Young Audio Awards Nominees Announced!

On Tuesday 8th March, George joined Sean in The Breakfast Show to reveal the nominees for the Young Audio Awards 2022.

The Young Audio Awards are national awards for 8- to 18-year-olds with a passion for creating audio!

The audio entries could be in the form of a podcast or radio show, an interview, a piece of poetry or more…

The Nominees are…

BBC Sounds Rising Talent 8-11
Isabelle Harper – The Izzy Radio Show
Jack to the Future
Raniyah Ali
The Kid Talks Show
Tj The Dj

BBC Sounds Rising Talent 12-15
Daisy Barker
Isabelle Holmes
Space Lutterodt-Clottey – Quote Therapy
Thomas Cridland
Yanis Kerampran

BBC Sounds Rising Talent 16-18
Emma Stigter
Luke Eveling
Oli Hackett – Rising Talent Award
Timi Soladoye
Zeina Addadahine

Arqiva Award for Technical Excellence
Kai Randles
Oli Hackett
Traci O’Dea

Best in Music
Dancefloor Decades with DJ Dawsey on Wave Community Radio
New Music Week
The Scoop – Emma Stigter

Best Speech Show supported by BBC Young Reporter
Football Guide Brila FM
Luke Eveling
Olivia Meadowcroft – Why the UK should lower the voting age to 16?

Achievement within the Community
Step Up – Ocean Youth
TH Radio in the Community
The Vectis Radio 4Ps Training School

Primary School Station of the Year with Fun Kids
East Peckham Primary School Podcast
TH Radio

Secondary School of the Year
DWS Audio – Darrick Wood School in Orpington
Roundhay Radio – Roundhay school
Youths Choice at Global Academy

Most Innovative Team sponsored by Broadcast Bionics
Ocean Youth Radio
Questioning Sport
RMEY Faith Vibe

Best Podcast with Acast
Elsa Maria Cockburn
Freedom Kids Podcast
The MyBnk Money Podcast

My Year in Audio with Young Minds
A Different Kind of Lonely – Dell Lawlor-Renault
How I Coped With Lockdown – Taya Walters
TPS The Perfect Sound

Good luck to all the nominees, and don’t forget you can watch the Young Audio Awards livestream from 4pm on Wednesday 23rd March to find out who has won!