Thank you to everyone for taking part in the first round of Take the Stage. We are very proud of all the entries submitted this year, and a huge thank you to Arielle, Darius, Jamie, Phil and Ren who took part for Furness College. Thank you to those of you who watched the Furness video entries and for casting your votes.

The finalists are:

County - Katrina Read

Furness - Ren Bontems

Fylde - Samuel Copner

Grizedale - Katie Crawford, Patrick Montague (staff)

Lonsdale - Marsia Staikidi

Pendle - Isabella Groth-Andersen

Graduate - Franco Castro Escobar

Cartmel - Joey Gaillet

Congratulations to everyone and good luck for the final and especially to Ren, who will be representing Furness. We can't wait to see what song you perform in the final.

The final will take place in June, date to be confirmed, and will be live-streamed on the Nine Colleges Challenges Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/NineCollegesChallenges

We hope to see you all tune in