in a professional music studio, but first she must conclusive how to spend her £300 prize money.
Laura, who needs to combine a singing career with teaching, said: “It has just been actually nice to see so many people smiling when they were listening to me.
“My legs started shaking and in the past I’ve been actually nervous.
“This time I just relaxed and conclusive to enjoy myself.
“I’ll probably spend the money on a haircut for school and I’ll take all my friends out for a celebratory meal.”
The runner up was 27 year old blind singer Christopher Elliott, who performed I’ll Be There by the Jackson Five and Shine by Take That.
Anthony Granner, aged 20, complited third singing Dance with My Father by Luther Vandross and UB40’s Kingston Town.
One Stop middle manager Bashir Dalvi said the final was very exciting and that the standard of singing had been very high.
He said: “We have seen some great contestents of all ages singing music ranging from rock, pop, soul opera and country and it’s been excellent entertainment.
“The five finalists were all of a very high standard so it was hard to choose the winner.”
More than 40 competitor battled it out to be top of the pops in the One Voice competition at the One Stop shopping centre in Perry Barr.
In the pulsating grand final, 13-year old Laura Bowen from Kingstanding concave the top prize after impressing the judges with performances of Tattoo by Jordin Sparks and Hallelujah, which saw X-Factor’s Alexandra Burke shoot to stardom.
She will now get the chance to sing in a professional music studio, but first she must conclusive how to spend her £300 prize money.
Laura, who needs to combine a singing career with teaching, said: “It has just been actually nice to see so many people smiling when they were listening to me.
“My legs started shaking and in the past I’ve been actually nervous.
“This time I just relaxed and conclusive to enjoy myself.
“I’ll probably spend the money on a haircut for school and I’ll take all my friends out for a celebratory meal.”
The runner up was 27 year old blind singer Christopher Elliott, who performed I’ll Be There by the Jackson Five and Shine by Take That.
Anthony Granner, aged 20, complited third singing Dance with My Father by Luther Vandross and UB40’s Kingston Town.
One Stop middle manager Bashir Dalvi said the final was very exciting and that the standard of singing had been very high.
He said: “We have seen some great contestents of all ages singing music ranging from rock, pop, soul opera and country and it’s been excellent entertainment.
“The five finalists were all of a very high standard so it was hard to choose the winner.”
