Isle of Wight Festival Unsigned winners announced

The 6 winners have been chosen to perform at this year's Isle of Wight Festival after 12 finalists were chosen from over 2,000 entrants, to battle it out for a chance to win one of six slots to perform across the festival site.

The overall winners given a Main Stage slot will be Tank Trap from Gravesend, the Big Top slot was given to Crystal Seagulls, who the panel chose as the overall winners and were also awarded the special prize of a recording session at Power Studios in London with acclaimed producer Benny D. Appearing on The Bandstand will be Louise Golbey and over in The Hipshaker Lounge is soul artist Chidi. Winning a slot on The Cabaret Club was Cable Street Collective and Xova got the chance to perform on the Life's a Beach stage.

The acts were judged by a panel of music industry professionals including Steve Harley from Cockney Rebel, Scottish songwriter Jim Duguid, Paul Stokes the Associate Editor at Q Magazine, Andy Bush of Absolute Radio, and festival boss John Giddings.

John Giddings, the Festival's promoter, said, "The Isle of Wight Festival Unsigned final was a great night and choosing the winners from so many talented new artists was not an easy task, but in the end the best 6 acts were selected to play at this year's festival. We want to thank all the musicians who entered and the finalists, the standard was exceptional. It's fantastic to be able to give unsigned artists the chance to play at the Isle of Wight Festival in front of our amazing crowd. Who knows maybe one day they'll be performing further up the bill."

The festival taking place from Thursday 13th until Sunday 16th June 2013 will offer top rock and indie names, legendary acts, and rising stars, on three main stages in a relaxed festival atmosphere.

The Stone Roses headline Friday, The Killers headline Saturday, and Bon Jovi close Sunday.
Other acts announced include Example & DJ Wire, Madeon, Sub Focus, Jaguar Skills, A-Trak, Boomtown Rats, Paul Weller, I Am Kloot, Ke$ha, Steve Harley, Devlin, Little Angels, Lawson, Jake Bugg, Emeli Sande, Palma Violets, Ben Howard, Laura Mvula, Newton Faulkner, Lianne La Havas, Willy Moon, Young Guns, Kids in Glass Houses, Tracer, Stackridge, The Blockheads, Hugh Cornwell, Levellers, Steve Forbert, The Script, Bloc Party, Paloma Faith, The Maccabees, Ellie Goulding, Happy Mondays, Blondie, and more.
For the line-up details as available please click here.

An adult ticket with camping is priced at £185, and a child (7 to 12 years) weekend ticket with camping is priced at £92.50. A day ticket is priced at £75. All children 6 years old and under on 13th June 2013 can go free of charge but must still be included in the booking in order to receive a wristband. A Campervan ticket is priced at £100, and car parking is priced from £10.

To buy tickets, click here.

For those travelling to the island, there are various ferry options available, see Red Funnel or Wight Link for details.

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