The Next Big Sing

26 Days To Go Until We Crown Champ Crooner Win Chance To Cut Your Own Cd And £5k Cash Karaoke Champ Sing It Win It IT'S the final countdown to the first ever LIVE Scottish karaoke championship.

Our top 25 from the Sunday Mail's smash-hit karaoke champ will get the chance to sing it and to win it at the Carling Academy in Glasgow. Our hopefuls will perform to a huge crowd on April 18 - with our panel choosing the winning singer.

But there is still time for all you wannabe Robbies and Kylies to win a place in our grand final - and scoop our £5000 top prize. Simply upload a video clip of you belting out a tune at www.karaokechamp.co.uk by April 4.

Don't worry if you are not the greatest singer - we've had entries from elderly Elvises, shaky Shakiras and murderous Meat Loafs. Our judging panel will whittle down the hundreds of entries based on their own expertise plus the number of hits your clip attracts and the number of votes.

There are five categories - pop and rock, blues and soul, country and western, golden oldies and funnies. On the night our panel will choose each category's winner, who will get a day in a studio with a top record producer to cut their very own CD. One will go home with £5000 cash and the title Karaoke Champ.

The Carling Academy stage has been graced by stars such as Paul Weller, Franz Ferdinand, The White Stripes and Amy Macdonald - and you could be next. Showbusiness editor Billy Sloan said: "The Carling is a fantastic venue and most musicians would give their eye-teeth to play on stage there. "So many musical geniuses have graced the Carling with their presence and it would be a real honour for any of these karaoke guys to perform there."

So go on, log on to www.karaokechamp.co.uk, upload your video clips and get your friends to get online and rate yours the best. Some of the early front runners.. Some of the early front runners..

GREG, 22

GREG LLOYD, of Cumbernauld, has clocked up one of our highest ratings with his sensational swing tunes. The brewery machine operator said: "Karaoke is a right laugh and I would love be a karaoke idol. "Winning would be a golden opportunity to boost my chances of making it in music."

news source : http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/