Sophie is BBC NI School Soloist of the Year

A Sacred Heart Grammar School, Newry pupil has won the Junior School final of the BBC Northern Ireland School Soloist Of The Year 2022.

 

After weeks of competing through heats broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Sounds,12-year-old Sophie Lennon made it through to the final in the BBC’s Blackstaff Studios in Belfast.

 

The three judges  -  Sheelagh Greer, Alan Leech and Sarah Richmond  - were very impressed with Sophie’s performances of Don’t Rain On My Parade and For Good, awarding her the title and a trophy.

 

Also competing in the final were Holly Mountstephens from Dromore Central Primary; Francesca Kelly from Oliver Plunkett Primary, Londonderry; Niamh Noade from St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook; Tom Johnston, Macosquin Primary School, Coleraine; Eva Rowan, St Patrick’s Grammar School, Downpatrick; Phoebe McIvor from Rainey Endowed School, Magherafelt; Sarah Hoben, Our Lady’s Grammar School, Newry; Amy Ford, Dunclug College, Ballymena; and Cara Keavaney from Assumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch.

 

The final, shown on BBC One Northern Ireland, was presented by Connor Phillips, and is available to watch on the BBC iPlayer.