Home Composed Song Contest 1999

Contest overview

Despite winning the 1998 contest, Morten Boldt Hansen of Denmark did not organise the following year's event; he was due to go travelling, and this naturally meant that he was unable to meet the commitments of arranging the competition. Alon Shanni of Israel, being the 1998 runner-up, was initially offered the task. However, following some confusion over plans for the structure of the contest, including the possibility of national pre-selections - something which, in the interests of inclusivity, Home Composed has still never implemented even today - in the end it was Martin Faulkner of the United Kingdom who stepped up to fulfil the role of 1999 organiser.

A record number of songs appeared on the scoreboard this year - 17 in total. (Although 18 songs were entered in 1997, two were withdrawn during the voting and a further two were disqualified after the contest.) Ten participating composers from six countries were represented, with newcomers Achim Wurm, Peter Reinders and Ronald Groenhuizen expanding the Home Composed family further.

From an organisational point of view, this year the countries with multiple entrants were referred to as (e.g.) "Denmark A" and "Denmark B" for the purposes of the competition, bringing to an end the era of the organisers having to try and classify entries by geographical origin instead (e.g. "United Kingdom North").

The voting created some interesting statistics. It was "oh so close" for Christina Irving - her entry "It's Over" led from the early stages, but it was her own jury, voting last, which eventually handed victory to T.O.'s "Denne sommer". For T.O., this was a particularly memorable achievement - not only was it his second win, it was also only his second participation in the contest, making for a 100% strike rate so far. The result also further highlighted the dominance of Scandinavia in the early years of the Home Composed Song Contest: in the eight editions to date, only once had the title been won by someone from outside Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Entries and results

Draw	Country	Song Title	Performer	Composer	Lyricist	Position	Points
01	Denmark A	I Do Miss You	Morten Boldt Hansen	Morten Boldt Hansen	Morten Boldt Hansen	5	43
02	United Kingdom A	Autist	B.G.H.B.	Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner	Martin Faulkner, Andrew Donaldson	13	17
03	Germany A	Morgenkinder	Achim & Scotty	Achim Wurm, Scotty	Achim Wurm	7	40
04	Israel	Israel he gam shelli	Alon Shanni	Alon Shanni, David Gonen	Alon Shanni	14	15
05	Sweden	Att glida iväg på ett rosa moln	Mårten Eklund & Henrik Lindvall	Mårten Eklund	Mårten Eklund	15	12
06	Netherlands A	Illusionen der Kinderwelt	Peter Reinders	Peter Reinders	Peter Reinders	10	28
07	Netherlands B	Alles wat ik wil!	Ronald Groenhuizen	Niels Holdijk, Frank Holdijk, Ronald Groenhuizen	Ronald Groenhuizen	10	28
08	Denmark B	Denne sommer	T.O.	T.O.	Jan Hansen	1	71
09	United Kingdom A	Amputate All My Limbs Tonight	B.G.H.B.	Martin Faulkner	Andrew Donaldson	12	18
10	Germany B	Kleine Helden	Michael Bauer & Friends	Michael Bauer	Michael Bauer	6	42
11	Germany A	Ich brauch' Dich	Achim	Achim Wurm	Achim Wurm	4	48
12	Denmark B	Før og nu	T.O.	T.O.	Jan Hansen	7	40
13	Germany B	Ich wünsche Dir Frieden - Jerusalem	Michael Bauer	Michael Bauer	Michael Bauer	9	34
14	United Kingdom B	What Happened To Your Heart?	Christina Irving & Marie Bennett	Christina Irving	Christina Irving	17	8
15	Denmark A	Sent To Me From Someone Up Above	Morten Boldt Hansen	Morten Boldt Hansen	Morten Boldt Hansen	3	55
16	Sweden	Säkra steg	Mårten Eklund & Henrik Lindvall	Mårten Eklund, Henrik Lindvall	Mårten Eklund	15	12
17	United Kingdom B	It's Over	Christina Irving & Dominic Irving	Christina Irving	Christina Irving	2	69

Scoreboard

	Juries
											Total
I Do Miss You		8	2	1		3	6	4	7	12	43
Autist	1				8		2		1	5	17
Morgenkinder		3		6	6	7	3	6	6	3	40
Israel he gam shelli			4		2			5	4		15
Att glida iväg på ett rosa moln		12									12
Illusionen der Kinderwelt	7	2	10	5					2	2	28
Alles wat ik wil!	3	1		4				10		10	28
Denne sommer	12	5		8	5	10	12		12	7	71
Amputate All My Limbs Tonight	4		1			2	4	7			18
Kleine Helden	6		3	7	3	6	7	2		8	42
Ich brauch' Dich	5	4			10	8	5		10	6	48
Før og nu	10		8	3	1	4	10		3	1	40
Ich wünsche Dir Frieden...	2		7	12	4	1		8			34
What Happened To Your Heart?					7			1			8
Sent To Me From Someone...		7	5	2		12	8	12	5	4	55
Säkra steg		6	6								12
It's Over	8	10	12	10	12	5	1	3	8		69

Media

HCSC 1999 winner: T.O. - Denne sommer
Song removed at composer's request
Recap of all HCSC 1999 songs in draw order
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