Breakthrough Music Competition Winners

After battling through a series of heats earlier this month, finalists in the Bands (ages 12 – 24), Seniors (ages 17 – 24 or intermediate/advanced performers) and Juniors (ages 12  -16 or beginner performers) categories hit the stage for the chance to win prizes including studio recording time, interviews on local radio, performance opportunities and cash.

City of Rockingham Mayor Deb Hamblin was a judge for the final alongside prominent WA singers/songwriters Matt Gresham and Jasmine Atkins, and congratulated the successful artists on their performances. 

“Breakthrough has provided local young musicians with an opportunity to fast track their career in the music industry for many years, and the range of talent that we had for this year’s final was outstanding,” Mayor Hamblin said. 

“The City would also like to acknowledge its Breakthrough sponsors including Street Hassle Events, Chop Street Music Productions, Palm Beach Rotary, Stockland Baldivis, Channel 7 Rockingham Beach Cup, Johnson Custom Automotive, Kwinana Industries Council, Rockingham Rotary, PhotoCoffee, and Guitar World.” 

The list of winners and runners up is as follows: 

Winner: Grace Trimble Runner Up: Kav Fullerton 

Winner: Paris Cusack Runner Up: AJ (Alexandra Avery)

Winner: Terminal 3 (Riley Spowart, Cuba Williams, Nikolas Dragicevich) Runner Up: Fun and Pointless (Lachlan Frear, Scott Topham, Monaro Bennington, Jayden Jooste)

Georgia Carter

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Main image: Senior Category winner Paris Cusack. 

Image two: Grace Trimble won the Junior Category. 

Image three: Terminal 3 (Riley Spowart, Cuba Williams and Nikolas Dragicevich) won the Band Category. 

Image four: Georgia Carter took out the Original Song Category. Pictures: City of Rockingham.