Maladaptive Daydreaming, and a capella covers of Ariana Grande: Meet the finalists of the Vlogstar Challenge - Part Three

After months of workshops and presentations, 1000 young people have been whittled down to 15 finalists in the Vlogstar Challenge.

The Vlogstar Challenge is a campaign run by Media Trust and the Jack Petchey Foundation, in partnership with YouTube and the Evening Standard. The aim: to provide young people from London and Essex aged 16-25 with the technical and creative skills necessary to become vloggers.

In addition to workshops, there is also a competition element. Out of the hundreds of vlogs created since the launch in October 2015, 15 have been selected as the best of the best, and will be judged at an event held at BAFTA on July 1. The winning vlogger will receive £2,000 for their school or youth group, £500 worth of filming equipment, and 1-2-1 mentoring with experts at YouTube.

The 15 finalists represent a broad range of backgrounds and cover a wide array of topics and themes in their vlogs.

The Standard has already featured ten of the finalists online, you can see them here and here. Below are the final five:

Daniela Ing: Be A Dreamer

Revell Dixon: Supporting people with disabilities

Abigail Holsborough: Leaving University

Daya Bharj: Maladaptive Daydreaming

Elsa Hackett: Love Me Harder | Arianna Grande | A Capella Arrangement