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Girls in teeny
skirts and boys in their best shirts swarmed into the club, all buzzing with excitement
at the thought of seeing their favourite DJ at the decks. But the main reason
for the night was to support the local talent on display in the Under 18s DJ Search. Check
out our Under 18 clubbers' gallery.  | | James
gets the crowd going |
On
the decks for the Bournemouth heat were local lad Blair
Thomson, James
Ings from Wimborne and Tim
Ahern from Devon. The pace was fast and furious as each contestant had
just 10 minutes to prove their worth to a panel of judges including Tim
Westwood. The lads were judged not only on their prowess at the turntables
but also the crowd's reaction to their set. Take
a look at our DJ gallery. 17
year old James had the difficult task of going first. Understandably, his nerves
were showing a bit as he launched straight in with mix of Beyonce's Crazy In Love.
A string of funky tunes followed to get the club-goers grooving including Kelis'
Trick Me and Shapeshifters' Lola's Theme. James tried to stir things up with some
enthusiastic hand-waving behind the decks and even jumped around the stage area
to get the crowd moving.  | | Tim
beat-matches his tracks |
The
audience bearly had time to catch its breath before Tim Ahern stepped up to the
decks to pound the speakers with his fast and furious Trance anthems. The
energetic music surged through the young Elements crowd who pogoed madly around
to the crazy beats. Tim worked his audience well and bounced behind the decks
to get everyone dancing harder. He also decided a little friendly bribery wouldn't
hurt and threw glo-sticks and CDs into the outstretched hands of the teenagers. With
everyone still revved up from Tim's set, the final contestant, Blair took over.
The lad from Bournemouth played a set of hard, progressive Drum'n'Bass tunes including
a pumped-up remix of Terror Squad's Lean Back. He skillfully blended the thumping
tunes together while waving his fist in the air to hype up the crowd.  | | Blair
checks his tunes |
With
Blair's set over, the three contestents had a nervous wait for the judges' decision.
Still, what better way to while away the time than to watch the mighty Tim Westwood
at work. Over
2,000 13 -17 year olds erupted into deafening cheers as the Radio 1 DJ was announced
at the turntables and they rushed forward to try and catch a glimpse of their
Hip-Hop hero. Check
out our interview with Tim Westwood. The
DJ immediately showed how the pro's do it, making his presence known by shouting
out, "Where are my ladies? Let me hear you scream!" Needless to say,
the response was ear-splitting! Launching
into a short set of down and dirty Hip-Hop and Rap, Tim quickly revved up his
fans who were loving every second of it, singing along to every word and swaying
their hands on the DJ's cue.  | | Tim
celebrates his win |
Fatman
Scoop, Punjabi MC and Usher all got an airing and but no Westwood session would
have been complete without a tune from his pal Snoop Dogg. Sure enough, the slow
groove to Drop It Like It's Hot came sailing out of the speakers making the kids
go wild.
As Tim's set came to an end it was finally time for the winner to be announced.
The judges chose 17 year old Tim Ahern as their top DJ of the evening and he will
now try his luck at the semi finals in either Rotherham or Romford next month.
Best of luck to Tim! | 
