[2][3][10] In October 2016, Finest Hour was the guest quartet at the Irish Association of Barbershop Singers (IABS) Convention held in Cork.

[16] In October 2017, Finest Hour competed at the European Barbershop Convention, representing BABS, where they achieved 1st place with a score of 79.4%.

[4] After this contest, Cuthbert decided to step down and Jonny Pipe, a fellow singer with The Grand Central Chorus in Nottingham, transitioned to the quartet's bass voice part.

Pipe had previously sung with the 'House Lights Up' quartet in Spain, which placed third at the Spanish Association of Barbershop Singers convention in Benalmádena in 2015.

[17][non-primary source needed][18] The official bass handover took place at the BABS prelims competition in November 2017.