Award-winning Coronation Street actor, Jude Riordan, has been announced as the first celebrity judge for this year’s Worksop’s Got Talent.
Jude joined the cast of the UK’s biggest soap in 2020 and since then has gone on to win a National Television Award for Best Newcomer, rack up over 86,000 Instagram followers and also appear in Sky’s award-winning comedy Brassic.
Jude’s Coronation Street character, Sam Blakeman, is at the heart of soap’s most iconic family, The Platts, and he’ll be judging this year’s Worksop’s Got Talent alongside three other famous faces.
On joining Worksop’s Got Talent, Jude said: “I’m looking forward to being on the Worksop’s Got Talent judging panel and seeing what amazing local talent there is! I’m sure it’s going to be a fun evening!”
Multi award-winning charity talent show, Worksop’s Got Talent, is returning for an eighth year on Friday 8th November at North Notts Arena. Tickets are on sale now for £10.00 each at www.ticketsource.co.uk/worksopsgottalent.
Since 2016, Worksop’s Got Talent has raised a staggering £145,000 for national sight loss charity Retina UK, as well as winning nine awards, selling out seven times (with 700 guests each year) and earning the event organiser invitations to Buckingham Palace, Downing Street and the House of Commons.
Celebrity judges take to their seats year after year and this year’s line-up is set to be the best one yet, with further announcements to follow.
Auditions to compete in this year’s eighth show are taking place in Worksop on Sunday 1st September. Organisers are looking for the best varied talent that Worksop has to offer, ranging from singers to dancers to comedians to magicians and anything else that they haven’t seen before! The lucky 12 finalists will then perform in front of 700 local people and an all-star celebrity judging panel in November.
There are no age restrictions to take part and wannabe finalists should email worksopsgottalent@outlook.com with their full name, age, talent and contact number. Previous contestants have gone on to perform at high-profile corporate gigs, go viral online with millions of views and even appear on several TV programmes, including The Voice UK.
Previous celebrity judges have included Grammy-winning songwriter Eliot Kennedy, Coronation Street star Kym Marsh, Emmerdale actor Dean Andrews, S Club 7 legend Jo O’Meara, Sheffield Wednesday footballer Liam Palmer, various Love Island stars and many more. Celebrities make virtual appearances too, with Boris Johnson, Piers Morgan and James Corden amongst the biggest names to appear during the final. Who will be making an appearance this year?
James Clarke, event organiser, says: “Worksop’s Got Talent continues to grow each year and I’m so excited to welcome Jude Riordan to our celebrity judging panel! Who else will be joining us in November? Buy your tickets and follow us on social media to stay up to date on our most spectacular show yet!”
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