Sing City 2025

A HUGE congratulations to our three winners and highly commended singers. Also well done to everyone who entered the competition - we hope you learned a lot. We loved hearing you sing and are so very proud of all the young people who took part.

Winners

Daniela Djoudjok, Erin Groves and Ryanne Laraya

Highly Commended

Lacie Blurton, Liana Erdody and Riya Rao

Meet the Mentors

Tiffany Jade Holland

Tiff is an award winning Music Artist and Project Producer who started her music journey in 2019 on the Circle of Light youth project. As a singer and songwriter she has received radio play on stations such as RINSE and KISS, has performed live at Albert Hall, Winter Gardens and Rock City, and won both a Young Creatives Award and a Youth Music Award.

Darling I Dreamt

Darling I Dreamt (previously Jonah Michael) grew up in a remote village in Nottinghamshire. His songs have an expansive sound he links to spending his childhood in wide open spaces. His debut single under his current moniker was played by BBC Introducing in the East Midlands. Songs he recorded under his previous name were included on the Spotify editorial playlists Misfits 2.0 and We Are Nottingham.

Davina Songbird

Born in London, raised in Luton and made in Nottingham, Davina Songbird has been wowing East Midlands stages in recent years. With a mix of Spoken word, Neo Soul and Jazz, she performs original music and spoken word alongside soulful covers. She has been performing for the last two years as a solo artist and with her band with themes such as self-love and self-worth.

Sara King

Sara is passionate about singing education and has worked in schools for the last 13 years. She has performed as part of The Queen's Royal Jubilee celebration in the Albert Hall, with the English National Opera in a performance of 'Il Trittico,' and as a soloist for John Rutter in a performance of 'Requiem.' Sara was also a member of the National Children's Choir of Great Britain and conducted the 'Children's International Voices of Enfield,' on various choir tours including Germany and Italy.

Sing City 2024 Winners

We are SO proud of everyone who entered the competition. Twelve finalists competed on 9th February at the beautiful music hall at Nottingham Trent University and we are delighted to share the winners and highly commended singers:

Winners:
Jesse, Lacie & Natasha

Highly Commended:
Abigail, Gabrielle, Lewis & Neha

Well done to all the finalists. You were all amazing and we hope to see you again! We also want to thank all the friends and family members who came to support their young people. We hope you had a fantastic evening!