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!