Glastonbury announces Emerging Talent Competition 2023 finalists

nme.com:

Glastonbury organisers have announced the finalists of the festival’s Emerging Talent Competition 2023.The acts chosen from thousands of entries are: Cordelia Gartside, EVA, FFSYTHO?!, Naomi Kimpenu, N’famady Kouyaté, The Love Buzz, and NME 100 stars for 2022: Prima Queen and VLURE.Whoever wins the competition will perform on the festival’s main stages at this year’s event, which runs from June 21-June 25.

There are also talent development prizes for the winner as well as for two runners-up provided by PRS Foundation.As announced by organisers previously, Ezra Williams (FKA Smoothboi Ezra) has made it to this year’s last stage after missing last year’s final due to illness.

The competition therefore has nine finalists in total.The nine acts were selected by Glastonbury judges from a longlist of 90 artists, which was compiled by 30 of the UK’s leading online music writers.The winner will receive a £5,000 talent development prize from PRS Foundation to help take their songwriting and performing to the next level.

Two runners-up will also each be awarded a £2,500 PRS Foundation talent development prize.This year’s invite-only final takes place on April 29.Previous winners of the competition include Declan McKenna, Flohio and R.A.E.Glastonbury Festival co-organiser Eavis spoke to NME last year about the importance of the competition.