Adjudicator

Annie Skates

Annie made her solo debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. She has performed with orchestras worldwide in such shows as Thank You For The Music (to 37,000 people at Hyde Park), Disco and Nashville Symphonic Spectaculars and Sassy, Brassy Broadway.

Annie has written and sung backing vocals for TV shows such as ‘The X Factor’, ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, ‘Over the Rainbow’, ‘I’d Do Anything’, ‘How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria’, ‘Any Dream Will Do’, ‘Superstar’ and ‘Grease Is The Word’.

Annie has worked live and in the recording studio with George Michael, Madonna, Robbie Williams, The Jacksons, Beyonce, Elton John, Kylie Minogue, Lionel Richie, Annie Lennox, The Bee Gees, LeAnn Rimes, Ronan Keating, Gloria Estefan, Diana Ross, Gary Barlow, Al Jarreau, Lesley Garrett and Jose Carreras.

She has sung in the West End shows ‘Cats’, ‘Grease’ and ‘Hair’.

Annie acted as head judge on the BBC shows ‘Just Up Your Street’ and ‘The Voice of Musical Theatre’. She has performed on many other shows including ‘The Paul O’Grady Show’, ‘The Graham Norton Show’, ‘An Audience With Celine Dion’, ‘The Classical Brits’, ‘Proms in the Park’.

Annie has worked on numerous films coaching actors.

For TV she has coached for Simon Cowell’s team on ‘The X Factor’, and on ‘Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes’. She coached Robbie Williams for his album ‘The Heavy Entertainment Show’. She has acted as vocal consultant to Atomic Kitten and Hear’say and has been invited to coach Mis-teeq, The Kaiser Chiefs and the Darkness.

Annie coached the children for the Rays of Sunshine charity single, ‘Bring Me Sunshine’. She taught the choir for The Big Knit Christmas single for Help The Aged and has led workshops for the Musical Theatre For Youth charity in Ireland.