Vernon Barnard

Vernon Barnard, Singer / Songwriter Singing and motivating others is his passion followed closely by his love of sport, particularly cricket. In 2012 he was chosen for the SA blind cricket team that competed in the World Championship in Bangalore, India. A huge honor as he was the youngest and only school boy on the team. He played for the team again in 2014 when the World Championship was hosted by Cape Town in South Africa. Vernon sang in front of a crowd for the first time in 2012 at a school talent competition. The response was overwhelming and the realization that his love of singing brought joy to others fueled him on. Requests for CD's were pouring in and in 2014 he released his first CD "Overcome" that included 15 songs. His big breakthrough came in the form of MNet's The Voice SA competition. At his first audition he sang One Direction's "Story of my life" and brought the judges to tears. The YouTube video of the audition went viral and after 8 months received in excess of 10 000 000 views. After making it to the final round of The Voice SA, Vernon was signed with Universal Music and recorded his debut single called "I Like It That Way". It was released 2nd September 2016 and was played regularly on local radio stations and reached the Top 10 on various stations. Reaching the number 1 spot on the Jacaranda Saturday Top 20 was a huge milestone.