Well just as we thought things couldn’t hot any further, THEY DID!
In a chaotic finale, Demo Factor judge Paul Sylvester (Content Director at Absolute Radio) crowned Fly FM’s Matt Curtis as winner of Demo Factor 2016 and a show on Absolute Radio 90s!
Described as “radio-ready,” Matt will be joining up with Paul Sylvester at Absolute Radio 90s to present a one-off show. Past winners, George Godfrey and Sammy James, who also won a show on the station, have since gone on to present on the station long term.
But that was far from the end, it was revealed from the stage that industry bosses in the room were so impressed by the quality of demos that they were prepared to directly offer opportunities to a select group of presenters.
It was announced from the stage that Spark FM’s Christopher Boyle, who impressed early on in the first half, has been offered a pilot on Communicorp’s Capital FM stations, whilst North Media Talent’s Chris North publicly declared his interest in Insanity Radio’s Charlotte Mason, Livewire1350’s Sian Cooper, LSR’s Mo Ayoub and, this year’s Demo Factor 2016 winner Matt Curtis. Amy Voce also made a point of adding that she was incredibly impressed with Charlotte Mason, Rare FM’s Ella Atcheson and Fly FM’s Kristien Armstrong, and wanted to chat with them after.
However, despite not winning the competition, it was Mo Ayoub who stole the limelight on the night…
Having had his demo played out in full, he received a standing ovation from the crowd and was greeted by a full house of praise from the judges, and industry bosses alike. Such was the impression made, Mo immediately was approached by Bauer’s Mike Cass after listening to his demo, and a fight emerged between Bauer and Global as Rob Watson declared he had first dibs. Paul Sylvester then proceeded to laud even more praise, encouraging him to talk with Andy Roberts (Group Programme Director at Kiss).
You can hear the demos of all of the above in full below:
Mo Ayoub (@centricitydj): [insert-demo id=”932″]
Matt Curtis (@_MattCurtis): [insert-demo id=”960″]
Christopher Boyle (@chris_boyle_dj): [insert-demo id=”988″]
Charlotte Mason (@Masonmcmasemase): [insert-demo id=”982″]
Ella Atcheson (@yes_atcheson): [insert-demo id=”997″]
Kristien Armstrong (@K_G_Armstrong): [insert-demo id=”979″]
Sian Cooper (@CooperSian): [insert-demo id=”956″]
More to follow…
