Top 8 Chosen by the Public
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#1 FREAK MORICE
Home Educated (QLD) Drawing on influences as diverse as Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, The Jonas Brothers and Bruno Mars, Freak Morice makes ever-evolving music that has been described as the voice of their generation… For more about this Act, click here. |
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#2 SONS OF ALAMO
Central Coast Grammar School (NSW) Sons Of Alamo consists of four Central Coast muso’s that met through their love for music at Central Coast Grammar School. Jordan Fleming- singer/ guitarist, Rohan Fleming- Bass/backing… For more about this Act, click here. |
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#3 THE EASY ESCAPE
Maclean High School (NSW) This pop/punk/alternative outfit has been putting in the hard work resulting in the release of their first 2 singles, ‘Lost and Found’ and ‘T is for Teabag’ by October, with both tracks getting great… For more about this Act, click here. |
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#4 THE MAZE
Wollongong High School (NSW) The Maze have certainly squeezed a lot into their first 12 months together as a band and don’t show any signs of slowing down anytime soon. Formed in early 2010 the band have already… For more about this Act, click here. |
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#5 LETS NOT PRETEND
Bundoora Secondary College (VIC) Lets Not Pretend are a 5 piece pop/punk band formed in 2010. Recently they have recorded & released their 3 track demo! They are determined musicians pursuing their dream to share their… For more about this Act, click here. |
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#6 CALAIS
St Joseph’s Nudgee College (QLD) Calais is an emerging Brisbane rock band delivering music with creative melodies, driving rhythms and emotive lyrics influenced by the Kings of Leon, U2, Muse and Led Zeppelin… For more about this Act, click here. |
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#7 DOUBLE LINED MINORITY
Southport State High School (QLD) Double Lined Minority is a Pop-Punk band from the Gold Coast, Australia. The band’s sound is inspired by All Time Low, Blink-182 and Fall Out Boy. After an eager kick-off with shows at… For more about this Act, click here. |
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#8 THE SCARABS BAND
Victor Harbor High School (SA) THE SCARABS BAND a pop/punk/indie band from a small town called Victor Harbor in S.A.. Our lives are filled with playing listening and writing music, every second of every day… For more about this Act, click here. |
Two Wild Cards
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#9 INSIGHTS
Mt Gravatt State High School (QLD) The band is made up of Shafya Rameez on vocals and Ryan Pratt on guitar. Together they know how play play a wide range of intruments such as, Piano, Harmonica, drums and bass guitar. The … For more about this Act, click here. |
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#10 44TH SUNSET
Helena College (WA) 44th Sunset play a raw and diverse soundscape of indie rock pop music. A jiving beast consorting with haunting melodies, acclaimed finger-licking riffs and everything between. … For more about this Act, click here. |
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Just saw the final five as chosen by the “commitee of experts”.
How is it that when you first look at the web site there is no reference to the 1 & only band from Victoria actually being introduced as Victorian, then once the “committee’s” final 5 is announced & the 1 & only band from Victoria don’t even make the finals ????? Showing absolute bias against bands from Victoria regardless of how good other bands are / where. Really dissappointed when band members are given a “glimmer of hope” based on what the public consider to be the best bands then the “experts” seem to not even take that opinion into consideration & 2 wildcarts make the final 5 ahead of them.
What (other than the votes of the public) do the other 7 bands get from the “committe of experts” & the competiton organizers for all the work they’ve put into the competiton just in case they were lucky enough to make the top 5 & get a trip to Sydney to possibly make the top 3 ?????
Would be great if the public vote had / has some impact on what the experts consider to be the top 5 !
If the competiton is truly national how does the final 5 not even end up with a national “flavour” to it ????
Guess there’s some looking over the rules that may need to be considered going into another season of this competition?
Tom, thanks for your comment. We actually have Acts from NSW, WA and QLD. Just because we don’t have any Acts from VIC doesn’t mean we don’t have a national flavor. And what about the BDO prize, there will be a winner from VIC for that. Or isn’t the BDO prize good enough for you? I think you need to view the competition as a winner for music and not a loser for your favorite Act.