Article taken from BBC TEES website.
A Middlesbrough teenager says being part of the BBC's Over the Rainbow talent search is life changing.
Eighteen-year-old Jessica Robinson is a performing arts student at Stockton Riverside College.
She was one of 10,000 contestants to apply for the TV competition and was hand picked to be in the final ten girls.
Speaking to BBC Tees on a short trip home to visit her family she said she wouldn't swap the experience.
Talent on Teesside
"Honestly I wouldn't change it for the world. Even when I'm stood on that stage and getting really tough criticism.
"So many people at home would want to be there and getting the criticism I'm getting - so I'm just taking it all in really."
The singer who lives in Normanby says she's proud of her roots and wants to prove that there is talent on Teesside, but says it is surreal working with Andrew Lloyd Webber who often pops into rehearsals.
Growing Up
Jessica's performances have won her praise from the judges in recent weeks, and she says her continued involvement in the show is helping her to grow up although she admits it's emotional seeing other contestants she's grown close to get voted off:
"We're like sisters and we've grown so close so when you see someone going it's really strange and it seems really empty in the house... at the end of the day you have to think this is the competition and I've just made friends along the way."
There is also a short audio on the website
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