www.nextbritthing.com

NBT is a national music competition for all 11-19 year olds in UK running between September 2011 and March 2012.
Young people are invited to upload their audio or video performances to the Next BRIT thing website. The tracks with the most votes will go to an industry panel who will invite the best to perform live at 6 regional finals, one of which will be held in Edinbrugh. A panel of artists and industry experts will choose the best to perform at the national live final in March.

The competition is now open and proving popular, with over 200 performances uploaded in the first 48 hours

Any style of music can be entered, including cover versions. Entries can be submitted by individuals, groups, orchestras etc
There are two performance categories ‘general’ and ‘classical’. There is a separate song writing/composition category supported by PRS for Music.

Next BRIT thing is supported by Department for Education and Department for Culture Media and Sport. It is managed by the BPI and delivered by a partnership including Radiowaves.  NBT has the support of government ministers, regional assemblies and MPs. It has a media partnership with Metro and Global Radio as well as endorsement from many music and education organisations