{"id":80826,"date":"2025-08-20T19:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/80826\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T19:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:17:07","slug":"15-year-old-newport-teen-gearing-up-for-britains-got-talent-auditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/80826\/","title":{"rendered":"15-year-old Newport teen gearing up for Britain\u2019s Got Talent auditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Melissa Carter aged 15 will travel to London\u2019s Kia Oval on September 7 to perform as a solo artist in front of the show\u2019s judges. \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Melissa has been singing since she could talk but only started pursuing it seriously two years ago with help from vocal tutor Paul Cook.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0Since then, she has built up an impressive list of achievements.<img   alt=\"Young artist Melissa Carter who is going on Britain\u2019s Got Talent \" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Young artist Melissa Carter who is going on Britain\u2019s Got Talent (Image: Melissa Carter) Her journey has already seen her reach the quarterfinals and semi-finals of Talent Search UK, before earning recognition as Best Young Female in 2024 and Best Rising Vocalist in 2025 at the Music Recognition Awards.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Earlier this year she also claimed second place in the Rhyme and Shine open mic karaoke competition.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Speaking about her upcoming audition, Melissa admitted she feels a mix of nerves and excitement.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She said: \u201cI\u2019m really excited, but I am a bit nervous.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cIf I get through to the live rounds, I can\u2019t wait to perform in front of Simon Cowell just to see what he says.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"Young artist Melissa Carter who is going on Britain\u2019s Got Talent \" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Young artist Melissa Carter who is going on Britain\u2019s Got Talent (Image: Melissa Carter) Melissa who studies at Cwmbran High School is also working on her debut album at Creative Sound Hub in Oakfield.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0So far, eight tracks have been recorded, with two more in progress. \u00a0The album title has yet to be confirmed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Speaking about her love for music Melissa said: \u201cI love singing because you can express your feelings through music in a way that you can\u2019t with anything else.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\u201cI enjoy all kinds of songs, but pop is my favourite.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Melissa hopes her Britain\u2019s Got Talent audition will be another step in her musical journey and possibly the start of something much bigger.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melissa Carter aged 15 will travel to London\u2019s Kia Oval on September 7 to perform as a solo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-80826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}