Nine finalist singer songwriters lined up Friday night at the J Theatre to perform their original songs and compete for the chance to obtain a recording session with JamPot recording studio and a cash prize in Noosa FM 101.3 Community Radio’s ’21 Summers Music Talent Competition 2019.
First place was tied between Nine Year Sisters with their song, Seaside Dreaming, and The Duke Band with Yes or No. Third prize was awarded to Sari Abbott with her song Ocean.
Noosa FM president Sibylle Reisch said “it was a fabulous night” and every performance was of winning standard making the choice difficult, which was reflected in the close voting results.
The finalists were The Barleyshakes, The Lighthearts, The Duke Band, Jeremy Richards, Sari Abbott, The Nine Year Sisters, Soul Tree Union and Joe Man Murphy. They had been chosen from more than 20 songwriter submissions under the theme of Easy Living, Noosa Style and their songs had been aired for the past month to give the public the opportunity to vote for their favourite songs.
