Chairman of the Judges - comments

Trevor Holman comments

Firstly, congratulations to our winners.Silvio was superb all night long and was the undoubted winner.Tom and Aaron both did remarkebly well and congratulations to both of them.The other seven finalists all gave of their best and as was said on the night - all ten of them are winners with the recording and release of the 'Get Real Talent 2009' album featuring one song from each of the ten finalists along with a new song specially written for the album on which all ten of the finalists will sing.We are also planning to have a series of 'Get Real Talent' roadshows with all the finalists taking part and once the details have been decided we will ensure everyone is kept up to date through the pages of Get Real.'Get Real Talent' was such a success that we have decided to make it an annual summer event and we all look forward to next years talent search finding even more singing talent here in the Algarve. The four judges will meet over the coming weeks to decide on dates and venues for next summers event which will undoubtedly have to be bigger - but in the meantime - a massive thank you to Cafe Ingles in Silves who looked after us magnificently and made everyone incredibly welcome.We were also pleased to announce a new annual winter event to be called the 'Get Real Song Search'. This is an event that will be open to all songwriters across the Algarve, whether they are experienced with proven chart success or complete amateurs writing their first song.The song search is about the songs - not the performances and to ensure the fairest possible results Get Real and ARC will again work together, but this time the final decision will be down to the public - not the judges. The same four judges that oversee 'Get Real Talent' will also oversee the 'Song Search' and they will narrow the song search entries down to the final ten. We intend to put a band together using session musicians and singers who will then present all 10 songs in the grand final ensuring the same level of performance is given to all ten songs and then it's over to the public in attendance on the night to vote for the winners.The judges will be meeting soon to thrash out dates and venues and over the coming weeks you will kept up to date with all the details on the pages of Get Real.So - for musicians and singers in the Algarve - you now have an event every six months with 'Get Real Talent' - the search for a singer - every summer and the 'Get Real Song Search' every winter.