Liverpool Y Factor finalists announced
ORGANISERS of Liverpool’s Y Factor competition have revealed this year’s line-up of contestants.
The event will be held on July 8 at Panam in Liverpool’s Albert Dock and aims to raise more than £25,000 for learning disability charity Mencap.
It will see members of the Liverpool business community perform with a live band to an audience of more than 300 people.
Taking to the stage will be Jonathan Owen of Sutton Kersh; Louise Lunt of Canter Levin; Helen Redmond of Hill Dickinson; Robert Mcrimmon of Wilson Henry; Frank Mallon of HFM Consulting Engineers; Emma Devaney of Barclays Corporate; Catherine Evans and Alex Blythe of HBOS and Heather Tomlinson of Barclaycard.
All contestants will receive professional vocal coaching from Voiceability and River-media will be filming contestants before the event for the pre-performance clips which will be shown on the night.
A panel of high profile judges including Radio Merseyside’s Billy Butler; singer, producer and DJ Mike De Scala and vocal coach Andrew Stephenson will decide the winner, while Roger Phillips will be compere for the evening.
Professional Liverpool and Medicash are sponsoring the event.
Mark Chadwick, chief executive of Professional Liverpool, said; “The contestants deserve support from their colleagues and friends in the business community and we want to raise as much money as possible so we are urging people to buy their tickets now before they sell out.”
For further information and audience tickets, contact Mencap North West on 0207 696 6006 or yfactor@mencap.org.uk
