MEET the happy youngsters who have made it to the final of the Daily Echo Child Of The Year 2016 competition.

You have been voting in your hundreds since the Child of the Year supplement featuring all the entries was published.

And now we are down to the final 17 who are trying for our top prize of a magnificent canvas and certificate.

Our category winners will also win a photograph and a certificate.

The overall winner in each category will be revealed tomorrow, as well as the winner of the top prize.

Don't miss tomorrow's Daily Echo.

The finalists are: 

0-9 months (5 finalists because the two had the same score)

  • 0807 Geo Ingram
  • 0837 Princess Valentine
  • 0838 Reuben Batchelor
  • 0818 Jayden Lane
  • 0806 Finley Ritchie

10-18 months

  • 0873 Skylar Blackburn
  • 0875 Theo Tait
  • 0852 Dekota-Aurora Stevenson
  • 0863 Jasmine Foster

19-36 Months

  • 0882 Chase Yagiz
  • 0878 Amelie Saunders
  • 0894 Lola Street
  • 0884 Darcie Mudge

3-6 Years

  • 0904 Bailey Blackburn
  • 0907 Henry Willis
  • 0918 Mason Cooper
  • 0902 Aimee Richards