What a very enjoyable evening! -The final of McCarthy’s Community Talent Competition. It was great to see this project taking off again this year with 85 acts auditioning and 18 going through to the final last night at the Clarion Hotel (Wednesday 10 May 2012). Below are the finalists and the results. Well done to everyone, on your confidence and your talent. Long may you enjoy developing it!

 

Primary School Acts:

 

 

Cada Group X 10

 

Nayana Doehner

 

Adam Turner (Third Place)

 

Chloe Riordan

 

Benushula Tripathi, Samiksha Paudel

 

Claudia Sliwa

 

Daniel Cremin

 

Erin O Regan (Second Place)

 

Shannen O’ Donoghue (First Place)

 

 

 

Secondary Schools Acts:

 

 

Cillian O Sullivan

 

Billy O Dwyer

 

Aisha McCarthy

 

Eabha Landers (Third Place)

 

Mathew Palliser-Kehoe

 

Cada Group X 10

 

Vicki Purcell

 

Ryan Coleman (First Place)

 

Aoife Crockett (Second Place)

 

Special guests, winners from last year, Aisling Donnelly & Shannon White also performed.

 

Thanks to Yvonne Coughlan of Red Sandstone Varied Productions for producing this project, to Maurice Supple for his video work, to the mentors and important support team, Livy Riordan, Olivia Sheehan, Francesca Baines, and to our judges, Mary Hegarty, Tess Healy McQuire and Sharon Crosbie.

 

 

 

 

 

 Secondary Schools Acts: