Young performers shine at More Than Just Talent finals

Amalya Burke and Cordell Hinds have emerged as the top per­form­ers in their re­spec­tive age groups at the 11th edi­tion of the More Than Just Tal­ent (MTJT) com­pe­ti­tion, which show­cased the singing, danc­ing and in­stru­men­tal skills of young per­form­ers at the Na­pari­ma Bowl in San Fer­nan­do on Sat­ur­day.

Burke won the sev­en-to-12 age group, while Hinds took first place in the 13-to-19 cat­e­go­ry, as 24 con­tes­tants com­pet­ed in the grand fi­nals un­der the theme “Be­yond the Spot­light, Be the Rea­son”.

Burke al­so won Best Dancer, while Sa­narii An­drews placed sec­ond and was named Best Vo­cal­ist. Thalia Cae­sar placed third and re­ceived the Most Im­proved award.