Sian made it through the auditions at Sheffield City Hall amongst hundreds that queued patiently for their turn in front of the judges.

Sian and the others who made it through at the auditions, will now take part in a live head to head battle in front of hundreds of audience members and a professional judging panel to win a place in the next round.

Click on the green play button to hear 'Oh' written and composed by Sian Simmons

Live and Unsigned is a national music competition for unsigned acts to compete live. With over 10,000 registrations in 2008 it is the biggest music talent search for original acts in the UK.

Live and Unsigned's popularity comes from its reputation for encouraging originality. The acts taking part are commended for doing their own thing; being individual, original and performing their own genre and style live.

Chris Grayston, Events Director of Live & Unsigned said:

"This cannot be compared to any other talent searches as the acts talent is the show. We are interested in discovering and exposing talent at its best; live! It is as simple as we say Get Live, get signed."

Paul King from Future Music, who is better known in the music industry as the former Manager of Tears for Fears, Julian Cope, Level 42 and tour Manager for Genesis said:

"We have found that the competition is so effective for us to discover talented acts and bands and to place them in the music market place. We can really see those acts that have the commitment and fan base to be successful in the industry…and for the acts involved it is a great opportunity to develop, improve and impress."

Sian and the other competitors in the show will be asked to perform two songs; one of their best own written songs and the other is to be a creative cover.

The competition has winners in categories of Indie, Urban, Pop/Acoustic and Metal, with the overall winner of the competition being offered a Recording and management contract with Future Music with an investment of up to £20,000 to release their single.

The winners will be crowned the UK's best Live and Unsigned acts in front of a capacity crowd, including many record company A&R and other entertainment professionals from within the music industry.

Last year's winners, Kiddo 360, have already gone on to win an award at the Vodafone Live Awards in October of last year, alongside the likes of The Ting Tings, Primal Scream and Kate Nash.

Sian is now preparing for the Live stages where she will compete amongst other hopefuls in their Live show on March 8 at Sheffield City Hall for a place in the North West Area Final in Manchester on May 3.

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