Participants compete in regional auditions to get the chance to perform at live music showcases to reach an annual national final.

The first Grand Final in 2013 was held at the indigo at The O2 in London, and more recently at The NEC in Birmingham, The Beck Theatre in Hayes, and in 2019 the competition returned to The O2.

[4] Entrants compete in a series of local and regional heats for a chance to perform at the National Grand Final at the IndigO2 within The O2 in London.

[6] The judging panel that crowned Luke Friend 2013's winner included; former BBC Radio 1 DJ and Choice FM presenter Ras Kwame;[7] four time Ivor Novello Awards winner and one half of the successful garage duo Artful Dodger (UK band) - Mark Hill (musician);[8] Choice FM presenter E Plus; The X Factor's Jake Quickenden; Capital FM producer and celebrity journalist Jon Hornbuckle;[9] editor of TeenStar partner Shout magazine Ali Henderson;[10] Head of Baby Girl Music Michael King[11] and Head of Future Music Chris Grayston.

[5] Among the performers at the National Grand Final were Saffron Silva from Surrey and Michael Rice from Hartlepool who both got signed to BGM/Future Music.

The pre-teen age category winner was Chloe Wealleans from Northumberland, the runner-up was Harlee from Warrington, Cheshire and third place was Musty from Enfield, London.

[18] He performed his own song at the competition called "Fame of the unfortunate girl" in front of a sellout 2,500 people,[19] both singing and playing guitar.

Since winning TeenStar, Luke Friend has gone on to enjoy further fame through the UK TV series The X Factor[21] eventually coming third to overall winner Sam Bailey.

Emily has appeared in National Grand Finals including Open Mic UK, Live and Unsigned and TeenStar on no less than 5 occasions.

[25] In a similar journey to Luke Friend in the previous year, Emily then starred in the UK TV series The X Factor and made it to the judges' houses.

Natalie Shay Open Mic UK winner and award-winning singer songwriter artist, Truchio Powell and head of Future Music Chris Grayston.

The national singing and dance competition TeenStar 2018 Grand Final took place on Saturday 14 July at The Beck Theatre, in Hayes, and gave acts the chance to perform in front of a massive crowd and industry judging panel.

Judges included BAFTA award-winning broadcaster, vocal coach and advocate Carrie Grant, Daniel Gardner from Evolved Artists Management, singer, songwriter and producer Suzanna Dee Singer, Leon Haynes from Polydor Record and head of Future Music Chris Grayston.