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Home Composed Song Contest 2009

21. October 2009, 05:54

Ylva and Linda Persson together forming Onevoice duo have won th 18th OGAE Home Composed Song Contest (HCSC). With their's Här kommer solen (Here Comes the sun) they managed to gain 152 points and take a strong first position.

Boban Djekic, the winner of HCSC 2008, has been organizing the 2009 HCSC. Congratiulations for the great job!

Find out more on the the official website of the Contest.

The Contest is made for amateur composers, lyricists and singers.

The first edition of the OGAE Home Composed Song Contest was in 1991 and since then it has been taking place every year with the exception of 1995. It has seen winners from many countries, with Denmark being the leader with no less than seven victories, the rest of the winners being from Sweden with 3, Germany with 2 victories, and Cyprus, Norway, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece and Poland (1 victory each).

The rules dictate that all participants must be primarily a fan of the Eurovision Song Contest and an amateur (co-)composer, a (co-)lyricist and / or a (co-) performer of the song submitted. The songs cannot have been released for commercial use (CD or download). 

The Contest is supported by a radio station www.radiointernational.tk since 2008.