Judges
Bands will be judged on a number of categories by our crack panel of celebrity judges! More judge information coming soon, so check back often!
Judges include:
The Apollo Effect – Band
The Apollo Effect
Formed in Toronto in 2005, The Apollo Effect is one of Canada’s most
electrifying new bands. In the vein of The Killers and The Bravery, their stadium-like anthems and high energy live shows are garnering international acclaim.
For more see www.theapolloeffect.com.
Ajay Fry – Host of “The Circut” on Space
At the age of 20, Ajay moved to Toronto to study at the Humber College in their post-graduate comedy program after having a successful career in comedy and voice-over work in Ottawa. At Humber he earned a nomination for the prestigious Phil Hartman Award. Months after completing the program offered at The Second City Toronto, Ajay became the host of the Saturday morning block of programming on YTV known as CRUNCH! After two years of delighting audiences, Fry followed his love of the Sci Fi genre and joined SPACE to host the channels flagship show, The Circuit.
Tara Hall – Actress
Tara Hall is a Toronto based host, actor and broadcaster.
Tara’s has been involved and volunteered at more than 150 charitable
events across Canada to which she attributes valuable life experiences and social awareness. Over the past 3 years Tara has broadened her career into broadcast production and is currently employed with Bensimon Byrne, one of Canada’s leading advertising agencies. For more see www.tarahallonline.com
Joey DeVilla- Microsoft Developer Evangelist, aka “The Accordion Guy”
When this “computers and the internet” fad finally blows over, Joey DeVilla has a fallback career as a rock and roll accordionist. In the meantime, he’s a Developer Evangelist at Microsoft where he combines his love for noodling with technology and schmoozing people with accordion versions of popular tunes by AC/DC, Britney Spears and Nine Inch Nails. He can often be seen at gatherings where technology and community intersect, such as Toronto’s DemoCamp, Coffee and Code and HackLabTO gatherings. He has the dubious honour of being the accordion player with the second most live appearances on MuchMusic (Weird Al remains the first).
