Alice Maciborskyj  from Kirk Hallam has wowed the judging panel

of the UK's biggest original music competition and sailed through the audition

stage of Live and Unsigned.  Alice will be

competing against the most talented bands and artists in the country at the

Regional Final Showcase of Live and Unsigned 2012 – all in a bid to make the

Grand Final at The O2! 

Alice battled against hundreds of

auditionees to secure a spot in the live shows. Acts that made it through

auditions will now take part in a live Regional Final Showcase in front of hundreds

of spectators. The best acts will also get the opportunity to play at some of

the biggest festivals in the UK from over 100 Festival slots including Beach

Break Live, Boardmasters, Bearded Theory, Strawberry Fields and Osfest. This

year's competition also offers acts an extra chance for exposure as it's being

filmed for Sky TV in an exclusive fly-on-the-wall documentary.

Live and Unsigned is the biggest

original music competition in the UK for unsigned bands and artists. Attracting

over 50,000 entries in the past five years, it has set itself apart from its

predecessors by offering and promoting originality. It's now established as the

definitive music competition for original acts and it's open to all genres of

music from Heavy Rock to Rap.

Chris Grayston, Events Director of

Live & Unsigned said: "Live and Unsigned is all about originality, live

ability and credibility. We don't accept demos or submissions and everyone

auditions live. We've got some fantastic prizes up for grabs this year in a £100,000 prize pool, including a new main

cash prize of £10,000. The festival slots and other prizes available make this

year's competition our biggest ever!" 

All the

acts in the competition are battling it out for the chance to play at Live Fest

at The 02 in London. The Grand Final is incorporated into London's biggest

indoor festival in July. The winners will be crowned the UK's best unsigned act.

Celebrity judges involved in previous years include former Slade front man

Noddy Holder, R'n'B star Shola Ama, Radio 1's Annie Nightingale, Ras Kwame, Tom

Deacon and Daniel P Carter, as well as members of top bands such as The

Libertines, The Bloodhound Gang, Funeral for a Friend and Kids in Glass Houses.

Acts will

be competing for the main prizes which include; £10,000 to be spent on

development, a £10,000 publicity investment, gigs at festivals in Canada, Italy

and Latvia, a UK tour of up to 100 shows and a UK festival tour including

guaranteed slots at Norfolk Spectacular, Boardmasters, Strawberry Fields

Festival, Brownstock, London Summer Jam, Lancaster Music Festival and

Butserfest.

 live and

Unsigned has partnered with musician's website Music Radar to offer a

comprehensive winners prize pool. Acts will have the opportunity to win some

fantastic prizes along the way to the final including BlackStar and TC

Electronic amps, Natal drum kits, Fret King Guitars, £15,000  in recording studio time plus music

development classes.

One contestant who has caught the

eye of Judges this year is local talent Alice Maciborskyj now competing in the

Regional Final, after making it through the auditions beating hundreds of other

hopefuls.  Alice is now preparing for the

Regional Final Showcase on 14th April at The Riverside Centre ,Pride

park for the opportunity to progress towards the Grand Final at Live Fest at The

O2 in London. 

For more information go to the

website www.LiveandUnsigned.UK.com.

Or better still come down and support your local talent; you can purchase

tickets from the website http://www.liveandunsigned.uk.com/tickets/purchase