Find out who's in the Junior Star Singer Songwriter final!

Well, the moment you've all been waiting for is nearly here. After eight months, 12 shows and countless miles and cups of Starbucks coffee, the Junior Star Singer Songwriter team has picked its list of finalists, ready for the final which is being held this Saturday, 3rd December.

Young people from all over the country will be gathering together at an exclusive studio in London Surrey, to see who will become the Junior Star Singer Songwriter competition winner for 2016.

Contestants in the final are:

• Leicester: Kasey-Wray Wooderson
• Nottingham: Shivani
• Southampton: John-Paul Lizarondo
• Brooklands/Surrey: Olivia Sutton
• Colourful Radio, London: Mollie Penfold
• Liverpool: Tabitha Jade
• Halifax: Emily-Taylor Smith
• Bradford: Shania Rowe
• Milton Keynes: Rochelle Blake
• Kent: Maria Batucan
• Surrey Hills, Surrey: Tasia-Jade Bogle
• West Side Radio, London: Hannah Martin & Savannah Skillern

The unenviable task of picking the winner falls to our competition judges Anthony Goldsbrough and Adam Faires. Click here to listen to our exclusive interviews with Anthony and Adam.

The competition was the idea of Amanda Neale, who wanted to create a platform for young performers to be able to demonstrate their singing and songwriting abilities. "Adult performers are well covered by a number of different shows, but there wasn't really anything that younger people could enter without feeling pressured," says Amanda. "Junior Star Singer Songwriter aims to provide a nationwide stage where young performers can show what they can do and hopefully give them the foundation for building a promising future in music."

"We've been delighted with the level of talent we've seen in this competition. It's going to be really hard to pick a winner!"