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Young Performers
An excited young actor clapping her hands

Image credit: Alex Charilaou

The winners and finalists of the ‘Into the Spotlight’ Young Performers competition 2024 are finally revealed!

Our ‘Into the Spotlight’ competitions always attract an excellent variety of talented Spotlight members, and our latest Young Performers competition was no exception. 

All the entries were watched by our independent judge, actress Lucy Dixon (Waterloo Road, Hollyoaks), who chose the top 10 finalists for each category before sending them off to be judged by our special guest casting directors. The judges for each category were as follows:

  • Age 4-7 – Hannah Simons
  • Age 8-12 – Emma Sylvester
  • Age 13-18 – Lauren Evans

We’d like to thank Lucy, Hannah, Emma and Lauren for taking time out of their busy schedules to judge the entries.

Without further ado, here are the winners and finalists for each of the categories:

Age 4-7 – Theme: Friendship

Winner: Mila Thursfield

Headshot credit: Nancy Collins

Finalists:

  • Maddison Allard
  • Olive Connolly
  • Harper Lambert
  • Chloe Mendes
  • Siena Merilind-Wu
  • Eliza Miller
  • Marlon Walia
  • Miyu Watanabe
  • Darcey Wayne

 

Age 8-12 – Theme: School

Winner: Lois Haidar

Headshot credit: Beth Clarence

Finalists:

  • Gracie Cochrane
  • Eden Felix
  • Isla Ganguly
  • Harrison Greenham
  • Solomon Horta
  • Imogen Logan
  • Lennox Loughran
  • Masun Mamdally
  • Dylan Turner

 

Age 13-18 – Theme: Inspiration

Winner: Ashwin Sakthivel

Headshot credit: Santoshi Padhiar

Finalists:

  • Ethan Carmalt
  • Pendo Goma
  • Leon Hilton
  • Charlotte Mellington
  • Mary Sophia Morcos
  • Sabrina Newton-Fisher
  • Rose Parmiter
  • Nerys Amber Stocks
  • Damien Rocco Weber

 

From all of us at Spotlight, we’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took the time to enter the competition! Congratulations to our three winners and all the finalists!