One of these eight new artists will be playing Glastonbury 2024 as Emerging Talent Competition finalists revealed

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Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent Competition is back for 2024, and the eight shortlisted artists have been announced. Check them out below.Taking place each year, the free-to-enter contest gives up-and-coming musicians the chance to play at one of the festival’s main stages, as well as a £5,000 Talent Development prize from PRS Foundation to help develop their songwriting and performing.The two runners-up will each be awarded a £2,500 PRS Foundation Talent Development prize.This year’s edition of the competition launched back in January, and last month the 90 artists who had made the longlist was shared.Now, the 90 artists have been whittled down to the final eight – with one set to be announced as the winner of this year’s instalment later this month.“We’re very pleased to announce the finalists for our EMERGING TALENT COMPETITION 2024, which is supported by PRS for Music and PRS Foundation,” Glastonbury shared on their X/Twitter page earlier this morning (April 11). “The acts, chosen from thousands of entries, are: The Ayoub Sisters, Bryte, Caleb Kunle, JayaHadADream, KID 12, Nadia Kadek, Olivia Nelson, and Problem Patterns.”In a separate post, they added: “This year’s invite-only final will take place on Saturday 27 April, 2024,” and shared further details on what prizes will be awarded to the winner and two runners-up.

They also shared a custom-made playlist, which features one track from each of the shortlisted acts. Check it out below.The first of the hand-picked artists are The Ayoub Sisters – a multi-instrumental musical duo consisting of siblings Sarah and Laura Ayoub, who arrange and perform instrumental versions of famous pop and classical works.