The application process for Bright Young Things 2009 has not yet begun. The bands selected for Bright Young Things 2008 were as follows:

Adessa Golding

The Ally Jowett Band

Ben Pike

The Great Outdoors

I Call Shotgun

Kinch

Laura–Jayne Hunter

Molotov Sandwich

Neeta

Ophelia

PaperPushers

Pete Briley

Pushbike Army

Rachel Cook

Record Department