It's interesting......even those acts that people are using as examples of newbies and outsiders getting into the show are mainly actually signed to pretty big record labels or agents. Even the Will Pounds and Lucy wards of this world (and don't get me wrong I really like both of them, we had Will at our place yesterday) are very well connected..... as are Pilgrim's Way.

I'm really pleased to see acts like these being nominated, I'm just making the point that they already have significant "insider" (just who does get to vote?) contacts.

Incidentally, we had Rapunzel & Sedayne here yesterday as well.