Chris Grayston (born 1971)[1] is an English music promoter, event organizer, record producer, musician, label owner and talent scout.
Through the competition Grayston has discovered a number of acts, including 2007 winners B-Kay and Kazz, who later achieved a top 30 hit in the UK charts with the single You Know it's Right.
Grayston discovered participant Josh Dubovie in 2008, who went on to represent the United Kingdom at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest.
[3] In the same year, Grayston was involved in setting up the first Open Mic UK, as a spin off of Live and Unsigned.
Future Music argued that "the winner must give TeenStar, run by Future Music, first refusal on management services within 18 months of winning", in addition to "appearances and promotion for an 18 month period from the end of the competition for a minimum of 5 times."