We posted last month about British bluegrass twins The Carrivick Sisters competing on the Upstaged program on BBC TV. The show is a talent competition and Laura and Charlotte were selected to compete in the finals after their initial appearances.

The final stages of the show occur this week, and the sisters competed today (3/26). They will be closed up in a glass box performing for six hours while the cameras rolled.

“The time has finally come and we will be reentering the Upstaged box on Wednesday the 26th. Then if we win, we will be back on Saturday - then if we win that it’s Sunday! We are up against Dizzi Dulcimer on Wednesday, then depending on who wins, it would be Badger Trap or Raving Loonies Stole My Heart. If we get to the actual final then we are most likely to come up against the Vloggers. They have around 30,000 fans between them and kept winning no matter what they did taking 95% of the vote. We were getting 80% so we need all the help we can get! So tell all your friends and family and hopefully we can win this! The website is www.bbc.co.uk/upstaged for those who are new to all this and it only takes a minute to register. The show starts at around 3.30pm. (GMT).”

Anyone can register and cast a vote, so let’s keep the bluegrass going in this competition!

Our friends at ukbluegrass.com have been following the success of The Carrivick Sisters as they compete on the Upstaged show on BBC. The program is a talent show with such odd twists as having contestants perform for hours in a glass box.

The sisters are 18 year old twins from South Devon in England who perform as a duo. Charlotte plays guitar and mandolin with Laura on fiddle and resonator guitar. Both of them sing as well.

They have performed at major events in the UK, and the European World of Bluegrass convention in Netherlands. Their latest CD,  Better Than 6 Cakes, features primarily original material they have written. Audio samples can be found on their MySpace page.

Read the posts about these young ladies and their Upstaged exploits at ukbluegrass.com. You can also find a lengthy (two part) interview there with mandolin master Mike Marshall.