A MUSIC entrepreneur who has rubbed shoulders with international pop producers will give a chance to aspiring teenagers from throughout the North.

Adam Chetter, 21, who set Popstars: The Rivals top ten finalist Chris Park on the road to stardom is being helped in his latest venture with grants from the Prince's Trust and Northern Arts.

He boasts an impressive CV, after having liaised with pop producers who have penned tracks for Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys.

Adam will be holding a series of live music audition shows at comprehensive schools and colleges in the North-East.

The shows, called talentSTAR: The Live Auditions, will see up to 22 acts from each school take to the stage in which the audience will vote to see which performers go into a finale show. The winning performer will receive a host of prizes including a website, a day in recording studios in Stockton, and a photoshoot.

Adam, from Stanley, a Sunderland University graduate, said: "When people come to audition they want to perform, but sometimes they never fulfil their potential in front of a panel of three people.

"So what better way than to audition performers in front of an audience of up to 400 people.

"To have the Prince's Trust and Northern Arts on my side is such a huge bonus."

Adam helped form the boy band X-Pose, of which Chris Park was a member.

The singer is in the last ten boys battling to win a place in Pete Waterman's boyband in the ITV series Popstars: the Rival.